| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Clarke | 1 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 2 | |
| Darryl Gerlach | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0.1 1 |
| David Shaw | 4 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2.2 14 |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| Charlie Payne | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| Ian Shelton | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |
| John Birt | 11 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 5.0 30 |
| Barry Capuano | 12 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Russell Blew | 14 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 3 | |
| Graeme Johnston | 16 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0.2 2 |
| Greg Brown | 18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Ted Fordham | 20 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| John Williams | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ken Fraser | 23 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1.2 8 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Ken Timms | 25 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2.1 13 |
| Alec Epis | 28 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| Hugh Mitchell | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |
| Brian Sampson | 34 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Essendon
| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Guinane | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2.1 13 |
| Roger Dean | 3 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 3 | |
| Trevor Gowers | 6 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 1.0 6 |
| John Northey | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Owen Madigan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 6 |
| Alan Richardson | 12 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1.0 6 |
| Ross Warner | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
| Fred Swift | 15 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| Neil Busse | 16 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Don Davenport | 19 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4.1 25 |
| Bill Barrot | 24 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 1.0 6 |
| Michael Patterson | 25 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0.1 1 |
| Kevin Smith | 26 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Kevin Bartlett | 29 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Barry Cameron | 30 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | |
| Mike Hammond | 31 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1.1 7 |
| Frank Dimattina | 32 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1.2 8 |
| Wilf Dickeson | 38 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Tony Jewell | 39 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| Billy Brown | 40 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
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