| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay McGie | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Shaw | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1.1 7 |
| Bob Greenwood | 8 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2.3 15 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4.2 26 |
| Russell Blew | 14 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | |
| Greg Brown | 18 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ted Fordham | 20 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| John Williams | 22 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | |
| Ken Fraser | 23 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 20 | |
| Ian Anderson | 25 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7.3 45 |
| Paul Sproule | 26 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 5.2 32 |
| Alec Epis | 28 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kevin Egan | 29 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ellis | 30 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3.1 19 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | |
| Geoff Pryor | 35 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 11 |
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| Player | Number | Kicks | Handballs | Disposals | Marks | Hitouts | Scoreboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Arthur | 2 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | |
| Peter Chilton | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Beck | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 17 | |
| Peter Crimmins | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| John Fisher | 6 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1.1 7 |
| Jim Smith | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Wilson | 10 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 1 |
| Paul Tolson | 11 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Dennis Jenkins | 13 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| John Gardner | 14 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 10 | |
| Michael Blood | 15 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 15 | |
| Norm Bussell | 16 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ian Bremner | 20 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | |
| Vin Crowe | 22 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0.1 1 |
| Don Scott | 23 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0.1 1 |
| Rod Olsson | 25 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2.0 12 |
| Peter Hudson | 26 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10.1 61 |
| David Parkin | 27 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | |
| Reg Poole | 29 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | |
| Des Meagher | 30 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 6 |
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