Round 1, 1972 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Monday 3 April 1972, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 15 | 43 | 51 | 67 |
| Essendon | 49 | 54 | 101 | 128 |
Crowd 27,935. Coaches: Bob Rose and Des Tuddenham. Umpires: Mike Henry.
| David Thorpe | 16 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| George Bisset | 6 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Peter Welsh | 4 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Stuart Magee | 23 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Alan Mannix | 8 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Barry Round | 14 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Les Bartlett | 20 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gary Merrington | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Stephen Power | 21 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Robert McGhie | 5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Trevor Zeltner | 28 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Gary Dempsey | 24 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Gordon Casey | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ian Salmon | 18 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Charles Pagnoccolo | 36 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Cook | 34 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bernie Quinlan | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Garry Baker (debut) | 27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Laurie Rippon | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Marks (debut) | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Des Tuddenham | 8 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Neville Fields | 1 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Don Gross | 15 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Ken Roberts | 6 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 11 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Robin Close | 19 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Ken Hogan | 29 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Williams | 22 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Laurie Moloney | 34 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Greg Perry | 36 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Len Halley | 44 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Cassin | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sandy Talbot | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hugh Delahunty | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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170 meetings: Footscray 72, Essendon 96, 2 drawn.
Western Bulldogs by 34 · crowd 38,786
Western Bulldogs by 93 · crowd 29,367
Western Bulldogs by 91 · crowd 47,266
Essendon by 29 · crowd 50,144
Western Bulldogs by 41 · crowd 43,634
Western Bulldogs by 32 · crowd 33,677