Round 6, 1972 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 6 May 1972, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 33 | 54 | 57 | 109 |
| Essendon | 32 | 47 | 65 | 85 |
Crowd 41,357. Coaches: Ian Ridley and Des Tuddenham. Umpires: Peter Matheson.
| John Townsend | 16 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Greg Wells | 11 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Shane McSpeerin | 50 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Paul Callery | 35 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gary Hardeman | 33 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Stan Alves | 15 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Barry Bourke | 14 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| John Clennett | 34 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Walker | 1 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Denis Clark | 17 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Tony Sullivan | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Davis | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Greg Parke | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Collins | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Peter Keenan | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Ross Dillon | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Ray Biffin | 19 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Graham Molloy | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Henry Ritterman | 45 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Osborne | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laurie Moloney | 34 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| John Williams | 22 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ken Hogan | 29 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Cassin | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Neville Fields | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
| Ken Roberts | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Sandy Talbot | 27 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Geoff Blethyn | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Len Halley | 44 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Robin Close | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Greg Perry | 36 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| Graeme Schultz | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Des Tuddenham | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Don Gross | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Grinter | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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223 meetings: Melbourne 88, Essendon 133, 2 drawn.
Melbourne by 45 · crowd 41,438
Essendon by 45 · crowd 38,006
Essendon by 39 · crowd 45,039
Melbourne by 17 · crowd 52,866
Essendon by 27 · crowd 33,832
Melbourne by 29 · crowd 44,503