Waverley Park · Sat 28 Mar 1981 · 56,372 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarltonCARL | 3.3 | 10.7 | 13.9 | 144 |
| RichmondRICH | 1.3 | 3.4 | 8.7 | 82 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 144 and 82.
Carlton won by 62 points.
22.12 (144) — 12.10 (82)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Marcou | 21 | 7 | 28 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Rodney Ashman | 16 | 6 | 22 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Greg Wells | 16 | 4 | 20 | 3 | — |
| 4 |
| Peter Francis | 16 | 4 | 20 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Peter Bosustow | 16 | 3 | 19 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Val Perovic | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ken Hunter | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robbert Klomp | 12 | 6 | 18 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Armstrong | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mark Maclure | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Phil Maylin | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Doull | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Southby | 9 | 4 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter McConville | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Des English | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Warren Jones | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Rod Austin | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mario Bortolotto | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Denis Lenaghan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Marcou 3, Ashman 2, Wells 4, Francis 1, Bosustow 2, Maclure 2, Maylin 2, Fitzpatrick 2, McConville 3, Jones 1
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Weightman | 14 | 15 | 29 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Raines | 19 | 8 | 27 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Wood | 14 | 8 | 22 | 8 | — | 0 |
| Terry Smith | 9 | 10 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Barry Rowlings | 17 | 1 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Mick Malthouse | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Welsh | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Wiley | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Greg Strachan | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David Cloke | 11 | 2 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Emmett Dunne | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Francis Bourke | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roach | 11 | 0 | 11 | 8 | — | 6 |
| Paul Sarah | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Tempany | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jim Jess | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Merv Keane | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Mark Lee | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Michael Nugent | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |