Western Oval · Sat 28 Mar 1981 · 19,101 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western BulldogsWB | 2.3 | 5.6 | 9.7 | 108 |
| St KildaSTK | 8.6 | 12.13 | 18.17 | 157 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 108 and 157.
St Kilda won by 49 points.
16.12 (108) — 23.19 (157)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stan Davidson | 15 | 8 | 23 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Jennings | 18 | 5 | 23 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ted Whitten | 19 | 4 | 23 | 0 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Jim Edmond | 15 | 7 | 22 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Steven Knight | 15 | 6 | 21 | 8 | — | 4 |
| Ian Hampshire | 13 | 8 | 21 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Alan McConnell | 14 | 5 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Neil Cordy | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Reid | 11 | 4 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Chris Burton | 12 | 2 | 14 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Ross Abbey | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Terry Wight | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael McKenna | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Berry | 9 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Doug Hawkins | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Shane Loveless | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Terry Wheeler | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Greg Towns | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 |
| John Reid | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Greg Davis | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Dunne | 15 | 15 | 30 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Trevor Barker | 15 | 9 | 24 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roberts | 14 | 9 | 23 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 9 | 13 | 22 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Michael Nettlefold | 7 | 14 | 21 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Simon Meehan | 13 | 7 | 20 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Milan Faletic | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Mark Kellett | 13 | 6 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Bill Mildenhall | 11 | 6 | 17 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Ian Sartori | 9 | 7 | 16 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Jeff Sarau | 7 | 8 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Barry Breen | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Doug Cox | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert Elphinstone | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Fehring | 6 | 5 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Grant Thomas | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Fidler | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Gary Colling | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
Dunne 2, Roberts 1, Cunningham 1, Meehan 3, Faletic 5, Duperouzel 2, Mildenhall 1, Sartori 2, Jesaulenko 4, Sarau 1, Fehring 1