Arden St · Sat 28 Mar 1981 · 19,437 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 5.5 | 9.8 | 16.15 | 145 |
| SydneySYD | 2.7 | 5.11 | 8.16 | 97 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 145 and 97.
North Melbourne won by 48 points.
21.19 (145) — 12.25 (97)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 20 | 3 | 23 | 8 | — | 2 |
| Malcolm Blight | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Roy Ramsay | 16 | 2 | 18 | 4 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Stephen McCann | 14 | 3 | 17 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Gary Dempsey | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Law | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Schimmelbusch | 8 | 7 | 15 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Peter Spencer | 11 | 4 | 15 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Keith Greig | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Phil Kelly | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Maurice Boyse | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Brian Wilson | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Kerry Good | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | — | 5 |
| Rodney Wright | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Icke | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kym Hodgeman | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 |
| David Dench | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Doug Smith | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Easton | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 |
Schimmelbusch 2, Blight 2, McCann 3, Schimmelbusch 2, Spencer 1, Kelly 2, Boyse 2, Good 5, Hodgeman 1, Easton 1
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Smith | 21 | 5 | 26 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Max James | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Taylor | 10 | 6 | 16 | 2 | — | 5 |
| Bernie Evans | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Mark Browning | 9 | 6 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Round | 10 | 4 | 14 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Francis Jackson | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Max Kruse | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Paul Morwood | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| David Ackerly | 8 | 4 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Neville Fields | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Graham Teasdale | 8 | 4 | 12 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Wright | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Mark Fraser | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| David Rhys-Jones | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Phillip Plumb | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Tony Morwood | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Roberts | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Rod Carter | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert McGhie | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |