Princes Park · Sat 4 Apr 1981 · 30,159 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 4.3 | 9.6 | 11.9 | 107 |
| CarltonCARL | 1.2 | 7.11 | 11.16 | 123 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 107 and 123.
Carlton won by 16 points.
16.11 (107) — 17.21 (123)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Goss | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Rodney Eade | 20 | 2 | 22 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Russell Greene | 15 | 7 | 22 | 6 | — |
| 0 |
| Peter Russo | 14 | 7 | 21 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan Goad | 12 | 9 | 21 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kelvin Moore | 17 | 3 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Leigh Matthews | 15 | 4 | 19 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Peter Murnane | 10 | 8 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Geoff Ablett | 15 | 2 | 17 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Colin Robertson | 11 | 6 | 17 | 5 | — | 1 |
| John Hendrie | 14 | 2 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Chris Mew | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 5 | 8 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Gary Ayres | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Terry Wallace | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| David OHalloran | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Rick Davies | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | — | 4 |
| Ian Paton | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robert DiPierdomenico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Ashman | 19 | 9 | 28 | 8 | — | 1 |
| Denis Lenaghan | 18 | 9 | 27 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Wells | 21 | 3 | 24 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Rod Austin | 17 | 5 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Phil Maylin | 15 | 7 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Armstrong | 13 | 8 | 21 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Doull | 13 | 7 | 20 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter Francis | 16 | 4 | 20 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Mark Maclure | 14 | 3 | 17 | 9 | — | 4 |
| Peter Bosustow | 11 | 6 | 17 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Ken Hunter | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Val Perovic | 14 | 3 | 17 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Des English | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Southby | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Robbert Klomp | 9 | 2 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter McConville | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Warren Jones | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Graeme Whitnall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mario Bortolotto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |