Victoria Park · Sat 4 Apr 1981 · 26,515 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 6.4 | 14.11 | 20.13 | 178 |
| Western BulldogsWB | 1.2 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 84 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 178 and 84.
Collingwood won by 94 points.
26.22 (178) — 13.6 (84)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Taylor | 21 | 10 | 31 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Ray Shaw | 17 | 10 | 27 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Craig Davis | 22 | 2 | 24 | 10 | — |
| 5 |
| Graeme Allan | 19 | 5 | 24 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Bill Picken | 17 | 7 | 24 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Barham | 16 | 7 | 23 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Ray Byrne | 15 | 8 | 23 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Peter Moore | 16 | 6 | 22 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Mark Hannebery | 10 | 10 | 20 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Rene Kink | 13 | 6 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daicos | 17 | 1 | 18 | 4 | — | 6 |
| Mark Williams | 12 | 6 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Stan Magro | 12 | 4 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Craig Stewart | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 | — | 3 |
| David Twomey | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Worthington | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter McCormack | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Young | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Tony Shaw | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Morris | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Jennings | 17 | 12 | 29 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Ted Whitten | 21 | 3 | 24 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Bruce Reid | 14 | 6 | 20 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Stan Davidson | 12 | 7 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Terry Wheeler | 16 | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Berry | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Gordon Polson | 14 | 1 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ross Gallagher | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Steven Knight | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jim Edmond | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Chris Burton | 12 | 1 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian Hampshire | 8 | 4 | 12 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Warren Stanlake | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Neil Cordy | 7 | 2 | 9 | 6 | — | 0 |
| William Berry | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Alister Ford | 7 | 0 | 7 | 4 | — | 3 |
| Phil Bradmore | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mark Komp | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Wight | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Brian Cordy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |