Moorabbin Oval · Sat 4 Apr 1981 · 24,499 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St KildaSTK | 5.5 | 8.8 | 9.14 | 107 |
| GeelongGEEL | 4.3 | 8.7 | 15.10 | 109 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 107 and 109.
Geelong won by 2 points.
14.23 (107) — 16.13 (109)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Barker | 15 | 11 | 26 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 14 | 8 | 22 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Grant Thomas | 17 | 5 | 22 | 1 | — |
| 0 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | 16 | 4 | 20 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Michael Roberts | 19 | 1 | 20 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Michael Nettlefold | 7 | 13 | 20 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Fidler | 10 | 7 | 17 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Milan Faletic | 12 | 4 | 16 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Mark Kellett | 9 | 6 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Robert Elphinstone | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 9 | 4 | 13 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Ian Sartori | 8 | 5 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Jeff Fehring | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Alex Jesaulenko | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Simon Meehan | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Doug Cox | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Chris Stone | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| John Bennett | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
Sarau 2, Duperouzel 2, Roberts 2, Faletic 1, Breen 3, Sartori 1, Jesaulenko 1, Meehan 2
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Nankervis | 15 | 5 | 20 | 3 | — | 1 |
| David Clarke | 10 | 9 | 19 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Ian Nankervis | 12 | 7 | 19 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Peter Featherby | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Mark Bos | 15 | 4 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Lunn | 14 | 5 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Mark Yeates | 18 | 0 | 18 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Gary Malarkey | 16 | 2 | 18 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Johnston | 14 | 2 | 16 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Glenn Middlemiss | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Rod Blake | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ray Card | 11 | 3 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Neville Bruns | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Terry Bright | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Michael Turner | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Paul Jeffreys | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Steve Reynoldson | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| John Mossop | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Tommy Floyd | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |