Waverley Park · Sat 9 May 1981 · 10,989 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 1.2 | 9.5 | 14.10 | 118 |
| Western BulldogsWB | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.10 | 54 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 118 and 54.
North Melbourne won by 64 points.
17.16 (118) — 7.12 (54)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Schimmelbusch | 22 | 7 | 29 | 13 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Schimmelbusch | 17 | 8 | 25 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Alan Jarrott | 14 | 9 | 23 | 5 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Ross Henshaw | 13 | 8 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Kym Hodgeman | 12 | 8 | 20 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Kevin Bryant | 13 | 7 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Brian Wilson | 13 | 6 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Keith Greig | 11 | 8 | 19 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Reeves | 14 | 4 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| John Cassin | 10 | 7 | 17 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Gary Dempsey | 14 | 2 | 16 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Ross Glendinning | 11 | 5 | 16 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Peter Jonas | 7 | 8 | 15 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Malcolm Blight | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | — | 8 |
| Phil Kelly | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 |
| John Law | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | — | 1 |
| David Dench | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Henderson | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Demetriou | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stephen McCann | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Wheeler | 25 | 3 | 28 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Jennings | 11 | 13 | 24 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Rick Kennedy | 15 | 9 | 24 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Jim Edmond | 15 | 9 | 24 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Sait | 17 | 4 | 21 | 0 | — | 3 |
| Ian Dunstan | 16 | 5 | 21 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Reid | 9 | 11 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Brian Perrin | 15 | 3 | 18 | 3 | — | 0 |
| William Berry | 9 | 7 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Mick Egan | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael McKenna | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| John Reid | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ian Hampshire | 7 | 6 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Berry | 10 | 3 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Neil Cordy | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Stan Davidson | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Brian Cordy | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Chris Burton | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Doug Hawkins | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mark Komp | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |