Waverley Park · Sat 23 May 1981 · 40,240 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RichmondRICH | 11.5 | 12.8 | 14.9 | 136 |
| St KildaSTK | 3.3 | 9.8 | 13.12 | 105 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 136 and 105.
Richmond won by 31 points.
20.16 (136) — 15.15 (105)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Wiley | 30 | 9 | 39 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Kevin Bartlett | 16 | 3 | 19 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Barry Rowlings | 17 | 2 | 19 | 4 |
| — |
| 2 |
| Mick Malthouse | 12 | 7 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Peter Welsh | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Dale Weightman | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Greg Strachan | 13 | 5 | 18 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Robert Semmens | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Emmett Dunne | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Colin Waterson | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Matthew Wall | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Mark Lee | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Bryan Wood | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Michael Nugent | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Jim Jess | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| David Cloke | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roach | 9 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 4 |
| Terry Smith | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Francis Bourke | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Daryl Vernon | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Barker | 26 | 7 | 33 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roberts | 20 | 2 | 22 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Jeff Dunne | 12 | 10 | 22 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 5 | 17 | 22 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Milan Faletic | 14 | 4 | 18 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Greg Burns | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Con Gorozidis | 10 | 4 | 14 | 6 | — | 5 |
| Jeff Sarau | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Grant Thomas | 11 | 3 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Mordecai Bromberg | 9 | 5 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Peter Huntley | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mark Kellett | 8 | 6 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Barry Breen | 10 | 3 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Roach | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Simon Meehan | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | — | 1 |
| John Bennett | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael Nettlefold | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Doug Cox | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Dean Herbert | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Jeff Fehring | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |