Waverley Park · Mon 8 Jun 1981 · 92,935 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 7.5 | 12.9 | 14.14 | 127 |
| CollingwoodCOLL | 3.2 | 6.3 | 9.8 | 81 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 127 and 81.
Hawthorn won by 46 points.
18.19 (127) — 12.9 (81)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Wallace | 26 | 5 | 31 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Leigh Matthews | 20 | 6 | 26 | 8 | — | 4 |
| Norm Goss | 20 | 5 | 25 | 4 | — |
| 3 |
| Alan Goad | 17 | 7 | 24 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Peter Russo | 13 | 9 | 22 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Kennedy | 14 | 7 | 21 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Colin Robertson | 15 | 6 | 21 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Rodney Eade | 9 | 11 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Ablett | 15 | 4 | 19 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Robert DiPierdomenico | 14 | 5 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Michael Tuck | 12 | 4 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 |
| David Polkinghorne | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Michael Moncrieff | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Kelvin Moore | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Russell Greene | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Robert Mace | 10 | 0 | 10 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ian Paton | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Michael McCarthy | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Chris Mew | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Shaw | 21 | 9 | 30 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Michael Taylor | 18 | 4 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ross Brewer | 11 | 9 | 20 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Bill Picken | 17 | 3 | 20 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Ray Byrne | 17 | 2 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Mark Hannebery | 8 | 9 | 17 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mark Weideman | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Ronnie Wearmouth | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| David Twomey | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Craig Stewart | 11 | 3 | 14 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Mark Williams | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daicos | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | — | 2 |
| Warwick Irwin | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 0 |
| David Young | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Worthington | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ricky Barham | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Peter McCormack | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Morris | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Craig Davis | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Russell Ohlsen | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |