Windy Hill · Sat 18 Jul 1981 · 21,088 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EssendonESS | 5.1 | 10.10 | 15.15 | 153 |
| Western BulldogsWB | 3.8 | 4.9 | 6.12 | 60 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 153 and 60.
Essendon won by 93 points.
22.21 (153) — 8.12 (60)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Foulds | 26 | 3 | 29 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Merv Neagle | 14 | 13 | 27 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Terry Daniher | 17 | 9 | 26 | 10 | — |
| 1 |
| Glenn Hawker | 17 | 6 | 23 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Grant Fowler | 17 | 5 | 22 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Neale Daniher | 16 | 5 | 21 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Tim Watson | 13 | 7 | 20 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Alan Reid | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 14 | 2 | 16 | 8 | — | 4 |
| Max Crow | 6 | 10 | 16 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Justin Madden | 12 | 4 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Schultz | 14 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | 5 |
| Russell Muir | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Foreman | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Simon Madden | 10 | 3 | 13 | 9 | — | 2 |
| Peter Bennett | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Neil Clarke | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Steven Taubert | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Alan Stoneham | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Shaw | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Berry | 15 | 10 | 25 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Ted Whitten | 16 | 8 | 24 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Doug Hawkins | 11 | 11 | 22 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Ian Dunstan | 17 | 5 | 22 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Stan Davidson | 13 | 6 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Mick Egan | 10 | 8 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Alan McConnell | 14 | 2 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Michael McKenna | 7 | 9 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ian Hampshire | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Jim McAllester | 14 | 1 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Neil Cordy | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Terry Wheeler | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Brian Cordy | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Jim Edmond | 8 | 3 | 11 | 7 | — | 2 |
| Bruce Reid | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Edwards | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Terry De Koning | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Ross Gallagher | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Shane Loveless | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Mark Komp | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 |