Lake Oval · Sat 18 Jul 1981 · 13,297 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 3.0 | 8.6 | 15.11 | 151 |
| St KildaSTK | 9.0 | 11.2 | 15.3 | 100 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 151 and 100.
Sydney won by 51 points.
22.19 (151) — 16.4 (100)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Browning | 24 | 6 | 30 | 7 | — | 3 |
| Greg Smith | 21 | 9 | 30 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Barry Round | 12 | 14 | 26 | 13 | — |
| 1 |
| Stephen Wright | 14 | 9 | 23 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Bernie Evans | 19 | 4 | 23 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Graham Teasdale | 15 | 5 | 20 | 8 | — | 3 |
| David Rhys-Jones | 16 | 4 | 20 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Colin Hounsell | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Shane Morwood | 11 | 5 | 16 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Silvio Foschini | 12 | 3 | 15 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Paul Morwood | 11 | 4 | 15 | 9 | — | 1 |
| Max James | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Ackerly | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Mark Fraser | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Rod Carter | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Dennis Carroll | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Roberts | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Tony Morwood | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Wayne Carroll | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Winbanks | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Mildenhall | 14 | 8 | 22 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Robert Elphinstone | 19 | 3 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Grant Thomas | 13 | 6 | 19 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Trevor Barker | 14 | 5 | 19 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roberts | 16 | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Darryl Hewitt | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Mark Kellett | 7 | 9 | 16 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Greg Burns | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Fehring | 8 | 5 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Doug Cox | 3 | 10 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Brown | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Con Gorozidis | 11 | 0 | 11 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Geoff Fidler | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Cunningham | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Middlemiss | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Milan Faletic | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Alby Smedts | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
Mildenhall 1, Thomas 1, Roberts 3, Duperouzel 2, Hewitt 2, Dunne 1, Gorozidis 4, Middlemiss 1, Faletic 1