Arden St · Sat 1 Aug 1981 · 11,517 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North MelbourneNM | 9.8 | 11.10 | 15.18 | 117 |
| St KildaSTK | 2.0 | 5.4 | 7.9 | 85 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 117 and 85.
North Melbourne won by 32 points.
16.21 (117) — 12.13 (85)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Dempsey | 19 | 10 | 29 | 10 | — | 0 |
| Andrew Demetriou | 17 | 9 | 26 | 2 | — | 1 |
| John Byrne | 15 | 10 | 25 | 2 |
| — |
| 1 |
| Peter Spencer | 16 | 7 | 23 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Xavier Tanner | 16 | 5 | 21 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Malcolm Blight | 17 | 1 | 18 | 6 | — | 8 |
| Dean Dugdale | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Kym Hodgeman | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Peter Smith | 16 | 1 | 17 | 6 | — | 0 |
| John Holt | 10 | 6 | 16 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Stephen McCann | 11 | 4 | 15 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Rodney Wright | 7 | 8 | 15 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Ross Glendinning | 13 | 2 | 15 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Ross Henshaw | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | — | 0 |
| David Dench | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| John Law | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Henderson | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Bryant | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Reeves | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Glenn Dugdale | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Barker | 17 | 14 | 31 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Greg Burns | 22 | 8 | 30 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Grant Thomas | 21 | 1 | 22 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Duperouzel | 11 | 11 | 22 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Roberts | 17 | 3 | 20 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Milan Faletic | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | — | 2 |
| Bill Mildenhall | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Darryl Hewitt | 15 | 4 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Peter Brown | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Dunne | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Sarau | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Robert Elphinstone | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Con Gorozidis | 9 | 2 | 11 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Glenn Middlemiss | 6 | 5 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Mark Kellett | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Doug Cox | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Fidler | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jeff Fehring | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Mark Scott | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Alby Smedts | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
Barker 1, Faletic 2, Mildenhall 1, Hewitt 1, Elphinstone 1, Gorozidis 6