Waverley Park · Sat 19 Sep 1981 · 69,536 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 3.5 | 5.8 | 9.10 | 82 |
| GeelongGEEL | 1.3 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 75 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 82 and 75.
Collingwood won by 7 points.
12.10 (82) — 11.9 (75)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Williams | 18 | 8 | 26 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Ricky Barham | 14 | 9 | 23 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Bill Picken | 15 | 7 | 22 | 5 |
| — |
| 0 |
| Ray Byrne | 18 | 4 | 22 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Michael Taylor | 13 | 9 | 22 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Graeme Allan | 9 | 10 | 19 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Tony Shaw | 8 | 11 | 19 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Craig Davis | 15 | 3 | 18 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Ray Shaw | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ian Cooper | 10 | 6 | 16 | 9 | — | 0 |
| Warwick Irwin | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Daicos | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Stuart Atkin | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Rene Kink | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | — | 3 |
| David Twomey | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Craig Stewart | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | — | 2 |
| Mark Weideman | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Noel Lovell | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter McCormack | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Ross Brewer | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Featherby | 26 | 4 | 30 | 12 | — | 0 |
| Brian Peake | 17 | 5 | 22 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ian Nankervis | 18 | 4 | 22 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Neville Bruns | 19 | 1 | 20 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Robert Neal | 16 | 4 | 20 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Richard Murrie | 16 | 3 | 19 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Jack Hawkins | 9 | 7 | 16 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Zane Taylor | 13 | 2 | 15 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Mark Yeates | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Rod Blake | 6 | 5 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 |
| Murray Witcombe | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 |
| John Mossop | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Mark Bos | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 |
| Stephen Lunn | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Steve Reynoldson | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Gary Malarkey | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Paul Jeffreys | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Terry Bright | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Peter Johnston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |