1981 VFL season

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1981 VFL premiership season
Teams12
Premiers Carlton
13th premiership
Minor premiers Carlton
15th minor premiership
Night series Essendon
1st Night series win
Brownlow Medallist Bernie Quinlan (Fitzroy)
Barry Round (South Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist Michael Roach (Richmond)
Attendance
Matches played138
Total attendance3,830,231 (27,755 per match)
Highest112,964
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The 1981 VFL season was the 85th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 28 March until 26 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

Contents

The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the 13th time, after it defeated Collingwood by 20 points in the 1981 VFL Grand Final.

Night series

Essendon defeated Carlton 9.11 (65) to 6.5 (41) in the final.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 21.19 (145) South Melbourne 12.25 (97) Arden Street Oval 19,43728 March 1981
Footscray 16.12 (108) St Kilda 23.19 (157) Western Oval 19,10128 March 1981
Melbourne 16.16 (112) Hawthorn 23.15 (153) MCG 32,20228 March 1981
Geelong 10.17 (77) Essendon 10.11 (71) Kardinia Park 37,30328 March 1981
Fitzroy 20.13 (133) Collingwood 22.27 (159) Junction Oval 27,20028 March 1981
Carlton 22.12 (144) Richmond 12.10 (82) VFL Park 56,37228 March 1981

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 16.15 (111) North Melbourne 15.9 (99) Windy Hill 26,4434 April 1981
Collingwood 26.22 (178) Footscray 13.6 (84) Victoria Park 26,5124 April 1981
South Melbourne 16.14 (110) Richmond 22.13 (145) Lake Oval 17,8504 April 1981
St Kilda 14.23 (107) Geelong 16.13 (109) Moorabbin Oval 24,4964 April 1981
Hawthorn 16.11 (107) Carlton 17.21 (123) Princes Park 31,6604 April 1981
Fitzroy 23.17 (155) Melbourne 16.14 (110) VFL Park 20,1074 April 1981

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 18.11 (119) Melbourne 18.12 (120) Western Oval 13,25611 April 1981
Carlton 14.24 (108) Fitzroy 12.20 (92) Princes Park 24,78011 April 1981
North Melbourne 15.26 (116) Geelong 14.5 (89) Arden Street Oval 17,74411 April 1981
Richmond 17.16 (118) Essendon 16.18 (114) MCG 61,90811 April 1981
St Kilda 19.21 (135) Collingwood 23.19 (157) Moorabbin Oval 33,88211 April 1981
South Melbourne 21.13 (139) Hawthorn 18.9 (117) VFL Park 21,97711 April 1981

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 10.16 (76) St Kilda 16.32 (128) MCG 36,48818 April 1981
Fitzroy 25.19 (169) South Melbourne 14.16 (100) Junction Oval 15,63518 April 1981
North Melbourne 13.17 (95) Richmond 17.22 (124) VFL Park 48,52618 April 1981
Essendon 11.13 (79) Hawthorn 13.16 (94) Windy Hill 29,59720 April 1981
Geelong 9.14 (68) Collingwood 11.10 (76) Kardinia Park 42,39520 April 1981
Footscray 11.10 (76) Carlton 15.14 (104) VFL Park 27,29920 April 1981

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 17.16 (118) North Melbourne 11.17 (83) Princes Park 16,10625 April 1981
Collingwood 21.20 (146) Melbourne 13.5 (83) Victoria Park 30,09625 April 1981
Richmond 15.22 (112) Geelong 11.18 (84) MCG 46,23025 April 1981
South Melbourne 18.22 (130) Footscray 9.14 (68) Lake Oval 12,54525 April 1981
St Kilda 10.13 (73) Carlton 19.23 (137) Moorabbin Oval 32,34125 April 1981
Essendon 15.14 (104) Fitzroy 19.11 (125) VFL Park 33,46525 April 1981

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 12.15 (87)def. by Collingwood 22.12 (144) Princes Park (crowd: 36,343) Report
Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 13.13 (91)def. Essendon 12.11 (83) Western Oval (crowd: 19,624) Report
Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 27.17 (179)def. Fitzroy 19.12 (126) Arden Street Oval (crowd: 16,219) Report
Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) Richmond 10.19 (79)def. by Hawthorn 23.16 (154) MCG (crowd: 45,750) Report
Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) St Kilda 13.15 (93)def. by South Melbourne 15.13 (103) VFL Park (crowd: 27,250) Report
Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) Geelong 22.21 (153)def. Melbourne 16.8 (104) SCG (crowd: 11,077) Report

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 13.14 (92) Richmond 12.16 (88) Junction Oval 12,9979 May 1981
Essendon 14.17 (101) St Kilda 11.10 (76) Windy Hill 16,8289 May 1981
Collingwood 18.15 (123) South Melbourne 7.16 (58) Victoria Park 20,5539 May 1981
Hawthorn 8.8 (56) Geelong 7.17 (59) Princes Park 13,2759 May 1981
Melbourne 8.8 (56) Carlton 12.24 (96) MCG 22,0209 May 1981
North Melbourne 17.16 (118) Footscray 7.12 (54) VFL Park 10,9899 May 1981

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
St Kilda 8.16 (64) North Melbourne 25.18 (168) Moorabbin Oval 16,86016 May 1981
South Melbourne 17.25 (127) Melbourne 12.11 (83) Lake Oval 12,80816 May 1981
Richmond 25.17 (167) Footscray 17.15 (117) MCG 21,72116 May 1981
Hawthorn 21.18 (144) Fitzroy 16.19 (115) Princes Park 17,45916 May 1981
Geelong 12.8 (80) Carlton 12.13 (85) Kardinia Park 28,39616 May 1981
Collingwood 14.3 (87) Essendon 21.18 (144) VFL Park 79,32616 May 1981

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 10.14 (74) Hawthorn 11.18 (84) Western Oval 13,78923 May 1981
Fitzroy 13.15 (93) Geelong 16.18 (114) Junction Oval 15,60423 May 1981
Carlton 25.22 (172) South Melbourne 11.7 (73) Princes Park 22,44523 May 1981
Melbourne 10.10 (70) Essendon 14.20 (104) MCG 31,76923 May 1981
North Melbourne 12.26 (98) Collingwood 16.15 (111) Arden Street Oval 24,62523 May 1981
Richmond 20.16 (136) St Kilda 15.15 (105) VFL Park 40,24023 May 1981

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 13.17 (95) St Kilda 11.14 (80) Princes Park 14,96130 May 1981
Geelong 14.8 (92) South Melbourne 10.10 (70) Kardinia Park 19,76030 May 1981
Fitzroy 22.15 (147) Footscray 10.10 (70) Junction Oval 11,63030 May 1981
Collingwood 17.10 (112) Richmond 8.9 (57) Victoria Park 37,17730 May 1981
Essendon 11.13 (79) Carlton 6.8 (44) Windy Hill 30,57430 May 1981
Melbourne 6.7 (43) North Melbourne 25.22 (172) VFL Park 17,01530 May 1981

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 20.16 (136) Melbourne 14.10 (94) MCG 31,0256 June 1981
St Kilda 14.15 (99) Fitzroy 7.17 (59) Moorabbin Oval 21,6726 June 1981
Carlton 17.13 (115) North Melbourne 11.18 (84) Princes Park 31,8086 June 1981
Hawthorn 18.19 (127) Collingwood 12.9 (81) VFL Park 92,9358 June 1981
Footscray 12.10 (82) Geelong 17.15 (117) Western Oval 24,9748 June 1981
South Melbourne 12.8 (80) Essendon 15.18 (108) Lake Oval 28,5888 June 1981

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 19.21 (135) St Kilda 4.11 (35) Kardinia Park 22,15413 June 1981
Carlton 21.13 (139) Hawthorn 14.16 (100) Princes Park 27,00013 June 1981
Melbourne 13.12 (90) Fitzroy 17.32 (134) MCG 17,69113 June 1981
North Melbourne 13.12 (90) Essendon 18.29 (137) Arden Street Oval 22,52613 June 1981
Footscray 13.15 (93) Collingwood 14.14 (98) Western Oval 20,90313 June 1981
Richmond 19.12 (126) South Melbourne 16.15 (111) VFL Park 24,58813 June 1981

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 20.18 (138) South Melbourne 15.16 (106) Princes Park 11,65720 June 1981
Geelong 26.14 (170) North Melbourne 8.8 (56) Kardinia Park 27,39520 June 1981
Essendon 12.22 (94) Richmond 13.12 (90) Windy Hill 30,71820 June 1981
Collingwood 19.14 (128) St Kilda 10.11 (71) Victoria Park 23,66920 June 1981
Fitzroy 20.11 (131) Carlton 15.16 (106) Junction Oval 18,45520 June 1981
Melbourne 14.10 (94) Footscray 19.11 (125) VFL Park 15,59920 June 1981

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Carlton 15.25 (115) Footscray 5.4 (34) Princes Park 17,41927 June 1981
Richmond 21.23 (149) North Melbourne 15.16 (106) MCG 31,21227 June 1981
St Kilda 18.19 (127) Melbourne 8.7 (55) Moorabbin Oval 14,05827 June 1981
South Melbourne 9.16 (70) Fitzroy 14.9 (93) Lake Oval 11,75627 June 1981
Collingwood 13.8 (86) Geelong 9.14 (68) VFL Park 50,44127 June 1981
Hawthorn 20.13 (133) Essendon 22.19 (151) The Gabba 20,35128 June 1981

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 7.13 (55) Hawthorn 16.19 (115) Arden Street Oval 8,1604 July 1981
Fitzroy 8.13 (61) Essendon 11.14 (80) Junction Oval 18,3744 July 1981
Carlton 6.14 (50) St Kilda 5.5 (35) VFL Park 21,5794 July 1981
Geelong 12.10 (82) Richmond 8.4 (52) Kardinia Park 26,63511 July 1981
Footscray 7.9 (51) South Melbourne 17.12 (114) Western Oval 10,47811 July 1981
Melbourne 10.6 (66) Collingwood 12.16 (88) MCG 30,80311 July 1981

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 12.14 (86) Richmond 20.11 (131) Princes Park 19,51918 July 1981
Essendon 22.21 (153) Footscray 8.12 (60) Windy Hill 21,58818 July 1981
South Melbourne 22.19 (151) St Kilda 16.4 (100) Lake Oval 13,29718 July 1981
Melbourne 12.7 (79) Geelong 22.35 (167) MCG 21,94718 July 1981
Collingwood 11.11 (77) Carlton 10.16 (76) Victoria Park 30,70818 July 1981
Fitzroy 18.13 (121) North Melbourne 12.15 (87) VFL Park 17,71318 July 1981

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 10.11 (71) Hawthorn 8.9 (57) Kardinia Park 24,75025 July 1981
Footscray 18.8 (116) North Melbourne 19.11 (125) Western Oval 14,75525 July 1981
Carlton 23.15 (153) Melbourne 15.10 (100) Princes Park 15,19825 July 1981
Richmond 16.19 (115) Fitzroy 17.14 (116) MCG 37,58925 July 1981
St Kilda 12.4 (76) Essendon 12.21 (93) Moorabbin Oval 23,12625 July 1981
South Melbourne 18.13 (121) Collingwood 15.13 (103) SCG 22,23826 July 1981

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 16.21 (117) St Kilda 12.13 (85) Arden Street Oval 11,5171 August 1981
Melbourne 12.14 (86) South Melbourne 17.13 (115) MCG 13,8861 August 1981
Fitzroy 10.13 (73) Hawthorn 7.19 (61) Junction Oval 16,0131 August 1981
Carlton 17.13 (115) Geelong 12.10 (82) Princes Park 31,5071 August 1981
Footscray 9.15 (69) Richmond 15.13 (103) VFL Park 19,7251 August 1981
Essendon 12.16 (88) Collingwood 9.15 (69) MCG 64,1492 August 1981

Round 19

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 14.20 (104) Melbourne 9.6 (60) Windy Hill 15,4118 August 1981
Collingwood 14.19 (103) North Melbourne 11.13 (79) Victoria Park 21,2378 August 1981
St Kilda 9.11 (65) Richmond 10.11 (71) Moorabbin Oval 15,9438 August 1981
Hawthorn 15.21 (111) Footscray 13.12 (90) Princes Park 8,0588 August 1981
Geelong 11.19 (85) Fitzroy 9.16 (70) VFL Park 25,5658 August 1981
South Melbourne 8.14 (62) Carlton 13.7 (85) MCG 24,2879 August 1981

Round 20

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Carlton 15.8 (98) Essendon 14.15 (99) Princes Park 36,73615 August 1981
North Melbourne 21.19 (145) Melbourne 13.9 (87) Arden Street Oval 7,74915 August 1981
South Melbourne 12.14 (86) Geelong 21.13 (139) Lake Oval 11,48915 August 1981
Footscray 12.14 (86) Fitzroy 22.15 (147) Western Oval 11,77015 August 1981
Richmond 11.20 (86) Collingwood 14.7 (91) MCG 69,21715 August 1981
St Kilda 9.14 (68) Hawthorn 10.17 (77) VFL Park 20,86315 August 1981

Round 21

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 15.9 (99) Richmond 17.14 (116) MCG 19,56722 August 1981
Fitzroy 14.18 (102) St Kilda 9.10 (64) Junction Oval 12,13022 August 1981
Essendon 26.23 (179) South Melbourne 10.8 (68) Windy Hill 18,77322 August 1981
Collingwood 22.17 (149) Hawthorn 11.10 (76) Victoria Park 26,68022 August 1981
Geelong 18.20 (128) Footscray 8.11 (59) Kardinia Park 17,57322 August 1981
North Melbourne 8.14 (62) Carlton 12.12 (84) VFL Park 25,54422 August 1981

Round 22

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 15.20 (110) Melbourne 8.9 (57) Princes Park 7,91229 August 1981
Collingwood 4.9 (33) Fitzroy 8.11 (59) Victoria Park 32,39329 August 1981
South Melbourne 10.14 (74) North Melbourne 15.17 (107) Lake Oval 8,48429 August 1981
St Kilda 12.15 (87) Footscray 5.8 (38) Moorabbin Oval 11,94829 August 1981
Richmond 5.10 (40) Carlton 9.13 (67) MCG 64,20729 August 1981
Essendon 6.11 (47) Geelong 7.13 (55) VFL Park 75,22129 August 1981

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Carlton (P)22175023031768130.368
2 Collingwood 22175023991957122.668
3 Geelong 22166022241714129.864
4 Essendon 22166023231821127.664
5 Fitzroy 22148024132152112.156
6 Hawthorn 22139023132114109.452
7 Richmond 22139023232207105.352
8 North Melbourne 221012023862293104.140
9 South Melbourne 2281402165252285.832
10 St Kilda 2251701930226685.220
11 Footscray 2222001764268065.88
12 Melbourne 2212101824287363.54

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 99.9
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Finals week 1

Elimination final
Saturday, 5 September (2:30 pm) Essendon 13.16 (94)def. by Fitzroy 16.13 (109) VFL Park (crowd: 58,598) Report
Qualifying final
Saturday, 5 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 13.20 (98)def. by Geelong 16.16 (112) MCG (crowd: 83,899) Report

Finals week 2

Semi-finals
SF1: Saturday, 12 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 19.19 (133)def. Fitzroy 19.18 (132) MCG (crowd: 85,133) Report
SF2: Saturday, 12 September (2:30 pm) Carlton 16.17 (113)def. Geelong 11.7 (73) VFL Park (crowd: 66,078) Report

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Saturday, 19 September (2:30 pm) Geelong 11.9 (75)def. by Collingwood 12.10 (82) VFL Park (crowd: 69,536) Report
  • In an incident that has become part of football folklore, the Geelong team bus failed to pick up Garry Sidebottom on the way to VFL Park for the Preliminary Final. Apparently, due to a breakdown in communications, no Geelong officials had told Sidebottom that he was going to play, so believing that had not been chosen, Sidebottom was not at his usual stop when the bus passed. [1]

Grand final

Grand final
Saturday, 26 September (2:50 pm) Carlton 12.20 (92)def. Collingwood 10.12 (72) MCG (crowd: 112,964) Report

Season notes

Awards

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