Round 1, 1981 · Kardinia Park (GMHBA Stadium) · Saturday 28 March 1981, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geelong | 22 | 45 | 62 | 77 |
| Essendon | 20 | 29 | 62 | 71 |
Crowd 37,256. Coaches: Bill Goggin and Kevin Sheedy. Umpires: Neville Nash, Ian Robinson.
| Peter Featherby | 11 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Rod Blake | 16 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Ian Nankervis | 40 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Neville Bruns | 19 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Turner | 9 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Card | 20 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Gary Malarkey | 5 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Tommy Floyd | 37 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| John Mossop | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| Stephen Lunn | 39 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Bruce Nankervis | 33 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Mark Bos | 24 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Johnston | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Terry Bright | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Garry Sidebottom | 6 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Steve Reynoldson (debut) | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Murray Witcombe | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zane Taylor | 34 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Paul Jeffreys | 22 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Malcolm Reed | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Buhagiar (debut) | 20 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Glenn Hawker | 33 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alan Reid | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Merv Neagle | 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Neil Clarke | 39 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Stephen Carey | 17 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Grant Fowler | 23 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neale Daniher | 6 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Steven Taubert | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Neil Besanko | 30 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| Phil Carman | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Roger Merrett | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hover a column heading for its full name. ↑ came on as a substitute, ↓ was substituted off.
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