Round 9, 1981 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 23 May 1981, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 26 | 43 | 61 | 70 |
| Essendon | 16 | 33 | 66 | 104 |
Crowd 31,769. Coaches: Ron Barassi and Kevin Sheedy. Umpires: Ken Quinn, Tony Bryant.
| Tony Elshaug | 33 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Phillip Pinnell | 7 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Wayne Gordon | 13 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim Durnan | 21 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerard Healy | 39 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Graham Gaunt | 20 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill Nettlefold | 19 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Shane Zantuck | 32 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Peter Maynard | 36 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Jamie Barham | 42 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Garry Baker | 1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 |
| Steven Smith | 35 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew Moir | 29 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Young | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Michael Byrne | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Giles | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Brent Crosswell | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Laurie Fowler | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Jackson | 25 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Keenan | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Tony Buhagiar | 20 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Alan Reid | 2 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Alan Stoneham | 11 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Neale Daniher | 6 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Clarke | 39 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Glenn Hawker | 33 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Stephen Carey | 17 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Grant Fowler | 23 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 3 |
| Russell Muir | 42 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Eustice | 47 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Shaw | 26 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Vander Haar | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Justin Madden | 44 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 3 |
| Michael Thomson | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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223 meetings: Melbourne 88, Essendon 133, 2 drawn.
Melbourne by 45 · crowd 41,438
Essendon by 45 · crowd 38,006
Essendon by 39 · crowd 45,039
Melbourne by 17 · crowd 52,866
Essendon by 27 · crowd 33,832
Melbourne by 29 · crowd 44,503