Match Recap
Round 9·Sat, 23-May-1981 2:10 PM·M.C.G.·31,769 att.
Melbourne
10.10 (70)
vs
Essendon
14.20 (104)
Essendon won by 34

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Melbourne4.2 (26)6.7 (43)9.7 (61)10.10 (70)10.10 (70)
Essendon2.4 (16)4.9 (33)8.18 (66)14.20 (104)14.20 (104)

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#1 Garry Baker7512219
#42 Jamie Barham104142
#14 Michael Byrne62857
#8 Brent Crosswell5382
#21 Jim Durnan1111225
#33 Tony Elshaug32436335
#9 Laurie Fowler6171
#20 Graham Gaunt119204
#4 Peter Giles6281
#13 Wayne Gordon1310235
#39 Gerard Healy121022321
#25 Mark Jackson43723
#10 Peter Keenan2217
#36 Peter Maynard104143
#29 Andrew Moir55101
#19 Bill Nettlefold154191
#7 Phillip Pinnell19423521
#35 Steven Smith7411
#5 Michael Young5382
#32 Shane Zantuck1141511

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#4 Ron Andrews74114
#20 Tony Buhagiar21829555
#17 Stephen Carey86141
#39 Neil Clarke143171
#31 Max Crow7732
#6 Neale Daniher138213
#5 Terry Daniher125173123
#47 Mark Eustice4591
#10 Garry Foulds19322113
#23 Grant Fowler941311
#33 Glenn Hawker10515221
#44 Justin Madden42619
#27 Simon Madden91102122
#42 Russell Muir72931
#2 Alan Reid2152661
#26 Robert Shaw63931
#11 Alan Stoneham1692531
#34 Michael Thomson111
#18 Paul Vander Haar549412
#32 Tim Watson14822522