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The 1981 VFL Grand Final was an

premiers for the 1981 VFL season

. The match, attended by 112,964 spectators, was won by Carlton by a margin of 20 points, marking that club's 14th premiership win.

Background

It was a rematch between the two teams which had competed in the

1979 Grand Final

, with Carlton and Collingwood finishing the home and away season in first and second place respectively.

Captained by Mike Fitzpatrick, Carlton came back from a nine point half time deficit to win by 20 points, giving Collingwood their third successive Grand Final loss and their fourth in five years. At one stage late in the third quarter Collingwood had lead by 21 points after a burst of goals, before Carlton scored two late goals to go into three quarter time just 9 points behind. Some infighting in the Collingwood huddle resulted in Carlton taking all the momentum into the last quarter. Ken Sheldon kicked the opening goal of the final quarter to get Carlton within four points and then Rod Ashman kicked one to put them in front. Collingwood laid down, scoring just two points in the quarter and goals from Maclure and McKay sealed the win for Carlton.

Teams

Carlton
B:	Des English	Scott Howell	Val Perovic
HB:	Ken Hunter	Bruce Doull	Wayne Harmes
C:	Phil Maylin	Greg Wells	David Glascott
HF:	Peter Bosustow	Mark Maclure	Wayne Johnston
F:	David McKay	Peter McConville	Jim Buckley
Foll:	Mike Fitzpatrick (c)	Ken Sheldon	Rod Ashman
Int:	Alex Marcou	Mario Bortolotto

Coach:	David Parkin

Collingwood
B:	Ian Cooper	Peter McCormack	Ray Byrne
HB:	David Twomey	Billy Picken	Graeme Allan
C:	Ricky Barham	Mark Williams	Warwick Irwin
HF:	Peter Daicos	Craig Davis	Rene Kink
F:	Ray Shaw	Ross Brewer	Craig Stewart
Foll:	Peter Moore (c)	Michael Taylor	Tony Shaw
Int:	Stuart Atkin	Noel Lovell

Coach:	Tom Hafey

Statistics

Score

Team	1	2	3	Final
Carlton	2.4	5.8	8.13	12.20 (92)
Collingwood	2.6	5.7	10.10	10.12 (72)

Attendance - 112,964

Goal kickers

Carlton:

Ashman 3
McKay 2
Maclure 2
Sheldon 2
Buckley 1
Harmes 1
Johnston 1

Collingwood:

Barham 2
Williams 2
Daicos 1
Moore 1
R.Shaw 1
T.Shaw 1
Stewart 1
Taylor 1

Norm Smith Medal

Bruce Doull won the Norm Smith Medal for his efforts on the half back line.

References

The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004

External links

Blueseum page on the Grand Final

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-The '''1981 VFL Grand Final''' was an [[Australian rules football]] game contested between the [[Carlton Football Club]] and [[Collingwood Football Club]], held at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in [[Melbourne]] on 26 September 1981. It was the the 85th annual [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] of the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]], staged to determine the [[List of AFL premiers|premiers]] for the [[1981 VFL season]]. It was a rematch between the two teams who competed in the [[1979 VFL Grand Final|1979 Grand Final]], with Carlton and Collingwood finishing the home and away season in first and second place respectively.
+The '''1981 VFL Grand Final''' was an [[Australian rules football]] game contested between the [[Carlton Football Club]] and [[Collingwood Football Club]], held at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in [[Melbourne]] on 26 September 1981. It was the the 85th annual [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]] of the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]], staged to determine the [[List of AFL premiers|premiers]] for the [[1981 VFL season]]. The match, attended by 112,964 spectators, was won by Carlton by a margin of 20 points, marking that club's 14th premiership win.
+==Background==
+It was a rematch between the two teams which had competed in the [[1979 VFL Grand Final|1979 Grand Final]], with Carlton and Collingwood finishing the home and away season in first and second place respectively.
+==Match summary==
 Captained by [[Mike Fitzpatrick]], Carlton came back from a nine point half time deficit to win by 20 points, giving Collingwood their third successive Grand Final loss and their fourth in five years. At one stage late in the third quarter Collingwood had lead by 21 points after a burst of goals, before Carlton scored two late goals to go into three quarter time just 9 points behind. Some infighting in the Collingwood huddle resulted in Carlton taking all the momentum into the last quarter. [[Ken Sheldon]] kicked the opening goal of the final quarter to get Carlton within four points and then [[Rod Ashman]] kicked one to put them in front. Collingwood laid down, scoring just two points in the quarter and goals from Maclure and McKay sealed the win for Carlton.