1997 AFL Season: Western Bulldogs

Season Team Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Team: Western Bulldogs
Home Ground: Optus Oval (Princes Park)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-8, P%: 101.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Chris Grant (27)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Simon Minton-Connell (43)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Scott West

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Scott Wynd

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allen, Scott #30 2 R13-R14 1 0
Brown, Nathan #17 14 R01-R05, R12-R13, R17-R21, QF, PF 10 3
Cameron, Leon #18 17 R01-R08, R16-R22, QF, PF 6 3
Contessa, Adam #43 4 R13-R15, R17 0 0
Cook, James #12 14 R03, R10-R15, R18-R22, QF, PF 36 0
Cox, Simon #26 10 R01-R02, R08, R18-R22, QF, PF 3 0
Croft, Matthew #16 20 R03-R18, R21-R22, QF, PF 17 1
Curley, Todd #11 10 R02, R07-R08, R17-R20, R22, QF, PF 2 0
Darcy, Luke #14 23 R01-R17, R19-R22, QF, PF 24 7
Dent, Matthew #21 20 R01-R05, R08-R16, R19-R22, QF, PF 5 0
Dimattina, Paul #28 17 R03-R07, R09-R16, R19-R22 8 7
Ellis, Craig #32 24 R01-R22, QF, PF 1 3
Grant, Chris #3 23 R01-R07, R09-R22, QF, PF 37 27
Hargraves, Daniel #37 4 R01-R02, R16-R17 3 0
Hudson, Paul #9 20 R01-R09, R11-R18, R22, QF, PF 27 0
Johnson, Brad #6 24 R01-R22, QF, PF 16 4
Kellett, Nigel #4 4 R01, R09-R10, R12 0 0
Kolyniuk, Steven #2 17 R01-R13, R15-R16, R18, R21 14 0
Kretiuk, Steven #35 15 R01-R02, R11-R17, R19-R22, QF, PF 0 0
Lane, Tyson #27 3 R05, R14-R15 1 0
Liberatore, Tony #39 24 R01-R22, QF, PF 8 10
Martin, Michael #23 6 R19-R22, QF, PF 1 0
Minton-Connell, Simon #1 17 R01-R16, R18 43 2
Montgomery, Brett #10 16 R02-R04, R06, R09-R11, R16-R22, QF, PF 18 0
Powell, Stephen #29 3 R06-R08 2 0
Quill, Peter #22 4 R06-R08, R17 1 0
Romero, Jose #36 24 R01-R22, QF, PF 11 3
Round, David #41 2 R03-R04 0 0
Sir, Sedat #38 8 R04-R10, R12 0 0
Smith, Rohan #5 24 R01-R22, QF, PF 26 3
Southern, Daniel #8 17 R06-R22 2 1
Watts, Jason #25 4 R01, R04-R05, R18 2 0
West, Mark #34 7 R09-R11, R19-R20, QF, PF 2 0
West, Scott #7 24 R01-R22, QF, PF 5 5
Wira, Brad #24 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 1 0
Wynd, Scott #15 23 R01-R03, R05-R22, QF, PF 3 4

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Wallace, Terry 24 15 -0- 9 R01-R22, QF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/1997 Round 1 Fremantle HOME LOSS FRE by 4 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
05/04/1997 Round 2 Sydney HOME WIN BUL by 7 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
12/04/1997 Round 3 Richmond HOME WIN BUL by 19 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
18/04/1997 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY WIN BUL by 2 Terry Wallace unknown
26/04/1997 Round 5 Adelaide HOME LOSS ADE by 50 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
02/05/1997 Round 6 West Coast AWAY WIN BUL by 14 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
10/05/1997 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN BUL by 45 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
16/05/1997 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 46 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
25/05/1997 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME WIN BUL by 32 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
01/06/1997 Round 10 Essendon AWAY WIN BUL by 22 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
07/06/1997 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN BUL by 21 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
14/06/1997 Round 12 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS POR by 12 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
28/06/1997 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY WIN BUL by 17 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
05/07/1997 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN BUL by 36 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
12/07/1997 Round 15 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 64 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
20/07/1997 Round 16 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 6 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
26/07/1997 Round 17 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 97 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
02/08/1997 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 15 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
09/08/1997 Round 19 Melbourne HOME WIN BUL by 38 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
17/08/1997 Round 20 Adelaide AWAY WIN BUL by 43 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
23/08/1997 Round 21 West Coast HOME WIN BUL by 18 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
30/08/1997 Round 22 Hawthorn AWAY WIN BUL by 18 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
06/09/1997 Qualifying Final Sydney HOME WIN BUL by 35 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd
20/09/1997 Preliminary Final Adelaide HOME LOSS ADE by 2 Terry Wallace Scott Wynd