1997 AFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 117.9%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Adelaide (Semi Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Brad Sholl (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ronnie Burns (49)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Liam Pickering

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Barry Stoneham

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barnes, John #6 15 R01-R05, R15-R22, QF, SF 12 6
Biddiscombe, Craig #30 10 R01-R08, R14-R15 2 0
Brownless, Bill #16 8 R04-R09, R13-R14 5 0
Burns, Ronnie #8 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 50 3
Colbert, Leigh #2 20 R01-R17, R19, QF, SF 15 6
Corrigan, Paul #33 15 R01-R03, R08-R18, R20 2 0
Couch, Paul #7 5 R01-R04, R07 3 0
Graham, Ben #36 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 1 6
Hall, Derek #19 17 R01-R07, R13-R22 26 5
Hargreaves, Tim #22 11 R02-R04, R08-R12, R21-R22, SF 11 1
Hocking, Garry #32 20 R03-R11, R13-R19, R21-R22, QF, SF 27 2
Houlihan, Adam #3 14 R04-R13, R20-R22, QF 15 0
Kilpatrick, Glenn #13 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 4 10
King, Steven #1 22 R01-R03, R06-R22, QF, SF 8 6
Lowther, Daniel #29 3 R16-R17, R21 0 0
Lynch, Paul #18 13 R01, R09-R10, R12-R16, R18-R20, R22, QF 20 8
Mansfield, Michael #21 23 R01-R03, R05-R22, QF, SF 14 5
McGrath, Tim #17 23 R01-R02, R04-R22, QF, SF 1 3
McKinnon, Martin #28 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 23 0
Mensch, David #31 8 R03-R04, R18-R22, SF 2 0
Milburn, Darren #39 10 R01-R03, R17, R19-R22, QF, SF 5 0
Pickering, Liam #23 20 R04-R18, R20-R22, QF, SF 9 7
Riccardi, Peter #15 21 R01-R03, R05-R15, R18-R22, QF, SF 19 7
Robbins, Matthew #4 6 R01-R06 0 0
Roberts, Cameron #11 3 R10-R12 0 0
Sanderson, Brenton #27 21 R01-R02, R04-R20, QF, SF 8 0
Sholl, Brad #12 24 R01-R22, QF, SF 8 16
Simpson, Sean #37 9 R09-R11, R17, R20-R22, QF, SF 0 0
Snell, Jason #25 10 R12, R16-R22, QF, SF 13 0
Steinfort, Carl #20 22 R01-R08, R11-R22, QF, SF 12 0
Stoneham, Barry #26 21 R01-R19, QF, SF 7 0
Tanner, Grant #10 14 R05-R16, R18-R19 1 0

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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)
Ayres, Gary 24 15 -0- 9 R01-R22, QF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/1997 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 9 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
05/04/1997 Round 2 West Coast HOME WIN GEE by 6 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
12/04/1997 Round 3 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 39 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
20/04/1997 Round 4 Essendon HOME WIN GEE by 7 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
27/04/1997 Round 5 Carlton AWAY WIN GEE by 8 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
03/05/1997 Round 6 Fremantle HOME WIN GEE by 54 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
10/05/1997 Round 7 Sydney HOME WIN GEE by 32 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
17/05/1997 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 79 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
25/05/1997 Round 9 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 28 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
31/05/1997 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 28 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
07/06/1997 Round 11 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 21 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
14/06/1997 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 6 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
28/06/1997 Round 13 Adelaide HOME WIN GEE by 56 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
05/07/1997 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN GEE by 8 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
11/07/1997 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 10 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
19/07/1997 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN GEE by 32 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
27/07/1997 Round 17 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 47 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
02/08/1997 Round 18 Port Adelaide HOME WIN GEE by 85 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
10/08/1997 Round 19 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 5 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
16/08/1997 Round 20 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 28 Gary Ayres unknown
24/08/1997 Round 21 Fremantle AWAY WIN GEE by 32 Gary Ayres unknown
30/08/1997 Round 22 Sydney AWAY WIN GEE by 10 Gary Ayres unknown
07/09/1997 Qualifying Final North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 18 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham
13/09/1997 Semi Final Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 8 Gary Ayres Barry Stoneham