1997 AFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 16th (W-D-L: 4-0-18, P%: 60.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Todd Viney (9)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jeff Farmer, David Neitz (30)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Jim Stynes

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Garry Lyon
Vice-Captain(s): Glenn Lovett

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Charles, Sean #1 18 R01-R02, R07-R22 17 0
Clarkson, Alastair #23 19 R01-R17, R19, R22 11 1
Cockatoo-Collins, David #30 1 R17 0 0
Cockatoo-Collins, Don #31 4 R07-R09, R14 1 0
Farmer, Jeff #33 17 R01-R04, R07-R15, R19-R22 30 5
Febey, Matthew #20 11 R01-R09, R21-R22 0 0
Febey, Steven #21 20 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R22 2 0
Gaspar, Damien #32 12 R01-R12 0 0
Grgic, Brent #48 9 R14-R22 5 0
Hopgood, Paul #15 20 R01-R02, R05-R22 2 2
Ingerson, Anthony #27 22 R01-R22 4 0
Irving, Dean #34 2 R11-R12 0 0
Kowal, Darren #7 6 R05-R06, R18-R19, R21-R22 1 0
Lamprill, Andrew #37 3 R19-R21 0 0
Leoncelli, Andrew #36 12 R01-R03, R05-R13 1 0
Lovett, Brett #17 18 R01-R12, R14-R19 4 0
Lovett, Glenn #6 14 R01-R04, R06, R13-R21 3 2
Lyon, Garry #3 5 R01, R03-R05, R10 7 0
McDonald, Anthony #35 19 R04-R22 7 0
McDonald, James #54 4 R17-R18, R21-R22 3 0
McHardy, Todd #45 2 R12-R13 0 0
Neitz, David #9 17 R01-R07, R13-R22 30 2
Nettelbeck, Craig #18 13 R01-R13 5 0
Newton, Leigh #14 13 R03-R05, R07, R09-R10, R14-R20 6 0
Nicholson, Alistair #44 1 R06 0 0
O'Brien, Darren #38 11 R08-R14, R16, R20-R22 2 0
Obst, Andrew #4 18 R01-R04, R06-R18, R20 3 0
Pesch, Nick #28 4 R03-R06 0 0
Pyman, Robert #16 19 R01-R12, R15-R16, R18-R22 8 3
Robertson, Russell #42 3 R20-R22 5 0
Schwarz, David #5 10 R11-R20 18 1
Seecamp, Marcus #10 15 R05-R13, R15-R19, R22 0 0
Smith, Shaun #29 12 R01-R03, R13-R18, R20-R22 9 3
Stynes, Jim #11 22 R01-R22 3 4
Tingay, Stephen #2 3 R01-R02, R04 0 0
Viney, Todd #12 22 R01-R22 7 9
Woewodin, Shane #22 22 R01-R22 4 2
Yze, Adem #13 19 R02-R05, R08-R22 9 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)
Balme, Neil 9 1 -0- 8 R01-R09
Hutchison, Greg 13 3 -0- 10 R10-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/03/1997 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 15 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
04/04/1997 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 107 Neil Balme Glenn Lovett
11/04/1997 Round 3 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 8 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
18/04/1997 Round 4 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 2 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
26/04/1997 Round 5 West Coast HOME LOSS WCE by 48 Neil Balme Garry Lyon
04/05/1997 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 86 Neil Balme Glenn Lovett
10/05/1997 Round 7 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 55 Neil Balme unknown
17/05/1997 Round 8 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 79 Neil Balme unknown
23/05/1997 Round 9 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 51 Neil Balme unknown
31/05/1997 Round 10 Richmond AWAY WIN MEL by 25 Greg Hutchison Garry Lyon
08/06/1997 Round 11 Adelaide HOME LOSS ADE by 52 Greg Hutchison unknown
15/06/1997 Round 12 Brisbane Lions HOME LOSS BRI by 85 Greg Hutchison unknown
29/06/1997 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 63 Greg Hutchison Glenn Lovett
06/07/1997 Round 14 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 63 Greg Hutchison Glenn Lovett
12/07/1997 Round 15 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 19 Greg Hutchison Glenn Lovett
20/07/1997 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 56 Greg Hutchison Glenn Lovett
27/07/1997 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 52 Greg Hutchison Glenn Lovett
02/08/1997 Round 18 Sydney HOME LOSS SYD by 116 Greg Hutchison Glenn Lovett
09/08/1997 Round 19 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 38 Greg Hutchison Glenn Lovett
15/08/1997 Round 20 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 38 Greg Hutchison Glenn Lovett
22/08/1997 Round 21 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 52 Greg Hutchison Glenn Lovett
30/08/1997 Round 22 Fremantle HOME WIN MEL by 40 Greg Hutchison unknown