1997 AFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

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

Team Results

Ladder Position: 13th (W-D-L: 10-0-12, P%: 83.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Darren Gaspar (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Matthew Richardson (47)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Wayne Campbell

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Matthew Knights

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baldwin, Jason #32 2 R11, R21 0 0
Bond, Chris #35 22 R01-R22 3 0
Bourke, David #30 13 R01-R02, R07-R13, R15-R18 9 2
Bowden, Joel #11 13 R01-R08, R18-R22 21 0
Bower, Nathan #22 3 R08-R10 2 0
Broderick, Paul #17 22 R01-R22 7 7
Bulluss, Paul #21 17 R01, R06-R11, R13-R22 6 0
Campbell, Wayne #9 21 R01-R18, R20-R22 4 6
Chaffey, Mark #40 12 R04-R08, R11-R17 2 0
Charles, Justin #15 13 R01-R03, R08-R10, R12, R15-R20 14 0
Daffy, Nick #10 22 R01-R22 26 0
Donati, Daniel #42 1 R14 0 0
Evans, Brett #19 2 R09-R10 0 0
Funcke, Ross #27 11 R03-R10, R20-R22 0 0
Gale, Brendon #25 19 R01-R03, R06-R19, R21-R22 12 1
Gale, Michael #1 18 R01-R14, R18-R20, R22 3 2
Gaspar, Darren #2 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 0 12
Harrison, Ben #20 16 R03-R06, R11-R22 16 0
Holland, Ben #16 16 R01-R09, R11-R14, R20-R22 13 0
Jewell, Nick #39 1 R19 0 0
Jurica, Stephen #23 3 R04-R05, R07 0 0
Kellaway, Duncan #3 22 R01-R22 1 3
Knights, Matthew #33 11 R12-R22 2 8
Manfield, Matthew #36 2 R01-R02 1 0
Merenda, Mark #8 16 R01-R03, R06-R08, R11-R12, R15-R22 18 0
Moore, Ben #28 8 R09, R11-R12, R18-R22 5 0
Naish, Chris #6 12 R01-R06, R09-R10, R13, R17-R19 12 0
Nichols, Trent #26 12 R01-R05, R07-R13 16 0
Powell, Robert #13 13 R01-R02, R10-R16, R19-R22 18 2
Prescott, Ashley #7 19 R03-R05, R07-R22 3 0
Richardson, Matthew #12 19 R01-R06, R10-R22 47 9
Rogers, Matthew #4 14 R01-R03, R05, R13-R22 10 0
Ryan, Damien #37 9 R01-R04, R06-R07, R15-R17 0 0
Tape, Jamie #5 8 R04-R10, R17 0 0
Thompson, Ewan #34 4 R14-R17 1 0
Torney, Jason #29 12 R04-R06, R14-R22 0 0
Turner, Scott #41 13 R02-R14 0 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)
Walls, Robert 17 6 -0- 11 R01-R17
Gieschen, Jeff 5 4 -0- 1 R18-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/03/1997 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 9 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
05/04/1997 Round 2 Adelaide HOME WIN RIC by 28 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
12/04/1997 Round 3 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 19 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
19/04/1997 Round 4 Fremantle HOME WIN RIC by 5 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
27/04/1997 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 95 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
04/05/1997 Round 6 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS POR by 64 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
10/05/1997 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 22 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
19/05/1997 Round 8 West Coast HOME WIN RIC by 52 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
25/05/1997 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 47 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
31/05/1997 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 25 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
06/06/1997 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY WIN RIC by 6 Robert Walls Wayne Campbell
13/06/1997 Round 12 Sydney AWAY LOSS SYD by 54 Robert Walls Matthew Knights
28/06/1997 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 93 Robert Walls Matthew Knights
06/07/1997 Round 14 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 18 Robert Walls Matthew Knights
13/07/1997 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME WIN RIC by 76 Robert Walls Matthew Knights
19/07/1997 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 32 Robert Walls Matthew Knights
26/07/1997 Round 17 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 137 Robert Walls Matthew Knights
02/08/1997 Round 18 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN RIC by 15 Jeff Gieschen Matthew Knights
09/08/1997 Round 19 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 43 Jeff Gieschen Matthew Knights
17/08/1997 Round 20 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 1 Jeff Gieschen Matthew Knights
24/08/1997 Round 21 Port Adelaide HOME WIN RIC by 85 Jeff Gieschen Matthew Knights
30/08/1997 Round 22 Carlton AWAY WIN RIC by 2 Jeff Gieschen Matthew Knights