1997 AFL Season: Sydney

Season Team Details

Season: 1997 AFL Season
Team: Sydney
Home Ground: SCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 12-0-10, P%: 116.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Western Bulldogs (Qualifying Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Paul Kelly (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Tony Lockett (34)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Paul Kelly

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Paul Kelly

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arnott, Simon #2 11 R07, R11-R19, QF 8 3
Barry, Leo #21 10 R08, R12-R14, R18-R22, QF 12 0
Bayes, Mark #30 15 R01, R03, R09-R20, R22 21 2
Carey, Stefan #31 20 R01-R02, R06-R22, QF 18 5
Chapman, Wade #27 13 R01-R06, R09-R15 8 0
Cook, Troy #41 20 R03-R04, R06-R22, QF 7 6
Corcoran, Shannon #16 2 R01-R02 0 0
Cresswell, Daryn #8 23 R01-R22, QF 16 6
Direen, Scott #18 2 R09, R11 0 0
Dunkley, Andrew #6 21 R03-R22, QF 0 0
Dyson, Kevin #12 13 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09-R10, R19-R22, QF 2 0
Filandia, Peter #10 5 R01-R05 3 0
Garlick, Simon #29 2 R01-R02 1 0
Grant, Shannon #9 23 R01-R22, QF 18 0
Kelly, Paul #14 23 R01-R22, QF 26 21
King, Clinton #25 4 R05-R08 1 0
Kinnear, Mark #39 3 R06-R08 1 0
Lewis, Dale #3 21 R01-R18, R20-R21, QF 28 13
Licuria, Paul #38 4 R01-R02, R21-R22 1 0
Lockett, Tony #4 12 R04-R07, R09, R15-R18, R21-R22, QF 37 1
Luff, Troy #34 11 R01-R05, R11-R14, R22, QF 5 0
Mathews, Ben #36 4 R16-R19 1 0
Maxfield, Stuart #11 22 R02-R22, QF 9 3
McPherson, Daniel #13 5 R08-R09, R20-R22 0 0
Mooney, Jason #17 18 R01-R05, R10-R13, R15-R22, QF 14 1
Myles, Dion #26 3 R02, R20-R21 0 0
Nicks, Matthew #23 20 R03-R08, R10-R22, QF 6 0
O'Brien, Craig #5 11 R01-R07, R09-R10, R22, QF 16 0
O'Loughlin, Michael #19 23 R01-R22, QF 26 0
Orchard, Mark #24 20 R01-R19, QF 4 0
Roos, Paul #1 21 R01, R03-R20, R22, QF 6 7
Seymour, Brad #7 21 R01-R21 2 3
Stafford, Greg #15 22 R01-R17, R19-R22, QF 5 1
Stevens, John #20 19 R03-R05, R08-R22, QF 10 0
Warfe, Rowan #33 12 R06-R08, R10, R14-R21 0 0
Wilson, Ben #32 4 R01-R03, R08 0 0

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)
Eade, Rodney 23 12 -0- 11 R01-R22, QF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
29/03/1997 Round 1 West Coast AWAY LOSS WCE by 41 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
05/04/1997 Round 2 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 7 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
11/04/1997 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN SYD by 8 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
19/04/1997 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN SYD by 46 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
26/04/1997 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 25 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
04/05/1997 Round 6 Carlton HOME WIN SYD by 59 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
10/05/1997 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 32 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
17/05/1997 Round 8 Adelaide AWAY LOSS ADE by 89 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
24/05/1997 Round 9 Collingwood HOME WIN SYD by 37 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
01/06/1997 Round 10 Brisbane Lions AWAY LOSS BRI by 3 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
07/06/1997 Round 11 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN SYD by 35 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
13/06/1997 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN SYD by 54 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
29/06/1997 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN SYD by 10 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
05/07/1997 Round 14 Fremantle AWAY LOSS FRE by 15 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
13/07/1997 Round 15 Essendon HOME WIN SYD by 1 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
19/07/1997 Round 16 West Coast HOME WIN SYD by 37 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
26/07/1997 Round 17 Western Bulldogs HOME WIN SYD by 97 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
02/08/1997 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY WIN SYD by 116 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
10/08/1997 Round 19 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 9 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
17/08/1997 Round 20 Hawthorn HOME WIN SYD by 58 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
23/08/1997 Round 21 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 35 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
30/08/1997 Round 22 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 10 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly
06/09/1997 Qualifying Final Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 35 Rodney Eade Paul Kelly