1897 VFL Season: Collingwood

These are the details of the premiership results for Collingwood for the 1897 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Victoria Park as their home ground, playing seven matches there (seven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fourth place, securing a place in the finals series. After facing Melbourne, Essendon and Geelong in a round-robin finals series, Collingwood finished third, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1897 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Club: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 9-0-5, P%: 114.4)
Finals Performance: 3rd place in round-robin finals series

Team Leaders

Captain: Billy Strickland
Vice-Captain: Bill Proudfoot

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Callesen, George 15 5 R01-13, RF2-3
Condon, Dick 17 5 R01-14, RF1-3
Dow, Charlie 17 0 R01-14, RF1-3
Dowdall, Harry 16 9 R01-11, R13-14, RF1-3
Dowdall, Jim 6 1 R03, R06-10
Flaherty, Danny 4 0 R06-08, R10
Gibbs, Arthur 17 0 R01-14, RF1-3
Gillard, Wal 12 6 R01-03, R05-11, R14, RF1
Gregory, Jim 16 6 R01-13, RF1-3
Hailwood, Frank 16 7 R01-05, R07-14, RF1-3
Hall, Dick 1 0 R04
Hellwig, Herman 2 0 R11, R13
Johnson, Herb 1 0 R14
Kay, Fred 9 6 R04-06, R11-12, R14, RF1-3
Lanigan, Denis 11 3 R06-14, RF1-2
Leach, Fred 10 2 R07, R09-14, RF1-3
Lee, Tom 7 2 R11-14, RF1-3
McDonald, Rhoda 9 2 R01-05, R07-08, R10, RF1
Monohan, Jack 17 1 R01-14, RF1-3
O'Brien, Bill 16 0 R01-03, R05-14, RF1-3
Pannam, Charlie 17 1 R01-14, RF1-3
Paterson, Tom 9 0 R01-09
Poole, Dick 1 0 R01
Proudfoot, Bill 12 0 R01-06, R12-14, RF1-3
Sime, Charlie 16 0 R01-02, R04-14, RF1-3
Smith, Archie 17 15 R01-14, RF1-3
Stranger, Bill 1 1 RF3
Strickland, Billy 16 0 R01-06, R08-14, RF1-3
Tame, Alby 6 0 R02-04, R09-10, R12
Tulloch, Lardie 15 11 R01-09, R11-14, RF2-3
Williams, George 11 0 R01-05, R12-14, RF1-3

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1897 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN COLL by 25 unknown Billy Strickland
15/05/1897 Round 2 Essendon AWAY WIN COLL by 20 unknown Billy Strickland
22/05/1897 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN COLL by 4 unknown Billy Strickland
29/05/1897 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 8 unknown Billy Strickland
05/06/1897 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN COLL by 16 unknown Billy Strickland
19/06/1897 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 7 unknown Billy Strickland
22/06/1897 Round 7 Carlton AWAY WIN COLL by 6 unknown Danny Flaherty
26/06/1897 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN COLL by 24 unknown Billy Strickland
03/07/1897 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 9 unknown Billy Strickland
10/07/1897 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 42 unknown Billy Strickland
17/07/1897 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SMLB by 19 unknown Billy Strickland
24/07/1897 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COLL by 7 unknown Billy Strickland
31/07/1897 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN COLL by 15 unknown Billy Strickland
07/08/1897 Round 14 Carlton HOME WIN COLL by 32 unknown Billy Strickland
21/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 1 Melbourne AWAY WIN COLL by 4 unknown Billy Strickland
28/08/1897 Round-Robin Final 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 40 unknown Billy Strickland
04/09/1897 Round-Robin Final 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 4 unknown Billy Strickland