1997 AFL Season

These are the results for the 1997 season of the Australian Football League.

It featured twenty-two rounds. St Kilda were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Eight system. Adelaide were the premiers, with Mark Bickley as the premiership captain and Malcolm Blight as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1997 AFL Season
Teams: 16
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Eight System
Matches: 185

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Adelaide Football Park Malcolm Blight
Brisbane Lions Gabba John Northey
Carlton Optus Oval David Parkin
Collingwood MCG Tony Shaw
Essendon MCG Kevin Sheedy
Fremantle Subiaco Oval Gerard Neesham
Geelong Kardinia Park Gary Ayres
Hawthorn Waverley Park Ken Judge
Melbourne MCG Neil Balme Greg Hutchison
North Melbourne MCG Denis Pagan
Port Adelaide Football Park John Cahill
Richmond MCG Robert Walls Jeff Gieschen
St Kilda Waverley Park Stan Alves
Sydney SCG Rodney Eade
West Coast Subiaco Oval Mick Malthouse
Western Bulldogs Optus Oval Terry Wallace

Season Results

Premiers: Adelaide
Runners-Up: St Kilda
Minor Premiers: St Kilda

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
St Kilda 1st 15 -0- 7 60 119.6% 2,294 1,918 331 308 272 286
Geelong 2nd 15 -0- 7 60 117.9% 2,111 1,791 305 281 259 237
Western Bulldogs 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 101.8% 2,100 2,062 305 270 300 262
Adelaide 4th 13 -0- 9 52 121.6% 2,151 1,769 313 273 257 227
West Coast 5th 13 -0- 9 52 111.2% 1,969 1,770 293 211 252 258
Sydney 6th 12 -0- 10 48 116.2% 2,093 1,801 300 293 258 253
North Melbourne 7th 12 -0- 10 48 111.8% 2,051 1,835 294 287 265 245
Brisbane Lions 8th 10 -1- 11 42 105.2% 2,076 1,973 297 294 287 251
Port Adelaide 9th 10 -1- 11 42 91.8% 1,852 2,017 264 268 295 247
Collingwood 10th 10 -0- 12 40 111.4% 2,138 1,919 313 260 269 305
Carlton 11th 10 -0- 12 40 96.7% 1,978 2,045 282 286 295 275
Fremantle 12th 10 -0- 12 40 91.9% 1,748 1,902 250 248 279 228
Richmond 13th 10 -0- 12 40 83.6% 1,883 2,253 272 251 332 261
Essendon 14th 9 -0- 13 36 92.4% 2,004 2,170 295 234 310 310
Hawthorn 15th 8 -0- 14 32 87.4% 1,873 2,144 273 235 310 284
Melbourne 16th 4 -0- 18 16 60.8% 1,477 2,429 207 235 354 305

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Adelaide 1st Premiers
St Kilda 2nd Runners-Up
Western Bulldogs 3rd Defeated by Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
North Melbourne 4th Defeated by St Kilda (Preliminary Final)
Geelong 5th Defeated by Adelaide (Semi Final)
West Coast 6th Defeated by North Melbourne (Semi Final)
Sydney 7th Defeated by Western Bulldogs (Qualifying Final)
Brisbane Lions 8th Defeated by St Kilda (Qualifying Final)
Port Adelaide 9th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood 10th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 11th Did not qualify for finals
Fremantle 12th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 13th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 14th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 15th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 16th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 27/03/1997 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne MCG 55 - 70 35,802
SAT 29/03/1997 2:10 PM Collingwood v Port Adelaide MCG 166 - 87 51,883
SAT 29/03/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Fremantle Optus Oval 76 - 80 8,664
SAT 29/03/1997 6:40 PM West Coast v Sydney Subiaco Oval 78 - 37 29,965
SAT 29/03/1997 7:40 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Waverley Park 71 - 77 35,732
SUN 30/03/1997 1:40 PM Adelaide v Brisbane Lions Football Park 132 - 96 36,602
SUN 30/03/1997 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 104 - 95 48,358
MON 31/03/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton MCG 106 - 99 82,363

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Coast 1st 1 -0- 0 4 210.8% 78 37
Collingwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 190.8% 166 87
Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 137.5% 132 96
Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 127.3% 70 55
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 0 4 109.5% 104 95
Hawthorn 6th 1 -0- 0 4 108.5% 77 71
Essendon 7th 1 -0- 0 4 107.1% 106 99
Fremantle 8th 1 -0- 0 4 105.3% 80 76
Western Bulldogs 9th 0 -0- 1 0 95.0% 76 80
Carlton 10th 0 -0- 1 0 93.4% 99 106
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 1 0 92.2% 71 77
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 1 0 91.3% 95 104
North Melbourne 13th 0 -0- 1 0 78.6% 55 70
Brisbane Lions 14th 0 -0- 1 0 72.7% 96 132
Port Adelaide 15th 0 -0- 1 0 52.4% 87 166
Sydney 16th 0 -0- 1 0 47.4% 37 78

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 04/04/1997 7:40 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 56 - 163 61,138
SAT 05/04/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v West Coast Kardinia Park 78 - 72 17,988
SAT 05/04/1997 2:10 PM Richmond v Adelaide MCG 128 - 100 32,880
SAT 05/04/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Sydney Optus Oval 90 - 83 12,604
SUN 06/04/1997 2:10 PM Fremantle v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 87 - 73 19,057
SUN 06/04/1997 2:45 PM Brisbane Lions v St Kilda Gabba 154 - 57 17,123
SUN 06/04/1997 3:10 PM Port Adelaide v Essendon Football Park 60 - 93 32,747
MON 07/04/1997 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Carlton MCG 86 - 60 38,170

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -0- 0 8 230.1% 329 143
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 125.2% 199 159
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 119.0% 232 195
Fremantle 4th 2 -0- 0 8 112.1% 167 149
Brisbane Lions 5th 1 -0- 1 4 132.3% 250 189
West Coast 6th 1 -0- 1 4 130.4% 150 115
North Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 1 4 108.5% 141 130
Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 1 4 103.6% 232 224
Western Bulldogs 9th 1 -0- 1 4 101.8% 166 163
Geelong 10th 1 -0- 1 4 98.3% 173 176
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 1 4 94.9% 150 158
Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 1 4 57.8% 126 218
Carlton 13th 0 -0- 2 0 82.8% 159 192
Sydney 14th 0 -0- 2 0 71.4% 120 168
Port Adelaide 15th 0 -0- 2 0 56.8% 147 259
St Kilda 16th 0 -0- 2 0 55.4% 128 231

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 11/04/1997 7:40 PM Sydney v Melbourne SCG 99 - 91 23,598
SAT 12/04/1997 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Waverley Park 125 - 118 54,699
SAT 12/04/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Richmond MCG 105 - 86 35,438
SAT 12/04/1997 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v Geelong Football Park 129 - 90 32,074
SUN 13/04/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Adelaide Optus Oval 108 - 80 25,966
SUN 13/04/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne MCG 122 - 80 57,978
SUN 13/04/1997 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Brisbane Lions Waverley Park 87 - 75 27,947
SUN 13/04/1997 2:10 PM West Coast v Fremantle Subiaco Oval 111 - 71 39,294

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 3 -0- 0 12 134.3% 321 239
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 166.8% 447 268
West Coast 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 140.3% 261 186
Western Bulldogs 4th 2 -0- 1 8 108.8% 271 249
Richmond 5th 2 -0- 1 8 106.0% 318 300
Hawthorn 6th 2 -0- 1 8 101.7% 237 233
Fremantle 7th 2 -0- 1 8 91.5% 238 260
Brisbane Lions 8th 1 -0- 2 4 117.8% 325 276
Carlton 9th 1 -0- 2 4 98.2% 267 272
Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 2 4 94.0% 312 332
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 2 4 87.7% 221 252
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 2 4 86.2% 263 305
Sydney 13th 1 -0- 2 4 84.6% 219 259
Port Adelaide 14th 1 -0- 2 4 79.1% 276 349
St Kilda 15th 1 -0- 2 4 72.5% 253 349
Melbourne 16th 1 -0- 2 4 68.5% 217 317

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 18/04/1997 7:40 PM Melbourne v Western Bulldogs MCG 87 - 89 28,043
SAT 19/04/1997 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 84 - 101 78,704
SAT 19/04/1997 2:10 PM Richmond v Fremantle Optus Oval 72 - 67 15,461
SAT 19/04/1997 6:40 PM West Coast v Hawthorn Subiaco Oval 112 - 88 38,222
SAT 19/04/1997 7:40 PM St Kilda v Sydney Waverley Park 81 - 127 35,061
SUN 20/04/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 85 - 78 54,922
SUN 20/04/1997 2:45 PM Brisbane Lions v North Melbourne Gabba 109 - 83 18,575
SUN 20/04/1997 3:10 PM Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 72 - 83 47,256

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Coast 1st 3 -0- 1 12 136.1% 373 274
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 123.1% 399 324
Western Bulldogs 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 107.1% 360 336
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 1 12 106.3% 390 367
Collingwood 5th 2 -0- 2 8 143.9% 531 369
Brisbane Lions 6th 2 -0- 2 8 120.9% 434 359
Carlton 7th 2 -0- 2 8 103.4% 368 356
Sydney 8th 2 -0- 2 8 101.8% 346 340
Hawthorn 9th 2 -0- 2 8 94.2% 325 345
Fremantle 10th 2 -0- 2 8 91.9% 305 332
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 2 8 90.9% 348 383
Port Adelaide 12th 2 -0- 2 8 85.3% 359 421
Adelaide 13th 1 -0- 3 4 92.5% 384 415
North Melbourne 14th 1 -0- 3 4 84.2% 304 361
Melbourne 15th 1 -0- 3 4 74.9% 304 406
St Kilda 16th 1 -0- 3 4 70.2% 334 476

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood MCG 70 - 99 83,271
FRI 25/04/1997 6:45 PM Fremantle v St Kilda Subiaco Oval 107 - 101 23,504
SAT 26/04/1997 2:10 PM Melbourne v West Coast MCG 78 - 126 19,655
SAT 26/04/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Adelaide Optus Oval 71 - 121 12,694
SAT 26/04/1997 7:40 PM Hawthorn v Sydney Waverley Park 99 - 74 37,576
SUN 27/04/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Optus Oval 86 - 94 25,801
SUN 27/04/1997 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond MCG 141 - 46 44,449
SUN 27/04/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Brisbane Lions Football Park 73 - 71 31,757

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Coast 1st 4 -0- 1 16 141.8% 499 352
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 143.5% 630 439
Essendon 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 110.9% 469 423
Hawthorn 4th 3 -0- 2 12 101.2% 424 419
Fremantle 5th 3 -0- 2 12 95.2% 412 433
Western Bulldogs 6th 3 -0- 2 12 94.3% 431 457
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 2 12 94.2% 442 469
Port Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 2 12 87.8% 432 492
Richmond 9th 3 -0- 2 12 85.8% 436 508
Brisbane Lions 10th 2 -0- 3 8 116.9% 505 432
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 3 8 109.3% 445 407
Adelaide 12th 2 -0- 3 8 103.9% 505 486
Carlton 13th 2 -0- 3 8 100.9% 454 450
Sydney 14th 2 -0- 3 8 95.7% 420 439
St Kilda 15th 1 -0- 4 4 74.6% 435 583
Melbourne 16th 1 -0- 4 4 71.8% 382 532

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 02/05/1997 6:40 PM West Coast v Western Bulldogs WACA 99 - 113 29,838
SAT 03/05/1997 2:10 PM Collingwood v Adelaide Victoria Park 84 - 83 24,663
SAT 03/05/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v Brisbane Lions MCG 102 - 71 37,642
SAT 03/05/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v Fremantle Kardinia Park 97 - 43 16,467
SAT 03/05/1997 7:40 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Waverley Park 93 - 103 38,953
SUN 04/05/1997 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Waverley Park 121 - 35 21,104
SUN 04/05/1997 2:45 PM Sydney v Carlton SCG 142 - 83 37,933
SUN 04/05/1997 3:10 PM Port Adelaide v Richmond Football Park 122 - 58 36,090

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 4 -0- 2 16 136.8% 714 522
West Coast 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 128.6% 598 465
Essendon 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 115.6% 571 494
Geelong 4th 4 -0- 2 16 105.3% 539 512
Port Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 2 16 100.7% 554 550
Western Bulldogs 6th 4 -0- 2 16 97.8% 544 556
North Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 109.6% 548 500
Sydney 8th 3 -0- 3 12 107.7% 562 522
Hawthorn 9th 3 -0- 3 12 99.0% 517 522
Fremantle 10th 3 -0- 3 12 85.8% 455 530
Richmond 11th 3 -0- 3 12 78.4% 494 630
Brisbane Lions 12th 2 -0- 4 8 107.9% 576 534
Adelaide 13th 2 -0- 4 8 103.2% 588 570
Carlton 14th 2 -0- 4 8 90.7% 537 592
St Kilda 15th 2 -0- 4 8 90.0% 556 618
Melbourne 16th 1 -0- 5 4 63.9% 417 653

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 09/05/1997 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 68 - 111 54,901
SAT 10/05/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v Sydney Kardinia Park 76 - 44 22,151
SAT 10/05/1997 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 76 - 98 48,833
SAT 10/05/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn Optus Oval 133 - 88 18,860
SAT 10/05/1997 6:40 PM Fremantle v Melbourne WACA 124 - 69 18,198
SAT 10/05/1997 7:40 PM St Kilda v Port Adelaide Waverley Park 126 - 61 17,752
SUN 11/05/1997 2:45 PM Brisbane Lions v West Coast Gabba 60 - 139 17,524
SUN 11/05/1997 3:10 PM Adelaide v Essendon Football Park 126 - 73 39,275

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Coast 1st 5 -0- 2 20 140.4% 737 525
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 139.8% 825 590
Geelong 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 110.6% 615 556
Western Bulldogs 4th 5 -0- 2 20 105.1% 677 644
Essendon 5th 4 -0- 3 16 103.9% 644 620
Fremantle 6th 4 -0- 3 16 96.7% 579 599
Port Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 3 16 91.0% 615 676
Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 4 12 111.0% 714 643
Sydney 9th 3 -0- 4 12 101.3% 606 598
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 4 12 100.8% 616 611
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 4 12 100.4% 682 679
Carlton 12th 3 -0- 4 12 95.1% 635 668
Hawthorn 13th 3 -0- 4 12 92.4% 605 655
Richmond 14th 3 -0- 4 12 78.3% 570 728
Brisbane Lions 15th 2 -0- 5 8 94.5% 636 673
Melbourne 16th 1 -0- 6 4 62.5% 486 777

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 16/05/1997 7:40 PM Collingwood v Western Bulldogs MCG 129 - 83 61,014
SAT 17/05/1997 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 49 - 128 28,989
SAT 17/05/1997 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Port Adelaide Optus Oval 128 - 100 13,056
SAT 17/05/1997 8:10 PM Adelaide v Sydney Football Park 144 - 55 40,147
SUN 18/05/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Optus Oval 106 - 81 29,783
SUN 18/05/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda MCG 100 - 124 51,928
SUN 18/05/1997 2:10 PM Fremantle v Brisbane Lions Subiaco Oval 98 - 93 14,721
MON 19/05/1997 7:40 PM Richmond v West Coast MCG 119 - 67 26,721

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 2 24 141.8% 954 673
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 122.8% 743 605
West Coast 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 124.8% 804 644
Western Bulldogs 4th 5 -0- 3 20 98.3% 760 773
Fremantle 5th 5 -0- 3 20 97.8% 677 692
Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 4 16 122.9% 858 698
North Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 104.6% 744 711
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 4 16 103.5% 806 779
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 4 16 100.0% 744 744
Carlton 10th 4 -0- 4 16 98.9% 741 749
Port Adelaide 11th 4 -0- 4 16 88.9% 715 804
Richmond 12th 4 -0- 4 16 86.7% 689 795
Hawthorn 13th 3 -0- 5 12 90.1% 686 761
Sydney 14th 3 -0- 5 12 89.1% 661 742
Brisbane Lions 15th 2 -0- 6 8 94.6% 729 771
Melbourne 16th 1 -0- 7 4 59.1% 535 905

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 23/05/1997 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v Melbourne Football Park 78 - 27 32,958
SAT 24/05/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Fremantle Optus Oval 105 - 88 18,187
SAT 24/05/1997 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Adelaide Waverley Park 88 - 102 23,463
SAT 24/05/1997 7:40 PM Sydney v Collingwood SCG 111 - 74 39,780
SUN 25/05/1997 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond Waverley Park 141 - 94 52,257
SUN 25/05/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne MCG 103 - 71 29,307
SUN 25/05/1997 2:20 PM West Coast v Essendon Subiaco Oval 110 - 85 38,984
SUN 25/05/1997 2:45 PM Brisbane Lions v Geelong Gabba 126 - 98 19,828

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 3 24 131.1% 1,028 784
West Coast 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 125.4% 914 729
Geelong 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 115.0% 841 731
Western Bulldogs 4th 6 -0- 3 24 102.3% 863 844
Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 4 20 122.1% 960 786
St Kilda 6th 5 -0- 4 20 108.5% 947 873
Carlton 7th 5 -0- 4 20 101.1% 846 837
Fremantle 8th 5 -0- 4 20 96.0% 765 797
Port Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 4 20 95.4% 793 831
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 5 16 100.1% 815 814
Essendon 11th 4 -0- 5 16 97.1% 829 854
Sydney 12th 4 -0- 5 16 94.6% 772 816
Richmond 13th 4 -0- 5 16 83.7% 783 936
Brisbane Lions 14th 3 -0- 6 12 98.4% 855 869
Hawthorn 15th 3 -0- 6 12 89.7% 774 863
Melbourne 16th 1 -0- 8 4 57.2% 562 983

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 30/05/1997 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v Carlton Football Park 93 - 55 40,116
SAT 31/05/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 107 - 79 22,731
SAT 31/05/1997 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Waverley Park 108 - 55 51,494
SAT 31/05/1997 2:10 PM North Melbourne v West Coast Optus Oval 103 - 58 13,614
SAT 31/05/1997 7:40 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 67 - 92 28,879
SUN 01/06/1997 2:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Sydney Gabba 92 - 89 20,403
SUN 01/06/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v Western Bulldogs MCG 114 - 136 50,138
MON 02/06/1997 6:40 PM Fremantle v Adelaide Subiaco Oval 72 - 105 22,464

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 7 -0- 3 28 117.0% 948 810
Western Bulldogs 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 104.3% 999 958
Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 124.1% 1,065 858
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 4 24 121.4% 1,083 892
West Coast 5th 6 -0- 4 24 116.8% 972 832
Port Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 4 24 100.0% 886 886
North Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 105.3% 918 872
St Kilda 8th 5 -0- 5 20 104.7% 1,026 980
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 5 20 96.9% 901 930
Fremantle 10th 5 -0- 5 20 92.8% 837 902
Brisbane Lions 11th 4 -0- 6 16 98.9% 947 958
Hawthorn 12th 4 -0- 6 16 96.1% 882 918
Essendon 13th 4 -0- 6 16 95.3% 943 990
Sydney 14th 4 -0- 6 16 94.8% 861 908
Richmond 15th 4 -0- 6 16 82.7% 850 1,028
Melbourne 16th 2 -0- 8 8 62.3% 654 1,050

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 06/06/1997 7:40 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 71 - 77 70,350
SAT 07/06/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn MCG 91 - 124 60,594
SAT 07/06/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Geelong Optus Oval 96 - 75 24,897
SAT 07/06/1997 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v Sydney Football Park 41 - 76 35,669
SUN 08/06/1997 2:10 PM Melbourne v Adelaide MCG 45 - 97 27,463
SUN 08/06/1997 2:10 PM West Coast v St Kilda Subiaco Oval 73 - 89 29,390
MON 09/06/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Brisbane Lions Optus Oval 84 - 63 27,904
MON 09/06/1997 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fremantle MCG 105 - 79 20,585

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 8 -0- 3 32 106.0% 1,095 1,033
Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 128.7% 1,162 903
Geelong 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 112.9% 1,023 906
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 5 24 119.1% 1,154 969
West Coast 5th 6 -0- 5 24 113.5% 1,045 921
North Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 5 24 107.6% 1,023 951
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 5 24 105.9% 1,115 1,053
Carlton 8th 6 -0- 5 24 99.2% 985 993
Port Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 5 24 96.4% 927 962
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 6 20 99.7% 1,006 1,009
Sydney 11th 5 -0- 6 20 98.7% 937 949
Fremantle 12th 5 -0- 6 20 91.0% 916 1,007
Richmond 13th 5 -0- 6 20 84.3% 927 1,099
Brisbane Lions 14th 4 -0- 7 16 96.9% 1,010 1,042
Essendon 15th 4 -0- 7 16 92.8% 1,034 1,114
Melbourne 16th 2 -0- 9 8 60.9% 699 1,147

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 13/06/1997 7:40 PM Sydney v Richmond SCG 164 - 110 35,033
SAT 14/06/1997 2:10 PM Collingwood v West Coast Victoria Park 55 - 71 25,323
SAT 14/06/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 82 - 88 22,871
SAT 14/06/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Port Adelaide Optus Oval 82 - 94 14,025
SUN 15/06/1997 2:10 PM Fremantle v Essendon Subiaco Oval 157 - 60 21,956
SUN 15/06/1997 2:10 PM Melbourne v Brisbane Lions MCG 50 - 135 13,392
SUN 15/06/1997 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Waverley Park 116 - 85 44,883
SUN 15/06/1997 3:10 PM Adelaide v North Melbourne Football Park 83 - 105 43,345

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 8 -0- 4 32 104.4% 1,177 1,127
Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 5 28 123.5% 1,245 1,008
West Coast 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 114.3% 1,116 976
Geelong 4th 7 -0- 5 28 111.2% 1,105 994
North Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 5 28 109.1% 1,128 1,034
St Kilda 6th 7 -0- 5 28 108.2% 1,231 1,138
Port Adelaide 7th 7 -0- 5 28 97.8% 1,021 1,044
Collingwood 8th 6 -0- 6 24 116.3% 1,209 1,040
Sydney 9th 6 -0- 6 24 104.0% 1,101 1,059
Fremantle 10th 6 -0- 6 24 100.6% 1,073 1,067
Hawthorn 11th 6 -0- 6 24 100.3% 1,094 1,091
Carlton 12th 6 -0- 6 24 96.5% 1,070 1,109
Brisbane Lions 13th 5 -0- 7 20 104.9% 1,145 1,092
Richmond 14th 5 -0- 7 20 82.1% 1,037 1,263
Essendon 15th 4 -0- 8 16 86.1% 1,094 1,271
Melbourne 16th 2 -0- 10 8 58.4% 749 1,282

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 27/06/1997 6:40 PM West Coast v Carlton Subiaco Oval 79 - 86 37,854
SAT 28/06/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v Adelaide Kardinia Park 110 - 54 20,236
SAT 28/06/1997 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 34 - 127 58,812
SAT 28/06/1997 2:10 PM St Kilda v Western Bulldogs Waverley Park 84 - 101 32,370
SAT 28/06/1997 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Collingwood Gabba 88 - 73 19,560
SAT 28/06/1997 8:10 PM Port Adelaide v Fremantle Football Park 69 - 54 30,827
SUN 29/06/1997 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Waverley Park 118 - 55 31,517
SUN 29/06/1997 2:10 PM Sydney v North Melbourne SCG 65 - 55 30,160

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 9 -0- 4 36 105.5% 1,278 1,211
Geelong 2nd 8 -0- 5 32 115.9% 1,215 1,048
Port Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 99.3% 1,090 1,098
Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 6 28 116.2% 1,299 1,118
West Coast 5th 7 -0- 6 28 112.5% 1,195 1,062
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 6 28 107.6% 1,183 1,099
St Kilda 7th 7 -0- 6 28 106.1% 1,315 1,239
Hawthorn 8th 7 -0- 6 28 105.8% 1,212 1,146
Sydney 9th 7 -0- 6 28 104.7% 1,166 1,114
Carlton 10th 7 -0- 6 28 97.3% 1,156 1,188
Collingwood 11th 6 -0- 7 24 113.7% 1,282 1,128
Brisbane Lions 12th 6 -0- 7 24 105.8% 1,233 1,165
Fremantle 13th 6 -0- 7 24 99.2% 1,127 1,136
Essendon 14th 5 -0- 8 20 93.6% 1,221 1,305
Richmond 15th 5 -0- 8 20 77.1% 1,071 1,390
Melbourne 16th 2 -0- 11 8 57.4% 804 1,400

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 04/07/1997 8:10 PM Adelaide v West Coast Football Park 106 - 31 39,221
SAT 05/07/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Western Bulldogs Optus Oval 74 - 110 32,183
SAT 05/07/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 80 - 72 65,228
SAT 05/07/1997 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Waverley Park 133 - 79 32,635
SAT 05/07/1997 6:40 PM Fremantle v Sydney WACA 48 - 33 19,290
SUN 06/07/1997 2:10 PM Brisbane Lions v Richmond Gabba 68 - 50 19,155
SUN 06/07/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 120 - 57 44,803
SUN 06/07/1997 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Port Adelaide Waverley Park 124 - 92 29,886

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Western Bulldogs 1st 10 -0- 4 40 108.0% 1,388 1,285
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 115.6% 1,295 1,120
Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 122.3% 1,405 1,149
St Kilda 4th 8 -0- 6 32 109.9% 1,448 1,318
Hawthorn 5th 8 -0- 6 32 107.9% 1,336 1,238
Port Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 6 32 96.7% 1,182 1,222
Brisbane Lions 7th 7 -0- 7 28 107.1% 1,301 1,215
West Coast 8th 7 -0- 7 28 105.0% 1,226 1,168
Sydney 9th 7 -0- 7 28 103.2% 1,199 1,162
North Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 7 28 102.4% 1,262 1,232
Fremantle 11th 7 -0- 7 28 100.5% 1,175 1,169
Carlton 12th 7 -0- 7 28 94.8% 1,230 1,298
Collingwood 13th 6 -0- 8 24 112.1% 1,354 1,208
Essendon 14th 6 -0- 8 24 98.5% 1,341 1,362
Richmond 15th 5 -0- 9 20 76.9% 1,121 1,458
Melbourne 16th 2 -0- 12 8 56.6% 861 1,520

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 11/07/1997 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Geelong MCG 92 - 102 45,120
SAT 12/07/1997 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fremantle Victoria Park 160 - 60 23,433
SAT 12/07/1997 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 119 - 100 27,992
SAT 12/07/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Brisbane Lions Optus Oval 73 - 137 16,430
SAT 12/07/1997 8:10 PM Adelaide v St Kilda Football Park 76 - 66 39,921
SUN 13/07/1997 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 145 - 69 49,217
SUN 13/07/1997 2:20 PM West Coast v Port Adelaide Subiaco Oval 85 - 67 29,723
SUN 13/07/1997 2:45 PM Sydney v Essendon SCG 79 - 78 36,077

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 10 -0- 5 40 115.3% 1,397 1,212
Western Bulldogs 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 102.7% 1,461 1,422
Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 121.9% 1,481 1,215
Brisbane Lions 4th 8 -0- 7 32 111.6% 1,438 1,288
St Kilda 5th 8 -0- 7 32 108.6% 1,514 1,394
West Coast 6th 8 -0- 7 32 106.2% 1,311 1,235
Sydney 7th 8 -0- 7 32 103.1% 1,278 1,240
Hawthorn 8th 8 -0- 7 32 101.6% 1,405 1,383
Port Adelaide 9th 8 -0- 7 32 95.6% 1,249 1,307
Collingwood 10th 7 -0- 8 28 119.4% 1,514 1,268
North Melbourne 11th 7 -0- 8 28 101.5% 1,354 1,334
Carlton 12th 7 -0- 8 28 93.9% 1,330 1,417
Fremantle 13th 7 -0- 8 28 92.9% 1,235 1,329
Essendon 14th 6 -0- 9 24 98.5% 1,419 1,441
Richmond 15th 6 -0- 9 24 82.9% 1,266 1,527
Melbourne 16th 3 -0- 12 12 60.5% 980 1,620

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 18/07/1997 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Gabba 118 - 87 21,348
SAT 19/07/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 165 - 87 58,512
SAT 19/07/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 110 - 78 24,099
SAT 19/07/1997 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Waverley Park 62 - 141 43,181
SAT 19/07/1997 7:40 PM Sydney v West Coast SCG 112 - 75 39,318
SAT 19/07/1997 8:40 PM Port Adelaide v Collingwood Football Park 111 - 58 37,790
SUN 20/07/1997 2:10 PM Fremantle v Western Bulldogs Subiaco Oval 97 - 91 18,392
SUN 20/07/1997 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 58 - 114 23,309

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 11 -0- 5 44 116.8% 1,507 1,290
Western Bulldogs 2nd 10 -0- 6 40 102.2% 1,552 1,519
Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 7 36 117.6% 1,568 1,333
St Kilda 4th 9 -0- 7 36 113.7% 1,655 1,456
Brisbane Lions 5th 9 -0- 7 36 113.2% 1,556 1,375
Sydney 6th 9 -0- 7 36 105.7% 1,390 1,315
Port Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 7 36 99.6% 1,360 1,365
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 8 32 105.5% 1,468 1,392
West Coast 9th 8 -0- 8 32 102.9% 1,386 1,347
Carlton 10th 8 -0- 8 32 99.4% 1,495 1,504
Hawthorn 11th 8 -0- 8 32 96.3% 1,467 1,524
Fremantle 12th 8 -0- 8 32 93.8% 1,332 1,420
Collingwood 13th 7 -0- 9 28 114.0% 1,572 1,379
Essendon 14th 6 -0- 10 24 93.8% 1,506 1,606
Richmond 15th 6 -0- 10 24 82.1% 1,344 1,637
Melbourne 16th 3 -0- 13 12 59.9% 1,038 1,734

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/07/1997 7:40 PM Essendon v Port Adelaide MCG 72 - 122 33,076
SAT 26/07/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Optus Oval 58 - 96 27,689
SAT 26/07/1997 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fremantle Waverley Park 62 - 71 15,939
SAT 26/07/1997 4:40 PM Sydney v Western Bulldogs SCG 149 - 52 32,534
SAT 26/07/1997 8:10 PM Adelaide v Richmond Football Park 185 - 48 36,297
SUN 27/07/1997 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne MCG 134 - 82 37,779
SUN 27/07/1997 2:10 PM St Kilda v Brisbane Lions Waverley Park 92 - 44 34,859
SUN 27/07/1997 2:10 PM West Coast v Geelong Subiaco Oval 129 - 82 34,565

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 11 -0- 6 44 112.0% 1,589 1,419
Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 7 40 126.9% 1,753 1,381
St Kilda 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 116.5% 1,747 1,500
Sydney 4th 10 -0- 7 40 112.6% 1,539 1,367
Port Adelaide 5th 10 -0- 7 40 103.1% 1,482 1,437
Western Bulldogs 6th 10 -0- 7 40 96.2% 1,604 1,668
Brisbane Lions 7th 9 -0- 8 36 109.1% 1,600 1,467
North Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 8 36 107.9% 1,564 1,450
West Coast 9th 9 -0- 8 36 106.0% 1,515 1,429
Fremantle 10th 9 -0- 8 36 94.7% 1,403 1,482
Collingwood 11th 8 -0- 9 32 116.8% 1,706 1,461
Carlton 12th 8 -0- 9 32 97.1% 1,553 1,600
Hawthorn 13th 8 -0- 9 32 95.9% 1,529 1,595
Essendon 14th 6 -0- 11 24 91.3% 1,578 1,728
Richmond 15th 6 -0- 11 24 76.4% 1,392 1,822
Melbourne 16th 3 -0- 14 12 60.0% 1,120 1,868

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 01/08/1997 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 83 - 64 38,614
SAT 02/08/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v Port Adelaide Kardinia Park 159 - 74 21,867
SAT 02/08/1997 2:10 PM Melbourne v Sydney MCG 53 - 169 26,901
SAT 02/08/1997 2:10 PM Richmond v Western Bulldogs Optus Oval 115 - 100 18,373
SAT 02/08/1997 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Hawthorn Gabba 141 - 71 19,635
SUN 03/08/1997 2:10 PM Adelaide v Carlton Football Park 127 - 86 42,548
SUN 03/08/1997 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda MCG 89 - 111 68,036
SUN 03/08/1997 4:10 PM Fremantle v West Coast Subiaco Oval 49 - 82 39,711

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 12 -0- 6 48 117.1% 1,748 1,493
Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 7 44 128.2% 1,880 1,467
Sydney 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 120.3% 1,708 1,420
St Kilda 4th 11 -0- 7 44 116.9% 1,858 1,589
Brisbane Lions 5th 10 -0- 8 40 113.2% 1,741 1,538
North Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 8 40 108.8% 1,647 1,514
West Coast 7th 10 -0- 8 40 108.1% 1,597 1,478
Port Adelaide 8th 10 -0- 8 40 97.5% 1,556 1,596
Western Bulldogs 9th 10 -0- 8 40 95.6% 1,704 1,783
Fremantle 10th 9 -0- 9 36 92.8% 1,452 1,564
Collingwood 11th 8 -0- 10 32 114.2% 1,795 1,572
Carlton 12th 8 -0- 10 32 94.9% 1,639 1,727
Hawthorn 13th 8 -0- 10 32 92.2% 1,600 1,736
Richmond 14th 7 -0- 11 28 78.4% 1,507 1,922
Essendon 15th 6 -0- 12 24 90.7% 1,642 1,811
Melbourne 16th 3 -0- 15 12 57.6% 1,173 2,037

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 08/08/1997 7:40 PM North Melbourne v Brisbane Lions MCG 116 - 59 27,021
SAT 09/08/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 107 - 91 61,650
SAT 09/08/1997 2:10 PM Hawthorn v West Coast Waverley Park 66 - 87 20,517
SAT 09/08/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v Melbourne Optus Oval 102 - 64 13,058
SAT 09/08/1997 6:40 PM Fremantle v Richmond WACA 85 - 42 15,757
SUN 10/08/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong MCG 73 - 68 53,901
SUN 10/08/1997 2:45 PM Sydney v St Kilda SCG 119 - 128 39,287
SUN 10/08/1997 3:10 PM Port Adelaide v Adelaide Football Park 58 - 65 45,498

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 7 48 127.5% 1,945 1,525
St Kilda 2nd 12 -0- 7 48 116.3% 1,986 1,708
Geelong 3rd 12 -0- 7 48 116.0% 1,816 1,566
Sydney 4th 11 -0- 8 44 118.0% 1,827 1,548
North Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 8 44 112.1% 1,763 1,573
West Coast 6th 11 -0- 8 44 109.1% 1,684 1,544
Western Bulldogs 7th 11 -0- 8 44 97.8% 1,806 1,847
Brisbane Lions 8th 10 -0- 9 40 108.8% 1,800 1,654
Port Adelaide 9th 10 -0- 9 40 97.2% 1,614 1,661
Fremantle 10th 10 -0- 9 40 95.7% 1,537 1,606
Carlton 11th 9 -0- 10 36 96.0% 1,746 1,818
Collingwood 12th 8 -0- 11 32 112.3% 1,886 1,679
Hawthorn 13th 8 -0- 11 32 91.4% 1,666 1,823
Essendon 14th 7 -0- 12 28 91.3% 1,715 1,879
Richmond 15th 7 -0- 12 28 77.2% 1,549 2,007
Melbourne 16th 3 -0- 16 12 57.8% 1,237 2,139

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 15/08/1997 6:40 PM West Coast v Melbourne WACA 97 - 59 21,164
SAT 16/08/1997 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon MCG 91 - 81 50,944
SAT 16/08/1997 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 95 - 67 23,007
SAT 16/08/1997 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fremantle Waverley Park 77 - 64 26,201
SAT 16/08/1997 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Port Adelaide Gabba 93 - 93 20,835
SUN 17/08/1997 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 97 - 96 29,620
SUN 17/08/1997 2:45 PM Sydney v Hawthorn SCG 135 - 77 34,111
SUN 17/08/1997 3:10 PM Adelaide v Western Bulldogs Football Park 60 - 103 39,632

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 13 -0- 7 52 117.0% 1,911 1,633
St Kilda 2nd 13 -0- 7 52 116.4% 2,063 1,772
Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 8 48 123.2% 2,005 1,628
Sydney 4th 12 -0- 8 48 120.7% 1,962 1,625
West Coast 5th 12 -0- 8 48 111.1% 1,781 1,603
Western Bulldogs 6th 12 -0- 8 48 100.1% 1,909 1,907
North Melbourne 7th 11 -0- 9 44 111.3% 1,859 1,670
Brisbane Lions 8th 10 -1- 9 42 108.4% 1,893 1,747
Port Adelaide 9th 10 -1- 9 42 97.3% 1,707 1,754
Fremantle 10th 10 -0- 10 40 95.1% 1,601 1,683
Collingwood 11th 9 -0- 11 36 112.3% 1,977 1,760
Carlton 12th 9 -0- 11 36 94.8% 1,813 1,913
Hawthorn 13th 8 -0- 12 32 89.0% 1,743 1,958
Richmond 14th 8 -0- 12 32 78.3% 1,646 2,103
Essendon 15th 7 -0- 13 28 91.2% 1,796 1,970
Melbourne 16th 3 -0- 17 12 58.0% 1,296 2,236

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 22/08/1997 7:40 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 62 - 114 32,935
SAT 23/08/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Sydney Optus Oval 76 - 41 27,375
SAT 23/08/1997 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 81 - 43 26,393
SAT 23/08/1997 2:10 PM Western Bulldogs v West Coast Whitten Oval 86 - 68 26,704
SAT 23/08/1997 7:40 PM Brisbane Lions v Essendon Gabba 102 - 106 21,065
SUN 24/08/1997 2:10 PM Fremantle v Geelong Subiaco Oval 68 - 100 28,751
SUN 24/08/1997 2:10 PM Richmond v Port Adelaide MCG 146 - 61 22,516
MON 25/08/1997 8:10 PM Adelaide v Collingwood Football Park 48 - 39 37,661

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 14 -0- 7 56 118.7% 2,177 1,834
Geelong 2nd 14 -0- 7 56 118.2% 2,011 1,701
Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 8 52 123.2% 2,053 1,667
Western Bulldogs 4th 13 -0- 8 52 101.0% 1,995 1,975
Sydney 5th 12 -0- 9 48 117.8% 2,003 1,701
North Melbourne 6th 12 -0- 9 48 113.3% 1,940 1,713
West Coast 7th 12 -0- 9 48 109.5% 1,849 1,689
Brisbane Lions 8th 10 -1- 10 42 107.7% 1,995 1,853
Port Adelaide 9th 10 -1- 10 42 93.1% 1,768 1,900
Carlton 10th 10 -0- 11 40 96.7% 1,889 1,954
Fremantle 11th 10 -0- 11 40 93.6% 1,669 1,783
Collingwood 12th 9 -0- 12 36 111.5% 2,016 1,808
Richmond 13th 9 -0- 12 36 82.8% 1,792 2,164
Essendon 14th 8 -0- 13 32 91.8% 1,902 2,072
Hawthorn 15th 8 -0- 13 32 87.6% 1,786 2,039
Melbourne 16th 3 -0- 18 12 57.8% 1,358 2,350

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 29/08/1997 6:40 PM West Coast v Brisbane Lions WACA 120 - 81 29,402
SAT 30/08/1997 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Optus Oval 89 - 91 34,922
SAT 30/08/1997 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs Waverley Park 87 - 105 35,706
SAT 30/08/1997 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fremantle MCG 119 - 79 15,036
SAT 30/08/1997 7:40 PM Sydney v Geelong SCG 90 - 100 46,168
SUN 31/08/1997 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne MCG 122 - 111 43,660
SUN 31/08/1997 2:10 PM Essendon v Adelaide Optus Oval 102 - 98 25,636
SUN 31/08/1997 5:40 PM Port Adelaide v St Kilda Football Park 84 - 117 38,589

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 15 -0- 7 60 119.6% 2,294 1,918
Geelong 2nd 15 -0- 7 60 117.9% 2,111 1,791
Western Bulldogs 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 101.8% 2,100 2,062
Adelaide 4th 13 -0- 9 52 121.6% 2,151 1,769
West Coast 5th 13 -0- 9 52 111.2% 1,969 1,770
Sydney 6th 12 -0- 10 48 116.2% 2,093 1,801
North Melbourne 7th 12 -0- 10 48 111.8% 2,051 1,835
Brisbane Lions 8th 10 -1- 11 42 105.2% 2,076 1,973
Port Adelaide 9th 10 -1- 11 42 91.8% 1,852 2,017
Collingwood 10th 10 -0- 12 40 111.4% 2,138 1,919
Carlton 11th 10 -0- 12 40 96.7% 1,978 2,045
Fremantle 12th 10 -0- 12 40 91.9% 1,748 1,902
Richmond 13th 10 -0- 12 40 83.6% 1,883 2,253
Essendon 14th 9 -0- 13 36 92.4% 2,004 2,170
Hawthorn 15th 8 -0- 14 32 87.4% 1,873 2,144
Melbourne 16th 4 -0- 18 16 60.8% 1,477 2,429

Final Round 1

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1997 2:30 PM Western Bulldogs v Sydney MCG 119 - 84 62,432
SUN 07/09/1997 2:30 PM Adelaide v West Coast Football Park 99 - 66 43,831
SUN 07/09/1997 2:30 PM St Kilda v Brisbane Lions Waverley Park 135 - 89 50,035
SUN 07/09/1997 7:00 PM Geelong v North Melbourne MCG 61 - 79 55,561

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1997 2:30 PM North Melbourne v West Coast MCG 98 - 85 55,781
SAT 13/09/1997 7:45 PM Adelaide v Geelong Football Park 76 - 68 46,319

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 19/09/1997 7:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne MCG 104 - 73 77,531
SAT 20/09/1997 2:30 PM Western Bulldogs v Adelaide MCG 91 - 93 70,088

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1997 2:45 PM St Kilda v Adelaide MCG 94 - 125 99,645