1997 AFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results for Essendon for the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing fifteen matches there (ten as hosts and five as visitors). The team finished the regular season in fourteenth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1997 AFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Club:
Essendon
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
14th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 92.4)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessio, Steven | #27 | 9 | 11 | R01-04, R08-12 |
| Banks, Matthew | #48 | 2 | 1 | R05, R07 |
| Barnard, Paul | #16 | 5 | 0 | R01-02, R09-11 |
| Berbakov, Peter | #20 | 11 | 10 | R01-08, R10, R12, R21 |
| Bewick, Darren | #8 | 5 | 2 | R15-19 |
| Blumfield, Justin | #32 | 15 | 5 | R01-07, R09, R12-13, R16-18, R20, R22 |
| Bomford, Andrew | #28 | 3 | 2 | R03-04, R08 |
| Calthorpe, David | #14 | 8 | 4 | R01-07, R11 |
| Caracella, Blake | #33 | 17 | 25 | R03, R05-07, R10-22 |
| Cockatoo-Collins, Che | #9 | 17 | 17 | R01-07, R13-22 |
| Cransberg, Peter | #23 | 14 | 14 | R05-07, R12-22 |
| Daniher, Chris | #7 | 17 | 4 | R01-11, R17-22 |
| Denham, Sean | #38 | 22 | 8 | R01-22 |
| Doolan, Ben | #22 | 11 | 1 | R06-10, R12-17 |
| Fletcher, Dustin | #31 | 16 | 9 | R01-04, R06-11, R13-15, R17-19 |
| Fraser, Mark | #30 | 11 | 5 | R02, R04-05, R09-10, R12, R15, R17, R19-21 |
| Hardwick, Damien | #39 | 15 | 3 | R03-06, R09-11, R13-17, R20-22 |
| Harvey, Mark | #1 | 6 | 1 | R08, R11-12, R17, R20, R22 |
| Heffernan, Chris | #26 | 3 | 0 | R19-20, R22 |
| Hird, James | #5 | 7 | 18 | R01-04, R08-10 |
| Johnson, Jason | #42 | 3 | 0 | R18-20 |
| Lloyd, Matthew | #18 | 20 | 63 | R03-22 |
| Long, Michael | #13 | 5 | 4 | R01-04, R08 |
| Lucas, Scott | #25 | 22 | 23 | R01-22 |
| McAlister, Daniel | #4 | 2 | 0 | R21-22 |
| Mercuri, Mark | #2 | 11 | 12 | R01-02, R06-08, R13-17, R21 |
| Misiti, Joe | #24 | 18 | 4 | R01-16, R18-19 |
| Moorcroft, Gary | #46 | 11 | 7 | R08, R10-14, R18-22 |
| Morgan, Danny | #36 | 5 | 0 | R05, R08-09, R11-12 |
| O'Connor, Ryan | #3 | 16 | 12 | R01-11, R14, R16-18, R20 |
| O'Donnell, Gary | #10 | 20 | 8 | R01-07, R09, R11-22 |
| Olarenshaw, Ricky | #47 | 15 | 2 | R01, R07-18, R21-22 |
| Prior, Michael | #15 | 22 | 10 | R01-22 |
| Somerville, Peter | #19 | 13 | 1 | R09-16, R18-22 |
| Stevenson, Robert | #17 | 5 | 0 | R18-22 |
| Symons, Michael | #12 | 15 | 2 | R01-08, R13-19 |
| Ukovic, Andrew | #37 | 5 | 2 | R12-16 |
| Wallis, Dean | #21 | 11 | 0 | R01-02, R05-06, R12-16, R19, R22 |
| Watson, Matthew | #44 | 1 | 0 | R21 |
| Wellman, Sean | #6 | 22 | 2 | R01-22 |
| Young, Barry | #35 | 6 | 3 | R09-11, R20-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheedy, Kevin | 22 | 9 | -0- | 13 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/03/1997 | Round 1 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 7 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 06/04/1997 | Round 2 | Port Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 33 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 13/04/1997 | Round 3 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 42 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 20/04/1997 | Round 4 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 7 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 25/04/1997 | Round 5 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 29 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 03/05/1997 | Round 6 | Brisbane Lions | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 31 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 11/05/1997 | Round 7 | Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | ADEL by 53 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 18/05/1997 | Round 8 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 24 | Kevin Sheedy | unknown |
| 25/05/1997 | Round 9 | West Coast | AWAY | LOSS | WCST by 25 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 01/06/1997 | Round 10 | Western Bulldogs | HOME | LOSS | WBUL by 22 | Kevin Sheedy | unknown |
| 07/06/1997 | Round 11 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 33 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 15/06/1997 | Round 12 | Fremantle | AWAY | LOSS | FREM by 97 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 28/06/1997 | Round 13 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 93 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 06/07/1997 | Round 14 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 63 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 13/07/1997 | Round 15 | Sydney | AWAY | LOSS | SYDN by 1 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 19/07/1997 | Round 16 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 78 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 25/07/1997 | Round 17 | Port Adelaide | HOME | LOSS | PADL by 50 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 01/08/1997 | Round 18 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 19 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 10/08/1997 | Round 19 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 5 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 16/08/1997 | Round 20 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 10 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 23/08/1997 | Round 21 | Brisbane Lions | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 4 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |
| 31/08/1997 | Round 22 | Adelaide | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 4 | Kevin Sheedy | Gary O'Donnell |