1997 AFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for Melbourne for the 1997 season of the Australian Football League. The team used the MCG as their home ground, playing fifteen matches there (eleven as hosts and four as visitors). The team finished the regular season in sixteenth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1997 AFL Season
Team:
Melbourne
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
MCG
Team Results
Ladder Position:
16th (W-D-L: 4-0-18, P%: 60.8)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles, Sean | #1 | 18 | 17 | R01-02, R07-22 |
| Clarkson, Alastair | #23 | 19 | 11 | R01-17, R19, R22 |
| Cockatoo-Collins, David | #30 | 1 | 0 | R17 |
| Cockatoo-Collins, Don | #31 | 4 | 1 | R07-09, R14 |
| Farmer, Jeff | #33 | 17 | 30 | R01-04, R07-15, R19-22 |
| Febey, Matthew | #20 | 11 | 0 | R01-09, R21-22 |
| Febey, Steven | #21 | 20 | 2 | R01-08, R10-11, R13-22 |
| Gaspar, Damien | #32 | 12 | 0 | R01-12 |
| Grgic, Brent | #48 | 9 | 5 | R14-22 |
| Hopgood, Paul | #15 | 20 | 2 | R01-02, R05-22 |
| Ingerson, Anthony | #27 | 22 | 4 | R01-22 |
| Irving, Dean | #34 | 2 | 0 | R11-12 |
| Kowal, Darren | #7 | 6 | 1 | R05-06, R18-19, R21-22 |
| Lamprill, Andrew | #37 | 3 | 0 | R19-21 |
| Leoncelli, Andrew | #36 | 12 | 1 | R01-03, R05-13 |
| Lovett, Brett | #17 | 18 | 4 | R01-12, R14-19 |
| Lovett, Glenn | #6 | 14 | 3 | R01-04, R06, R13-21 |
| Lyon, Garry | #3 | 5 | 7 | R01, R03-05, R10 |
| McDonald, Anthony | #35 | 19 | 7 | R04-22 |
| McDonald, James | #54 | 4 | 3 | R17-18, R21-22 |
| McHardy, Todd | #45 | 2 | 0 | R12-13 |
| Neitz, David | #9 | 17 | 30 | R01-07, R13-22 |
| Nettelbeck, Craig | #18 | 13 | 5 | R01-13 |
| Newton, Leigh | #14 | 13 | 6 | R03-05, R07, R09-10, R14-20 |
| Nicholson, Alistair | #44 | 1 | 0 | R06 |
| O'Brien, Darren | #38 | 11 | 2 | R08-14, R16, R20-22 |
| Obst, Andrew | #4 | 18 | 3 | R01-04, R06-18, R20 |
| Pesch, Nick | #28 | 4 | 0 | R03-06 |
| Pyman, Robert | #16 | 19 | 8 | R01-12, R15-16, R18-22 |
| Robertson, Russell | #42 | 3 | 5 | R20-22 |
| Schwarz, David | #5 | 10 | 18 | R11-20 |
| Seecamp, Marcus | #10 | 15 | 0 | R05-13, R15-19, R22 |
| Smith, Shaun | #29 | 12 | 9 | R01-03, R13-18, R20-22 |
| Stynes, Jim | #11 | 22 | 3 | R01-22 |
| Tingay, Stephen | #2 | 3 | 0 | R01-02, R04 |
| Viney, Todd | #12 | 22 | 7 | R01-22 |
| Woewodin, Shane | #22 | 22 | 4 | R01-22 |
| Yze, Adem | #13 | 19 | 9 | R02-05, R08-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balme, Neil | 9 | 1 | -0- | 8 | R01-09 |
| Hutchison, Greg | 13 | 3 | -0- | 10 | R10-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/03/1997 | Round 1 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 15 | Neil Balme | Garry Lyon |
| 04/04/1997 | Round 2 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 107 | Neil Balme | Glenn Lovett |
| 11/04/1997 | Round 3 | Sydney | AWAY | LOSS | SYDN by 8 | Neil Balme | Garry Lyon |
| 18/04/1997 | Round 4 | Western Bulldogs | HOME | LOSS | WBUL by 2 | Neil Balme | Garry Lyon |
| 26/04/1997 | Round 5 | West Coast | HOME | LOSS | WCST by 48 | Neil Balme | Garry Lyon |
| 04/05/1997 | Round 6 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 86 | Neil Balme | Glenn Lovett |
| 10/05/1997 | Round 7 | Fremantle | AWAY | LOSS | FREM by 55 | Neil Balme | unknown |
| 17/05/1997 | Round 8 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 79 | Neil Balme | unknown |
| 23/05/1997 | Round 9 | Port Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | PADL by 51 | Neil Balme | unknown |
| 31/05/1997 | Round 10 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 25 | Greg Hutchison | Garry Lyon |
| 08/06/1997 | Round 11 | Adelaide | HOME | LOSS | ADEL by 52 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| 15/06/1997 | Round 12 | Brisbane Lions | HOME | LOSS | BRIL by 85 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| 29/06/1997 | Round 13 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 63 | Greg Hutchison | Glenn Lovett |
| 06/07/1997 | Round 14 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 63 | Greg Hutchison | Glenn Lovett |
| 12/07/1997 | Round 15 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | MELB by 19 | Greg Hutchison | Glenn Lovett |
| 20/07/1997 | Round 16 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 56 | Greg Hutchison | Glenn Lovett |
| 27/07/1997 | Round 17 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 52 | Greg Hutchison | Glenn Lovett |
| 02/08/1997 | Round 18 | Sydney | HOME | LOSS | SYDN by 116 | Greg Hutchison | Glenn Lovett |
| 09/08/1997 | Round 19 | Western Bulldogs | AWAY | LOSS | WBUL by 38 | Greg Hutchison | Glenn Lovett |
| 15/08/1997 | Round 20 | West Coast | AWAY | LOSS | WCST by 38 | Greg Hutchison | Glenn Lovett |
| 22/08/1997 | Round 21 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 52 | Greg Hutchison | Glenn Lovett |
| 30/08/1997 | Round 22 | Fremantle | HOME | WIN | MELB by 40 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |