1997 AFLR Season: Hawthorn Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Hawthorn Reserves for the 1997 season of the Australian Football League Reserves. The team used Waverley Park as their home ground, playing fourteen matches there (ten as hosts and four as visitors). The team finished the regular season in fifth place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating the St Kilda Reserves in the first elimination final and defeating the Footscray Reserves in the second semi final, the Hawthorn Reserves were defeated by the Richmond Reserves in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Team Details
Competition:
1997 AFLR Season
Team:
Hawthorn Reserves
Club:
Hawthorn
Home Ground:
Waverley Park
Team Results
Ladder Position:
5th (W-D-L: 12-0-8, P%: 109.3)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connolly, Chris | 23 | 14 | -0- | 9 | R01, R03-17, R19-22, EF, SF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/03/1997 | Round 1 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | LOSS | STKR by 51 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| Round 2 | BYE | ||||||
| 13/04/1997 | Round 3 | Carlton (R) | HOME | WIN | HWTR by 99 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 19/04/1997 | Round 4 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | WIN | HWTR by 62 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 26/04/1997 | Round 5 | Sydney (R) | HOME | WIN | HWTR by 22 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 03/05/1997 | Round 6 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | HWTR by 35 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 10/05/1997 | Round 7 | Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | HWTR by 19 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 18/05/1997 | Round 8 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | WIN | HWTR by 40 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 24/05/1997 | Round 9 | Geelong (R) | HOME | WIN | HWTR by 78 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 31/05/1997 | Round 10 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | WIN | HWTR by 8 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 07/06/1997 | Round 11 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | WIN | HWTR by 29 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 14/06/1997 | Round 12 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | LOSS | GEER by 9 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 29/06/1997 | Round 13 | Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | HWTR by 53 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 06/07/1997 | Round 14 | Sydney (R) | HOME | WIN | HWTR by 27 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 13/07/1997 | Round 15 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | LOSS | RICR by 4 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 19/07/1997 | Round 16 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | LOSS | STKR by 129 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 26/07/1997 | Round 17 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | WIN | HWTR by 26 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| Round 18 | BYE | ||||||
| 09/08/1997 | Round 19 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | LOSS | NMLR by 1 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 17/08/1997 | Round 20 | Sydney (R) | AWAY | LOSS | SYDR by 12 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 23/08/1997 | Round 21 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | NMLR by 46 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 30/08/1997 | Round 22 | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 85 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 07/09/1997 | Elimination Final | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | WIN | HWTR by 8 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 13/09/1997 | Semi Final | Footscray (R) | AWAY | WIN | HWTR by 4 | Chris Connolly | unknown |
| 27/09/1997 | Grand Final | Richmond (R) | HOME | LOSS | RICR by 44 | Chris Connolly | unknown |