1997 AFLR Season: Melbourne Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Melbourne Reserves for the 1997 season of the Australian Football League Reserves. The team used Punt Road Oval as their home ground, playing seven matches there (six as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1997 AFLR Season
Team:
Melbourne Reserves
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
Punt Road Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 2-0-18, P%: 58.7)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchison, Greg | 8 | 1 | -0- | 7 | R01-04, R06-09 |
| Rendell, Matthew | 12 | 1 | -0- | 11 | R10-19, R21-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/03/1997 | Round 1 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | MLBR by 3 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| 04/04/1997 | Round 2 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | LOSS | COLR by 42 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| 11/04/1997 | Round 3 | Sydney (R) | AWAY | LOSS | SYDR by 5 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| 18/04/1997 | Round 4 | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 49 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| Round 5 | BYE | ||||||
| 04/05/1997 | Round 6 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | LOSS | STKR by 80 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| 10/05/1997 | Round 7 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | LOSS | HWTR by 19 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| 17/05/1997 | Round 8 | Geelong (R) | HOME | LOSS | GEER by 70 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| 24/05/1997 | Round 9 | Carlton (R) | AWAY | LOSS | CARR by 43 | Greg Hutchison | unknown |
| 31/05/1997 | Round 10 | Richmond (R) | AWAY | LOSS | RICR by 73 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 08/06/1997 | Round 11 | Sydney (R) | HOME | LOSS | SYDR by 94 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 15/06/1997 | Round 12 | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 67 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 29/06/1997 | Round 13 | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | LOSS | HWTR by 53 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 05/07/1997 | Round 14 | Essendon (R) | AWAY | LOSS | ESSR by 47 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 12/07/1997 | Round 15 | Carlton (R) | HOME | LOSS | CARR by 79 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 20/07/1997 | Round 16 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | LOSS | NMLR by 55 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 27/07/1997 | Round 17 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | LOSS | COLR by 55 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 02/08/1997 | Round 18 | Sydney (R) | HOME | LOSS | SYDR by 76 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 09/08/1997 | Round 19 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | LOSS | FOOR by 3 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| Round 20 | BYE | ||||||
| 22/08/1997 | Round 21 | St Kilda (R) | HOME | LOSS | STKR by 22 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |
| 30/08/1997 | Round 22 | Richmond (R) | HOME | WIN | MLBR by 8 | Matthew Rendell | unknown |