1997 AFLR Season: Richmond Reserves
These are the details of the premiership results for the Richmond Reserves for the 1997 season of the Australian Football League Reserves. The team used Punt Road Oval as their home ground, playing six matches there (four as hosts and two as visitors). The team finished the regular season in first place, securing the minor premiership, and in turn, a place in the finals series. After being defeated by the Footscray Reserves in the qualifying final, defeating the North Melbourne Reserves in the first semi final and defeating the Footscray Reserves in the preliminary final, the Richmond Reserves defeated the Hawthorn Reserves in the grand final, winning the premiership.
Team Details
Competition:
1997 AFLR Season
Team:
Richmond Reserves
Club:
Richmond
Home Ground:
Punt Road Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
1st (W-D-L: 16-0-4, P%: 140.8)
Finals Performance:
Premiers
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gieschen, Jeff | 16 | 14 | -0- | 2 | R01-13, R15-17 |
| Free, Tony | 8 | 5 | -0- | 3 | R18, R20-22, QF, SF, PF, GF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/03/1997 | Round 1 | Geelong (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 30 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 05/04/1997 | Round 2 | Essendon (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 31 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 12/04/1997 | Round 3 | Footscray (R) | AWAY | WIN | RICR by 51 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 19/04/1997 | Round 4 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | LOSS | HWTR by 62 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 27/04/1997 | Round 5 | North Melbourne (R) | AWAY | WIN | RICR by 71 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 03/05/1997 | Round 6 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | WIN | RICR by 31 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 10/05/1997 | Round 7 | Carlton (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 109 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 19/05/1997 | Round 8 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 95 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 25/05/1997 | Round 9 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | LOSS | STKR by 44 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 31/05/1997 | Round 10 | Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 73 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 06/06/1997 | Round 11 | Collingwood (R) | AWAY | WIN | RICR by 7 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 13/06/1997 | Round 12 | Sydney (R) | AWAY | WIN | RICR by 64 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 28/06/1997 | Round 13 | Essendon (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 62 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| Round 14 | BYE | ||||||
| 13/07/1997 | Round 15 | Hawthorn (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 4 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 19/07/1997 | Round 16 | Geelong (R) | AWAY | WIN | RICR by 16 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 27/07/1997 | Round 17 | St Kilda (R) | AWAY | WIN | RICR by 8 | Jeff Gieschen | unknown |
| 02/08/1997 | Round 18 | Footscray (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 16 | Tony Free | unknown |
| Round 19 | BYE | ||||||
| 17/08/1997 | Round 20 | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | LOSS | NMLR by 1 | Tony Free | unknown |
| 24/08/1997 | Round 21 | Collingwood (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 49 | Tony Free | unknown |
| 30/08/1997 | Round 22 | Melbourne (R) | AWAY | LOSS | MLBR by 8 | Tony Free | unknown |
| 06/09/1997 | Qualifying Final | Footscray (R) | HOME | LOSS | FOOR by 51 | Tony Free | unknown |
| 13/09/1997 | Semi Final | North Melbourne (R) | HOME | WIN | RICR by 101 | Tony Free | unknown |
| 20/09/1997 | Preliminary Final | Footscray (R) | AWAY | WIN | RICR by 5 | Tony Free | unknown |
| 27/09/1997 | Grand Final | Hawthorn (R) | AWAY | WIN | RICR by 44 | Tony Free | unknown |