1997 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1997 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty-three rounds. Each team received three byes. Norwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Norwood were the premiers, with Peter Rohde as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1997 SANFL Season
Teams: 9
Rounds: 23
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 96

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Stephen Wright
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Wayne Stringer
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Chris McDermott
Norwood Norwood Oval Peter Rohde
Port Adelaide Magpies Alberton Oval Stephen Williams
South Adelaide Noarlunga Oval Ken Applegarth
Sturt Adelaide Oval Phil Carman
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Michael Taylor
Woodville-West Torrens Woodville Oval Bruce Winter

Season Results

Premiers: Norwood
Runners-Up: Port Adelaide Magpies
Minor Premiers: Norwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Norwood 1st 17 -0- 3 34 64.8% 2,110 1,145 309 256 167 143
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 12 -1- 7 25 51.9% 1,667 1,544 239 233 221 218
Central District 3rd 12 -0- 8 24 56.5% 1,957 1,507 290 217 219 193
Sturt 4th 11 -2- 7 24 50.7% 1,605 1,563 231 219 224 219
North Adelaide 5th 11 -1- 8 23 52.6% 1,718 1,547 254 194 227 185
West Adelaide 6th 8 -1- 11 17 48.3% 1,533 1,640 224 189 238 212
Woodville-West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 14 12 45.2% 1,491 1,810 215 201 258 262
Glenelg 8th 5 -1- 14 11 39.7% 1,391 2,112 201 185 314 228
South Adelaide 9th 4 -2- 14 10 40.8% 1,348 1,952 194 184 289 218

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Norwood 1st Premiers
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd Runners-Up
Central District 3rd Defeated by Norwood (Preliminary Final)
North Adelaide 4th Defeated by Central District (Semi Final)
Sturt 5th Defeated by North Adelaide (Elimination Final)
West Adelaide 6th Did not qualify for finals
Woodville-West Torrens 7th Did not qualify for finals
Glenelg 8th Did not qualify for finals
South Adelaide 9th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/03/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 87 - 73
SAT 29/03/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 49 - 114
SAT 29/03/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v Sturt Alberton Oval 82 - 75
SAT 29/03/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville-West Torrens Richmond Oval 85 - 108

Round 1 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 1 -0- 0 2 69.9% 114 49
Woodville-West Torrens 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 56.0% 108 85
Glenelg 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 54.4% 87 73
Port Adelaide Magpies 4th 1 -0- 0 2 52.2% 82 75
South Adelaide 5th 0 -0- 0 0 0 0
Sturt 6th 0 -0- 1 0 47.8% 75 82
Central District 7th 0 -0- 1 0 45.6% 73 87
West Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 44.0% 85 108
North Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 1 0 30.1% 49 114

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 04/04/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 82 - 67
SAT 05/04/1997 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 156 - 77
SAT 05/04/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v Glenelg Alberton Oval 156 - 56
SAT 05/04/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v Norwood Woodville Oval 46 - 88

Round 2 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 2 -0- 0 4 68.0% 202 95
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 64.5% 238 131
Central District 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 58.3% 229 164
Sturt 4th 1 -0- 1 2 51.3% 157 149
Woodville-West Torrens 5th 1 -0- 1 2 47.1% 154 173
Glenelg 6th 1 -0- 1 2 38.4% 143 229
West Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 44.0% 85 108
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 37.2% 116 196
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 1 0 33.0% 77 156

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 11/04/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 92 - 73
SAT 12/04/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 84 - 64
SAT 12/04/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville-West Torrens Adelaide Oval 107 - 58
SUN 13/04/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Magpies Noarlunga Oval 37 - 72

Round 3 Bye: Glenelg

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide Magpies 1st 3 -0- 0 6 64.9% 310 168
Norwood 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 63.6% 294 168
Sturt 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 56.1% 264 207
Central District 4th 1 -0- 2 2 54.1% 302 256
North Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 2 2 43.5% 200 260
Woodville-West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 2 2 43.1% 212 280
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 1 2 38.4% 143 229
West Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 43.7% 149 192
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 2 0 33.3% 114 228

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 83 - 121
SAT 19/04/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 141 - 59
SUN 20/04/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v Central District Football Park 75 - 114

Round 4 Byes: North Adelaide, Port Adelaide Magpies, Sturt

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 4 -0- 0 8 65.7% 435 227
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 64.9% 310 168
Sturt 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 56.1% 264 207
Central District 4th 2 -0- 2 4 55.7% 416 331
West Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 2 2 49.5% 270 275
North Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 2 2 43.5% 200 260
Woodville-West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 3 2 42.1% 287 394
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 2 2 39.2% 226 350
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 3 0 31.9% 173 369

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v Norwood Adelaide Oval 27 - 149
SAT 26/04/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 77 - 74
SAT 26/04/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 126 - 57
SAT 26/04/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v Glenelg Woodville Oval 97 - 99

Round 5 Bye: Central District

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 5 -0- 0 10 69.7% 584 254
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 51.5% 337 317
Central District 3rd 2 -0- 2 4 55.7% 416 331
West Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 54.4% 396 332
Sturt 5th 2 -0- 2 4 49.1% 321 333
North Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 45.3% 277 334
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 2 4 42.1% 325 447
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 1 -0- 4 2 43.8% 384 493
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 4 0 35.6% 247 446

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 02/05/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 35 - 65
SAT 03/05/1997 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 54 - 46
SAT 03/05/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Magpies Richmond Oval 66 - 98
SUN 04/05/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 61 - 81

Round 6 Bye: Norwood

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 5 -0- 0 10 69.7% 584 254
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 53.2% 435 383
Central District 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 55.5% 470 377
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 2 6 50.5% 402 394
West Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 3 4 51.8% 462 430
North Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 3 4 45.4% 323 388
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 3 4 42.2% 386 528
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 1 -0- 5 2 42.9% 419 558
South Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 4 2 39.3% 312 481

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 72 - 64
SAT 10/05/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v Central District Alberton Oval 87 - 65
SAT 10/05/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Noarlunga Oval 66 - 66
SAT 10/05/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Adelaide Oval 59 - 75

Round 7 Bye: Woodville-West Torrens

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 6 -0- 0 12 67.8% 659 313
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 53.8% 522 448
Central District 3rd 3 -0- 3 6 53.6% 535 464
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 3 6 49.6% 461 469
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 3 6 43.6% 458 592
West Adelaide 6th 2 -1- 3 5 51.6% 528 496
North Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 4 4 45.7% 387 460
South Adelaide 8th 1 -1- 4 3 40.9% 378 547
Woodville-West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 5 2 42.9% 419 558

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1997 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 111 - 51
SAT 17/05/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 43 - 83
SUN 18/05/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 77 - 77
SUN 18/05/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v Port Adelaide Magpies Woodville Oval 51 - 147

Round 8 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 7 -0- 0 14 67.6% 742 356
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 57.3% 669 499
Central District 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 55.6% 646 515
Glenelg 4th 3 -1- 3 7 44.4% 535 669
Sturt 5th 3 -0- 4 6 46.9% 512 580
West Adelaide 6th 2 -1- 4 5 49.7% 571 579
North Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 4 4 45.7% 387 460
South Adelaide 8th 1 -2- 4 4 42.2% 455 624
Woodville-West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 6 2 40.0% 470 705

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville-West Torrens Prospect Oval 108 - 76
SAT 24/05/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 55 - 121
SUN 25/05/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 126 - 73
SUN 25/05/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Noarlunga Oval 65 - 76

Round 9 Bye: Port Adelaide Magpies

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 8 -0- 0 16 66.9% 868 429
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 57.3% 669 499
Central District 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 57.4% 767 570
Sturt 4th 4 -0- 4 8 47.7% 588 645
Glenelg 5th 3 -1- 4 7 43.3% 608 795
North Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 4 6 48.0% 495 536
West Adelaide 7th 2 -1- 5 5 47.2% 626 700
South Adelaide 8th 1 -2- 5 4 42.6% 520 700
Woodville-West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 7 2 40.2% 546 813

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1997 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 174 - 38
SAT 07/06/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v Sturt Football Park 49 - 49
SAT 07/06/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Noarlunga Oval 83 - 115
SAT 07/06/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 47 - 79

Round 10 Bye: Norwood

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 8 -0- 0 16 66.9% 868 429
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 6 -1- 1 13 56.7% 718 548
Central District 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 60.7% 941 608
Sturt 4th 4 -1- 4 9 47.9% 637 694
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 49.6% 610 619
West Adelaide 6th 3 -1- 5 7 48.6% 705 747
Glenelg 7th 3 -1- 5 7 40.0% 646 969
South Adelaide 8th 1 -2- 6 4 42.5% 603 815
Woodville-West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 8 2 39.9% 593 892

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville-West Torrens Glenelg Oval 45 - 118
SAT 14/06/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Memorial Oval 90 - 122
SUN 15/06/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Football Park 93 - 32
SUN 15/06/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 81 - 78

Round 11 Bye: Sturt

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 9 -0- 0 18 67.6% 961 461
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 7 -1- 1 15 56.1% 799 626
Central District 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 60.4% 1,063 698
Sturt 4th 4 -1- 4 9 47.9% 637 694
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 5 8 48.6% 700 741
West Adelaide 6th 3 -1- 6 7 48.6% 783 828
Glenelg 7th 3 -1- 6 7 38.9% 691 1,087
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 8 4 43.1% 711 937
South Adelaide 9th 1 -2- 7 4 41.2% 635 908

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Magpies Football Park 79 - 106
SAT 21/06/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 101 - 84
SUN 22/06/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville-West Torrens Norwood Oval 109 - 74
SUN 22/06/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 69 - 95

Round 12 Bye: Central District

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 10 -0- 0 20 66.7% 1,070 535
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 8 -1- 1 17 56.2% 905 705
Central District 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 60.4% 1,063 698
Sturt 4th 5 -1- 4 11 48.7% 738 778
North Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 49.5% 795 810
West Adelaide 6th 3 -1- 7 7 48.0% 852 923
Glenelg 7th 3 -1- 7 7 39.5% 775 1,188
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 9 4 42.9% 785 1,046
South Adelaide 9th 1 -2- 8 4 41.3% 714 1,014

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Football Park 60 - 64
SAT 28/06/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 72 - 146
SAT 28/06/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v Sturt Woodville Oval 104 - 99
SUN 29/06/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Magpies Glenelg Oval 60 - 113

Round 13 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 10 -0- 1 20 65.4% 1,130 599
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 9 -1- 1 19 57.1% 1,018 765
Central District 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 61.1% 1,209 770
North Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 5 12 49.7% 859 870
Sturt 5th 5 -1- 5 11 48.7% 837 882
West Adelaide 6th 3 -1- 7 7 48.0% 852 923
Glenelg 7th 3 -1- 8 7 39.1% 835 1,301
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 9 6 43.7% 889 1,145
South Adelaide 9th 1 -2- 9 4 40.4% 786 1,160

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1997 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 62 - 95
SAT 05/07/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Magpies Prospect Oval 124 - 66
SAT 05/07/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Loxton Oval 95 - 88
SUN 06/07/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville-West Torrens Noarlunga Oval 73 - 56

Round 14 Bye: Glenelg

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 11 -0- 1 22 65.0% 1,225 661
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 9 -1- 2 19 54.9% 1,084 889
Central District 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 59.5% 1,271 865
North Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 5 14 51.2% 983 936
Sturt 5th 5 -1- 6 11 48.6% 925 977
West Adelaide 6th 4 -1- 7 9 48.4% 947 1,011
Glenelg 7th 3 -1- 8 7 39.1% 835 1,301
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 10 6 43.7% 945 1,218
South Adelaide 9th 2 -2- 9 6 41.4% 859 1,216

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v Norwood Alberton Oval 90 - 74
SAT 12/07/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 74 - 74
SAT 12/07/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 66 - 97
SAT 12/07/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v Central District Woodville Oval 70 - 110

Round 15 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 11 -0- 2 22 63.4% 1,299 751
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 10 -1- 2 21 54.9% 1,174 963
Central District 3rd 9 -0- 4 18 59.6% 1,381 935
North Adelaide 4th 7 -1- 5 15 51.1% 1,057 1,010
Sturt 5th 5 -2- 6 12 48.7% 999 1,051
West Adelaide 6th 4 -1- 8 9 47.8% 1,013 1,108
Glenelg 7th 4 -1- 8 9 40.5% 932 1,367
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 11 6 43.3% 1,015 1,328
South Adelaide 9th 2 -2- 9 6 41.4% 859 1,216

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1997 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Magpies Elizabeth Oval 137 - 60
SAT 19/07/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 158 - 65
SAT 19/07/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 156 - 54
SAT 19/07/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 120 - 60

Round 16 Bye: Woodville-West Torrens

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 12 -0- 2 24 64.4% 1,455 805
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 10 -1- 3 21 52.9% 1,234 1,100
Central District 3rd 10 -0- 4 20 60.4% 1,518 995
North Adelaide 4th 8 -1- 5 17 53.1% 1,215 1,075
Sturt 5th 5 -2- 7 12 46.6% 1,053 1,207
West Adelaide 6th 5 -1- 8 11 49.2% 1,133 1,168
Glenelg 7th 4 -1- 9 9 39.5% 997 1,525
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 11 6 43.3% 1,015 1,328
South Adelaide 9th 2 -2- 10 6 40.8% 919 1,336

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 81 - 51
SAT 26/07/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v Woodville-West Torrens Alberton Oval 69 - 59
SAT 26/07/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Adelaide Oval 85 - 59
SUN 27/07/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Noarlunga Oval 96 - 73

Round 17 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 13 -0- 2 26 64.2% 1,536 856
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 11 -1- 3 23 52.9% 1,303 1,159
Central District 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 59.4% 1,577 1,080
North Adelaide 4th 8 -1- 5 17 53.1% 1,215 1,075
Sturt 5th 6 -2- 7 14 47.3% 1,138 1,266
West Adelaide 6th 5 -1- 9 11 48.7% 1,184 1,249
Glenelg 7th 4 -1- 10 9 39.8% 1,070 1,621
South Adelaide 8th 3 -2- 10 8 41.9% 1,015 1,409
Woodville-West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 12 6 43.5% 1,074 1,397

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1997 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 85 - 39
SAT 02/08/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 39 - 166
SAT 02/08/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 144 - 51
SAT 02/08/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 75 - 119

Round 18 Bye: Port Adelaide Magpies

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 14 -0- 2 28 65.5% 1,702 895
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 11 -1- 3 23 52.9% 1,303 1,159
Central District 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 59.8% 1,662 1,119
North Adelaide 4th 9 -1- 5 19 53.7% 1,334 1,150
Sturt 5th 7 -2- 7 16 49.3% 1,282 1,317
West Adelaide 6th 5 -1- 10 11 47.8% 1,223 1,334
Glenelg 7th 4 -1- 11 9 38.3% 1,109 1,787
South Adelaide 8th 3 -2- 11 8 40.7% 1,066 1,553
Woodville-West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 13 6 43.1% 1,149 1,516

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 89 - 98
SAT 09/08/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Noarlunga Oval 66 - 149
SAT 09/08/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Magpies Adelaide Oval 102 - 88
SAT 09/08/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v Glenelg Woodville Oval 88 - 85

Round 19 Bye: Central District

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 15 -0- 2 30 65.8% 1,851 961
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 11 -1- 4 23 52.5% 1,391 1,261
Central District 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 59.8% 1,662 1,119
North Adelaide 4th 9 -1- 6 19 53.3% 1,423 1,248
Sturt 5th 8 -2- 7 18 49.6% 1,384 1,405
West Adelaide 6th 6 -1- 10 13 48.1% 1,321 1,423
Glenelg 7th 4 -1- 12 9 38.9% 1,194 1,875
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 13 8 43.6% 1,237 1,601
South Adelaide 9th 3 -2- 12 8 39.9% 1,132 1,702

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1997 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 93 - 86
SAT 16/08/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Magpies Adelaide Oval 74 - 72
SAT 16/08/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 46 - 61
SAT 16/08/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 79 - 80

Round 20 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 15 -0- 3 30 64.8% 1,937 1,054
Central District 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 59.3% 1,755 1,205
Port Adelaide Magpies 3rd 11 -1- 5 23 52.3% 1,463 1,335
Sturt 4th 9 -2- 7 20 49.9% 1,445 1,451
North Adelaide 5th 9 -1- 7 19 52.9% 1,469 1,309
West Adelaide 6th 7 -1- 10 15 48.3% 1,401 1,502
Glenelg 7th 5 -1- 12 11 39.4% 1,268 1,947
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 14 8 43.9% 1,316 1,681
South Adelaide 9th 3 -2- 12 8 39.9% 1,132 1,702

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 63 - 96
SAT 23/08/1997 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 87 - 56
SUN 24/08/1997 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Noarlunga Oval 114 - 60

Round 21 Byes: Norwood, Sturt, Woodville-West Torrens

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 15 -0- 3 30 64.8% 1,937 1,054
Central District 2nd 12 -0- 6 24 57.9% 1,815 1,319
Port Adelaide Magpies 3rd 11 -1- 6 23 51.6% 1,526 1,431
North Adelaide 4th 10 -1- 7 21 53.3% 1,565 1,372
Sturt 5th 9 -2- 7 20 49.9% 1,445 1,451
West Adelaide 6th 8 -1- 10 17 48.9% 1,488 1,558
Glenelg 7th 5 -1- 13 11 39.4% 1,324 2,034
South Adelaide 8th 4 -2- 12 10 41.4% 1,246 1,762
Woodville-West Torrens 9th 4 -0- 14 8 43.9% 1,316 1,681

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1997 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville-West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 73 - 86
SAT 30/08/1997 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 67 - 78
SAT 30/08/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 106 - 51
SAT 30/08/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 101 - 46

Round 22 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 16 -0- 3 32 64.9% 2,043 1,105
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 12 -1- 6 25 52.4% 1,627 1,477
Central District 3rd 12 -0- 7 24 57.3% 1,888 1,405
Sturt 4th 10 -2- 7 22 50.1% 1,523 1,518
North Adelaide 5th 10 -1- 8 21 52.2% 1,616 1,478
West Adelaide 6th 8 -1- 10 17 48.9% 1,488 1,558
Glenelg 7th 5 -1- 14 11 39.7% 1,391 2,112
Woodville-West Torrens 8th 5 -0- 14 10 44.4% 1,402 1,754
South Adelaide 9th 4 -2- 13 10 41.0% 1,292 1,863

Round 23

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1997 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 102 - 69
SAT 06/09/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Magpies Norwood Oval 67 - 40
SAT 06/09/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 82 - 45
SAT 06/09/1997 2:10 PM Woodville-West Torrens v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 89 - 56

Round 23 Bye: Glenelg

Round 23 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 17 -0- 3 34 64.8% 2,110 1,145
Port Adelaide Magpies 2nd 12 -1- 7 25 51.9% 1,667 1,544
Central District 3rd 12 -0- 8 24 56.5% 1,957 1,507
Sturt 4th 11 -2- 7 24 50.7% 1,605 1,563
North Adelaide 5th 11 -1- 8 23 52.6% 1,718 1,547
West Adelaide 6th 8 -1- 11 17 48.3% 1,533 1,640
Woodville-West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 14 12 45.2% 1,491 1,810
Glenelg 8th 5 -1- 14 11 39.7% 1,391 2,112
South Adelaide 9th 4 -2- 14 10 40.8% 1,348 1,952

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 14/09/1997 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Football Park 40 - 47 15,109

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 14/09/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v Central District Football Park 73 - 56 15,109

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 21/09/1997 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Football Park 100 - 81 22,749
SUN 21/09/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Magpies Football Park 76 - 98 22,749

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 28/09/1997 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Football Park 105 - 94 10,599

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 05/10/1997 2:10 PM Port Adelaide Magpies v Norwood Football Park 53 - 126 44,161