1997 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1997 season of the Victorian Football League.

It featured twenty rounds. Each team received two byes. Frankston were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Sandringham were the premiers, with Andy Collins as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1997 VFL Season
Teams: 11
Rounds: 20
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 105

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Frankston Frankston Park David Rhys-Jones
North Ballarat Northern Oval Gerard FitzGerald
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Neil Ross
Preston Preston City Oval Peter Weightman
Sandringham Trevor Barker Beach Oval Andy Collins
Springvale Springvale Reserve Brad Gotch
Traralgon Traralgon Reserve Geoff Hocking
Werribee Chirnside Park
Williamstown Burbank Oval Merv Keane

Season Results

Premiers: Sandringham
Runners-Up: Frankston
Minor Premiers: Frankston

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Frankston 1st 17 -0- 1 68 167.5% 1,966 1,174 286 250 168 166
Springvale 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 159.7% 2,006 1,256 289 272 178 188
Sandringham 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 156.0% 1,677 1,075 236 261 152 163
Werribee 4th 12 -0- 6 48 137.8% 1,883 1,366 274 239 192 214
Port Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 8 40 116.1% 1,660 1,430 241 214 204 206
Williamstown 6th 8 -2- 8 36 92.9% 1,544 1,662 225 194 235 252
Preston 7th 7 -0- 11 28 84.1% 1,360 1,618 197 178 235 208
North Ballarat 8th 6 -0- 12 24 88.2% 1,358 1,539 193 200 224 195
Box Hill 9th 5 -1- 12 22 87.0% 1,324 1,521 191 178 215 231
Traralgon 10th 3 -1- 14 14 57.9% 1,199 2,071 168 191 301 265
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 17 4 46.1% 1,084 2,349 153 166 349 255

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Sandringham 1st Premiers
Frankston 2nd Runners-Up
Springvale 3rd Defeated by Frankston (Preliminary Final)
Port Melbourne 4th Defeated by Springvale (Semi Final)
Werribee 5th Defeated by Port Melbourne (Elimination Final)
Williamstown 6th Did not qualify for finals
Preston 7th Did not qualify for finals
North Ballarat 8th Did not qualify for finals
Box Hill 9th Did not qualify for finals
Traralgon 10th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 11th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/04/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Springvale Frankston Park 101 - 76
SAT 05/04/1997 2:00 PM Preston v North Ballarat Preston City Oval 95 - 90
SUN 06/04/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Trevor Barker Beach Oval 39 - 79
SUN 06/04/1997 2:00 PM Traralgon v Williamstown Traralgon Reserve 70 - 70

Round 1 Byes: Box Hill, Coburg, Werribee

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 202.6% 79 39
Frankston 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 132.9% 101 76
Preston 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 105.6% 95 90
Traralgon 4th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 70 70
Williamstown 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 70 70
Box Hill 6th 0 -0- 0 0 0 0
Coburg 0 -0- 0 0 0 0
Werribee 0 -0- 0 0 0 0
North Ballarat 9th 0 -0- 1 0 94.7% 90 95
Springvale 10th 0 -0- 1 0 75.2% 76 101
Sandringham 11th 0 -0- 1 0 49.4% 39 79

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1997 2:00 PM Box Hill v Coburg Box Hill City Oval 82 - 101
SAT 12/04/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Port Melbourne Frankston Park 87 - 75
SAT 12/04/1997 2:00 PM Preston v Werribee Preston City Oval 110 - 66
SAT 12/04/1997 7:30 PM North Ballarat v Sandringham Northern Oval 36 - 107
SUN 13/04/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Williamstown Springvale Reserve 74 - 94

Round 2 Bye: Traralgon

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 2 -0- 0 8 131.4% 205 156
Frankston 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 124.5% 188 151
Williamstown 3rd 1 -1- 0 6 113.9% 164 144
Sandringham 4th 1 -0- 1 4 127.0% 146 115
Coburg 5th 1 -0- 0 4 123.2% 101 82
Port Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 122.2% 154 126
Traralgon 7th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 70 70
Box Hill 8th 0 -0- 1 0 81.2% 82 101
Springvale 9th 0 -0- 2 0 76.9% 150 195
North Ballarat 10th 0 -0- 2 0 62.4% 126 202
Werribee 11th 0 -0- 1 0 60.0% 66 110

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1997 2:00 PM Traralgon v Preston Traralgon Reserve 53 - 63
SUN 20/04/1997 2:00 PM Box Hill v Frankston Box Hill City Oval 79 - 118
SUN 20/04/1997 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v North Ballarat North Port Oval 82 - 80
SUN 20/04/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v Coburg Chirnside Park 121 - 36
SUN 20/04/1997 2:00 PM Williamstown v Sandringham Burbank Oval 91 - 93

Round 3 Bye: Springvale

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 3 -0- 0 12 133.0% 306 230
Preston 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 128.2% 268 209
Sandringham 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 116.0% 239 206
Port Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 114.6% 236 206
Williamstown 5th 1 -1- 1 6 107.6% 255 237
Werribee 6th 1 -0- 1 4 128.1% 187 146
Coburg 7th 1 -0- 1 4 67.5% 137 203
Traralgon 8th 0 -1- 1 2 92.5% 123 133
Springvale 9th 0 -0- 2 0 76.9% 150 195
Box Hill 10th 0 -0- 2 0 73.5% 161 219
North Ballarat 11th 0 -0- 3 0 72.5% 206 284

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1997 2:00 PM Williamstown v Werribee Burbank Oval 104 - 89
FRI 25/04/1997 7:30 PM North Ballarat v Box Hill Northern Oval 63 - 72
SAT 26/04/1997 2:00 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 76 - 164
SAT 26/04/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v Springvale Trevor Barker Beach Oval 109 - 52
SUN 27/04/1997 2:00 PM Traralgon v Port Melbourne Traralgon Reserve 52 - 102

Round 4 Bye: Frankston

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 4 -0- 0 16 151.6% 432 285
Sandringham 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 134.9% 348 258
Frankston 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 133.0% 306 230
Port Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 1 12 131.0% 338 258
Williamstown 5th 2 -1- 1 10 110.1% 359 326
Werribee 6th 1 -0- 2 4 110.4% 276 250
Box Hill 7th 1 -0- 2 4 82.6% 233 282
Coburg 8th 1 -0- 2 4 58.0% 213 367
Traralgon 9th 0 -1- 2 2 74.5% 175 235
North Ballarat 10th 0 -0- 4 0 75.6% 269 356
Springvale 11th 0 -0- 3 0 66.4% 202 304

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1997 2:00 PM Coburg v Traralgon Coburg City Oval 58 - 118
SAT 03/05/1997 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Springvale North Port Oval 63 - 106
SUN 04/05/1997 2:00 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 55 - 83
SUN 04/05/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Preston Frankston Park 126 - 57
SUN 04/05/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v North Ballarat Chirnside Park 110 - 36

Round 5 Bye: Sandringham

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 4 -0- 0 16 150.5% 432 287
Preston 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 119.0% 489 411
Williamstown 3rd 3 -1- 1 14 116.0% 442 381
Sandringham 4th 3 -0- 1 12 134.9% 348 258
Port Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 110.2% 401 364
Werribee 6th 2 -0- 2 8 135.0% 386 286
Traralgon 7th 1 -1- 2 6 100.0% 293 293
Springvale 8th 1 -0- 3 4 83.9% 308 367
Box Hill 9th 1 -0- 3 4 78.9% 288 365
Coburg 10th 1 -0- 3 4 55.9% 271 485
North Ballarat 11th 0 -0- 5 0 65.5% 305 466

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1997 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 79 - 83
SAT 10/05/1997 2:00 PM Preston v Box Hill Preston City Oval 87 - 70
SUN 11/05/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Werribee Frankston Park 111 - 60
SUN 11/05/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Coburg Springvale Reserve 192 - 30
SUN 11/05/1997 2:00 PM Traralgon v Sandringham Traralgon Reserve 37 - 141

Round 6 Bye: North Ballarat

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 5 -0- 0 20 156.5% 543 347
Preston 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 119.8% 576 481
Williamstown 3rd 4 -1- 1 18 114.1% 525 460
Sandringham 4th 4 -0- 1 16 165.8% 489 295
Port Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 3 12 107.4% 480 447
Springvale 6th 2 -0- 3 8 125.9% 500 397
Werribee 7th 2 -0- 3 8 112.3% 446 397
Traralgon 8th 1 -1- 3 6 76.0% 330 434
Box Hill 9th 1 -0- 4 4 79.2% 358 452
Coburg 10th 1 -0- 4 4 44.5% 301 677
North Ballarat 11th 0 -0- 5 0 65.5% 305 466

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1997 2:00 PM Box Hill v Sandringham Box Hill City Oval 41 - 71
SAT 17/05/1997 2:00 PM Coburg v Frankston Coburg City Oval 46 - 149
SAT 17/05/1997 2:00 PM Preston v Springvale Preston City Oval 57 - 97
SAT 17/05/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v Port Melbourne Chirnside Park 141 - 54
SAT 17/05/1997 6:00 PM North Ballarat v Traralgon Northern Oval 119 - 46

Round 7 Bye: Williamstown

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 6 -0- 0 24 176.1% 692 393
Sandringham 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 166.7% 560 336
Preston 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 109.5% 633 578
Williamstown 4th 4 -1- 1 18 114.1% 525 460
Springvale 5th 3 -0- 3 12 131.5% 597 454
Werribee 6th 3 -0- 3 12 130.2% 587 451
Port Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 4 12 90.8% 534 588
Traralgon 8th 1 -1- 4 6 68.0% 376 553
North Ballarat 9th 1 -0- 5 4 82.8% 424 512
Box Hill 10th 1 -0- 5 4 76.3% 399 523
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 5 4 42.0% 347 826

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1997 2:00 PM Coburg v North Ballarat Coburg City Oval 53 - 146
SAT 24/05/1997 2:00 PM Williamstown v Frankston Burbank Oval 69 - 138
SUN 25/05/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v Preston Trevor Barker Beach Oval 89 - 51
SUN 25/05/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Box Hill Springvale Reserve 120 - 70
SUN 25/05/1997 2:00 PM Traralgon v Werribee Traralgon Reserve 69 - 93

Round 8 Bye: Port Melbourne

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 7 -0- 0 28 179.7% 830 462
Sandringham 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 167.7% 649 387
Preston 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 102.5% 684 667
Williamstown 4th 4 -1- 2 18 99.3% 594 598
Springvale 5th 4 -0- 3 16 136.8% 717 524
Werribee 6th 4 -0- 3 16 130.8% 680 520
Port Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 4 12 90.8% 534 588
North Ballarat 8th 2 -0- 5 8 100.9% 570 565
Traralgon 9th 1 -1- 5 6 68.9% 445 646
Box Hill 10th 1 -0- 6 4 72.9% 469 643
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 6 4 41.2% 400 972

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1997 2:00 PM Box Hill v Traralgon Box Hill City Oval 156 - 59
SAT 31/05/1997 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 149 - 79
SUN 01/06/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Sandringham Frankston Park 92 - 63
SUN 01/06/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v North Ballarat Springvale Reserve 109 - 62
SUN 01/06/1997 2:00 PM Williamstown v Preston Burbank Oval 142 - 86

Round 9 Bye: Werribee

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 8 -0- 0 32 175.6% 922 525
Sandringham 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 148.6% 712 479
Williamstown 3rd 5 -1- 2 22 107.6% 736 684
Springvale 4th 5 -0- 3 20 141.0% 826 586
Preston 5th 5 -0- 4 20 95.2% 770 809
Werribee 6th 4 -0- 3 16 130.8% 680 520
Port Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 102.4% 683 667
North Ballarat 8th 2 -0- 6 8 93.8% 632 674
Box Hill 9th 2 -0- 6 8 89.0% 625 702
Traralgon 10th 1 -1- 6 6 62.8% 504 802
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 7 4 42.7% 479 1,121

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1997 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Williamstown Northern Oval 83 - 67
SAT 07/06/1997 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill North Port Oval 90 - 80
SUN 08/06/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Traralgon Frankston Park 138 - 67
SUN 08/06/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v Coburg Trevor Barker Beach Oval 133 - 49
SUN 08/06/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v Springvale Chirnside Park 89 - 129

Round 10 Bye: Preston

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 9 -0- 0 36 179.1% 1,060 592
Sandringham 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 160.0% 845 528
Springvale 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 141.5% 955 675
Williamstown 4th 5 -1- 3 22 104.7% 803 767
Port Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 4 20 103.5% 773 747
Preston 6th 5 -0- 4 20 95.2% 770 809
Werribee 7th 4 -0- 4 16 118.5% 769 649
North Ballarat 8th 3 -0- 6 12 96.5% 715 741
Box Hill 9th 2 -0- 7 8 89.0% 705 792
Traralgon 10th 1 -1- 7 6 60.7% 571 940
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 8 4 42.1% 528 1,254

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1997 2:00 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Springvale Reserve 64 - 101
SAT 21/06/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v Sandringham Chirnside Park 104 - 74
SUN 22/06/1997 2:00 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 71 - 111
SUN 22/06/1997 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Frankston Northern Oval 54 - 83
SUN 22/06/1997 2:00 PM Traralgon v Springvale Traralgon Reserve 68 - 181

Round 11 Bye: Box Hill

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 10 -0- 0 40 176.9% 1,143 646
Springvale 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 152.9% 1,136 743
Sandringham 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 145.4% 919 632
Williamstown 4th 6 -1- 3 26 109.1% 914 838
Port Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 4 24 107.8% 874 811
Werribee 6th 5 -0- 4 20 120.7% 873 723
Preston 7th 5 -0- 5 20 91.6% 834 910
North Ballarat 8th 3 -0- 7 12 93.3% 769 824
Box Hill 9th 2 -0- 7 8 89.0% 705 792
Traralgon 10th 1 -1- 8 6 57.0% 639 1,121
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 9 4 43.9% 599 1,365

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1997 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Preston Northern Oval 63 - 40
SAT 28/06/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Frankston Springvale Reserve 101 - 61
SUN 29/06/1997 2:00 PM Box Hill v Werribee Box Hill City Oval 37 - 124
SUN 29/06/1997 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 33 - 96
SUN 29/06/1997 2:00 PM Williamstown v Traralgon Burbank Oval 155 - 71

Round 12 Bye: Coburg

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 10 -0- 1 40 161.2% 1,204 747
Springvale 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 153.9% 1,237 804
Sandringham 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 152.6% 1,015 665
Williamstown 4th 7 -1- 3 30 117.6% 1,069 909
Werribee 5th 6 -0- 4 24 131.2% 997 760
Port Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 5 24 100.0% 907 907
Preston 7th 5 -0- 6 20 89.8% 874 973
North Ballarat 8th 4 -0- 7 16 96.3% 832 864
Box Hill 9th 2 -0- 8 8 81.0% 742 916
Traralgon 10th 1 -1- 9 6 55.6% 710 1,276
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 9 4 43.9% 599 1,365

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1997 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Frankston North Port Oval 61 - 75
SUN 06/07/1997 2:00 PM Coburg v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 69 - 108
SUN 06/07/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v North Ballarat Trevor Barker Beach Oval 109 - 64
SUN 06/07/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v Preston Chirnside Park 160 - 73
SUN 06/07/1997 2:00 PM Williamstown v Springvale Burbank Oval 73 - 155

Round 13 Bye: Traralgon

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 11 -0- 1 44 158.3% 1,279 808
Springvale 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 158.7% 1,392 877
Sandringham 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 154.2% 1,124 729
Williamstown 4th 7 -1- 4 30 107.3% 1,142 1,064
Werribee 5th 7 -0- 4 28 138.9% 1,157 833
Port Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 6 24 98.6% 968 982
Preston 7th 5 -0- 7 20 83.6% 947 1,133
North Ballarat 8th 4 -0- 8 16 92.1% 896 973
Box Hill 9th 3 -0- 8 12 86.3% 850 985
Traralgon 10th 1 -1- 9 6 55.6% 710 1,276
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 10 4 45.3% 668 1,473

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Trevor Barker Beach Oval 93 - 63
SUN 13/07/1997 2:00 PM Coburg v Werribee Coburg City Oval 64 - 189
SUN 13/07/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Box Hill Frankston Park 155 - 44
SUN 13/07/1997 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Port Melbourne Northern Oval 78 - 126
SUN 13/07/1997 2:00 PM Preston v Traralgon Preston City Oval 110 - 21

Round 14 Bye: Springvale

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 12 -0- 1 48 168.3% 1,434 852
Sandringham 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 153.7% 1,217 792
Springvale 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 158.7% 1,392 877
Werribee 4th 8 -0- 4 32 150.1% 1,346 897
Williamstown 5th 7 -1- 5 30 104.1% 1,205 1,157
Port Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 6 28 103.2% 1,094 1,060
Preston 7th 6 -0- 7 24 91.6% 1,057 1,154
North Ballarat 8th 4 -0- 9 16 88.6% 974 1,099
Box Hill 9th 3 -0- 9 12 78.4% 894 1,140
Traralgon 10th 1 -1- 10 6 52.7% 731 1,386
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 11 4 44.0% 732 1,662

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Port Melbourne Springvale Reserve 120 - 86
SUN 20/07/1997 2:00 PM Box Hill v North Ballarat Box Hill City Oval 112 - 50
SUN 20/07/1997 2:00 PM Preston v Frankston Preston City Oval 64 - 115
SUN 20/07/1997 2:00 PM Traralgon v Coburg Traralgon Reserve 119 - 85
SUN 20/07/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v Williamstown Chirnside Park 123 - 69

Round 15 Bye: Sandringham

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 13 -0- 1 52 169.1% 1,549 916
Springvale 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 157.0% 1,512 963
Sandringham 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 153.7% 1,217 792
Werribee 4th 9 -0- 4 36 152.1% 1,469 966
Williamstown 5th 7 -1- 6 30 99.5% 1,274 1,280
Port Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 7 28 100.0% 1,180 1,180
Preston 7th 6 -0- 8 24 88.3% 1,121 1,269
North Ballarat 8th 4 -0- 10 16 84.6% 1,024 1,211
Box Hill 9th 4 -0- 9 16 84.5% 1,006 1,190
Traralgon 10th 2 -1- 10 10 57.8% 850 1,471
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 12 4 45.9% 817 1,781

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1997 2:00 PM Box Hill v Preston Box Hill City Oval 93 - 55
SAT 26/07/1997 2:00 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne Burbank Oval 44 - 137
SUN 27/07/1997 2:00 PM Coburg v Springvale Coburg City Oval 65 - 145
SUN 27/07/1997 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Werribee Northern Oval 95 - 125
SUN 27/07/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v Traralgon Trevor Barker Beach Oval 137 - 61

Round 16 Bye: Frankston

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 13 -0- 1 52 169.1% 1,549 916
Springvale 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 161.2% 1,657 1,028
Sandringham 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 158.7% 1,354 853
Werribee 4th 10 -0- 4 40 150.2% 1,594 1,061
Port Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 7 32 107.6% 1,317 1,224
Williamstown 6th 7 -1- 7 30 93.0% 1,318 1,417
Preston 7th 6 -0- 9 24 86.3% 1,176 1,362
Box Hill 8th 5 -0- 9 20 88.3% 1,099 1,245
North Ballarat 9th 4 -0- 11 16 83.8% 1,119 1,336
Traralgon 10th 2 -1- 11 10 56.7% 911 1,608
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 13 4 45.8% 882 1,926

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1997 2:00 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 109 - 54
SAT 02/08/1997 2:00 PM Williamstown v Box Hill Burbank Oval 54 - 54
SUN 03/08/1997 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Traralgon North Port Oval 203 - 61
SUN 03/08/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Sandringham Springvale Reserve 75 - 106
SUN 03/08/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v Frankston Chirnside Park 79 - 81

Round 17 Bye: North Ballarat

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 14 -0- 1 56 163.8% 1,630 995
Sandringham 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 157.3% 1,460 928
Springvale 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 152.7% 1,732 1,134
Werribee 4th 10 -0- 5 40 146.5% 1,673 1,142
Port Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 7 36 118.3% 1,520 1,285
Williamstown 6th 7 -2- 7 32 93.3% 1,372 1,471
Preston 7th 7 -0- 9 28 90.7% 1,285 1,416
Box Hill 8th 5 -1- 9 22 88.8% 1,153 1,299
North Ballarat 9th 4 -0- 11 16 83.8% 1,119 1,336
Traralgon 10th 2 -1- 12 10 53.7% 972 1,811
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 14 4 46.0% 936 2,035

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1997 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Werribee North Port Oval 56 - 81
SUN 10/08/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Coburg Frankston Park 168 - 38
SUN 10/08/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v Box Hill Trevor Barker Beach Oval 92 - 61
SUN 10/08/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Preston Springvale Reserve 119 - 37
SUN 10/08/1997 2:00 PM Traralgon v North Ballarat Traralgon Reserve 84 - 106

Round 18 Bye: Williamstown

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 15 -0- 1 60 174.1% 1,798 1,033
Sandringham 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 156.9% 1,552 989
Springvale 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 158.1% 1,851 1,171
Werribee 4th 11 -0- 5 44 146.4% 1,754 1,198
Port Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 8 36 115.4% 1,576 1,366
Williamstown 6th 7 -2- 7 32 93.3% 1,372 1,471
Preston 7th 7 -0- 10 28 86.1% 1,322 1,535
Box Hill 8th 5 -1- 10 22 87.3% 1,214 1,391
North Ballarat 9th 5 -0- 11 20 86.3% 1,225 1,420
Traralgon 10th 2 -1- 13 10 55.1% 1,056 1,917
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 15 4 44.2% 974 2,203

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Williamstown Frankston Park 120 - 99
SAT 16/08/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v Traralgon Chirnside Park 100 - 82
SUN 17/08/1997 2:00 PM Box Hill v Springvale Box Hill City Oval 56 - 69
SUN 17/08/1997 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Coburg Northern Oval 62 - 46
SUN 17/08/1997 2:00 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 38 - 83

Round 19 Bye: Port Melbourne

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 16 -0- 1 64 169.4% 1,918 1,132
Sandringham 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 159.2% 1,635 1,027
Springvale 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 156.5% 1,920 1,227
Werribee 4th 12 -0- 5 48 144.8% 1,854 1,280
Port Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 8 36 115.4% 1,576 1,366
Williamstown 6th 7 -2- 8 32 92.5% 1,471 1,591
Preston 7th 7 -0- 11 28 84.1% 1,360 1,618
North Ballarat 8th 6 -0- 11 24 87.8% 1,287 1,466
Box Hill 9th 5 -1- 11 22 87.0% 1,270 1,460
Traralgon 10th 2 -1- 14 10 56.4% 1,138 2,017
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 16 4 45.0% 1,020 2,265

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v Frankston Trevor Barker Beach Oval 42 - 48
SUN 24/08/1997 2:00 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 64 - 84
SUN 24/08/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Werribee Springvale Reserve 86 - 29
SUN 24/08/1997 2:00 PM Traralgon v Box Hill Traralgon Reserve 61 - 54
SUN 24/08/1997 2:00 PM Williamstown v North Ballarat Burbank Oval 73 - 71

Round 20 Bye: Preston

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Frankston 1st 17 -0- 1 68 167.5% 1,966 1,174
Springvale 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 159.7% 2,006 1,256
Sandringham 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 156.0% 1,677 1,075
Werribee 4th 12 -0- 6 48 137.8% 1,883 1,366
Port Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 8 40 116.1% 1,660 1,430
Williamstown 6th 8 -2- 8 36 92.9% 1,544 1,662
Preston 7th 7 -0- 11 28 84.1% 1,360 1,618
North Ballarat 8th 6 -0- 12 24 88.2% 1,358 1,539
Box Hill 9th 5 -1- 12 22 87.0% 1,324 1,521
Traralgon 10th 3 -1- 14 14 57.9% 1,199 2,071
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 17 4 46.1% 1,084 2,349

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Frankston 1st 17 -0- 1 68 167.5% 1,966 1,174 286 250 168 166
Springvale 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 159.7% 2,006 1,256 289 272 178 188
Sandringham 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 156.0% 1,677 1,075 236 261 152 163
Werribee 4th 12 -0- 6 48 137.8% 1,883 1,366 274 239 192 214
Port Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 8 40 116.1% 1,660 1,430 241 214 204 206
Williamstown 6th 8 -2- 8 36 92.9% 1,544 1,662 225 194 235 252
Preston 7th 7 -0- 11 28 84.1% 1,360 1,618 197 178 235 208
North Ballarat 8th 6 -0- 12 24 88.2% 1,358 1,539 193 200 224 195
Box Hill 9th 5 -1- 12 22 87.0% 1,324 1,521 191 178 215 231
Traralgon 10th 3 -1- 14 14 57.9% 1,199 2,071 168 191 301 265
Coburg 11th 1 -0- 17 4 46.1% 1,084 2,349 153 166 349 255

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 31/08/1997 2:00 PM Werribee v Port Melbourne North Port Oval 100 - 116

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Sandringham North Port Oval 90 - 115

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Frankston 1st
Sandringham 2nd
Springvale 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th
Werribee 5th

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Sandringham North Port Oval 67 - 108
SUN 07/09/1997 2:00 PM Springvale v Port Melbourne North Port Oval 103 - 84

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Sandringham 1st
Frankston 2nd
Springvale 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th
Werribee 5th

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 14/09/1997 2:00 PM Frankston v Springvale North Port Oval 101 - 62

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Sandringham 1st
Frankston 2nd
Springvale 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th
Werribee 5th

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 21/09/1997 2:00 PM Sandringham v Frankston North Port Oval 73 - 44 10,000

Final Round 4 Ladder

Team Pos.
Sandringham 1st
Frankston 2nd
Springvale 3rd
Port Melbourne 4th
Werribee 5th