1997 VFL Season: Preston
These are the details of the premiership results of Preston for the 1997 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1997 VFL Season
Team:
Preston
Home Ground:
Preston City Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
7th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 84.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weightman, Peter | 18 | 7 | -0- | 11 | R01-09, R11-19 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/04/1997 | Round 1 | North Ballarat | HOME | WIN | PRST by 5 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 12/04/1997 | Round 2 | Werribee | HOME | WIN | PRST by 44 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 19/04/1997 | Round 3 | Traralgon | AWAY | WIN | PRST by 10 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 26/04/1997 | Round 4 | Coburg | AWAY | WIN | PRST by 88 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 04/05/1997 | Round 5 | Frankston | AWAY | LOSS | FRNK by 69 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 10/05/1997 | Round 6 | Box Hill | HOME | WIN | PRST by 17 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 17/05/1997 | Round 7 | Springvale | HOME | LOSS | SPRN by 40 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 25/05/1997 | Round 8 | Sandringham | AWAY | LOSS | SNDH by 38 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 01/06/1997 | Round 9 | Williamstown | AWAY | LOSS | WILL by 56 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| Round 10 | BYE | ||||||
| 21/06/1997 | Round 11 | Port Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | PMLB by 37 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 28/06/1997 | Round 12 | North Ballarat | AWAY | LOSS | NBAL by 23 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 06/07/1997 | Round 13 | Werribee | AWAY | LOSS | WERB by 87 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 13/07/1997 | Round 14 | Traralgon | HOME | WIN | PRST by 89 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 20/07/1997 | Round 15 | Frankston | HOME | LOSS | FRNK by 51 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 26/07/1997 | Round 16 | Box Hill | AWAY | LOSS | BOXH by 38 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 02/08/1997 | Round 17 | Coburg | HOME | WIN | PRST by 55 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 10/08/1997 | Round 18 | Springvale | AWAY | LOSS | SPRN by 82 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| 17/08/1997 | Round 19 | Sandringham | HOME | LOSS | SNDH by 45 | Peter Weightman | unknown |
| Round 20 | BYE | ||||||
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.