1997 VFL Season: Preston
These are the details of the premiership results for Preston for the 1997 season of the Victorian Football League. The team used Preston City Oval as their home ground, playing eight matches there (eight as hosts). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
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 | ||||||