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1997 VFL Premiership Season | |
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Teams | 11 |
Premiers | Sandringham (6th premiership) |
Minor premiers | Frankston (2nd minor premiership) |
← 1996 1998 → |
The 1997 Victorian Football League season was the 116th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it defeated Frankston by 29 points in the Grand Final on 21 September.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | Frankston | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1966 | 1174 | 167.5 | 68 | Finals |
2 | Springvale | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2006 | 1256 | 159.7 | 56 | |
3 | Sandringham (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1677 | 1075 | 156.0 | 56 | |
4 | Werribee | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1883 | 1366 | 137.8 | 48 | |
5 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1660 | 1430 | 116.1 | 40 | |
6 | Williamstown | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1544 | 1662 | 92.9 | 36 | |
7 | Preston | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1360 | 1618 | 84.1 | 28 | |
8 | North Ballarat | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1358 | 1539 | 88.2 | 24 | |
9 | Box Hill | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1324 | 1521 | 87.0 | 22 | |
10 | Traralgon | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1199 | 2071 | 57.9 | 14 | |
11 | Coburg | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1084 | 2349 | 46.1 | 4 |
Qualifying final | |||||
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Saturday, 30 August (2:00 pm) |
Springvale 14.6 (90) | def. by | Sandringham 17.13 (115) | North Port Oval | |
Elimination final | |||||
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Sunday, 31 August (2:00 pm) |
Werribee 14.16 (100) | def. by | Port Melbourne 17.14 (116) | North Port Oval | |
First semi-final | |||||
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Sunday, 7 September (2:00pm) |
Springvale 16.7 (103) | def. | Port Melbourne 13.6 (84) | North Port Oval | |
Second semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 6 September (2:00pm) |
Frankston 10.7 (67) | def. by | Sandringham 16.12 (108) | North Port Oval | |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday, 14 September (2:00pm) |
Frankston 14.17 (101) | def. | Springvale 9.8 (62) | North Port Oval | |
1997 VFL Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday 21 September
(2:00 pm) |
Sandringham | def. | Frankston | North Port Oval (crowd: 10,000) | |
3.1 (19) 5.6 (36) 7.10 (52) 10.13 (73) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
1.3 (9) 4.3 (27) 4.9 (33) 5.14 (44) |
Umpires: M. Vozzo, W. Mann, M. James Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Tim Scott-Branagan (Sandringham) | ||
Amiet 4, Templeton 2, Scott-Branagan 2, Frater, Dear | Goals | R. Stubbs 3, S. Ryan, Cummings | |||
Reports | Pickering, for striking Mann in the first quarter R. Stubbs, for striking Grant in the first quarter Goodwin, for striking Dear in the first quarter | ||||
VFA/VFL seasons | |
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Pre-VFA | |
VFA seasons | |
VFA seasons (Post VFL formation) |
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VFL seasons |
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