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1997 Fixture
| Rnd | Home Team | Away Team | Ground | Date | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | Richmond | 7.3 | 9.8 | 14.11 | 15.14 | 104 | dftd | Geelong | 4.3 | 7.5 | 11.9 | 13.17 | 95 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Mar 30 (Sun) | |
| R2 | Geelong | 0.6 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 11.12 | 78 | dftd | West Coast | 3.1 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 72 | Shell Stadium | Apr 5 (Sat) | |
| R3 | Port Adelaide | 3.5 | 8.11 | 13.17 | 18.21 | 129 | dftd | Geelong | 0.2 | 3.2 | 7.4 | 14.6 | 90 | Football Park | Apr 12 (Sat) | |
| R4 | Geelong | 2.4 | 2.11 | 8.17 | 11.19 | 85 | dftd | Essendon | 4.4 | 5.8 | 10.10 | 11.12 | 78 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Apr 20 (Sun) | |
| R5 | Carlton | 4.4 | 6.10 | 10.12 | 12.14 | 86 | lost to | Geelong | 3.4 | 7.8 | 11.12 | 13.16 | 94 | Optus Oval | Apr 27 (Sun) | |
| R6 | Geelong | 5.6 | 7.6 | 12.10 | 14.13 | 97 | dftd | Fremantle | 2.1 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 43 | Shell Stadium | May 3 (Sat) | |
| R7 | Geelong | 4.2 | 5.5 | 9.7 | 11.10 | 76 | dftd | Sydney | 0.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 44 | Shell Stadium | May 10 (Sat) | |
| R8 | Melbourne | 2.2 | 5.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 49 | lost to | Geelong | 5.2 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 19.14 | 128 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | May 17 (Sat) | |
| R9 | Brisbane Lions | 4.4 | 12.9 | 15.9 | 19.12 | 126 | dftd | Geelong | 4.3 | 5.3 | 12.6 | 15.8 | 98 | Gabba | May 25 (Sun) | |
| R10 | Geelong | 3.5 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 16.11 | 107 | dftd | St Kilda | 3.1 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 11.13 | 79 | Shell Stadium | May 31 (Sat) | |
| R11 | Western Bulldogs | 2.5 | 7.7 | 8.10 | 14.12 | 96 | dftd | Geelong | 3.1 | 5.2 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 75 | Optus Oval | Jun 7 (Sat) | |
| R12 | Geelong | 3.1 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 12.10 | 82 | lost to | Hawthorn | 4.4 | 8.8 | 11.9 | 13.10 | 88 | Shell Stadium | Jun 14 (Sat) | |
| R13 | Geelong | 6.3 | 8.4 | 11.6 | 17.8 | 110 | dftd | Adelaide | 0.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 | 7.12 | 54 | Shell Stadium | Jun 28 (Sat) | |
| R14 | Geelong | 3.6 | 4.9 | 6.18 | 9.26 | 80 | dftd | Collingwood | 3.3 | 5.6 | 6.11 | 10.12 | 72 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Jul 5 (Sat) | |
| R15 | North Melbourne | 5.2 | 9.5 | 12.6 | 14.8 | 92 | lost to | Geelong | 2.3 | 6.5 | 12.8 | 15.12 | 102 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Jul 11 (Fri) | |
| R16 | Geelong | 3.2 | 7.6 | 11.8 | 16.14 | 110 | dftd | Richmond | 7.1 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 12.6 | 78 | Shell Stadium | Jul 19 (Sat) | |
| R17 | West Coast | 2.4 | 7.7 | 15.7 | 20.9 | 129 | dftd | Geelong | 4.1 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 12.10 | 82 | Subiaco Oval | Jul 27 (Sun) | |
| R18 | Geelong | 5.2 | 11.4 | 15.9 | 25.9 | 159 | dftd | Port Adelaide | 2.1 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 74 | Shell Stadium | Aug 2 (Sat) | |
| R19 | Essendon | 0.1 | 5.2 | 9.4 | 11.7 | 73 | dftd | Geelong | 3.4 | 4.9 | 7.12 | 9.14 | 68 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Aug 10 (Sun) | |
| R20 | Geelong | 5.4 | 8.7 | 12.15 | 13.17 | 95 | dftd | Carlton | 1.2 | 3.8 | 6.10 | 9.13 | 67 | Shell Stadium | Aug 16 (Sat) | |
| R21 | Fremantle | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.12 | 9.14 | 68 | lost to | Geelong | 3.4 | 7.7 | 11.9 | 14.16 | 100 | Subiaco Oval | Aug 24 (Sun) | |
| R22 | Sydney | 2.5 | 5.7 | 9.9 | 13.12 | 90 | lost to | Geelong | 4.3 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 15.10 | 100 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Aug 30 (Sat) | |
| QF | Geelong | 2.4 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 9.7 | 61 | lost to | North Melbourne | 3.4 | 6.9 | 8.10 | 11.13 | 79 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Sep 7 (Sun) | |
| SF | Adelaide | 1.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 11.10 | 76 | dftd | Geelong | 4.4 | 6.5 | 8.10 | 9.14 | 68 | Football Park | Sep 13 (Sat) | |
1997 Player Statistics
| Pos | Num | Player | MT | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | SC | Rat | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Ronnie Burns | 24 | 131 | 5.5 | 102 | 4.3 | 233 | 9.7 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 2.1 | 21 | 321 | 1177 | 49 |
| 2 | 36 | Ben Graham | 24 | 226 | 9.4 | 81 | 3.4 | 307 | 12.8 | 85 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1203 | 50.1 |
| 3 | 28 | Martin McKinnon | 24 | 182 | 7.6 | 105 | 4.4 | 287 | 12 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 25 | 163 | 1226 | 51.1 |
| 4 | 12 | Brad Sholl | 24 | 311 | 13 | 130 | 5.4 | 441 | 18.4 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.3 | 3 | 51 | 1635 | 68.1 |
| 5 | 13 | Glenn Kilpatrick | 24 | 316 | 13.2 | 190 | 7.9 | 506 | 21.1 | 79 | 3.3 | 2 | 0.1 | 63 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 | 7 | 31 | 1850 | 77.1 |
| 6 | 17 | Tim McGrath | 23 | 238 | 10.3 | 121 | 5.3 | 359 | 15.6 | 97 | 4.2 | 12 | 0.5 | 26 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 1372 | 59.7 |
| 7 | 21 | Michael Mansfield | 23 | 189 | 8.2 | 139 | 6 | 328 | 14.3 | 116 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.6 | 9 | 93 | 1375 | 59.8 |
| 8 | 20 | Carl Steinfort | 22 | 142 | 6.5 | 107 | 4.9 | 249 | 11.3 | 72 | 3.3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.5 | 8 | 80 | 1045 | 47.5 |
| 9 | 1 | Steven King | 22 | 202 | 9.2 | 91 | 4.1 | 293 | 13.3 | 94 | 4.3 | 200 | 9.1 | 24 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.4 | 5 | 53 | 1419 | 64.5 |
| 10 | 26 | Barry Stoneham | 21 | 147 | 7 | 94 | 4.5 | 241 | 11.5 | 88 | 4.2 | 71 | 3.4 | 35 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.3 | 8 | 50 | 1154 | 55 |
| 11 | 27 | Brenton Sanderson | 21 | 205 | 9.8 | 81 | 3.9 | 286 | 13.6 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.4 | 6 | 54 | 1199 | 57.1 |
| 12 | 15 | Peter Riccardi | 21 | 275 | 13.1 | 97 | 4.6 | 372 | 17.7 | 88 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.9 | 27 | 141 | 1573 | 74.9 |
| 13 | 2 | Leigh Colbert | 20 | 237 | 11.9 | 115 | 5.8 | 352 | 17.6 | 113 | 5.7 | 21 | 1.1 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0.8 | 10 | 100 | 1561 | 78.1 |
| 14 | 23 | Liam Pickering | 20 | 322 | 16.1 | 134 | 6.7 | 456 | 22.8 | 87 | 4.4 | 2 | 0.1 | 43 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.5 | 6 | 60 | 1729 | 86.5 |
| 15 | 32 | Garry Hocking | 20 | 255 | 12.8 | 192 | 9.6 | 447 | 22.4 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 0.1 | 49 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1.4 | 9 | 171 | 1758 | 87.9 |
| 16 | 19 | Derek Hall | 17 | 197 | 11.6 | 107 | 6.3 | 304 | 17.9 | 124 | 7.3 | 3 | 0.2 | 22 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1.5 | 25 | 181 | 1449 | 85.2 |
| 17 | 33 | Paul Corrigan | 15 | 100 | 6.7 | 49 | 3.3 | 149 | 9.9 | 36 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 11 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 9 | 21 | 572 | 38.1 |
| 18 | 6 | John Barnes | 15 | 118 | 7.9 | 71 | 4.7 | 189 | 12.6 | 82 | 5.5 | 104 | 6.9 | 6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.8 | 13 | 85 | 955 | 63.7 |
| 19 | 10 | Grant Tanner | 14 | 111 | 7.9 | 74 | 5.3 | 185 | 13.2 | 47 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 | 745 | 53.2 |
| 20 | 3 | Adam Houlihan | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 47 | 3.4 | 180 | 12.9 | 54 | 3.9 | 2 | 0.1 | 17 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.1 | 14 | 104 | 829 | 59.2 |
| 21 | 18 | Paul Lynch | 14 | 136 | 9.7 | 75 | 5.4 | 211 | 15.1 | 48 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1.4 | 8 | 128 | 910 | 65 |
| 22 | 22 | Tim Hargreaves | 11 | 66 | 6 | 29 | 2.6 | 95 | 8.6 | 25 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 77 | 504 | 45.8 |
| 23 | 30 | Craig Biddiscombe | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 32 | 3.2 | 75 | 7.5 | 15 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 12 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.2 | 0 | 12 | 299 | 29.9 |
| 24 | 25 | Jason Snell | 10 | 68 | 6.8 | 37 | 3.7 | 105 | 10.5 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.3 | 3 | 81 | 495 | 49.5 |
| 25 | 37 | Sean Simpson | 9 | 63 | 7 | 35 | 3.9 | 98 | 10.9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 435 | 48.3 |
| 26 | 39 | Darren Milburn | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 50 | 5.6 | 123 | 13.7 | 39 | 4.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.6 | 3 | 33 | 551 | 61.2 |
| 27 | 16 | Bill Brownless | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 19 | 2.4 | 54 | 6.8 | 15 | 1.9 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.6 | 8 | 38 | 238 | 29.8 |
| 28 | 31 | David Mensch | 8 | 68 | 8.5 | 40 | 5 | 108 | 13.5 | 32 | 4 | 11 | 1.4 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 5 | 17 | 448 | 56 |
| 29 | 4 | Matthew Robbins | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 11 | 1.8 | 39 | 6.5 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 150 | 25 |
| 30 | 7 | Paul Couch | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 29 | 5.8 | 78 | 15.6 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 18 | 271 | 54.2 |
| 31 | 29 | Daniel Lowther | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 1.3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 12.7 |
| 32 | 11 | Cameron Roberts | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 1 | 0.3 | 11 | 3.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 |
| Totals | 504 | 4681 | 9.3 | 2489 | 4.9 | 7170 | 14.2 | 1909 | 3.8 | 447 | 0.9 | 709 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 323 | 0.6 | 252 | 2190 | 30221 | 60 |
1997 Wins
| Round | Opposition | For | Against | Margin | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 18 | Port Adelaide | 25.9 (159) | 11.8 (74) | 85 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 8 | Melbourne | 19.14 (128) | 7.7 (49) | 79 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 13 | Adelaide | 17.8 (110) | 7.12 (54) | 56 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 6 | Fremantle | 14.13 (97) | 6.7 (43) | 54 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 21 | Fremantle | 14.16 (100) | 9.14 (68) | 32 | Subiaco Oval | |
| Round 16 | Richmond | 16.14 (110) | 12.6 (78) | 32 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 7 | Sydney | 11.10 (76) | 6.8 (44) | 32 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 20 | Carlton | 13.17 (95) | 9.13 (67) | 28 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 10 | St Kilda | 16.11 (107) | 11.13 (79) | 28 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 22 | Sydney | 15.10 (100) | 13.12 (90) | 10 | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| Round 15 | North Melbourne | 15.12 (102) | 14.8 (92) | 10 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 14 | Collingwood | 9.26 (80) | 10.12 (72) | 8 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 5 | Carlton | 13.16 (94) | 12.14 (86) | 8 | Optus Oval | |
| Round 4 | Essendon | 11.19 (85) | 11.12 (78) | 7 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 2 | West Coast | 11.12 (78) | 11.6 (72) | 6 | Shell Stadium | |
| Average margin: | 31.7 | |||||
1997 Losses
| Round | Opposition | For | Against | Margin | Ground | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 17 | West Coast | 12.10 (82) | 20.9 (129) | 47 | Subiaco Oval | |
| Round 3 | Port Adelaide | 14.6 (90) | 18.21 (129) | 39 | Football Park | |
| Round 9 | Brisbane Lions | 15.8 (98) | 19.12 (126) | 28 | Gabba | |
| Round 11 | Western Bulldogs | 11.9 (75) | 14.12 (96) | 21 | Optus Oval | |
| Finals Week 1 | North Melbourne | 9.7 (61) | 11.13 (79) | 18 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Round 1 | Richmond | 13.17 (95) | 15.14 (104) | 9 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Finals Week 2 | Adelaide | 9.14 (68) | 11.10 (76) | 8 | Football Park | |
| Round 12 | Hawthorn | 12.10 (82) | 13.10 (88) | 6 | Shell Stadium | |
| Round 19 | Essendon | 9.14 (68) | 11.7 (73) | 5 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Average margin: | 20.1 | |||||
1997 Quarter Statistics
| Quarter | W | D | L | For | Against | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 14 | 0 | 10 | 80.79 (559) | 66.67 (463) | 120.73 |
| 2nd | 7 | 0 | 17 | 64.59 (443) | 79.82 (556) | 79.68 |
| 3rd | 18 | 0 | 6 | 96.82 (658) | 70.57 (477) | 137.95 |
| 4th | 15 | 0 | 9 | 83.82 (580) | 66.54 (450) | 128.89 |
| Total | 54 | 0 | 42 | 323.302 (2240) | 281.260 (1946) | 115.11 |
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