1997 VFL season

1997 VFL Premiership Season
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 defeating Frankston by 29 points in the Grand Final on the 21st of September.

Premiership season

Ladder

1997 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA Pct PTS
1 Frankston 18 17 1 0 1966 1174 167.46 68
2 Springvale 18 14 4 0 2006 1256 159.71 56
3 Sandringham (P) 18 14 4 0 1677 1075 156.00 56
4 Werribee 18 12 6 0 1883 1366 137.85 48
5 Port Melbourne 18 10 8 0 1660 1430 116.08 40
6 Williamstown 18 8 8 2 1544 1662 92.90 36
7 Preston 18 7 11 0 1360 1618 84.05 28
8 North Ballarat 18 6 12 0 1358 1539 88.24 24
9 Box Hill 18 5 12 1 1324 1521 87.05 22
10 Traralgon 18 3 14 1 1199 2071 57.89 14
11 Coburg 18 1 17 0 1084 2349 46.15 4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points Source

Finals

Qualifying final
Saturday, 30 August
(2:00 pm)
Springvale 14.6 (90) def. by Sandringham 17.13 (115) North Port Oval
Elimination final
Sunday, 31 August
(2:00 pm)
Werribee 14.16 (100) def. by Port Melbourne 17.14 (116) North Port Oval
First semi-final
Sunday, 7 September
(2:00pm)
Springvale 16.7 (103) def. Port Melbourne 13.6 (84) North Port Oval
Second semi-final
Saturday, 6 September
(2:00pm)
Frankston 10.7 (67) def. by Sandringham 16.12 (108) North Port Oval
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 14 September
(2:00pm)
Frankston 14.17 (101) def. Springvale 9.8 (62) North Port Oval

Grand Final

1997 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 21 September

(2:00 pm)

Sandringham def. Frankston Princes Park (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 (36)
5.14 (44)
Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Tim Scott-Branagan (Sandringham)

See also

References

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