1997 Brisbane Lions season

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Brisbane Lions
1997 season
Coach John Northey
Captain(s) Alastair Lynch
Michael Voss
Home ground The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season 8th
Best and fairest Matthew Clarke
Leading goalkicker Justin Leppitsch (50 goals)
Highest home attendance21,348 vs. Adelaide (18 July 1997) [1]
Lowest home attendance17,123 vs. St Kilda (6 April 1997) [1]
Average home attendance19,550
Club membership16,769

The Brisbane Lions' 1997 season was its first season in the Australian Football League (AFL) after its merger.

Contents

Season summary

Premiership Season

Home and away season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendance
BrisbaneOpponent
1 30 March (1:40 pm) Adelaide 96132 Football Park (A)36,602
2 6 April (2:45 pm) St Kilda 15457 The Gabba (H)17,123
3 13 April (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 7587 Waverley Park (A)27,947
4 20 April (2:45 pm) North Melbourne 10983 The Gabba (H)18,575
5 27 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 7173 Football Park (A)31,757
6 3 May (2:10 pm) Essendon 71102 Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)37,642
7 11 May (2:45 pm) West Coast 60139 The Gabba (H)17,524
8 18 May (2:10 pm) Fremantle 9398 Subiaco Oval (A)14,721
9 25 May (2:45 pm) Geelong 12698 The Gabba (H)19,828
10 1 June (2:10 pm) Sydney 9289 The Gabba (H)20,403
11 9 June (2:10 pm) Carlton 6384 Princes Park (A)27,904
12 15 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 13550 Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)13,392
13 28 June (7:40 pm) Collingwood 8873 The Gabba (H)19,560
14 6 July (2:10 pm) Richmond 6850 The Gabba (H)19,155
15 12 July (2:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 13773 Princes Park (A)16,430
16 18 July (7:40 pm) Adelaide 11887 The Gabba (H)21,348
17 27 July (2:10 pm) St Kilda 4492 Waverley Park (A)34,859
18 2 August (7:40 pm) Hawthorn 14171 The Gabba (H)19,635
19 8 August (7:40 pm) North Melbourne 59116 Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)27,021
20 16 August (7:40 pm) Port Adelaide 9393 The Gabba (H)20,835
21 23 August (7:40 pm) Essendon 102106 The Gabba (H)21,065
22 29 August (6:40 pm) West Coast 81120 WACA (A)29,402

Finals series

RdDate and local timeOpponentScoresVenueAttendance
BrisbaneOpponent
Second qualifying final 7 September (2:30 pm) St Kilda 89135 Waverley Park 50,035

Ladder

1997 AFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 St Kilda 22157022941918119.660 Finals
2 Geelong 22157021111791117.960
3 Western Bulldogs 22148021002062101.856
4 Adelaide (P)22139021511769121.652
5 West Coast 22139019691770111.252
6 Sydney 221210020931801116.248
7 North Melbourne 221210020511835111.848
8 Brisbane Lions 221011120761973105.242
9 Port Adelaide 22101111852201791.842
10 Collingwood 221012021381919111.440
11 Carlton 22101201978204596.740
12 Fremantle 22101201748190291.940
13 Richmond 22101201883225383.640
14 Essendon 2291302004217092.436
15 Hawthorn 2281401873214487.432
16 Melbourne 2241801477242960.816
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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References

  1. 1 2 "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 July 2018.