1997 VFL season

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1997 VFL Premiership Season
Teams11
Premiers Sandringham
(6th premiership)
Minor premiers Frankston
(2nd minor premiership)
1996
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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.

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Premiership season

Ladder

1997 VFL season
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Frankston 18171019661174167.568 Finals
2 Springvale 18144020061256159.756
3 Sandringham (P)18144016771075156.056
4 Werribee 18126018831366137.848
5 Port Melbourne 18108016601430116.140
6 Williamstown 188821544166292.936
7 Preston 1871101360161884.128
8 North Ballarat 1861201358153988.224
9 Box Hill 1851211324152187.022
10 Traralgon 1831411199207157.914
11 Coburg 1811701084234946.14
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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 North Port Oval (crowd: 10,000) [1]
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, DearGoalsR. Stubbs 3, S. Ryan, Cummings
ReportsPickering, for striking Mann in the first quarter
R. Stubbs, for striking Grant in the first quarter
Goodwin, for striking Dear in the first quarter

Awards

Notable events

See also

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References

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  2. "Fothergill-Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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