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 it defeated Frankston by 29 points in the Grand Final on 21 September.

Premiership season

Ladder

1997 VFL Ladder

TEAM

Pct

PTS

Frankston

1966

1174

167.46

Springvale

2006

1256

159.71

Sandringham (P)

1677

1075

156.00

Werribee

1883

1366

137.85

Port Melbourne

1660

1430

116.08

Williamstown

1544

1662

92.90

Preston

1360

1618

84.05

North Ballarat

1358

1539

88.24

Box Hill

1324

1521

87.05

Traralgon

1199

2071

57.89

Coburg

1084

2349

46.15

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	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, 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

Awards

The leading goalkicker for the season was Shayne Smith (Springvale), who kicked 107 goals.
The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Justin Crough (Sandringham).
The Fothergill-Round Medal was won by James Puli (Werribee).^[2]
Frankston won the reserves premiership. Frankston 13.15 (93) defeated Port Melbourne 11.7 (73) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors Grand Final on 21 September.^[1]

Notable events

The VFL adopted two rule changes which had been incorporated into the Australian Football League in 1994: the size of the interchange bench was increased from two to three, and the length of a quarter was reduced from 25 minutes to 20 minutes with extra provisions for time on.^[3]

References

1 2 Tim Stoney (22 September 1997). "Collins earns his stripes". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 54.
↑ "Fothergill-Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
↑ Fiddian, Marc (2004); The VFA; A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877-1995; p. 45

VFA/VFL seasons

Pre-VFA	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876

VFA seasons	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896

VFA seasons (Post VFL formation)	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

VFL seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Victorian Football League clubs

Current clubs	Box Hill Casey Scorpions Coburg Collingwood reserves Essendon reserves Footscray reserves Geelong reserves North Ballarat Northern Blues Port Melbourne Richmond reserves Sandringham Werribee Williamstown

Former clubs	Albert Park Ballarat Ballarat Imperial Berwick Bendigo Brighton/Caulfield Brunswick Camberwell Carlton Carlton reserves Collingwood Dandenong East Melbourne Essendon Essendon 'A' Fitzroy Footscray Frankston Geelong Geelong 'A' Geelong West Gold Coast Hawthorn Hotham/North Melbourne Kilsyth Melbourne Melbourne City Moorabbin Mordialloc Murray Kangaroos Northcote Oakleigh Prahran Richmond St Kilda St Kilda reserves South Ballarat South Melbourne South Williamstown Sunshine Tasmanian Devils Traralgon University Waverley West Melbourne Yarraville

Australian rules football in Victoria

Representative side	Victoria

Governing bodies	AFL Victoria (metropolitan) AFL Victoria Country (country)

Professional clubs	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs

Statewide leagues	Victorian Football League TAC Cup (under-18) List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Metropolitan leagues	Eastern Essendon District Northern Riddell District Southern VAFA Western Region

Regional leagues (major)	Ballarat Bellarine Bendigo Central Murray Geelong Gippsland Goulburn Valley Hampden Mornington Peninsula Nepean Murray North Central Ovens & Murray Sunraysia Wimmera Yarra Valley Mountain

Regional leagues (district)	Alberton Central Highlands Colac & District East Gippsland Ellinbank & District Geelong & District Golden Rivers Heathcote Horsham & District Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Kyabram & District Loddon Valley Maryborough Castlemaine Mid Gippsland Millewa Mininera North Gippsland Omeo & District Ovens & King Picola & District South East South West Tallangatta Upper Murray Warrnambool Western Border

Women's leagues	Victorian Women's Football League AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition

Defunct leagues	Benalla (1946-2009) Federal (1909-1981) Lexton Plains (1999-2010) Mallee (1997-2015) Riviera (1986-2003) Tyrrell (1945-1978) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park

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