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1897 VFL Premiership Season
Teams 8
Premiers Essendon (1st premiership)
Minor Premiers Geelong (1st minor premiership)
Leading Goalkicker Eddy James (Geelong)

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1897.

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Premiership season

In 1897, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 20 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves" (although any of the 20 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match).

Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds.

Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1897 VFL Premiers were determined according to the conditions dictated by the specific format and conventions of the 1897 VFL Premiership System.

Round 1

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Collingwood 5.11 (41) St Kilda 2.4 (16) Victoria Park 8 May 1897
South Melbourne 3.9 (27) Melbourne 6.8 (44) Lake Oval 8 May 1897
Geelong 3.6 (24) Essendon 7.5 (47) Corio Oval 8 May 1897
Fitzroy 6.13 (49) Carlton 2.4 (16) Brunswick Street Oval 8 May 1897

Round 2

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Melbourne 9.10 (64) Geelong 3.1 (19) MCG 15 May 1897
St Kilda 3.8 (26) Fitzroy 10.6 (66) Junction Oval 15 May 1897
Essendon 4.6 (30) Collingwood 8.2 (50) EMCG 15 May 1897
South Melbourne 6.4 (40) Carlton 5.6 (36) Lake Oval 15 May 1897

Round 3

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Fitzroy 5.9 (39) Melbourne 7.8 (50) Brunswick Street Oval 22 May 1897
Collingwood 6.5 (41) Geelong 5.7 (37) Victoria Park 22 May 1897
South Melbourne 8.11 (59) St Kilda 0.2 (2) Lake Oval 24 May 1897
Essendon 12.6 (78) Carlton 6.5 (41) EMCG 24 May 1897

Round 4

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Melbourne 11.10 (76) St Kilda 7.4 (46) MCG 29 May 1897
Fitzroy 2.8 (20) Essendon 6.6 (42) Brunswick Street Oval 29 May 1897
South Melbourne 5.11 (41) Collingwood 5.3 (33) Lake Oval 29 May 1897
Geelong 5.14 (44) Carlton 3.4 (22) Corio Oval 29 May 1897

Round 5

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Geelong 10.12 (72) South Melbourne 3.6 (24) Corio Oval 5 June 1897
Collingwood 5.7 (37) Fitzroy 2.9 (21) Victoria Park 5 June 1897
St Kilda 3.8 (26) Essendon 9.9 (63) Junction Oval 5 June 1897
Melbourne 15.17 (107) Carlton 3.8 (26) MCG 5 June 1897

Round 6

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Geelong 3.13 (31) Fitzroy 2.2 (14) Corio Oval 19 June 1897
South Melbourne 2.3 (15) Essendon 1.13 (19) Lake Oval 19 June 1897
Melbourne 5.3 (33) Collingwood 3.8 (26) MCG 19 June 1897
St Kilda 3.6 (24) Carlton 5.5 (35) Junction Oval 19 June 1897

Round 7

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Fitzroy 5.13 (43) South Melbourne 5.13 (43) Brunswick Street Oval 22 June 1897
Essendon 8.15 (63) Melbourne 3.9 (27) EMCG 22 June 1897
Carlton 5.6 (36) Collingwood 6.4 (40) Princes Park 22 June 1897
St Kilda 4.7 (31) Geelong 16.18 (114) Junction Oval 22 June 1897

Note: Geelong's 16.18.114 was the highest score in 1897.

Round 8

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Melbourne 3.2 (20) South Melbourne 11.7 (73) MCG 26 June 1897
Essendon 5.2 (32) Geelong 8.9 (57) EMCG 26 June 1897
Carlton 1.3 (9) Fitzroy 5.17 (47) Princes Park 26 June 1897
St Kilda 4.5 (29) Collingwood 7.11 (53) Junction Oval 26 June 1897

Round 9

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Geelong 1.9 (15) Melbourne 0.10 (10) Corio Oval 3 July 1897
Fitzroy 9.21 (75) St Kilda 2.6 (18) Brunswick Street Oval 3 July 1897
Collingwood 5.7 (37) Essendon 6.10 (46) Victoria Park 3 July 1897
Carlton 4.4 (28) South Melbourne 11.8 (74) Princes Park 3 July 1897

Round 10

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
St Kilda 0.3 (3) South Melbourne 8.16 (64) Junction Oval 10 July 1897
Carlton 2.1 (13) Essendon 5.12 (42) Princes Park 10 July 1897
Melbourne 8.5 (53) Fitzroy 3.8 (26) MCG 10 July 1897
Geelong 7.10 (52) Collingwood 1.4 (10) Corio Oval 10 July 1897

Round 11

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Essendon 9.8 (62) Fitzroy 4.6 (30) EMCG 17 July 1897
Collingwood 0.8 (8) South Melbourne 2.15 (27) Victoria Park 17 July 1897
Carlton 2.4 (16) Geelong 9.12 (66) Princes Park 17 July 1897
St Kilda 1.7 (13) Melbourne 10.11 (71) Junction Oval 17 July 1897

Round 12

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Essendon 13.16 (94) St Kilda 0.3 (3) EMCG 24 July 1897
South Melbourne 5.2 (32) Geelong 6.8 (44) Lake Oval 24 July 1897
Fitzroy 4.4 (28) Collingwood 3.17 (35) Brunswick Street Oval 24 July 1897
Melbourne 5.16 (46) Carlton 2.6 (18) MCG 24 July 1897

Round 13

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Fitzroy 2.9 (21) Geelong 5.3 (33) Brunswick Street Oval 31 July 1897
Essendon 8.1 (49) South Melbourne 6.9 (45) EMCG 31 July 1897
Collingwood 5.13 (43) Melbourne 3.10 (28) Victoria Park 31 July 1897
Carlton 8.11 (59) St Kilda 3.8 (26) Princes Park 31 July 1897

Round 14

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Geelong 14.12 (96) St Kilda 3.0 (18) Corio Oval 7 August 1897
South Melbourne 3.12 (30) Fitzroy 4.5 (29) Lake Oval 7 August 1897
Melbourne 8.8 (56) Essendon 6.3 (39) MCG 7 August 1897
Collingwood 7.12 (54) Carlton 3.4 (22) Victoria Park 7 August 1897

Ladder

All teams played 14 games during the home and away season, for a total of 56. An additional 6 games were played during the finals series.

Team Won Lost Draw Points
1 Geelong 11 3 0 44
2 Essendon 11 3 0 44
3 Melbourne 10 4 0 40
4 Collingwood 9 5 0 36
5 South Melbourne 8 5 1 34
6 Fitzroy 4 9 1 18
7 Carlton 2 12 0 8
8 St Kilda 0 14 0 0

Finals Ladder

Main article: 1897 VFL finals series
Team Won Lost Draw Points
1 Essendon 3 0 0 12
2 Geelong 2 1 0 8
3 Collingwood 1 2 0 4
4 Melbourne 0 3 0 0

Grand final

Main article: 1897 VFL finals series

See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

No grand final held. Essendon won the premiership for finishing on top of the round robin finals ladder.

Awards

Notable events

  • George Stuckey, the captain of the Essendon Football Club team that won the VFL's inaugural premiership also won the 130-yard Stawell Gift in 1897, in 12.2 seconds, off a handicap of 12 yards.
  • In the first round of 1897, the VFL revoked the VFA's push-in-the-back rule. The rule was reinstated before the second round's matches on the following Saturday.
  • On 3 July 1897, Fitzroy rover Bill McSpeerin weaves and bounces the length of the Brunswick Street Oval to score a goal against St KIlda.

See also

References

  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
  • Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
  • Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0

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