Brunswick St · Sat 29 May 1897
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FitzroyFITZ | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 20 |
| EssendonESS | 1.1 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 42 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 20 and 42.
Essendon won by 22 points.
2.8 (20) — 6.6 (42)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddy Noonan | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Bert Rapiport | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pat Hickey | — | — | — | — |
| — |
| 0 |
| Ern Jenkins | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Chris Kiernan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Roger Lamley | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Dick McCabe | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Dan Moriarty | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Geoff Moriarty | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Arch Muirhead | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jerry Nolan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Stan Reid | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Alec Sloan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jim Whelan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Ivan Astruc | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Tom Banks | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jack Dalton | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Pat Descrimes | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jim Grace | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Mick Grace | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Thurgood | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Norm Waugh | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Ted Kinnear | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Hugh Gavin | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Jim Anderson | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Fred Ball | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Son Barry | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Harold Brown | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Arthur Cleghorn | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Maurie Collins | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Tod Collins | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jim Darcy | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Joe Groves | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Gus Kearney | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| George Martin | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jim Park | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bert Salkeld | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| George Stuckey | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Archie Sykes | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Harry Wright | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |