Victoria Park · Sat 31 Jul 1897
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 0.2 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 43 |
| MelbourneMELB | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 28 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 43 and 28.
Collingwood won by 15 points.
5.13 (43) — 3.10 (28)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Smith | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Frank Hailwood | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tom Lee | — | — | — | — |
| — |
| 1 |
| Jim Gregory | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Fred Leach | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jack Monohan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bill OBrien | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Charlie Pannam | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bill Proudfoot | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Charlie Sime | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Billy Strickland | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Lardie Tulloch | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| George Williams | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| George Callesen | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Dick Condon | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Charlie Dow | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Harry Dowdall | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Arthur Gibbs | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Herman Hellwig | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Denis Lanigan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred McGinis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wally Steele | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Jack Leith | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Stewart Geddes | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Jack Graham | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Alf Healing | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Maurie Herring | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Edwin Jenkyn | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Austin Lewis | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Henry Mitchell | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| George Moodie | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| George Moysey | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bert Robinson | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Eddie Sholl | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Dave Strahan | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Ned Sutton | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| John Timothee | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Bert Watson | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Alf Wood | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Charlie Young | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |