Princes Park · Sun 27 Apr 1997 · 25,801 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarltonCARL | 4.4 | 6.10 | 10.12 | 86 |
| GeelongGEEL | 3.4 | 7.8 | 11.12 | 94 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 86 and 94.
Geelong won by 8 points.
12.14 (86) — 13.16 (94)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Ratten | 12 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Fraser Brown | 18 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Sexton | 16 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| 1 |
| Ang Christou | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Bradley | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Matthew Hogg | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Aaron Hamill | 9 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Anthony Koutoufides | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron De Iulio | 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Murphy | 6 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Simon Beaumont | 8 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew McKay | 7 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Matthew Allan | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Adrian Hickmott | 8 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephen Kernahan | 8 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Earl Spalding | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Stephen Silvagni | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Clape | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Glenn Manton | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Dean | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brad Pearce | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Kilpatrick | 22 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Leigh Colbert | 17 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Sholl | 14 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Liam Pickering | 13 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Peter Riccardi | 11 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Derek Hall | 11 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Tim McGrath | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Martin McKinnon | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Brenton Sanderson | 11 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Grant Tanner | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Garry Hocking | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| John Barnes | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Graham | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Adam Houlihan | 10 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Bill Brownless | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Biddiscombe | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barry Stoneham | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Burns | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Carl Steinfort | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Mansfield | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Robbins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |