Kardinia Park · Sat 3 May 1997 · 16,467 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeelongGEEL | 5.6 | 7.6 | 12.10 | 97 |
| FremantleFRE | 2.1 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 43 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 97 and 43.
Geelong won by 54 points.
14.13 (97) — 6.7 (43)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Riccardi | 18 | 8 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Adam Houlihan | 18 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Garry Hocking | 16 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 1 |
| Liam Pickering | 17 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Kilpatrick | 18 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Brad Sholl | 17 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Colbert | 7 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Derek Hall | 14 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Carl Steinfort | 9 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Mansfield | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Tim McGrath | 15 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brenton Sanderson | 11 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Barry Stoneham | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronnie Burns | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Grant Tanner | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Brownless | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Graham | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Martin McKinnon | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven King | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew Robbins | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Biddiscombe | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Callaghan | 21 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Jason Norrish | 11 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Wills | 14 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Heath Black | 12 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Greg Harding | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dale Kickett | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Quenton Leach | 6 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shane Parker | 9 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Allan | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| James Clement | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Bandy | 10 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Gale | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greg Madigan | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff White | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Delaney | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Toia | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephen OReilly | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Clive Waterhouse | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew McGovern | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Parker | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Clucas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |