Victoria Park · Sat 14 Jun 1997 · 25,323 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CollingwoodCOLL | 4.1 | 4.8 | 6.12 | 55 |
| West CoastWCE | 2.1 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 71 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 55 and 71.
West Coast won by 16 points.
7.13 (55) — 11.5 (71)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Williams | 20 | 17 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Buckley | 26 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Gavin Brown | 15 | 12 | 27 | 5 | 0 |
| 0 |
| Scott Russell | 10 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Stephen Patterson | 8 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Mahoney | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Shane Watson | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Curran | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex McDonald | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Crow | 11 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Damian Monkhorst | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Richardson | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Schauble | 8 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert AhMat | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Jason Wild | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Sharkey | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Rocca | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Osborne | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Saverio Rocca | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mal Michael | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Graham Wright | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Matera | 19 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Dean Kemp | 8 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Brett Heady | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Evans | 11 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Chad Morrison | 14 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Lovell | 13 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ilija Grgic | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Guy McKenna | 7 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Symmons | 10 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| John Worsfold | 8 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Drew Banfield | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Glen Jakovich | 8 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Donnelly | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Fraser Gehrig | 7 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Michael Braun | 8 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Phillip Matera | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Wooden | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Nicholas Stone | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ashley McIntosh | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Turnbull | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrad Schofield | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |