Waverley Park · Sat 30 Aug 1997 · 35,706 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 4.2 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 87 |
| Western BulldogsWB | 3.4 | 8.8 | 12.12 | 105 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 87 and 105.
Western Bulldogs won by 18 points.
13.9 (87) — 15.15 (105)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Salmon | 11 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Woods | 15 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Angelo Lekkas | 19 | 3 | 22 | 6 | 3 |
| 0 |
| Jonathon Robran | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Rayden Tallis | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron Lord | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| John Platten | 10 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Brad Scott | 7 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Kane Fraser | 10 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Hassall | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Darren Kappler | 10 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Stephen Lawrence | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Richard Taylor | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Holland | 7 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Graham | 10 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Shane Crawford | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Darrin Pritchard | 8 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Langford | 8 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Brendan Krummel | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jade Rawlings | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Harford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Grant | 18 | 7 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Romero | 15 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Simon Cox | 17 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Liberatore | 16 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Scott West | 15 | 8 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Rohan Smith | 15 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Brad Johnson | 13 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Dimattina | 14 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Dent | 10 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Todd Curley | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Montgomery | 7 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| James Cook | 12 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Scott Wynd | 2 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Darcy | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kretiuk | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Ellis | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Leon Cameron | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Hudson | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Southern | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Croft | 5 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Martin | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |