Football Park · Sat 13 Sep 1997 · 46,319 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeelongGEEL | 4.4 | 6.5 | 8.10 | 68 |
| AdelaideADE | 1.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 76 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 68 and 76.
Adelaide won by 8 points.
9.14 (68) — 11.10 (76)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Kilpatrick | 17 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Garry Hocking | 16 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Brenton Sanderson | 17 | 9 | 26 | 6 |
| 1 |
| 0 |
| Liam Pickering | 19 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| John Barnes | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Brad Sholl | 14 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim McGrath | 12 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Leigh Colbert | 8 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Jason Snell | 11 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Peter Riccardi | 13 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Simpson | 10 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ronnie Burns | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Graham | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Hargreaves | 9 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Carl Steinfort | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Mansfield | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Milburn | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Mensch | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Stoneham | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven King | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin McKinnon | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Jarman | 19 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Nigel Smart | 14 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Hart | 15 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Shaun Rehn | 12 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Matthew Robran | 9 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Simon Goodwin | 12 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Rod Jameson | 13 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Kym Koster | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Chad Rintoul | 11 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Bickley | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Kane Johnson | 11 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew McLeod | 12 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Caven | 6 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew Connell | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Clay Sampson | 7 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Trent Ormond-Allen | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Troy Bond | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| David Pittman | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Ellen | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Vardy | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Modra | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |