Season

1897

PremiersEssendon

Final ladder

#	Team	P	W	L	D	%	Pts
1	Geelong	14	11	3	0	183.8	44
2	Essendon	14	11	3	0	158.7	44
3	Melbourne	14	10	4	0	144.8	40
4	Collingwood	14	9	5	0	114.4	36
5	Sydney	14	8	5	1	138.4	34
6	Fitzroy	14	4	9	1	105.0	18
7	Carlton	14	2	12	0	51.0	8
8	St Kilda	14	0	14	0	29.0	0

Finals

Semi Final

Semi Final

Semi Final

Semi Final

Semi Final

Semi Final

Grand Final

Leaders

Home & away · 56 matches

Open a round to see results

Round 14 matches

Round 24 matches

Sat 15 May 1897

Sat 15 May 1897

Sat 15 May 1897

Sat 15 May 1897

Round 34 matches

Sat 22 May 1897

Sat 22 May 1897

Mon 24 May 1897

Mon 24 May 1897

Round 44 matches

Sat 29 May 1897

Sat 29 May 1897

Sat 29 May 1897

Sat 29 May 1897

Round 54 matches

Round 64 matches

Sat 19 Jun 1897

Sat 19 Jun 1897

Sat 19 Jun 1897

Sat 19 Jun 1897

Round 74 matches

Tue 22 Jun 1897

Tue 22 Jun 1897

Tue 22 Jun 1897

Tue 22 Jun 1897

Round 84 matches

Sat 26 Jun 1897

Sat 26 Jun 1897

Sat 26 Jun 1897

Sat 26 Jun 1897

Round 94 matches

Round 104 matches

Sat 10 Jul 1897

Sat 10 Jul 1897

Sat 10 Jul 1897

Sat 10 Jul 1897

Round 114 matches

Sat 17 Jul 1897

Sat 17 Jul 1897

Sat 17 Jul 1897

Sat 17 Jul 1897

Round 124 matches

Sat 24 Jul 1897

Sat 24 Jul 1897

Sat 24 Jul 1897

Sat 24 Jul 1897

Round 134 matches

Sat 31 Jul 1897

Sat 31 Jul 1897

Sat 31 Jul 1897

Sat 31 Jul 1897

Round 144 matches