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1997 VFL season
The 1997 Victorian Football League season was the 116th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it defeated Frankston by 29 points in the Grand Final on 21 September.
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| 1997 VFL season |
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| 5 April – 21 September 1997 |
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| Sandringham6th premiership |
| Frankston 3rd runners-up result |
| Frankston 2nd minor premiership |
| Justin Crough(Sandringham) |
| Shayne Smith(Springvale – 107 goals) |
The 1997 Victorian Football League season was the 116th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it defeated Frankston by 29 points in the Grand Final on 21 September.
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| Saturday, 30 August(2:00 pm) | Springvale 14.6 (90) | def. by | Sandringham 17.13 (115) | North Port Oval | |
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| Sunday, 31 August(2:00 pm) | Werribee 14.16 (100) | def. by | Port Melbourne 17.14 (116) | North Port Oval | |
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| Sunday, 7 September(2:00pm) | Springvale 16.7 (103) | def. | Port Melbourne 13.6 (84) | North Port Oval | |
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| Saturday, 6 September(2:00pm) | Frankston 10.7 (67) | def. by | Sandringham 16.12 (108) | North Port Oval | |
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| Sunday, 14 September(2:00pm) | Frankston 14.17 (101) | def. | Springvale 9.8 (62) | North Port Oval | |
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| Sunday, 21 September (2:00pm) | Sandringham | def. | Frankston | North Port Oval (crowd: 10,000) | |
| 3.1 (19)5.6 (36)7.10 (52)10.13 (73) | Q1Q2Q3Final | 1.3 (9)4.3 (27)4.9 (33)5.14 (44) | Umpires: M. Vozzo, W. Mann, M. James Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Tim Scott-Branagan (Sandringham) | ||
| Amiet 4, Templeton 2, Scott-Branagan 2, Frater, Dear | Goals | R. Stubbs 3, S. Ryan, Cummings | |||
| Reports | Pickering, for striking Mann in the first quarterR. Stubbs, for striking Grant in the first quarterGoodwin, for striking Dear in the first quarter | ||||
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The leading goalkicker for the season was Shayne Smith (Springvale), who kicked 107 goals.
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The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Justin Crough (Sandringham).
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The Fothergill–Round Medal was won by James Puli (Werribee).
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Frankston won the reserves premiership. Frankston 13.15 (93) defeated Port Melbourne 11.7 (73) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors Grand Final on 21 September.
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The VFL adopted two rule changes which had been incorporated into the Australian Football League in 1994: the size of the interchange bench was increased from two to three, and the length of a quarter was reduced from 25 minutes to 20 minutes with extra provisions for time on.
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