Australian rules football club season
Brisbane Lions1997 season |
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Coach | John Northey |
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Captain(s) | Alastair Lynch Michael Voss |
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Home ground | The Gabba (Capacity: 42,000) |
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AFL season | 8th |
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Best and fairest | Matthew Clarke |
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Leading goalkicker | Justin Leppitsch (50 goals) |
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Highest home attendance | 21,348 vs. Adelaide (18 July 1997)[1] |
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Lowest home attendance | 17,123 vs. St Kilda (6 April 1997)[1] |
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Average home attendance | 19,550 |
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Club membership | 16,769 |
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← 1996 (Brisbane Bears) 1996 (Fitzroy) | 1998 → | |
The Brisbane Lions' 1997 season was its first season in the Australian Football League (AFL) after its merger.
Season summary
Premiership Season
Home and away season
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores | Venue | Attendance |
Brisbane | Opponent |
1 | 30 March (1:40 pm) | Adelaide | 96 | 132 | Football Park (A) | 36,602 |
2 | 6 April (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 154 | 57 | The Gabba (H) | 17,123 |
3 | 13 April (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 75 | 87 | Waverley Park (A) | 27,947 |
4 | 20 April (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 109 | 83 | The Gabba (H) | 18,575 |
5 | 27 April (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 71 | 73 | Football Park (A) | 31,757 |
6 | 3 May (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 71 | 102 | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 37,642 |
7 | 11 May (2:45 pm) | West Coast | 60 | 139 | The Gabba (H) | 17,524 |
8 | 18 May (2:10 pm) | Fremantle | 93 | 98 | Subiaco Oval (A) | 14,721 |
9 | 25 May (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 126 | 98 | The Gabba (H) | 19,828 |
10 | 1 June (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 92 | 89 | The Gabba (H) | 20,403 |
11 | 9 June (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 63 | 84 | Princes Park (A) | 27,904 |
12 | 15 June (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 135 | 50 | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 13,392 |
13 | 28 June (7:40 pm) | Collingwood | 88 | 73 | The Gabba (H) | 19,560 |
14 | 6 July (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 68 | 50 | The Gabba (H) | 19,155 |
15 | 12 July (2:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 137 | 73 | Princes Park (A) | 16,430 |
16 | 18 July (7:40 pm) | Adelaide | 118 | 87 | The Gabba (H) | 21,348 |
17 | 27 July (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 44 | 92 | Waverley Park (A) | 34,859 |
18 | 2 August (7:40 pm) | Hawthorn | 141 | 71 | The Gabba (H) | 19,635 |
19 | 8 August (7:40 pm) | North Melbourne | 59 | 116 | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 27,021 |
20 | 16 August (7:40 pm) | Port Adelaide | 93 | 93 | The Gabba (H) | 20,835 |
21 | 23 August (7:40 pm) | Essendon | 102 | 106 | The Gabba (H) | 21,065 |
22 | 29 August (6:40 pm) | West Coast | 81 | 120 | WACA (A) | 29,402 |
Finals series
Ladder
(P) | Premiers |
| Qualified for finals |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 90.3
Source: AFL Tables
References
- ^ a b "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
Events | |
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Awards | |
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Club overviews | - Adelaide
- Brisbane Lions
- Carlton
- Collingwood
- Essendon
- Fremantle
- Geelong
- Hawthorn
- Melbourne
- North Melbourne
- Port Adelaide
- Richmond
- St Kilda
- Sydney
- West Coast
- Western Bulldogs
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Player changes | |
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Brisbane Lions |
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- Drafting and trading history
- Players
- AFL current squad
- AFL Women's current squad
- Captains
- Coaches
- Individual awards and records
- Merrett–Murray Medal
- AFL Women's best and fairest
- Leading goalkickers
- AFL coach: Chris Fagan
- AFL co-captains: Harris Andrews/Lachie Neale
- AFL Women's coach: Craig Starcevich
- AFL Women's captain: Breanna Koenen
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Home grounds | |
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Premierships | |
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Runners-up | |
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Seasons (26) | |
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