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1997 Brisbane Lions season

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Brisbane Lions
1997 season
CoachJohn Northey
Captain(s)Alastair Lynch
Michael Voss
Home groundThe Gabba (Capacity: 42,000)
AFL season8th
Best and fairestMatthew Clarke
Leading goalkickerJustin Leppitsch (50 goals)
Highest home attendance21,348 vs. Adelaide (18 July 1997)[1]
Lowest home attendance17,123 vs. St Kilda (6 April 1997)[1]
Average home attendance19,550
Club membership16,769

The Brisbane Lions' 1997 season was its first season in the Australian Football League (AFL) after its merger.

Season summary

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Premiership Season

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Home and away season

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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

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores Venue Attendance
Brisbane Opponent
Second qualifying final 7 September (2:30 pm) St Kilda 89 135 Waverley Park 50,035

Ladder

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(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 St Kilda 22 15 7 0 2294 1918 119.6 60
2 Geelong 22 15 7 0 2111 1791 117.9 60
3 Western Bulldogs 22 14 8 0 2100 2062 101.8 56
4 Adelaide (P) 22 13 9 0 2151 1769 121.6 52
5 West Coast 22 13 9 0 1969 1770 111.2 52
6 Sydney 22 12 10 0 2093 1801 116.2 48
7 North Melbourne 22 12 10 0 2051 1835 111.8 48
8 Brisbane Lions 22 10 11 1 2076 1973 105.2 42
9 Port Adelaide 22 10 11 1 1852 2017 91.8 42
10 Collingwood 22 10 12 0 2138 1919 111.4 40
11 Carlton 22 10 12 0 1978 2045 96.7 40
12 Fremantle 22 10 12 0 1748 1902 91.9 40
13 Richmond 22 10 12 0 1883 2253 83.6 40
14 Essendon 22 9 13 0 2004 2170 92.4 36
15 Hawthorn 22 8 14 0 1873 2144 87.4 32
16 Melbourne 22 4 18 0 1477 2429 60.8 16

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 90.3
Source: AFL Tables

References

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  1. ^ a b "Brisbane Lions - All Games - By Season". AFL Tables. Retrieved 19 July 2018.