The 1997 South Australian National Football League season was the 118th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

1997 SANFL season
Teams9
PremiersNorwood
27th premiership
Minor premiersNorwood
16th minor premiership
Magarey MedallistBrodie Atkinson
Sturt (23 votes)
Andrew Jarman
Norwood (23 votes)
Ken Farmer MedallistJim West
Norwood (73 Goals)
Matches played96
Highest44,161 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. Port Adelaide)
← 1996
1998 →

Ladder edit

1997 SANFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Norwood (P) 20 17 3 0 2110 1145 64.82 34
2 Port Adelaide 20 12 7 1 1667 1544 51.92 25
3 Central District 20 12 8 0 1957 1507 56.50 24
4 Sturt 20 11 7 2 1605 1563 50.66 24
5 North Adelaide 20 11 8 1 1718 1547 52.62 23
6 West Adelaide 20 8 11 1 1533 1640 48.31 17
7 Woodville-West Torrens 20 6 14 0 1491 1810 45.17 12
8 Glenelg 20 5 14 1 1391 2112 39.71 11
9 South Adelaide 20 4 14 2 1348 1952 40.85 10
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers Click here for source

Grand final edit

1997 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday, 5 October (2:10 pm) Norwood def. Port Adelaide Football Park (crowd: 44,161)
3.4 (22)
6.5 (41)
13.8 (86)
 19.12 (126)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.2 (8)
3.3 (21)
4.7 (31)
 7.11 (53)

References edit