1997 AFL Grand final - wikipedia 1997 AFL Grand final 1997 AFL Grand Final The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the 1997 AFL Grand Final took place. St Kilda Adelaide 13.16 ( 94 ) 19.11 ( 125 ) STK 3.6 ( 24 ) 7.11 ( 53 ) 9.13 ( 67 ) 13.16 ( 94 ) ADE 3.8 ( 26 ) 5.10 ( 40 ) 11.11 ( 77 ) 19.11 ( 125 ) Date 27 September 1997 Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 99,645 Umpires Hayden Kennedy ( 7 ), Bryan Sheehan ( 9 ), Mark Nash ( 14 ) Ceremonies Pre-match entertainment Marina Prior National anthem Marina Prior Accolades Norm Smith Medallist Andrew McLeod ( Adelaide ) Jock McHale Medallist Malcolm Blight Broadcast in Australia Network Seven Network Commentators Bruce McAvaney, Dennis Cometti and Sandy Roberts ← 1996 AFL Grand Final 1998 → The 1997 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Adelaide Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1997. It was the 101st annual Grand Final of the Australian Football League ( formerly the Victorian Football League ), staged to determine the premiers for the 1997 AFL season. The match, attended by 99,645 spectators, was won by Adelaide by a margin of 31 points, marking that club 's first premiership victory. Contents 1 Background 2 Match summary 3 Teams 4 Match details 5 See also 6 References Background Main article : 1997 AFL season The 1997 Grand Final saw the Saints playing in their first premiership decider since losing the 1971 VFL Grand Final, whilst the Crows were appearing in their first Grand Final since entering the competition in 1991. At the conclusion of the home and away season, St Kilda had finished first on the AFL ladder with 15 wins and 7 losses, winning the McClelland Trophy. They had won their last seven matches. Adelaide, with former Woodville and North Melbourne star Malcolm Blight taking over as coach, had finished fourth ( behind Geelong and the Western Bulldogs ) with 13 wins and 9 losses. They had made the finals for only the second time in their club history, after losing in a preliminary final in 1993 to eventual premiers Essendon. Tony Modra was the club 's leading goalkicker for the fifth straight season with a total of 84. Adelaide won their qualifying final encounter against West Coast at Football Park by 33 points, but still needed to play a semi final against Geelong which they won by 8 points, again at Football Park. They then progressed to a preliminary final against the Western Bulldogs, a match in which they came from behind to snatch victory by just two points. It was, at that time, the greatest victory in the Crows ' team history. However, in this game Adelaide lost Modra in the first quarter to an ACL injury, meaning he would not be available for the grand final. St Kilda won their qualifying final against the eighth placed Brisbane Lions by 46 points at Waverley Park before over 50,000, sending them to a home preliminary final against seventh placed North Melbourne at the MCG, which they won by 31 points in front of crowd of 77,531. The Saints went into the grand final as heavy favourites. St Kilda 's Robert Harvey won the Brownlow Medal earlier in the week for having been the best player in the AFL for the 1997 season. Western Bulldogs player Chris Grant polled the highest number of votes, but as he had been suspended for a one match ban - in Round 7 against Hawthorn for striking - he was deemed ineligible for the award. Match summary It was an exciting Grand Final, and despite St Kilda leading by 13 points at half time, Adelaide won by 5 goals, kicking 8 goals in the final quarter. Adelaide became the first team to win four consecutive finals to claim a premiership. Andrew McLeod won his first Norm Smith Medal for being judged the best player afield. Shane Ellen, typically a defensive player for the Crows, provided a cameo at full - forward in place of Modra with five goals, while Darren Jarman booted a Grand Final record of five in the last quarter, taking him to six for the match and sealing the game. Other influential Crows players included Shaun Rehn, Kane Johnson, David Pittman, Troy Bond and Ben Hart. St Kilda 's Austinn Jones kicked the goal of the match, or what could have been goal of the year. In an effort reminiscent of Phil Manassa in the replayed 1977 Grand Final, Jones ran almost the full length of the ground and kicked the goal from the boundary. Saints forward Barry Hall, who kicked three goals, would later feature in the Sydney Swans ' premiership winning team in 2005. Adelaide went on to win its second consecutive premiership the following year, whilst St Kilda had to wait until 2009 for another shot at the premiership, but were defeated by Geelong. Teams Adelaide B : 44 Peter Caven 35 Rod Jameson 34 Ben Hart HB : 23 Andrew McLeod 15 David Pittman 36 Simon Goodwin C : 14 Matthew Connell 3 Darren Jarman 5 Kym Koster HF : 24 Clay Sampson 10 Matthew Robran 7 Nigel Smart F : 42 Chad Rintoul 13 Shane Ellen 18 Troy Bond Foll : 52 Shaun Rehn 28 Kane Johnson 26 Mark Bickley ( Capt ) Int : 9 Tyson Edwards 11 Brett James 20 Aaron Keating Coach : Malcolm Blight St. Kilda B : 19 Steven Sziller 31 Jamie Shanahan 1 Justin Peckett HB : 18 Jason Cripps 15 Darryl Wakelin 8 Max Hudghton C : 34 Jayson Daniels 29 Andrew Thompson 5 Austinn Jones HF : 22 Matthew Lappin 23 Stewart Loewe ( Capt ) 17 Rod Keogh F : 25 Barry Hall 24 Jason Heatley 7 Nicky Winmar Foll : 42 Brett Cook 35 Robert Harvey 3 Nathan Burke ( Capt ) Int : 2 Tony Brown 13 David Sierakowski 16 Robert Neill Coach : Stan Alves Match details 1997 AFL Grand Final Saturday, 27 September ( 2 : 30 pm ) St Kilda def. by Adelaide MCG ( crowd : 99,645 ) 3.6 ( 24 ) 7.11 ( 53 ) 9.13 ( 67 ) 13.16 ( 94 ) Q1 Q2 Q3 Final 3.8 ( 26 ) 5.10 ( 40 ) 11.11 ( 77 ) 19.11 ( 125 ) Umpires : Kennedy ( 7 ), Sheehan ( 9 ), Nash ( 14 ) Norm Smith Medal : Andrew McLeod ( Adelaide ) Television broadcast : Seven Network National anthem : Marina Prior Heatley 3, Hall 3, Loewe 2, Jones, Burke, Winmar, Peckett, Harvey Goals Jarman 6, Ellen 5, Bond 4, Smart, Goodwin, Rintoul, Caven Harvey, Jones, Burke, Hall, Cook, Keogh Best McLeod, Jarman, Johnson, Ellen, Goodwin, Caven See also 1997 AFL season References Jump up ^ AFL Tables - 1997 Brownlow Medal Jump up ^ http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1997/011519970927.html Victorian / Australian Football League Grand Finals VFL Grand Finals 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 AFL Grand Finals 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Adelaide Football Club 1997 AFL premiers Adelaide 19.11 ( 125 ) defeated St Kilda 13.16 ( 94 ), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 3. Jarman 5. Koster 7. Smart 9. Edwards 10. Robran 11. James 13. Ellen 14. Connell 15. Pittman 18. Bond 20. Keating 23. McLeod 24. Sampson 26. Bickley ( c ) 28. Johnson 34. Hart 35. Jameson 36. Goodwin 42. Rintoul 44. Caven 52. 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Question: who won the afl grand final in 1997
Answer: Adelaide