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 The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the 1997 AFL Grand Final took place. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 27 September 1997 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 99,645 | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | St Kilda | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Hayden Kennedy (7), Bryan Sheehan (9), Mark Nash (14) | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | St Kilda | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | Punt Road End | |||||||||||||||
| 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 (host and commentator) Dennis Cometti (commentator) Sandy Roberts (commentator) Leigh Matthews (expert commentator) Peter McKenna (“sharp shooter”) Robert Dipierdomenico (boundary rider) Neil Kerley (boundary rider) Russell Morris (boundary rider) | |||||||||||||||
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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.