Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1897.

Season 1897 – Season 1898

See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.

Grand Final

No grand final held. Essendon won the premiership for finishing on top of the round robin finals ladder.

Ladder

All teams played 14 games during the home and away season, for a total of 56. An additional 6 games were played during the finals series.

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
1	Geelong	11	3	0	44
2	Essendon	11	3	0	44
3	Melbourne	10	4	0	40
4	Collingwood	9	5	0	36
5	South Melbourne	8	5	1	34
6	Fitzroy	4	9	1	18
7	Carlton	2	12	0	8
8	St Kilda	0	14	0	0

Finals Ladder

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	Points
1	Essendon	3	0	0	12
2	Geelong	2	1	0	8
3	Collingwood	1	2	0	4
4	Melbourne	0	3	0	0