collingwood (2-0) vs geelong (0-2) victoria park
collingwood beat geelong by 4 points with a good 2nd quarter. collingwod (3-0) travel to south next. geelong (0-3) host carlton.
| Collingwood | 1.1.7 | 3.3.21 | 4.5.29 | 6.5.41 | |
| Geelong | 2.3.15 | 2.5.17 | 3.7.25 | 5.7.37 | |
| GEEL by 8 | COLL by 4 | COLL by 4 | COLL by 4 |
fitzroy (2-0) vs melbourne (2-0) bruswick street
| Fitzroy | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 39 | Sat 22-May-1897 3:00 pm | Brunswick Street | 10,000 |
| Melbourne | 1.3 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 50 | Melbourne won by 11 points | ||
melbourne (3-0) host st kilda next. fitzroy (2-1) host essendon.
essendon (1-1) vs carlton (0-2) east melbourne
essendon beat carlton by 37 points as the blues road trip continues. essendon (2-1) travel to fitzroy. carltoin (0-3) play geelong on the road.
| Essendon | 5.2 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 12.6 | 78 | Mon 24-May-1897 3:00 pm | East Melbourne | |
| Carlton | 1.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 6.5 | 41 | Essendon won by 37 points | ||
south (1-1) vs st kilda (0-2) lake oval
st kilda broke a record for the lowest score ever in a 57 point loss to south. south (2-1) host collingwood. st kilda (0-3) play melbourne.
| South Melbourne | 2.4 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 8.11 | 59 | Mon 24-May-1897 3:00 pm | Lake Oval | |
| St. Kilda | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2 | South Melbourne won by 57 points | ||
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| MELB | 3 | 12 | 185.88 |
| COLL | 3 | 12 | 159.04 |
| FITZ | 3 | 8 | 167.39 |
| STH | 3 | 8 | 153.66 |
| ESS | 3 | 8 | 134.78 |
| CARL | 3 | 0 | 55.69 |
| GEEL | 3 | 0 | 52.63 |
| STK | 3 | 0 | 26.51 |
round 4 matches
geelong v carlton CO
fitzroy v essendon BS
south v Collingwood LO
Melbourne v st kilda MCG
Harrison’s world 