afl 1997 round 19

north (10-8) vs brisbane (10-8)

roos beat lions by 57. north (11-8) brisbane (10-9)

carlton (8-10) vs collingwood (8-10)

blues beat pies by 16. carlton (9-10) collingwood (8-11)

Carlton	107
Collingwood	91

hawthorn (8-10) vs west coast (10-8)

eagles beat hawks by 21. west coast (11-8) hawthorn (8-11)

Hawthorn	66
West Coast	87

bulldogs (10-8) vs melbourne (3-15)

dogs beat dees by 38. bulldogs (11-8) Melbourne (3-16)

Western Bulldogs	102
Melbourne	64

freo (9-9) vs richmond (7-11)

dockers may make finals in only thier 3rd year beating tigers by 43. freo (10-9) richmond (7-12)

Fremantle	85
Richmond	42

essendon (6-12) vs geelong (12-6) uor

dons beat cats by 5. essendon (7-12) geelong (12-7)

Essendon	73
Geelong	68

sydney (11-7) vs st kilda (11-7)

saints beat swans by 9. st kilda (12-7) sydney (11-8)

Sydney	119
St. Kilda	128

port (10-8) vs adeliade (11-7)

crows go on top beating port by 7 in the showdown with the power still in the finals hunt in their first year. adeliade (12-7) port (10-9)

Port Adelaide	58
Adelaide	65

ladder

roiund 20 matches

west coast v melbourne

collingwood v essendon

geelong v carlton

st kilda v freo

brisbane v port gor

richmond v north

sydney v hawthorn

adelaide v bulldogs