1897 VFL season
| 1897 VFL Premiership season | |
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The Essendon FC won its first premiership
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| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers |
Essendon (1st premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Geelong (1st minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 62 |
| Highest attendance | 8,000 |
| Leading Goalkicker Medallist |
Eddy James (Geelong) Jack Leith (Melbourne) |
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The 1897 Victorian Football League season was the inaugural season of the VFL Australian rules football competition.
In 1897, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 20 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves" (although any of the 20 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match).
Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1897 VFL Premiers were determined according to the conditions dictated by the specific format and conventions of the 1897 Finals System, which was used in this season only.
Bold – Home game
Opponent for round listed above margin
Essendon won the premiership for finishing on top of the round robin finals ladder and no Grand Final was played.
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.
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