<Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 1996 </Td> <Td> AFL Grand Final </Td> <Td> 1998 → </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> ← 1996 </Td> <Td> AFL Grand Final </Td> <Td> 1998 → </Td> </Tr> <P> 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 . </P> <P> The 1997 Grand Final saw the Saints playing in their first premiership decider since losing the 1971 VFL Grand Final, whilst the Crows were appearing in their first Grand Final since entering the competition in 1991 . </P>

Who won the afl grand final in 1997