1968 VFA season

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1968 VFA premiership season
Division 1
Teams10
Premiers Preston
1st premiership
Minor premiers Preston
1st minor premiership
Division 2
Teams10
Premiers Geelong West
2nd D2 premiership
Minor premiers Williamstown
1st D2 minor premiership
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The 1968 Victorian Football Association season was the 87th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the eighth season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Preston Football Club, after it defeated Prahran in the Grand Final on 22 September by 14 points; it was Preston's first Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Geelong West.

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Division 1

The Division 1 home-and-home season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were held at the Punt Road Oval, in Richmond.

Ladder

1968 VFA Division 1 Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Preston (P)18153016481288127.960
2 Prahran 18135016511294127.652
3 Sandringham 18126017621435124.948
4 Dandenong 18116116011315121.746
5 Port Melbourne 18107117021480115.042
6 Yarraville 189901743174999.636
7 Waverley 189901400143697.436
8 Brunswick 1841401370178076.916
9 Oakleigh 1841401253176271.116
10 Coburg 1821601149174465.88
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [1]

Finals

Semi-finals
Sunday, 1 September Sandringham 20.13 (133)def. Dandenong 11.19 (85) Punt Road Oval [2]
Sunday, 8 September Preston 13.17 (95)def. by Prahran 18.15 (123) Punt Road Oval [3]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 15 September Preston 22.11 (143)def. Sandringham 18.7 (115) Punt Road Oval [4]
1968 VFA Division 1 Grand Final
Sunday, 22 September Prahran def. by Preston Punt Road Oval (crowd: 18,000 [5] ) [6]
2.3 (15)
7.9 (51)
10.10 (70)
 12.12 (84)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		4.3 (27)
8.4 (52)
12.7 (79)
 15.8 (98)		Umpires: Alan O'Neill
Power 6, Bartlett 3, Payne 2, Rose Goals Joyce 5, Dalton 3, Lempriere 2, Weston 2, Corbett, Heard, Reid

Awards

Division 2

The Division 2 home-and-home season was played over seventeen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system.

Ladder

1968 VFA Division 2 Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Williamstown 17151119111009189.462
2 Geelong West (P)17143019521441135.556
3 Sunshine 17115116341158141.146
4 Werribee 1711601417144298.344
5 Northcote 179801391143596.936
6 Frankston 1789015991594100.332
7 Caulfield 1751201382168282.220
8 Mordialloc 1741301250167274.416
9 Camberwell 1741301219192563.316
10 Box Hill 1731401214161175.412
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [5]

Finals

Semi-finals
Sunday, 11 August Sunshine 13.24 (102)def. Werribee 10.11 (71) Yarraville Oval [8]
Sunday, 11 August Williamstown 19.18 (132)def. Geelong West 19.11 (125) Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) [9]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 18 August Geelong West 17.12 (114)def. Sunshine 11.18 (84) Toorak Park [10]
1968 VFA Division 2 Grand Final
Sunday, 25 August Williamstown def. by Geelong West Toorak Park (crowd: 6,000 [5] ) [11]
4.3 (27)
11.8 (74)
15.11 (101)
 18.15 (123)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		4.3 (27)
10.6 (66)
14.12 (96)
 20.15 (135)		Umpires: O'Neill
Ware 4, Camilleri 3, Mulligan 3, Barnes 2, Papley 2, Szyszka 2, Patterson, RaffleGoalsW. Adams 5, Harris 3, Tenabel 3, Deeath 2, Emond 2, Stacey 2, Brushfield, Gibbons, Skowronksi
Mulligan, for striking an unknown player in the second quarter
Mulligan, for striking Keys in the second quarter
Johnson, for striking Skowronski in the third quarter		ReportsSnell, for striking Papley in the first quarter

Awards

Notable events

Interstate matches

The Association contested two interstate matches during 1968. Keith Burns (Brunswick) captained the team against Canberra, and Max Papley (Williamstown) captained the team against Tasmania. [15]

As a consequence of the Association's expulsion from the ANFC in 1969/70, these were the last representative matches played by the Association until 1975. [16]

1968 Interstate Matches
Sunday, 26 May Canberra 6.15 (51)def. by Victoria (VFA) 21.16 (142) Manuka Oval (crowd: 3,000) [17]
Saturday, 29 June Tasmania 18.8 (116)def. by Victoria (VFA) 19.15 (129) York Park (crowd: 10,688) [18]

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  2. 1 2 Noel Pascoe (2 September 1968). "Sandy the victor – 'on ability'". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 48.
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