1968 VFL season

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1968 VFL premiership season
Teams12
Premiers Carlton
9th premiership
Minor premiers Essendon
10th minor premiership
Consolation series Hawthorn
1st Consolation series win
Brownlow Medallist Bob Skilton (South Melbourne)
Coleman Medallist Peter Hudson (Hawthorn)
Matches played124
Highest116,828
  1967
1969  

The 1968 VFL season was the 72nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 15 April until 28 September, and comprised a 20-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

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The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the ninth time, after it defeated Essendon by three points in the 1968 VFL Grand Final.

Background

In 1968, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.

Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 20 rounds; matches 12 to 20 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 9.

Once the 20 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1968 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 9.18 (72) North Melbourne 13.10 (88) Western Oval 18,26915 April 1968
Essendon 26.16 (172) Hawthorn 15.9 (99) Windy Hill 17,00015 April 1968
Collingwood 10.12 (72) Richmond 11.22 (88) Victoria Park 37,01815 April 1968
Carlton 13.22 (100) Geelong 7.12 (54) Princes Park 30,15815 April 1968
South Melbourne 18.17 (125) St Kilda 13.22 (100) Lake Oval 23,67515 April 1968
Melbourne 14.10 (94) Fitzroy 12.18 (90) MCG 24,99115 April 1968

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 17.24 (126) South Melbourne 19.12 (126) Glenferrie Oval 13,53620 April 1968
St Kilda 16.22 (118) Melbourne 9.8 (62) Moorabbin Oval 21,75820 April 1968
Geelong 9.17 (71) Footscray 6.11 (47) Kardinia Park 14,58920 April 1968
North Melbourne 9.9 (63) Essendon 10.22 (82) Arden Street Oval 14,81020 April 1968
Fitzroy 14.16 (100) Collingwood 10.11 (71) Princes Park 17,14920 April 1968
Richmond 17.16 (118) Carlton 10.12 (72) MCG 51,88920 April 1968

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Carlton 1.11 (17) Essendon 7.8 (50) Princes Park 37,40625 April 1968
Richmond 10.15 (75) Geelong 17.21 (123) MCG 52,17525 April 1968
Footscray 14.10 (94) Hawthorn 16.9 (105) Western Oval 14,05427 April 1968
Collingwood 2.19 (31) St Kilda 10.7 (67) Victoria Park 29,49127 April 1968
South Melbourne 13.10 (88) Melbourne 14.14 (98) Lake Oval 17,26027 April 1968
North Melbourne 15.17 (107) Fitzroy 14.7 (91) Arden Street Oval 13,12227 April 1968

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 12.10 (82) North Melbourne 12.4 (76) MCG 19,4984 May 1968
Fitzroy 13.19 (97) Footscray 12.13 (85) Princes Park 11,3784 May 1968
Essendon 16.19 (115) South Melbourne 10.15 (75) Windy Hill 19,0004 May 1968
St Kilda 12.12 (84) Richmond 7.18 (60) Moorabbin Oval 30,6064 May 1968
Geelong 6.10 (46) Collingwood 4.13 (37) Kardinia Park 19,1444 May 1968
Hawthorn 11.11 (77) Carlton 15.10 (100) Glenferrie Oval 17,6064 May 1968

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 6.13 (49) St Kilda 9.7 (61) Arden Street Oval 14,40911 May 1968
Essendon 16.16 (112) Fitzroy 11.15 (81) Windy Hill 18,50011 May 1968
Collingwood 17.11 (113) Hawthorn 11.16 (82) Victoria Park 20,68811 May 1968
Carlton 16.15 (111) Footscray 5.9 (39) Princes Park 14,49011 May 1968
South Melbourne 8.10 (58) Richmond 13.25 (103) Lake Oval 17,78311 May 1968
Melbourne 9.9 (63) Geelong 10.10 (70) MCG 31,86211 May 1968

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 13.7 (85) Melbourne 6.12 (48) Western Oval 10,44118 May 1968
Fitzroy 6.8 (44) St Kilda 19.6 (120) Princes Park 12,85218 May 1968
Collingwood 13.14 (92) Essendon 9.12 (66) Victoria Park 28,30218 May 1968
Richmond 14.17 (101) North Melbourne 4.7 (31) MCG 24,31718 May 1968
Hawthorn 10.11 (71) Geelong 12.10 (82) Glenferrie Oval 10,10018 May 1968
South Melbourne 10.11 (71) Carlton 12.11 (83) Lake Oval 13,42018 May 1968

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 7.15 (57) South Melbourne 8.13 (61) Arden Street Oval 7,73025 May 1968
Essendon 11.14 (80) Richmond 10.18 (78) Windy Hill 22,98025 May 1968
Carlton 15.11 (101) Collingwood 9.13 (67) Princes Park 26,04525 May 1968
Melbourne 11.14 (80) Hawthorn 11.10 (76) MCG 17,26325 May 1968
St Kilda 11.13 (79) Footscray 4.11 (35) Moorabbin Oval 16,05625 May 1968
Geelong 11.21 (87) Fitzroy 7.6 (48) Kardinia Park 11,47425 May 1968

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 9.8 (62) South Melbourne 11.9 (75) Western Oval 14,7558 June 1968
Collingwood 11.13 (79) Melbourne 13.7 (85) Victoria Park 24,3758 June 1968
North Melbourne 9.11 (65) Geelong 13.11 (89) Arden Street Oval 13,2098 June 1968
Richmond 11.15 (81) Hawthorn 11.14 (80) MCG 31,32510 June 1968
St Kilda 16.17 (113) Essendon 8.9 (57) Moorabbin Oval 43,23110 June 1968
Fitzroy 4.10 (34) Carlton 13.15 (93) Princes Park 19,30610 June 1968

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 9.9 (63) Richmond 17.17 (119) MCG 39,60915 June 1968
Geelong 15.9 (99) St Kilda 11.9 (75) Kardinia Park 29,40415 June 1968
Essendon 11.17 (83) Footscray 5.11 (41) Windy Hill 14,00015 June 1968
Carlton 20.11 (131) North Melbourne 10.15 (75) Princes Park 15,27015 June 1968
Hawthorn 21.14 (140) Fitzroy 16.14 (110) Glenferrie Oval 11,03915 June 1968
South Melbourne 19.10 (124) Collingwood 15.9 (99) Lake Oval 17,19315 June 1968

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 13.15 (93) South Melbourne 8.15 (63) Kardinia Park 17,79422 June 1968
Fitzroy 12.12 (84) Richmond 15.15 (105) Princes Park 11,20422 June 1968
North Melbourne 8.14 (62) Hawthorn 15.16 (106) Arden Street Oval 7,88422 June 1968
Melbourne 9.14 (68) Essendon 15.6 (96) MCG 32,93222 June 1968
Footscray 5.7 (37) Collingwood 9.11 (65) Western Oval 13,12022 June 1968
St Kilda 3.10 (28) Carlton 8.8 (56) Moorabbin Oval 28,88522 June 1968

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 15.11 (101) St Kilda 17.9 (111) Glenferrie Oval 19,27929 June 1968
Essendon 14.20 (104) Geelong 12.9 (81) Windy Hill 24,45029 June 1968
Collingwood 13.16 (94) North Melbourne 4.8 (32) Victoria Park 14,81429 June 1968
Carlton 11.19 (85) Melbourne 6.7 (43) Princes Park 15,23429 June 1968
Richmond 17.20 (122) Footscray 16.8 (104) MCG 17,84429 June 1968
South Melbourne 17.15 (117) Fitzroy 13.12 (90) Lake Oval 11,24129 June 1968

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
St Kilda 15.19 (109) South Melbourne 6.9 (45) Moorabbin Oval 19,0596 July 1968
Fitzroy 11.14 (80) Melbourne 14.16 (100) Princes Park 8,5306 July 1968
North Melbourne 8.9 (57) Footscray 9.18 (72) Arden Street Oval 7,8446 July 1968
Hawthorn 11.17 (83) Essendon 17.10 (112) Glenferrie Oval 12,4806 July 1968
Richmond 17.12 (114) Collingwood 17.15 (117) MCG 43,1656 July 1968
Geelong 8.7 (55) Carlton 9.9 (63) Kardinia Park 25,0076 July 1968

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 10.11 (71) St Kilda 10.16 (76) MCG 30,58113 July 1968
Footscray 18.18 (126) Geelong 5.13 (43) Western Oval 13,09213 July 1968
Essendon 16.19 (115) North Melbourne 9.9 (63) Windy Hill 11,69013 July 1968
Collingwood 18.14 (122) Fitzroy 18.7 (115) Victoria Park 16,35713 July 1968
Carlton 11.14 (80) Richmond 10.14 (74) Princes Park 24,24513 July 1968
South Melbourne 12.10 (82) Hawthorn 15.11 (101) Lake Oval 11,19113 July 1968

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 10.10 (70) South Melbourne 12.8 (80) MCG 18,97620 July 1968
Geelong 13.11 (89) Richmond 9.16 (70) Kardinia Park 23,93220 July 1968
Fitzroy 13.17 (95) North Melbourne 9.14 (68) Princes Park 7,56320 July 1968
Hawthorn 24.8 (152) Footscray 10.10 (70) Glenferrie Oval 13,81020 July 1968
St Kilda 11.10 (76) Collingwood 12.13 (85) Moorabbin Oval 28,24620 July 1968
Essendon 7.13 (55) Carlton 6.13 (49) Windy Hill 32,00020 July 1968

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 13.16 (94) St Kilda 9.10 (64) MCG 42,74027 July 1968
Collingwood 4.12 (36) Geelong 7.12 (54) Victoria Park 25,84927 July 1968
Carlton 9.14 (68) Hawthorn 11.15 (81) Princes Park 18,47027 July 1968
North Melbourne 5.8 (38) Melbourne 6.4 (40) Arden Street Oval 5,82627 July 1968
Footscray 9.12 (66) Fitzroy 10.11 (71) Western Oval 10,14827 July 1968
South Melbourne 7.12 (54) Essendon 14.13 (97) Lake Oval 14,69027 July 1968

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 15.21 (111) South Melbourne 10.11 (71) MCG 22,4043 August 1968
Geelong 11.9 (75) Melbourne 10.8 (68) Kardinia Park 14,2403 August 1968
St Kilda 8.13 (61) North Melbourne 6.3 (39) Moorabbin Oval 13,3553 August 1968
Fitzroy 13.15 (93) Essendon 13.16 (94) Princes Park 12,0803 August 1968
Hawthorn 15.11 (101) Collingwood 10.16 (76) Glenferrie Oval 26,9283 August 1968
Footscray 16.6 (102) Carlton 10.10 (70) Western Oval 15,1843 August 1968

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 7.9 (51) Richmond 11.19 (85) Arden Street Oval 9,37410 August 1968
Geelong 10.7 (67) Hawthorn 7.9 (51) Kardinia Park 20,82210 August 1968
Carlton 18.14 (122) South Melbourne 11.14 (80) Princes Park 15,62010 August 1968
Melbourne 10.14 (74) Footscray 9.11 (65) MCG 18,73310 August 1968
St Kilda 12.19 (91) Fitzroy 6.5 (41) Moorabbin Oval 15,64310 August 1968
Essendon 20.18 (138) Collingwood 7.11 (53) Windy Hill 21,30010 August 1968

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 14.13 (97) Melbourne 8.11 (59) Glenferrie Oval 14,35917 August 1968
Footscray 6.8 (44) St Kilda 16.13 (109) Western Oval 15,21117 August 1968
Fitzroy 10.12 (72) Geelong 14.10 (94) Princes Park 9,78217 August 1968
South Melbourne 9.14 (68) North Melbourne 11.13 (79) Lake Oval 7,41217 August 1968
Richmond 10.14 (74) Essendon 7.12 (54) MCG 68,52917 August 1968
Collingwood 10.10 (70) Carlton 16.11 (107) Victoria Park 24,49617 August 1968

Round 19

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 11.13 (79) Richmond 11.22 (88) Glenferrie Oval 21,77224 August 1968
Geelong 14.13 (97) North Melbourne 13.9 (87) Kardinia Park 13,87224 August 1968
Essendon 10.6 (66) St Kilda 9.12 (66) Windy Hill 24,70024 August 1968
Carlton 21.17 (143) Fitzroy 12.19 (91) Princes Park 16,12324 August 1968
South Melbourne 11.12 (78) Footscray 11.16 (82) Lake Oval 8,01224 August 1968
Melbourne 12.14 (86) Collingwood 12.15 (87) MCG 29,96724 August 1968

Round 20

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 17.14 (116) Hawthorn 18.18 (126) Princes Park 11,44031 August 1968
Collingwood 23.19 (157) South Melbourne 14.14 (98) Victoria Park 11,64831 August 1968
Richmond 18.21 (129) Melbourne 12.8 (80) MCG 34,54631 August 1968
St Kilda 16.14 (110) Geelong 8.11 (59) Moorabbin Oval 34,07331 August 1968
Footscray 12.13 (85) Essendon 15.22 (112) Western Oval 19,19631 August 1968
North Melbourne 11.13 (79) Carlton 15.10 (100) Arden Street Oval 16,18931 August 1968

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Essendon 20163118601428130.366
2 Carlton (P)20155017511343130.460
3 Geelong 20155015281431106.860
4 St Kilda 20145117181263136.058
5 Richmond 20146018891536123.056
6 Hawthorn 20910119341869103.538
7 Collingwood 2091101623171794.536
8 Melbourne 2081201434170983.932
9 South Melbourne 2061311639195483.926
10 Footscray 2051501413171082.620
11 Fitzroy 2041601643203580.716
12 North Melbourne 2031701266170374.312

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 82.1
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Semi-finals

Team1 Qtr 2.2.14 6.0.362 Qtr 4.5.29 9.10.643 Qtr 7.7.49.12.10.82Final 10.8.68 19.13.127
Geelong 4.49.714.1019.13 (127)
St Kilda 2.44.108.1311.17 (83)
Attendance: 98,885
Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinal
Essendon 1.27.67.88.11 (59)
Carlton 5.86.911.1213.17 (95)
Attendance: 106,365

Preliminary final

Team1 Qtr 5.0.30 1.5.112 Qtr 9.2.56.3.8.263 Qtr 14.5.89 5.9.39Final 16.11.107 8.13.61
Essendon 3.67.1010.1811.25 (91)
Geelong 5.38.68.109.13 (67)
Attendance: 103,549

Grand final

Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinal
Carlton 2.26.87.97.14 (56)
Essendon 2.15.16.48.5 (53)
Attendance: 116,917

Consolation Night Series Competition

The consolation night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the home and away rounds.

Final: Hawthorn 16.15 (111) defeated North Melbourne 6.14 (50).

Season notes

Awards

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