1968 Grand Final: Carlton v Essendon

Match Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Carlton v Essendon
Date: Saturday, September 28th, 1968
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 116,828
Capacity: unknown

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. Essendon
Score: 7.14.56 - 8.5.53

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 2 . 2 6 . 8 7 . 9 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Essendon 2 . 1 5 . 1 6 . 4 8 . 5 8 . 5 (53)
Margin CAR by 1 CAR by 13 CAR by 11 CAR by 3 CAR by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Coach(es): Ron Barassi (Carlton), Jack Clarke (Essendon)
Captain(s): John Nicholls (Carlton), Don McKenzie (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire(s): Jeff Crouch
Goal Umpire(s): Daniel Parsons, Richard Sankey
Boundary Umpire(s): Clifford Green, Rodney Tanner
Umpire Replacement(s): No known replacements

Player Statistics (Basic)

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Bennett, Bill ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 2
47 Chandler, Neil ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 3 0 0 1
19 Collins, Ian ? ? 0 0 13 13 0 4 0 1 1
6 Crane, Gary ? ? 1 1 22 20 2 5 0 3 1
17 Crosswell, Brent ? ? 1 2 20 16 4 2 0 2 1
10 Gallagher, Adrian ? ? 0 1 21 20 1 2 0 1 5
21 Gill, Barry ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 2 1
11 Goold, John ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 3 0 1 1
3 Hall, Kevin ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
25 Jesaulenko, Alex ? ? 0 2 17 14 3 2 0 3 1
28 Jones, Peter ? ? 0 1 11 8 3 4 19 3 2
16 Kekovich, Brian ? ? 4 4 15 14 1 5 0 5 1
20 Lofts, Wes ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 3 0 3 0
36 McLean, Peter ? ? 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
8 Munari, Dennis ? ? 0 1 15 14 1 1 0 2 1
2 Nicholls, John ? ? 0 1 12 8 4 1 31 2 7
32 Quirk, Bryan ? ? 1 1 13 11 2 2 0 3 2
34 Robertson, Ian ? ? 0 0 16 15 1 4 0 1 3
1 Silvagni, Serge ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 8 0 3 0
42 Walls, Robert ? ? 0 0 15 12 3 3 0 1 0
Rushed 0
Total 7 14 265 228 37 53 50 36 32

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
11 Blethyn, Geoff ? ? 4 0 6 6 0 4 0 0 2
14 Blew, Russell ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 0 2
19 Close, Robin ? ? 1 2 14 14 0 4 0 4 0
32 Davis, Barry ? ? 0 0 20 15 5 2 0 3 1
30 Ellis, John ? ? 0 0 15 10 5 1 0 1 3
28 Epis, Alec ? ? 0 0 23 19 4 2 0 3 2
36 Evans, Neil ? ? 0 0 5 5 0 1 4 0 3
21 Fletcher, Ken ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 5 0 2 2
20 Fordham, Ted ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 2 4
17 Gerlach, Darryl ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 5 0 1 1
6 Gosper, Geoff ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 2 0 0 0
15 Gross, Don ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Lake, Bruce ? ? 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
24 McKenzie, Don ? ? 0 0 10 10 0 2 21 7 7
10 Noonan, Alan ? ? 1 0 12 9 3 2 0 1 1
7 Payne, Charlie ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 4 0 3 0
35 Pryor, Geoff ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 7 0 3 4
5 Shaw, David ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 0 0 1 1
26 Sproule, Paul ? ? 1 1 10 8 2 2 0 1 1
22 Williams, John ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 0 2
Rushed 1
Total 8 5 243 208 35 53 25 32 36

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CP: Contested Posessions, UP: Uncontested Posessions, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s, MF: Marks Inside 50, RB: Running Bounces, OP: One-Percenters, GA: Goal Assists

Player Line-Up

Carlton Coach: Ron Barassi
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Essendon Coach: Jack Clarke

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