1968 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 16-1-3, P%: 130.3%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Barry Davis (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alan Noonan (43)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Barry Davis

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ken Fraser
Vice-Captain(s): Don McKenzie

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Ian #25 7 R01-R07 15
Blethyn, Geoff #11 3 R03-R04, GF 4
Blew, Russell #14 23 R01-R20, SF, PF, GF 6
Brown, Greg #18 6 R01, R07-R10, PF 0
Buhaj, Wally #2 8 R03-R05, R08, R13-R14, R16, R18 2
Close, Robin #19 13 R09-R13, R15-R18, R20, SF, PF, GF 25
Crowley, Ian #34 1 R10 0
Daniel, Peter #45 6 R02, R05, R07-R10 0
Davis, Barry #32 22 R01-R11, R13-R20, SF, PF, GF 1
Egan, Kevin #29 12 R01, R05-R06, R09, R11-R12, R16-R20, SF 4
Ellis, John #30 23 R01-R20, SF, PF, GF 23
Epis, Alec #28 22 R01-R04, R06-R20, SF, PF, GF 0
Evans, Neil #36 2 PF, GF 0
Fanning, John #27 4 R15, R17-R18, R20 0
Fletcher, Ken #21 12 R02, R09-R13, R15, R19-R20, SF, PF, GF 1
Fordham, Ted #20 22 R01-R06, R08-R20, SF, PF, GF 22
Fraser, Ken #23 21 R01-R04, R06-R20, SF, PF 15
Gerlach, Darryl #17 19 R01-R08, R12-R18, R20, SF, PF, GF 1
Gosper, Geoff #6 23 R01-R20, SF, PF, GF 13
Greenwood, Bob #8 12 R01-R08, R14-R17 13
Gross, Don #15 14 R05-R07, R10-R18, SF, GF 15
Lake, Bruce #16 11 R05-R13, PF, GF 18
Lake, Eddie #42 7 R09, R11-R15, R19 5
McGie, Lindsay #4 14 R01-R06, R12, R15-R20, SF 1
McKenzie, Don #24 23 R01-R20, SF, PF, GF 8
Noonan, Alan #10 18 R01-R02, R04, R07-R11, R14-R20, SF, PF, GF 51
Papp, Vic #46 1 R20 0
Payne, Charlie #7 19 R01-R09, R11-R14, R18-R20, SF, PF, GF 14
Pryor, Geoff #35 23 R01-R20, SF, PF, GF 0
Shaw, David #5 20 R01-R14, R17-R19, SF, PF, GF 5
Sproule, Paul #26 9 R01-R07, PF, GF 11
Stillman, Les #43 1 R19 0
Thompson, Bill #12 3 R14, R16, R19 0
Thompson, Robert #47 1 R10 0
Waite, Bruce #9 13 R03, R08, R11-R20, SF 16
Williams, John #22 22 R01-R17, R19-R20, SF, PF, GF 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Clarke, Jack 23 17 -1- 5 R01-R20, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1968 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 73 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
20/04/1968 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 19 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
25/04/1968 Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 33 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
04/05/1968 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 40 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
11/05/1968 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 31 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie
18/05/1968 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 26 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
25/05/1968 Round 7 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 2 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
10/06/1968 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 56 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
15/06/1968 Round 9 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 42 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
22/06/1968 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 28 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
29/06/1968 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 23 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
06/07/1968 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 29 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
13/07/1968 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 52 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
20/07/1968 Round 14 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 6 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
27/07/1968 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 43 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
03/08/1968 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 1 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
10/08/1968 Round 17 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 85 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
17/08/1968 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 20 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
24/08/1968 Round 19 St Kilda HOME DRAW drawn Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
31/08/1968 Round 20 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 27 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
14/09/1968 Semi Final Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 36 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
21/09/1968 Preliminary Final Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 24 Jack Clarke Ken Fraser
28/09/1968 Grand Final Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 3 Jack Clarke Don McKenzie