1968 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-0-16, P%: 80.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Kevin Murray (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Doug Searl (38)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): John Murphy, Kevin Murray

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Kevin Murray

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrews, Mike #3 15 R01-R06, R08, R13-R20 0
Atkinson, John #39 3 R10, R12-R13 1
Austin, Jack #37 3 R10-R12 1
Benison, John #10 12 R01, R05-R06, R08-R12, R14, R17-R19 0
Brown, Norm #23 18 R01-R11, R13, R15-R20 9
Cobain, Rod #21 10 R07-R11, R14-R17, R20 10
Cole, Max #12 17 R01-R09, R13-R20 0
Crow, Russell #32 18 R01-R18 13
Dare, Norm #46 2 R18-R19 0
Dawson, Trevor #8 2 R06-R07 1
Eastman, Wayne #6 5 R01-R05 0
Ebbels, Gary #22 3 R09-R11 1
Enbom, Ross #28 1 R03 0
Hellings, Doug #2 12 R01-R04, R07-R14 11
Herrod, Darryl #19 12 R01, R07-R16, R20 0
Hobbs, Colin #25 9 R02-R04, R07-R12 1
Lazarus, Gary #31 20 R01-R20 28
Martin, Harold #49 1 R19 0
McCrae, Ian #7 15 R02-R12, R14-R17 7
McGregor, Treva #9 19 R01-R10, R12-R20 10
McKenzie, Barry #4 8 R01-R06, R19-R20 2
Murphy, John #5 20 R01-R20 20
Murray, Kevin #1 20 R01-R20 10
Newnham, John #20 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 17
O'Brien, Paul #17 17 R01-R10, R12-R17, R20 1
Padley, Barry #14 6 R01-R06 3
Parker, Ross #45 3 R08-R09, R20 2
Peoples, Daryl #16 16 R01-R06, R11-R20 10
Rheinberger, Cec #26 1 R02 0
Rhodes, David #14 10 R11-R20 1
Ruscuklic, Alex #12 19 R01-R07, R09-R20 18
Searl, Doug #34 8 R13-R20 31
Shearer, Graeme #41 3 R17-R19 1
Sykes, David #15 4 R05-R07, R12 3
Walford, Bill #24 11 R01-R08, R11-R12, R20 16
Wall, David #33 2 R07, R18 0
Wood, Peter #30 17 R01, R04-R08, R10-R20 0
Worrall, Hugh #29 8 R09, R13-R16, R18-R20 4
Zunneberg, Noel #11 11 R08-R13, R15-R19 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)
Stephen, Bill 19 4 -0- 15 R01-R11, R13-R20
Slocum, Ray 1 0 -0- 1 R12

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1968 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 4 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
20/04/1968 Round 2 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 29 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
27/04/1968 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 16 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
04/05/1968 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 12 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
11/05/1968 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 31 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
18/05/1968 Round 6 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 76 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
25/05/1968 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 39 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
10/06/1968 Round 8 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 59 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
15/06/1968 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 30 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
22/06/1968 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 21 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
29/06/1968 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 27 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
06/07/1968 Round 12 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 20 Ray Slocum Kevin Murray
13/07/1968 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 7 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
20/07/1968 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 27 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
27/07/1968 Round 15 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 5 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
03/08/1968 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 1 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
10/08/1968 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 50 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
17/08/1968 Round 18 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 22 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
24/08/1968 Round 19 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 52 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray
31/08/1968 Round 20 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 10 Bill Stephen Kevin Murray