1968 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 9-1-10, P%: 103.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Hudson (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Hudson (125)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Peter Hudson

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Graham Arthur

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Angus, Geoff #35 17 R03-R19 15
Arthur, Graham #2 15 R01-R04, R07, R10-R17, R19-R20 6
Beck, Ken #4 15 R01-R05, R11-R20 0
Blood, Michael #15 20 R01-R20 0
Bremner, Ian #20 18 R01, R04-R20 1
Bussell, Norm #16 17 R01-R17 1
Chilton, Peter #3 14 R01-R03, R08-R12, R15-R20 3
Crimmins, Peter #5 20 R01-R20 27
Crowe, Vin #22 4 R01-R02, R14-R15 0
Devenish-Meares, Rochford #24 8 R02-R09 1
Ferguson, Neil #17 15 R06-R20 19
Fisher, John #6 13 R01-R06, R13-R18, R20 4
Francis, Michael #31 1 R20 0
Gardner, John #14 10 R01-R08, R10, R12 2
Gay, Terry #28 17 R02-R05, R08-R20 13
Growcott, Ross #12 6 R08-R09, R11, R18-R20 0
Heath, Kevin #34 2 R19-R20 0
Horkings, Ray #42 1 R07 0
Hudson, Peter #26 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 125
Jenkins, Dennis #13 4 R01-R04 0
Johnson, Ted #19 17 R02-R18 1
Keddie, Bob #33 19 R02-R20 26
Law, Ian #7 2 R18-R19 0
Meagher, Des #30 20 R01-R20 9
Morton, Lance #37 12 R03, R05-R07, R13-R20 6
Murphy, Glenn #21 7 R07-R11, R13, R20 2
Olsson, Rod #25 19 R01-R02, R04-R20 7
Parkin, David #27 18 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R20 3
Pleitner, Bryan #32 1 R12 0
Poole, Reg #29 5 R01, R03-R04, R06, R12 0
Scott, Don #23 19 R01-R19 3
Smith, Jim #8 4 R01, R05-R06, R09 0
Tolson, Paul #11 4 R01-R02, R10, R12 0
Wilson, Ray #10 17 R01, R05-R20 5

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)
Kennedy, John 20 9 -1- 10 R01-R20

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1968 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 73 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
20/04/1968 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn John Kennedy Graham Arthur
27/04/1968 Round 3 Footscray AWAY WIN HAW by 11 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
04/05/1968 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 23 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
11/05/1968 Round 5 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 31 John Kennedy David Parkin
18/05/1968 Round 6 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 11 John Kennedy David Parkin
25/05/1968 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 4 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
10/06/1968 Round 8 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 1 John Kennedy David Parkin
15/06/1968 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 30 John Kennedy David Parkin
22/06/1968 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 44 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
29/06/1968 Round 11 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 10 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
06/07/1968 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 29 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
13/07/1968 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 19 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
20/07/1968 Round 14 Footscray HOME WIN HAW by 82 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
27/07/1968 Round 15 Carlton AWAY WIN HAW by 13 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
03/08/1968 Round 16 Collingwood HOME WIN HAW by 25 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
10/08/1968 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 16 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
17/08/1968 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 38 John Kennedy David Parkin
24/08/1968 Round 19 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 9 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
31/08/1968 Round 20 Fitzroy AWAY WIN HAW by 10 John Kennedy Graham Arthur