1968 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-0-12, P%: 83.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Greg Parke (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Hassa Mann (29)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Ray Groom

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Hassa Mann
Vice-Captain(s): Tassie Johnson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alves, Stan #15 18 R01-R05, R07-R19 20
Anderson, Tony #11 13 R02-R09, R11-R15 0
Aubrey, Graeme #49 1 R20 2
Biffin, Ray #40 5 R12, R14-R17 2
Bourke, Barry #14 12 R09-R20 4
Campbell, Euan #41 1 R16 0
Catlin, Sid #3 1 R12 0
Clark, Denis #38 5 R05-R07, R13-R14 1
Clarke, Kelvin #17 2 R01, R12 5
Davis, Frank #6 16 R01, R03-R14, R18-R20 0
Dillon, Ross #24 7 R01-R06, R15 13
Dixon, Brian #9 19 R01-R05, R07-R20 2
Dowsing, Rob #2 7 R02-R04, R06, R08-R09, R20 0
Feldmann, Derek #28 18 R01-R09, R12-R20 1
Forster, John #27 5 R01-R02, R11, R14-R15 0
Fowler, Chris #12 15 R01-R06, R08-R09, R12-R18 3
Groom, Ray #31 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 0
Hardeman, Gary #33 17 R01, R03, R06-R20 21
Johnson, Tassie #8 19 R01-R03, R05-R20 1
Jones, Brent #34 15 R01, R04, R07, R09-R20 1
Kenneally, Bryan #22 19 R01-R14, R16-R20 7
Lakes, George #39 9 R12-R20 1
Lees, Ted #21 6 R01-R02, R10-R11, R19-R20 7
Mann, Hassa #29 18 R01-R05, R07-R11, R13-R20 29
Osborne, Graham #7 17 R03-R14, R16-R20 10
Osborne, Ken #36 5 R07-R11 5
Parke, Greg #26 17 R02-R08, R10-R13, R15-R20 17
Rhoden, Phil #44 1 R07 0
Roet, Brian #23 18 R01-R02, R04-R15, R17-R20 0
Schwarz, Darryl #37 2 R09-R10 0
Stone, Neville #18 5 R06-R07, R10, R17, R19 0
Sullivan, Tony #4 6 R04-R06, R08, R10, R16 0
Townsend, John #16 16 R01-R06, R08-R11, R15-R20 15
Vagg, Barrie #32 19 R01-R13, R15-R20 21
Walker, Max #1 16 R01-R08, R11-R16, R18, R20 14
Weekes, Peter #25 3 R17-R19 2
Whitton, Geoff #25 5 R02-R06 0
Williams, Don #35 3 R01-R03 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)
Beckwith, John 20 8 -0- 12 R01-R20

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1968 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 4 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
20/04/1968 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 56 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
27/04/1968 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 10 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
04/05/1968 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 6 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
11/05/1968 Round 5 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 7 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
18/05/1968 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 37 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
25/05/1968 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 4 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
08/06/1968 Round 8 Collingwood AWAY WIN MEL by 6 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
15/06/1968 Round 9 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 56 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
22/06/1968 Round 10 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 28 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
29/06/1968 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 42 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
06/07/1968 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 20 John Beckwith Tassie Johnson
13/07/1968 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 5 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
20/07/1968 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 10 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
27/07/1968 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 2 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
03/08/1968 Round 16 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 7 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
10/08/1968 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 9 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
17/08/1968 Round 18 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 38 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
24/08/1968 Round 19 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 1 John Beckwith Hassa Mann
31/08/1968 Round 20 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 49 John Beckwith Hassa Mann