1968 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1968 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty rounds. Sturt were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Sturt were the premiers, with Jack Oatey as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1968 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 104

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Dennis Jones
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Neil Kerley
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Geof Motley
Norwood Norwood Oval Robert Oatey
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Fos Williams
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Murray Weideman
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Johnny Birt
Woodville Woodville Oval Noel Teasdale

Season Results

Premiers: Sturt
Runners-Up: Port Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Sturt

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Sturt 1st 18 -0- 2 36 59.7% 2,072 1,401 299 278 200 201
Port Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 5 30 58.2% 1,411 1,013 198 223 140 173
North Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 6 28 53.4% 1,574 1,375 223 236 186 259
West Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 8 24 52.0% 1,484 1,371 210 224 194 207
Glenelg 5th 11 -0- 9 22 51.2% 1,464 1,396 204 240 201 190
South Adelaide 6th 9 -1- 10 19 48.7% 1,538 1,621 215 248 232 229
West Torrens 7th 9 -0- 11 18 51.1% 1,436 1,374 196 260 189 240
Central District 8th 4 -0- 16 8 43.3% 1,410 1,846 203 192 259 292
Woodville 9th 4 -0- 16 8 39.7% 1,202 1,824 162 230 258 276
Norwood 10th 3 -1- 16 7 44.6% 1,515 1,885 218 207 269 271

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Sturt 1st Premiers
Port Adelaide 2nd Runners-Up
North Adelaide 3rd Defeated by Port Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
West Adelaide 4th Defeated by North Adelaide (Semi Final)
Glenelg 5th Did not qualify for finals
South Adelaide 6th Did not qualify for finals
West Torrens 7th Did not qualify for finals
Central District 8th Did not qualify for finals
Woodville 9th Did not qualify for finals
Norwood 10th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/04/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 64 - 98
SAT 13/04/1968 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 127 - 101
SAT 13/04/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 67 - 43
SAT 13/04/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 54 - 101
SAT 13/04/1968 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 65 - 57

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 65.2% 101 54
Port Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 60.9% 67 43
Sturt 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 60.5% 98 64
Norwood 4th 1 -0- 0 2 55.7% 127 101
West Torrens 5th 1 -0- 0 2 53.3% 65 57
Woodville 6th 0 -0- 1 0 46.7% 57 65
Central District 7th 0 -0- 1 0 44.3% 101 127
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 39.5% 64 98
Glenelg 9th 0 -0- 1 0 39.1% 43 67
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 1 0 34.8% 54 101

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1968 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 141 - 90
SAT 20/04/1968 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 72 - 95
SAT 20/04/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 66 - 51
SAT 20/04/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 96 - 85
SAT 20/04/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 112 - 46

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 68.1% 213 100
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 58.6% 133 94
Sturt 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 56.6% 194 149
West Torrens 4th 2 -0- 0 4 55.4% 160 129
Central District 5th 1 -0- 1 2 52.7% 242 217
Norwood 6th 1 -0- 1 2 50.4% 199 196
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 2 0 44.0% 128 163
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 41.2% 115 164
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 2 0 37.3% 144 242
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 2 0 36.8% 103 177

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1968 Sturt v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 70 - 89
SAT 27/04/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 80 - 79
SAT 27/04/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 96 - 73
SAT 27/04/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 94 - 93
SAT 27/04/1968 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 102 - 84

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 61.4% 307 193
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 57.5% 222 164
West Torrens 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 53.2% 253 223
Sturt 4th 2 -0- 1 4 52.6% 264 238
Central District 5th 1 -0- 2 2 50.5% 326 319
Norwood 6th 1 -0- 2 2 48.2% 272 292
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 2 2 46.2% 208 242
Woodville 8th 1 -0- 2 2 44.0% 205 261
South Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 2 2 43.2% 240 315
North Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 3 0 44.3% 194 244

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 96 - 35
SAT 04/05/1968 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 33 - 61
SAT 04/05/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 72 - 41
SAT 04/05/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 67 - 128
SAT 04/05/1968 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 50 - 94

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 62.0% 368 226
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 0 8 58.9% 294 205
Sturt 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 56.2% 392 305
Glenelg 4th 2 -0- 2 4 50.8% 302 292
West Torrens 5th 2 -0- 2 4 48.9% 303 317
North Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 3 2 51.0% 290 279
Central District 7th 1 -0- 3 2 48.4% 367 391
Norwood 8th 1 -0- 3 2 46.4% 305 353
South Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 3 2 40.9% 307 443
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 3 2 40.2% 240 357

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1968 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 85 - 64
SAT 11/05/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 87 - 81
SAT 11/05/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 67 - 55
SAT 11/05/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 51 - 73
SAT 11/05/1968 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 53 - 121

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 1 8 58.4% 419 299
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 56.2% 375 292
Sturt 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 56.0% 459 360
Glenelg 4th 3 -0- 2 6 55.1% 423 345
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 3 4 52.4% 363 330
Central District 6th 2 -0- 3 4 49.8% 452 455
West Torrens 7th 2 -0- 3 4 47.7% 367 402
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 3 4 42.9% 394 524
Norwood 9th 1 -0- 4 2 46.2% 360 420
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 4 2 38.0% 293 478

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1968 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Adelaide Oval 60 - 78
SAT 18/05/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 33 - 63
SAT 18/05/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 101 - 64
SAT 18/05/1968 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 55 - 38
SAT 18/05/1968 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 32 - 91

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 1 10 60.6% 510 331
Port Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 57.4% 438 325
Sturt 3rd 5 -0- 1 10 56.9% 560 424
Glenelg 4th 3 -0- 3 6 52.8% 456 408
West Torrens 5th 3 -0- 3 6 49.0% 422 440
North Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 4 4 49.8% 427 431
Central District 7th 2 -0- 4 4 49.0% 512 533
Norwood 8th 2 -0- 4 4 47.7% 438 480
South Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 4 4 42.7% 432 579
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 5 2 36.4% 325 569

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 67 - 44
SAT 25/05/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 51 - 39
SAT 25/05/1968 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 34 - 65
SAT 25/05/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 36 - 14
SAT 25/05/1968 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 42 - 44

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 58.3% 474 339
Sturt 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 56.4% 604 466
West Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 58.8% 524 367
Glenelg 4th 4 -0- 3 8 53.6% 523 452
North Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 4 6 50.4% 478 470
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 4 6 48.9% 464 484
Central District 7th 2 -0- 5 4 48.5% 551 584
Norwood 8th 2 -0- 5 4 46.4% 472 545
South Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 5 4 42.4% 476 646
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 5 4 39.3% 390 603

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 78 - 50
SAT 01/06/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 79 - 50
SAT 01/06/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 145 - 44
SAT 01/06/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 46 - 73
SAT 01/06/1968 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 70 - 92

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 7 -0- 1 14 59.5% 749 510
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 58.7% 553 389
West Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 56.4% 570 440
Glenelg 4th 5 -0- 3 10 54.5% 596 498
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 51.7% 556 520
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 5 6 47.8% 514 562
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 5 6 44.2% 568 716
Norwood 8th 2 -0- 6 4 45.5% 522 624
Central District 9th 2 -0- 6 4 44.9% 595 729
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 6 4 39.8% 460 695

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1968 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 77 - 66
SAT 08/06/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 45 - 44 22,015
SAT 08/06/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 52 - 90
MON 10/06/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 88 - 68
MON 10/06/1968 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 74 - 133

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 8 -0- 1 16 58.9% 794 554
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 57.9% 597 434
West Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 4 10 54.0% 622 530
Glenelg 4th 5 -0- 4 10 53.1% 664 586
North Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 4 10 52.3% 644 588
West Torrens 6th 4 -0- 5 8 49.6% 604 614
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 5 8 47.0% 701 790
Central District 8th 3 -0- 6 6 45.8% 672 795
Norwood 9th 2 -0- 7 4 44.1% 596 757
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 7 4 40.5% 526 772

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1968 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 42 - 90
SAT 22/06/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 82 - 80
SAT 22/06/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 71 - 72
SAT 22/06/1968 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 45 - 67
SAT 22/06/1968 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 47 - 113

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 9 -0- 1 18 60.1% 907 601
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 58.1% 664 479
West Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 55.5% 712 572
Glenelg 4th 6 -0- 4 12 52.8% 746 666
North Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 4 12 52.1% 716 659
West Torrens 6th 4 -0- 6 8 48.8% 649 681
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 6 8 47.2% 772 862
Central District 8th 3 -0- 7 6 44.7% 714 885
Norwood 9th 2 -0- 8 4 44.6% 676 839
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 8 4 39.3% 573 885

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 111 - 84
SAT 29/06/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 107 - 100
SAT 29/06/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 79 - 75
SAT 29/06/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 149 - 77
SAT 29/06/1968 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 43 - 111

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 10 -0- 1 20 60.9% 1,056 678
Port Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 59.8% 775 522
Glenelg 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 53.3% 857 750
North Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 4 14 52.0% 823 759
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 5 12 52.3% 789 721
South Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 6 10 47.6% 851 937
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 7 8 48.8% 724 760
Central District 8th 3 -0- 8 6 44.5% 798 996
Norwood 9th 2 -0- 9 4 45.1% 776 946
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 9 4 38.2% 616 996

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 66 - 53
SAT 06/07/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 81 - 74
SAT 06/07/1968 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 102 - 160
SAT 06/07/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 100 - 36
SAT 06/07/1968 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 116 - 36

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 11 -0- 1 22 60.9% 1,216 780
Port Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 2 20 61.1% 875 558
Glenelg 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 53.5% 923 803
North Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 4 16 52.0% 904 833
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 6 12 51.8% 863 802
West Torrens 6th 5 -0- 7 10 51.3% 840 796
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 7 10 46.1% 887 1,037
Central District 8th 3 -0- 9 6 42.9% 834 1,112
Norwood 9th 2 -0- 10 4 44.3% 878 1,106
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 10 4 38.6% 669 1,062

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1968 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 102 - 112
SAT 13/07/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 72 - 73
SAT 13/07/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 118 - 87
SAT 13/07/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 77 - 87
SAT 13/07/1968 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 62 - 88

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 12 -0- 1 24 60.6% 1,334 867
Port Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 60.0% 947 631
Glenelg 3rd 9 -0- 4 18 53.2% 996 875
North Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 5 16 51.0% 991 951
West Torrens 5th 6 -0- 7 12 52.0% 928 858
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 7 12 51.4% 940 889
South Adelaide 7th 6 -0- 7 12 46.6% 974 1,114
Norwood 8th 3 -0- 10 6 45.0% 990 1,208
Central District 9th 3 -0- 10 6 43.3% 936 1,224
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 11 4 38.9% 731 1,150

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 90 - 91 17,171
SAT 20/07/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 62 - 53
SAT 20/07/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 124 - 74
SAT 20/07/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 77 - 61
SAT 20/07/1968 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 104 - 78

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 13 -0- 1 26 59.8% 1,425 957
Port Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 59.1% 1,000 693
Glenelg 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 52.9% 1,086 966
North Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 5 18 51.2% 1,053 1,004
West Torrens 5th 7 -0- 7 14 52.4% 1,032 936
West Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 7 14 51.7% 1,017 950
South Adelaide 7th 7 -0- 7 14 48.0% 1,098 1,188
Norwood 8th 3 -0- 11 6 44.9% 1,068 1,312
Central District 9th 3 -0- 11 6 42.8% 1,010 1,348
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 12 4 39.2% 792 1,227

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1968 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 56 - 60
SAT 27/07/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 57 - 42
SAT 27/07/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 105 - 104
SAT 27/07/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 112 - 74
SAT 27/07/1968 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 60 - 87

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 14 -0- 1 28 59.1% 1,530 1,061
Port Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 4 22 58.6% 1,060 749
Glenelg 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 53.1% 1,143 1,008
North Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 5 20 51.7% 1,140 1,064
West Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 7 16 52.4% 1,129 1,024
West Torrens 6th 7 -0- 8 14 52.0% 1,074 993
South Adelaide 7th 7 -0- 8 14 48.2% 1,202 1,293
Norwood 8th 3 -0- 12 6 44.5% 1,142 1,424
Central District 9th 3 -0- 12 6 43.1% 1,066 1,408
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 13 4 39.3% 852 1,314

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1968 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 78 - 49
SAT 03/08/1968 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 83 - 105
SAT 03/08/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 75 - 32
SAT 03/08/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 56 - 93
SAT 03/08/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 61 - 89

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 15 -0- 1 30 59.1% 1,619 1,122
Port Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 4 24 59.2% 1,135 781
North Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 52.0% 1,245 1,147
Glenelg 4th 10 -0- 6 20 52.3% 1,192 1,086
West Torrens 5th 8 -0- 8 16 52.7% 1,167 1,049
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 8 16 51.7% 1,190 1,113
South Adelaide 7th 7 -0- 9 14 47.6% 1,258 1,386
Central District 8th 4 -0- 12 8 44.0% 1,144 1,457
Norwood 9th 3 -0- 13 6 44.5% 1,225 1,529
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 14 4 38.9% 884 1,389

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1968 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Adelaide Oval 58 - 75
SAT 10/08/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 75 - 33
SAT 10/08/1968 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 67 - 67
SAT 10/08/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 59 - 40
SAT 10/08/1968 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 59 - 60

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 15 -0- 2 30 58.4% 1,659 1,181
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 4 26 59.3% 1,194 821
North Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 5 24 52.8% 1,320 1,180
Glenelg 4th 10 -0- 7 20 51.3% 1,225 1,161
West Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 8 18 51.6% 1,250 1,172
West Torrens 6th 8 -0- 9 16 52.5% 1,226 1,109
South Adelaide 7th 7 -1- 9 15 47.7% 1,325 1,453
Central District 8th 4 -0- 13 8 44.0% 1,202 1,532
Norwood 9th 3 -1- 13 7 44.7% 1,292 1,596
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 14 6 39.9% 959 1,447

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 131 - 66
SAT 17/08/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 91 - 58
SAT 17/08/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 126 - 51
SAT 17/08/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 88 - 80
SAT 17/08/1968 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 100 - 97

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 16 -0- 2 32 59.2% 1,785 1,232
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 5 26 58.4% 1,274 909
North Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 5 26 53.8% 1,451 1,246
West Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 8 20 51.7% 1,338 1,252
Glenelg 5th 10 -0- 8 20 50.6% 1,283 1,252
South Adelaide 6th 8 -1- 9 17 48.4% 1,416 1,511
West Torrens 7th 8 -0- 10 16 50.8% 1,277 1,235
Central District 8th 4 -0- 14 8 43.3% 1,268 1,663
Woodville 9th 4 -0- 14 8 40.7% 1,059 1,544
Norwood 10th 3 -1- 14 7 45.0% 1,389 1,696

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1968 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 70 - 90
SAT 24/08/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 47 - 53
SAT 24/08/1968 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 35 - 55
SAT 24/08/1968 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 83 - 44
SAT 24/08/1968 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 90 - 57

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 17 -0- 2 34 59.0% 1,875 1,302
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 5 28 58.5% 1,329 944
North Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 6 26 53.0% 1,508 1,336
West Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 8 22 51.7% 1,391 1,299
Glenelg 5th 10 -0- 9 20 50.5% 1,330 1,305
South Adelaide 6th 9 -1- 9 19 49.1% 1,499 1,555
West Torrens 7th 9 -0- 10 18 51.4% 1,367 1,292
Central District 8th 4 -0- 15 8 43.3% 1,338 1,753
Woodville 9th 4 -0- 15 8 40.4% 1,103 1,627
Norwood 10th 3 -1- 15 7 44.9% 1,424 1,751

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1968 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Adelaide Oval 134 - 91
SAT 31/08/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 66 - 39
SAT 31/08/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 82 - 69
SAT 31/08/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 197 - 99
SAT 31/08/1968 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 93 - 72

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 18 -0- 2 36 59.7% 2,072 1,401
Port Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 5 30 58.2% 1,411 1,013
North Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 6 28 53.4% 1,574 1,375
West Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 8 24 52.0% 1,484 1,371
Glenelg 5th 11 -0- 9 22 51.2% 1,464 1,396
South Adelaide 6th 9 -1- 10 19 48.7% 1,538 1,621
West Torrens 7th 9 -0- 11 18 51.1% 1,436 1,374
Central District 8th 4 -0- 16 8 43.3% 1,410 1,846
Woodville 9th 4 -0- 16 8 39.7% 1,202 1,824
Norwood 10th 3 -1- 16 7 44.6% 1,515 1,885

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1968 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 85 - 51 31,131
SAT 14/09/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 105 - 92 40,916

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1968 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 93 - 74 38,033

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1968 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 90 - 63 57,811