1968 VFL Season: Fitzroy
These are the details of the premiership results for Fitzroy for the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Princes Park as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (ten as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1968 VFL Season
Team:
Fitzroy
Club:
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
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews, Mike | #3 | 15 | 0 | R01-06, R08, R13-20 |
| Atkinson, John | #39 | 3 | 1 | R10, R12-13 |
| Austin, Jack | #37 | 3 | 1 | R10-12 |
| Benison, John | #10 | 12 | 0 | R01, R05-06, R08-12, R14, R17-19 |
| Brown, Norm | #23 | 18 | 9 | R01-11, R13, R15-20 |
| Cobain, Rod | #21 | 10 | 10 | R07-11, R14-17, R20 |
| Cole, Max | #12 | 17 | 0 | R01-09, R13-20 |
| Crow, Russell | #32 | 18 | 13 | R01-18 |
| Dare, Norm | #46 | 2 | 0 | R18-19 |
| Dawson, Trevor | #8 | 2 | 1 | R06-07 |
| Eastman, Wayne | #6 | 5 | 0 | R01-05 |
| Ebbels, Gary | #22 | 3 | 1 | R09-11 |
| Enbom, Ross | #28 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| Hellings, Doug | #2 | 12 | 11 | R01-04, R07-14 |
| Herrod, Darryl | #19 | 12 | 0 | R01, R07-16, R20 |
| Hobbs, Colin | #25 | 9 | 1 | R02-04, R07-12 |
| Lazarus, Gary | #31 | 20 | 28 | R01-20 |
| Martin, Harold | #49 | 1 | 0 | R19 |
| McCrae, Ian | #7 | 15 | 7 | R02-12, R14-17 |
| McGregor, Treva | #9 | 19 | 10 | R01-10, R12-20 |
| McKenzie, Barry | #4 | 8 | 2 | R01-06, R19-20 |
| Murphy, John | #5 | 20 | 20 | R01-20 |
| Murray, Kevin | #1 | 20 | 10 | R01-20 |
| Newnham, John | #20 | 19 | 17 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| O'Brien, Paul | #17 | 17 | 1 | R01-10, R12-17, R20 |
| Padley, Barry | #14 | 6 | 3 | R01-06 |
| Parker, Ross | #45 | 3 | 2 | R08-09, R20 |
| Peoples, Daryl | #16 | 16 | 10 | R01-06, R11-20 |
| Rheinberger, Cec | #26 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Rhodes, David | #14 | 10 | 1 | R11-20 |
| Ruscuklic, Alex | #12 | 19 | 18 | R01-07, R09-20 |
| Searl, Doug | #34 | 8 | 31 | R13-20 |
| Shearer, Graeme | #41 | 3 | 1 | R17-19 |
| Sykes, David | #15 | 4 | 3 | R05-07, R12 |
| Walford, Bill | #24 | 11 | 16 | R01-08, R11-12, R20 |
| Wall, David | #33 | 2 | 0 | R07, R18 |
| Wood, Peter | #30 | 17 | 0 | R01, R04-08, R10-20 |
| Worrall, Hugh | #29 | 8 | 4 | R09, R13-16, R18-20 |
| Zunneberg, Noel | #11 | 11 | 0 | R08-13, R15-19 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen, Bill | 19 | 4 | -0- | 15 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| 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 | MELB by 4 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 20/04/1968 | Round 2 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 29 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 27/04/1968 | Round 3 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 16 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 04/05/1968 | Round 4 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 12 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 11/05/1968 | Round 5 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 31 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 18/05/1968 | Round 6 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 76 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 25/05/1968 | Round 7 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 39 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 10/06/1968 | Round 8 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 59 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 15/06/1968 | Round 9 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 30 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 22/06/1968 | Round 10 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 21 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 29/06/1968 | Round 11 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 27 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 06/07/1968 | Round 12 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 20 | Ray Slocum | Kevin Murray |
| 13/07/1968 | Round 13 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 7 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 20/07/1968 | Round 14 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 27 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 27/07/1968 | Round 15 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 5 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 03/08/1968 | Round 16 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 1 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 10/08/1968 | Round 17 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 50 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 17/08/1968 | Round 18 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 22 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 24/08/1968 | Round 19 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 52 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |
| 31/08/1968 | Round 20 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 10 | Bill Stephen | Kevin Murray |