1968 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results of Footscray for the 1968 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in tenth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1968 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Home Ground:
Western Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
10th (W-D-L: 5-0-15, P%: 82.6)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett, Les | #20 | 10 | 1 | R06-10, R12, R17-20 |
| Bean, Graeme | #34 | 7 | 1 | R01-02, R15-17, R19-20 |
| Bisset, George | #6 | 20 | 31 | R01-20 |
| Bryant, Ian | #5 | 16 | 8 | R01-04, R08-14, R16-20 |
| Chalmers, Graeme | #27 | 2 | 1 | R03-04 |
| Cook, Fred | #29 | 20 | 1 | R01-20 |
| Cook, Graeme | #10 | 7 | 1 | R11-12, R14-17, R19 |
| Cumming, Len | #31 | 9 | 5 | R01-08, R15 |
| Darcy, David | #15 | 13 | 9 | R01-06, R08-14 |
| Delmenico, Kevin | #18 | 17 | 0 | R04-20 |
| Dempsey, Gary | #24 | 13 | 9 | R01-04, R07, R12-16, R18-20 |
| Fincher, Noel | #28 | 2 | 0 | R01, R09 |
| Greenwood, Ken | #1 | 14 | 0 | R01-07, R14-20 |
| Harvey, Brian | #45 | 2 | 0 | R03-04 |
| Hill, Tony | #43 | 1 | 0 | R18 |
| Hines, Peter | #2 | 8 | 9 | R08-11, R13-15, R20 |
| Jackman, Kevin | #7 | 5 | 1 | R01, R04-05, R08, R16 |
| Jillard, John | #25 | 20 | 0 | R01-20 |
| Magee, Stuart | #6 | 14 | 11 | R06-11, R13-20 |
| Magor, Doug | #38 | 2 | 1 | R12-13 |
| Mannix, Alan | #8 | 11 | 6 | R03-13 |
| Marsh, Ivan | #33 | 15 | 13 | R01-05, R10-14, R16-20 |
| McGowan, Ron | #22 | 19 | 0 | R02-20 |
| McKenzie, Don | #30 | 15 | 9 | R01-03, R05-07, R09-12, R16-20 |
| McLeod, Kevin | #47 | 1 | 1 | R15 |
| Merrington, Gary | #19 | 17 | 5 | R01, R05-20 |
| Patterson, Dallas | #26 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Percy, Robert | #12 | 5 | 0 | R05-09 |
| Pleitner, Bryan | #32 | 4 | 0 | R01-03, R05 |
| Reilly, John | #32 | 17 | 0 | R01-15, R17-18 |
| Sandilands, Laurie | #9 | 7 | 7 | R01-02, R04, R06, R18-20 |
| Schultz, John | #14 | 16 | 2 | R01-11, R13-17 |
| Spargo, Ricky | #36 | 16 | 19 | R01-03, R07, R09-20 |
| Stevens, Kevin | #4 | 4 | 2 | R05-08 |
| Thorpe, David | #16 | 19 | 4 | R02-20 |
| Wallace, Ian | #50 | 2 | 0 | R14-15 |
| Welsh, Peter | #37 | 9 | 5 | R10-13, R16-20 |
| Whitten, Ted | #3 | 20 | 36 | R01-20 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton, Charlie | 20 | 5 | -0- | 15 | R01-20 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/04/1968 | Round 1 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 16 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 20/04/1968 | Round 2 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 24 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 27/04/1968 | Round 3 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 11 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 04/05/1968 | Round 4 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 12 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 11/05/1968 | Round 5 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 72 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 18/05/1968 | Round 6 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 37 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 25/05/1968 | Round 7 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 44 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 08/06/1968 | Round 8 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 13 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 15/06/1968 | Round 9 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 42 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 22/06/1968 | Round 10 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 28 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 29/06/1968 | Round 11 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 18 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 06/07/1968 | Round 12 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 15 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 13/07/1968 | Round 13 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 83 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 20/07/1968 | Round 14 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 82 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 27/07/1968 | Round 15 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 5 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 03/08/1968 | Round 16 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 32 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 10/08/1968 | Round 17 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 9 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 17/08/1968 | Round 18 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 65 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 24/08/1968 | Round 19 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 4 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
| 31/08/1968 | Round 20 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 27 | Charlie Sutton | Ted Whitten |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.