1968 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in tenth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1968 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Club:
Western Bulldogs
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 |