1968 VFLR Season

These are the results for the 1968 season of the Victorian Football League Reserves (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured twenty rounds. Richmond Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Essendon Reserves were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1968 VFLR Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 124

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Reserves Princes Park Graham Donaldson
Collingwood Reserves Victoria Park Neil Mann
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill
Fitzroy Reserves Princes Park
Footscray Reserves Western Oval
Geelong Reserves Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Reserves Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Reserves MCG Ian Ridley
North Melbourne Reserves Arden Street Oval
Richmond Reserves MCG John Nix
South Melbourne Reserves Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Reserves Moorabbin Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Essendon Reserves
Runners-Up: Richmond Reserves
Minor Premiers: Richmond Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond Reserves 1st 15 -1- 4 62 154.1% 2,087 1,354 292 335 190 214
Essendon Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 117.7% 1,700 1,444 240 260 200 244
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 11 -1- 8 46 114.6% 1,692 1,477 236 276 208 229
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 11 -1- 8 46 89.1% 1,518 1,703 213 240 239 269
St Kilda Reserves 5th 10 -1- 9 42 108.7% 1,464 1,347 202 252 188 219
Geelong Reserves 6th 9 -1- 10 38 92.0% 1,461 1,588 207 219 221 262
Melbourne Reserves 7th 8 -1- 11 34 83.8% 1,419 1,693 199 225 235 283
Carlton Reserves 8th 8 -0- 12 32 101.0% 1,640 1,624 236 224 231 238
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 8 -0- 12 32 96.4% 1,633 1,694 236 217 238 266
Footscray Reserves 10th 8 -0- 12 32 89.4% 1,362 1,523 188 234 216 227
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 8 -0- 12 32 88.9% 1,685 1,896 236 269 271 270
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 6 -0- 14 24 82.0% 1,452 1,770 200 252 248 282

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Essendon Reserves 1st Premiers
Richmond Reserves 2nd Runners-Up
Collingwood Reserves 3rd Defeated by Richmond Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Hawthorn Reserves 4th Defeated by Collingwood Reserves (Semi Final)
St Kilda Reserves 5th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong Reserves 6th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Reserves 7th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton Reserves 8th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne Reserves 9th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray Reserves 10th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy Reserves 11th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Reserves 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 15/04/1968 Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 117 - 84
MON 15/04/1968 Collingwood (R) v Richmond (R) Victoria Park 79 - 107
MON 15/04/1968 Essendon (R) v Hawthorn (R) Windy Hill 126 - 69
MON 15/04/1968 Footscray (R) v North Melbourne (R) Western Oval 93 - 108
MON 15/04/1968 Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) MCG 114 - 76
MON 15/04/1968 South Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Lakeside Oval 90 - 81

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Reserves 1st 1 -0- 0 4 182.6% 126 69
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 150.0% 114 76
Carlton Reserves 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 139.3% 117 84
Richmond Reserves 4th 1 -0- 0 4 135.4% 107 79
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 1 -0- 0 4 116.1% 108 93
South Melbourne Reserves 6th 1 -0- 0 4 111.1% 90 81
St Kilda Reserves 7th 0 -0- 1 0 90.0% 81 90
Footscray Reserves 8th 0 -0- 1 0 86.1% 93 108
Collingwood Reserves 9th 0 -0- 1 0 73.8% 79 107
Geelong Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 71.8% 84 117
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 0 -0- 1 0 66.7% 76 114
Hawthorn Reserves 12th 0 -0- 1 0 54.8% 69 126

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1968 Fitzroy (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 85 - 169
SAT 20/04/1968 Geelong (R) v Footscray (R) Kardinia Park 75 - 60
SAT 20/04/1968 Hawthorn (R) v South Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 80 - 70
SAT 20/04/1968 North Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Arden Street Oval 61 - 71
SAT 20/04/1968 Richmond (R) v Carlton (R) MCG 95 - 75
SAT 20/04/1968 St Kilda (R) v Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 40 - 63

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Reserves 1st 2 -0- 0 8 152.6% 177 116
Essendon Reserves 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 151.5% 197 130
Richmond Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 131.2% 202 154
Collingwood Reserves 4th 1 -0- 1 4 129.2% 248 192
Carlton Reserves 5th 1 -0- 1 4 107.3% 192 179
North Melbourne Reserves 6th 1 -0- 1 4 103.0% 169 164
South Melbourne Reserves 7th 1 -0- 1 4 99.4% 160 161
Geelong Reserves 8th 1 -0- 1 4 89.8% 159 177
Hawthorn Reserves 9th 1 -0- 1 4 76.0% 149 196
Footscray Reserves 10th 0 -0- 2 0 83.6% 153 183
St Kilda Reserves 11th 0 -0- 2 0 79.1% 121 153
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 56.9% 161 283

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1968 Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 61 - 63
SAT 27/04/1968 Collingwood (R) v St Kilda (R) Victoria Park 80 - 78
SAT 27/04/1968 Footscray (R) v Hawthorn (R) Western Oval 61 - 37
SAT 27/04/1968 North Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Arden Street Oval 100 - 63
SAT 27/04/1968 Richmond (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 119 - 63
SAT 27/04/1968 South Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 58 - 73

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 3 -0- 0 12 147.9% 321 217
Melbourne Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 143.7% 250 174
Essendon Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 136.1% 260 191
Collingwood Reserves 4th 2 -0- 1 8 121.5% 328 270
North Melbourne Reserves 5th 2 -0- 1 8 118.5% 269 227
Carlton Reserves 6th 1 -0- 2 4 104.5% 253 242
Footscray Reserves 7th 1 -0- 2 4 97.3% 214 220
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 1 -0- 2 4 93.2% 218 234
Geelong Reserves 9th 1 -0- 2 4 75.0% 222 296
Hawthorn Reserves 10th 1 -0- 2 4 72.4% 186 257
St Kilda Reserves 11th 0 -0- 3 0 85.4% 199 233
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 3 0 58.5% 224 383

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1968 Essendon (R) v South Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 66 - 78
SAT 04/05/1968 Fitzroy (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 58 - 93
SAT 04/05/1968 Geelong (R) v Collingwood (R) Kardinia Park 83 - 56
SAT 04/05/1968 Hawthorn (R) v Carlton (R) Glenferrie Oval 97 - 132
SAT 04/05/1968 Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 92 - 128
SAT 04/05/1968 St Kilda (R) v Richmond (R) Moorabbin Oval 119 - 59

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 3 -0- 1 12 124.5% 397 319
Essendon Reserves 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 121.2% 326 269
Melbourne Reserves 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 113.2% 342 302
Richmond Reserves 4th 3 -0- 1 12 113.1% 380 336
Carlton Reserves 5th 2 -0- 2 8 113.6% 385 339
Footscray Reserves 6th 2 -0- 2 8 110.4% 307 278
Collingwood Reserves 7th 2 -0- 2 8 108.8% 384 353
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 2 -0- 2 8 98.7% 296 300
Geelong Reserves 9th 2 -0- 2 8 86.6% 305 352
St Kilda Reserves 10th 1 -0- 3 4 108.9% 318 292
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 1 -0- 3 4 72.8% 283 389
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 4 0 59.2% 282 476

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1968 Carlton (R) v Footscray (R) Princes Park 118 - 72
SAT 11/05/1968 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) Victoria Park 137 - 69
SAT 11/05/1968 Essendon (R) v Fitzroy (R) Windy Hill 106 - 87
SAT 11/05/1968 Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) MCG 84 - 93
SAT 11/05/1968 North Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) Arden Street Oval 108 - 59
SAT 11/05/1968 South Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Lakeside Oval 53 - 96

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne Reserves 1st 4 -0- 1 16 133.6% 505 378
Richmond Reserves 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 122.4% 476 389
Essendon Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 121.3% 432 356
Collingwood Reserves 4th 3 -0- 2 12 123.5% 521 422
Carlton Reserves 5th 3 -0- 2 12 122.4% 503 411
Melbourne Reserves 6th 3 -0- 2 12 107.8% 426 395
Geelong Reserves 7th 3 -0- 2 12 91.3% 398 436
Footscray Reserves 8th 2 -0- 3 8 95.7% 379 396
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 2 -0- 3 8 88.1% 349 396
St Kilda Reserves 10th 1 -0- 4 4 94.3% 377 400
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 1 -0- 4 4 66.9% 352 526
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 5 0 63.4% 369 582

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1968 Collingwood (R) v Essendon (R) Victoria Park 55 - 57
SAT 18/05/1968 Fitzroy (R) v St Kilda (R) Princes Park 59 - 97
SAT 18/05/1968 Footscray (R) v Melbourne (R) Western Oval 99 - 31
SAT 18/05/1968 Hawthorn (R) v Geelong (R) Glenferrie Oval 81 - 99
SAT 18/05/1968 Richmond (R) v North Melbourne (R) MCG 116 - 39
SAT 18/05/1968 South Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Lakeside Oval 87 - 69

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 5 -0- 1 20 138.3% 592 428
Essendon Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 119.0% 489 411
North Melbourne Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 110.1% 544 494
Geelong Reserves 4th 4 -0- 2 16 96.1% 497 517
Collingwood Reserves 5th 3 -0- 3 12 120.3% 576 479
Carlton Reserves 6th 3 -0- 3 12 114.9% 572 498
Footscray Reserves 7th 3 -0- 3 12 111.9% 478 427
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 3 -0- 3 12 93.8% 436 465
Melbourne Reserves 9th 3 -0- 3 12 92.5% 457 494
St Kilda Reserves 10th 2 -0- 4 8 103.3% 474 459
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 1 -0- 5 4 69.3% 433 625
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 0 -0- 6 0 63.0% 428 679

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1968 Carlton (R) v Collingwood (R) Princes Park 93 - 96
SAT 25/05/1968 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) Windy Hill 53 - 94
SAT 25/05/1968 Geelong (R) v Fitzroy (R) Kardinia Park 44 - 64
SAT 25/05/1968 Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 83 - 101
SAT 25/05/1968 North Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 82 - 75
SAT 25/05/1968 St Kilda (R) v Footscray (R) Moorabbin Oval 65 - 71

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 6 -0- 1 24 142.6% 686 481
North Melbourne Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 110.0% 626 569
Essendon Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 107.3% 542 505
Collingwood Reserves 4th 4 -0- 3 16 117.5% 672 572
Footscray Reserves 5th 4 -0- 3 16 111.6% 549 492
Geelong Reserves 6th 4 -0- 3 16 93.1% 541 581
Carlton Reserves 7th 3 -0- 4 12 112.0% 665 594
South Melbourne Reserves 8th 3 -0- 4 12 93.4% 511 547
Melbourne Reserves 9th 3 -0- 4 12 90.8% 540 595
St Kilda Reserves 10th 2 -0- 5 8 101.7% 539 530
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 2 -0- 5 8 75.4% 534 708
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 6 4 68.0% 492 723

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1968 Collingwood (R) v Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 117 - 48
SAT 08/06/1968 Footscray (R) v South Melbourne (R) Western Oval 94 - 69
SAT 08/06/1968 North Melbourne (R) v Geelong (R) Arden Street Oval 92 - 88
MON 10/06/1968 Fitzroy (R) v Carlton (R) Princes Park 55 - 88
MON 10/06/1968 Richmond (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 158 - 50
MON 10/06/1968 St Kilda (R) v Essendon (R) Moorabbin Oval 66 - 65

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 7 -0- 1 28 158.9% 844 531
North Melbourne Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 109.3% 718 657
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 127.3% 789 620
Footscray Reserves 4th 5 -0- 3 20 114.6% 643 561
Essendon Reserves 5th 5 -0- 3 20 106.3% 607 571
Carlton Reserves 6th 4 -0- 4 16 116.0% 753 649
Geelong Reserves 7th 4 -0- 4 16 93.5% 629 673
St Kilda Reserves 8th 3 -0- 5 12 101.7% 605 595
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 3 -0- 5 12 90.5% 580 641
Melbourne Reserves 10th 3 -0- 5 12 82.6% 588 712
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 2 -0- 6 8 67.4% 584 866
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 7 4 67.4% 547 811

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1968 Carlton (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 103 - 88
SAT 15/06/1968 Essendon (R) v Footscray (R) Windy Hill 101 - 64
SAT 15/06/1968 Geelong (R) v St Kilda (R) Kardinia Park 72 - 21
SAT 15/06/1968 Hawthorn (R) v Fitzroy (R) Glenferrie Oval 103 - 80
SAT 15/06/1968 Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 64 - 136
SAT 15/06/1968 South Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) Lakeside Oval 68 - 69

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 8 -0- 1 32 164.7% 980 595
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 124.7% 858 688
Essendon Reserves 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 111.5% 708 635
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 3 24 106.1% 806 760
Carlton Reserves 5th 5 -0- 4 20 116.1% 856 737
Footscray Reserves 6th 5 -0- 4 20 106.8% 707 662
Geelong Reserves 7th 5 -0- 4 20 101.0% 701 694
St Kilda Reserves 8th 3 -0- 6 12 93.9% 626 667
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 3 -0- 6 12 91.3% 648 710
Melbourne Reserves 10th 3 -0- 6 12 76.9% 652 848
Hawthorn Reserves 11th 3 -0- 6 12 72.6% 687 946
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 8 4 68.6% 627 914

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1968 Fitzroy (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 45 - 125
SAT 22/06/1968 Footscray (R) v Collingwood (R) Western Oval 38 - 57
SAT 22/06/1968 Geelong (R) v South Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 66 - 70
SAT 22/06/1968 Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 46 - 96
SAT 22/06/1968 North Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Arden Street Oval 82 - 96
SAT 22/06/1968 St Kilda (R) v Carlton (R) Moorabbin Oval 58 - 51

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 9 -0- 1 36 172.7% 1,105 640
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 126.0% 915 726
Essendon Reserves 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 118.1% 804 681
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 4 24 103.7% 888 856
Carlton Reserves 5th 5 -0- 5 20 114.1% 907 795
Footscray Reserves 6th 5 -0- 5 20 103.6% 745 719
Geelong Reserves 7th 5 -0- 5 20 100.4% 767 764
St Kilda Reserves 8th 4 -0- 6 16 95.3% 684 718
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 4 -0- 6 16 92.5% 718 776
Hawthorn Reserves 10th 4 -0- 6 16 76.2% 783 1,028
Melbourne Reserves 11th 3 -0- 7 12 73.9% 698 944
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 1 -0- 9 4 64.7% 672 1,039

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1968 Carlton (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 38 - 58
SAT 29/06/1968 Collingwood (R) v North Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 81 - 74
SAT 29/06/1968 Essendon (R) v Geelong (R) Windy Hill 128 - 73
SAT 29/06/1968 Hawthorn (R) v St Kilda (R) Glenferrie Oval 82 - 80
SAT 29/06/1968 Richmond (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 143 - 71
SAT 29/06/1968 South Melbourne (R) v Fitzroy (R) Lakeside Oval 92 - 125

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 10 -0- 1 40 175.5% 1,248 711
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 124.5% 996 800
Essendon Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 123.6% 932 754
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 5 24 102.7% 962 937
Carlton Reserves 5th 5 -0- 6 20 110.8% 945 853
Footscray Reserves 6th 5 -0- 6 20 94.7% 816 862
Geelong Reserves 7th 5 -0- 6 20 94.2% 840 892
Hawthorn Reserves 8th 5 -0- 6 20 78.1% 865 1,108
St Kilda Reserves 9th 4 -0- 7 16 95.5% 764 800
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 4 -0- 7 16 89.9% 810 901
Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 7 16 77.0% 756 982
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 2 -0- 9 8 70.5% 797 1,131

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1968 Fitzroy (R) v Melbourne (R) Princes Park 129 - 81
SAT 06/07/1968 Geelong (R) v Carlton (R) Kardinia Park 104 - 100
SAT 06/07/1968 Hawthorn (R) v Essendon (R) Glenferrie Oval 79 - 64
SAT 06/07/1968 North Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Arden Street Oval 59 - 60
SAT 06/07/1968 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 110 - 110
SAT 06/07/1968 St Kilda (R) v South Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 54 - 56

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 10 -1- 1 42 165.4% 1,358 821
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 8 -1- 3 34 121.5% 1,106 910
Essendon Reserves 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 119.6% 996 833
North Melbourne Reserves 4th 6 -0- 6 24 102.4% 1,021 997
Geelong Reserves 5th 6 -0- 6 24 95.2% 944 992
Footscray Reserves 6th 6 -0- 6 24 95.1% 876 921
Hawthorn Reserves 7th 6 -0- 6 24 80.5% 944 1,172
Carlton Reserves 8th 5 -0- 7 20 109.2% 1,045 957
South Melbourne Reserves 9th 5 -0- 7 20 90.7% 866 955
St Kilda Reserves 10th 4 -0- 8 16 95.6% 818 856
Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 8 16 75.3% 837 1,111
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 3 -0- 9 12 76.4% 926 1,212

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1968 Carlton (R) v Richmond (R) Princes Park 54 - 46
SAT 13/07/1968 Collingwood (R) v Fitzroy (R) Victoria Park 81 - 62
SAT 13/07/1968 Essendon (R) v North Melbourne (R) Windy Hill 99 - 83
SAT 13/07/1968 Footscray (R) v Geelong (R) Western Oval 68 - 69
SAT 13/07/1968 Melbourne (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 64 - 80
SAT 13/07/1968 South Melbourne (R) v Hawthorn (R) Lakeside Oval 47 - 93

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 10 -1- 2 42 160.5% 1,404 875
Collingwood Reserves 2nd 9 -1- 3 38 122.1% 1,187 972
Essendon Reserves 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 119.5% 1,095 916
Geelong Reserves 4th 7 -0- 6 28 95.6% 1,013 1,060
Hawthorn Reserves 5th 7 -0- 6 28 85.1% 1,037 1,219
Carlton Reserves 6th 6 -0- 7 24 109.6% 1,099 1,003
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 6 -0- 7 24 100.7% 1,104 1,096
Footscray Reserves 8th 6 -0- 7 24 95.4% 944 990
St Kilda Reserves 9th 5 -0- 8 20 97.6% 898 920
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 5 -0- 8 20 87.1% 913 1,048
Melbourne Reserves 11th 4 -0- 9 16 75.7% 901 1,191
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 3 -0- 10 12 76.4% 988 1,293

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1968 Essendon (R) v Carlton (R) Windy Hill 109 - 100
SAT 20/07/1968 Fitzroy (R) v North Melbourne (R) Princes Park 95 - 85
SAT 20/07/1968 Geelong (R) v Richmond (R) Kardinia Park 42 - 91
SAT 20/07/1968 Hawthorn (R) v Footscray (R) Glenferrie Oval 81 - 51
SAT 20/07/1968 Melbourne (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 134 - 96
SAT 20/07/1968 St Kilda (R) v Collingwood (R) Moorabbin Oval 77 - 61

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 11 -1- 2 46 163.0% 1,495 917
Essendon Reserves 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 118.5% 1,204 1,016
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 9 -1- 4 38 119.0% 1,248 1,049
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 8 -0- 6 32 88.0% 1,118 1,270
Geelong Reserves 5th 7 -0- 7 28 91.7% 1,055 1,151
Carlton Reserves 6th 6 -0- 8 24 107.8% 1,199 1,112
North Melbourne Reserves 7th 6 -0- 8 24 99.8% 1,189 1,191
St Kilda Reserves 8th 6 -0- 8 24 99.4% 975 981
Footscray Reserves 9th 6 -0- 8 24 92.9% 995 1,071
South Melbourne Reserves 10th 5 -0- 9 20 85.4% 1,009 1,182
Melbourne Reserves 11th 5 -0- 9 20 80.4% 1,035 1,287
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 4 -0- 10 16 78.6% 1,083 1,378

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1968 Carlton (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 44 - 27
SAT 27/07/1968 Collingwood (R) v Geelong (R) Victoria Park 93 - 62
SAT 27/07/1968 Footscray (R) v Fitzroy (R) Western Oval 72 - 76
SAT 27/07/1968 North Melbourne (R) v Melbourne (R) Arden Street Oval 66 - 85
SAT 27/07/1968 Richmond (R) v St Kilda (R) MCG 64 - 98
SAT 27/07/1968 South Melbourne (R) v Essendon (R) Lakeside Oval 57 - 61

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 11 -1- 3 46 153.6% 1,559 1,015
Essendon Reserves 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 117.9% 1,265 1,073
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 10 -1- 4 42 120.7% 1,341 1,111
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 8 -0- 7 32 87.1% 1,145 1,314
Carlton Reserves 5th 7 -0- 8 28 109.1% 1,243 1,139
St Kilda Reserves 6th 7 -0- 8 28 102.7% 1,073 1,045
Geelong Reserves 7th 7 -0- 8 28 89.8% 1,117 1,244
North Melbourne Reserves 8th 6 -0- 9 24 98.4% 1,255 1,276
Footscray Reserves 9th 6 -0- 9 24 93.0% 1,067 1,147
Melbourne Reserves 10th 6 -0- 9 24 82.8% 1,120 1,353
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 5 -0- 10 20 85.8% 1,066 1,243
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 5 -0- 10 20 79.9% 1,159 1,450

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1968 Fitzroy (R) v Essendon (R) Princes Park 58 - 81
SAT 03/08/1968 Footscray (R) v Carlton (R) Western Oval 66 - 60
SAT 03/08/1968 Geelong (R) v Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 66 - 39
SAT 03/08/1968 Hawthorn (R) v Collingwood (R) Glenferrie Oval 71 - 64
SAT 03/08/1968 Richmond (R) v South Melbourne (R) MCG 130 - 75
SAT 03/08/1968 St Kilda (R) v North Melbourne (R) Moorabbin Oval 65 - 42

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 12 -1- 3 50 155.0% 1,689 1,090
Essendon Reserves 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 119.0% 1,346 1,131
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 10 -1- 5 42 118.9% 1,405 1,182
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 9 -0- 7 36 88.2% 1,216 1,378
St Kilda Reserves 5th 8 -0- 8 32 104.7% 1,138 1,087
Geelong Reserves 6th 8 -0- 8 32 92.2% 1,183 1,283
Carlton Reserves 7th 7 -0- 9 28 108.1% 1,303 1,205
Footscray Reserves 8th 7 -0- 9 28 93.9% 1,133 1,207
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 6 -0- 10 24 96.7% 1,297 1,341
Melbourne Reserves 10th 6 -0- 10 24 81.7% 1,159 1,419
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 5 -0- 11 20 83.1% 1,141 1,373
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 5 -0- 11 20 79.5% 1,217 1,531

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1968 Carlton (R) v South Melbourne (R) Princes Park 123 - 81
SAT 10/08/1968 Essendon (R) v Collingwood (R) Windy Hill 81 - 53
SAT 10/08/1968 Geelong (R) v Hawthorn (R) Kardinia Park 53 - 63
SAT 10/08/1968 Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) MCG 89 - 67
SAT 10/08/1968 North Melbourne (R) v Richmond (R) Arden Street Oval 49 - 104
SAT 10/08/1968 St Kilda (R) v Fitzroy (R) Moorabbin Oval 128 - 76

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 13 -1- 3 54 157.4% 1,793 1,139
Essendon Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 120.5% 1,427 1,184
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 10 -1- 6 42 115.4% 1,458 1,263
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 10 -0- 7 40 89.4% 1,279 1,431
St Kilda Reserves 5th 9 -0- 8 36 108.9% 1,266 1,163
Carlton Reserves 6th 8 -0- 9 32 110.9% 1,426 1,286
Geelong Reserves 7th 8 -0- 9 32 91.8% 1,236 1,346
Footscray Reserves 8th 7 -0- 10 28 92.6% 1,200 1,296
Melbourne Reserves 9th 7 -0- 10 28 84.0% 1,248 1,486
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 6 -0- 11 24 93.1% 1,346 1,445
South Melbourne Reserves 11th 5 -0- 12 20 81.7% 1,222 1,496
Fitzroy Reserves 12th 5 -0- 12 20 77.9% 1,293 1,659

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1968 Collingwood (R) v Carlton (R) Victoria Park 94 - 60
SAT 17/08/1968 Fitzroy (R) v Geelong (R) Princes Park 126 - 83
SAT 17/08/1968 Footscray (R) v St Kilda (R) Western Oval 32 - 64
SAT 17/08/1968 Hawthorn (R) v Melbourne (R) Glenferrie Oval 61 - 61
SAT 17/08/1968 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 112 - 72
SAT 17/08/1968 South Melbourne (R) v North Melbourne (R) Lakeside Oval 83 - 130

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 14 -1- 3 58 157.3% 1,905 1,211
Essendon Reserves 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 115.7% 1,499 1,296
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 11 -1- 6 46 117.3% 1,552 1,323
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 10 -1- 7 42 89.8% 1,340 1,492
St Kilda Reserves 5th 10 -0- 8 40 111.3% 1,330 1,195
Carlton Reserves 6th 8 -0- 10 32 107.7% 1,486 1,380
Geelong Reserves 7th 8 -0- 10 32 89.6% 1,319 1,472
Melbourne Reserves 8th 7 -1- 10 30 84.6% 1,309 1,547
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 7 -0- 11 28 96.6% 1,476 1,528
Footscray Reserves 10th 7 -0- 11 28 90.6% 1,232 1,360
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 6 -0- 12 24 81.5% 1,419 1,742
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 5 -0- 13 20 80.3% 1,305 1,626

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1968 Carlton (R) v Fitzroy (R) Princes Park 67 - 140
SAT 24/08/1968 Essendon (R) v St Kilda (R) Windy Hill 89 - 71
SAT 24/08/1968 Geelong (R) v North Melbourne (R) Kardinia Park 79 - 53
SAT 24/08/1968 Hawthorn (R) v Richmond (R) Glenferrie Oval 91 - 85
SAT 24/08/1968 Melbourne (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 58 - 49
SAT 24/08/1968 South Melbourne (R) v Footscray (R) Lakeside Oval 51 - 53

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 14 -1- 4 58 152.8% 1,990 1,302
Essendon Reserves 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 116.2% 1,588 1,367
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 11 -1- 7 46 115.9% 1,601 1,381
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 11 -1- 7 46 90.7% 1,431 1,577
St Kilda Reserves 5th 10 -0- 9 40 109.1% 1,401 1,284
Geelong Reserves 6th 9 -0- 10 36 91.7% 1,398 1,525
Melbourne Reserves 7th 8 -1- 10 34 85.7% 1,367 1,596
Carlton Reserves 8th 8 -0- 11 32 102.2% 1,553 1,520
Footscray Reserves 9th 8 -0- 11 32 91.1% 1,285 1,411
North Melbourne Reserves 10th 7 -0- 12 28 95.1% 1,529 1,607
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 7 -0- 12 28 86.2% 1,559 1,809
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 5 -0- 14 20 80.8% 1,356 1,679

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1968 Collingwood (R) v South Melbourne (R) Victoria Park 91 - 96
SAT 31/08/1968 Fitzroy (R) v Hawthorn (R) Princes Park 126 - 87
SAT 31/08/1968 Footscray (R) v Essendon (R) Western Oval 77 - 112
SAT 31/08/1968 North Melbourne (R) v Carlton (R) Arden Street Oval 104 - 87
SAT 31/08/1968 Richmond (R) v Melbourne (R) MCG 97 - 52
SAT 31/08/1968 St Kilda (R) v Geelong (R) Moorabbin Oval 63 - 63

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Reserves 1st 15 -1- 4 62 154.1% 2,087 1,354
Essendon Reserves 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 117.7% 1,700 1,444
Collingwood Reserves 3rd 11 -1- 8 46 114.6% 1,692 1,477
Hawthorn Reserves 4th 11 -1- 8 46 89.1% 1,518 1,703
St Kilda Reserves 5th 10 -1- 9 42 108.7% 1,464 1,347
Geelong Reserves 6th 9 -1- 10 38 92.0% 1,461 1,588
Melbourne Reserves 7th 8 -1- 11 34 83.8% 1,419 1,693
Carlton Reserves 8th 8 -0- 12 32 101.0% 1,640 1,624
North Melbourne Reserves 9th 8 -0- 12 32 96.4% 1,633 1,694
Footscray Reserves 10th 8 -0- 12 32 89.4% 1,362 1,523
Fitzroy Reserves 11th 8 -0- 12 32 88.9% 1,685 1,896
South Melbourne Reserves 12th 6 -0- 14 24 82.0% 1,452 1,770

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1968 Collingwood (R) v Hawthorn (R) MCG 65 - 54
SAT 14/09/1968 Richmond (R) v Essendon (R) MCG 120 - 134

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1968 Richmond (R) v Collingwood (R) MCG 118 - 93

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1968 Essendon (R) v Richmond (R) MCG 97 - 92