Carlton
"Watched by what remains (and is likely to remain) an Australian record crowd for any football match of 121,696 Carlton looked dead and buried at the long break inducing Barassi to unleash his now famous instruction to his players to "handball, handball, handball". The players' compliance with this command, coupled with the inspirational impact of nineteenth man Ted Hopkins, saw the pattern of the game alter completely...."
John Devaney reports on the colorful history of the old dark navy Blues and their record-equalling 16 V/AFL premierships
1968 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Carlton's 1968 Fixture
Rnd | H&A | Club | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | R | Opponent | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | S | Mgn | Grd | Date | SC |
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1968-04-15 1 | H | Carlton | 1.2 | 3.10 | 9.15 | 13.22 | 100 | WON | Geelong | 2.1 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 7.12 | 54 | 46 | PRI | 1968-04-15 Apr 15 (Mon, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-04-20 2 | A | Carlton | 1.3 | 7.8 | 8.11 | 10.12 | 72 | LOST | Richmond | 5.6 | 8.7 | 11.13 | 17.16 | 118 | -46 | MCG | 1968-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-04-25 3 | H | Carlton | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.10 | 1.11 | 17 | LOST | Essendon | 0.1 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 50 | -33 | PRI | 1968-04-25 Apr 25 (Thu, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-05-04 4 | A | Carlton | 7.3 | 8.3 | 15.7 | 15.10 | 100 | WON | Hawthorn | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 11.11 | 77 | 23 | GLE | 1968-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-05-11 5 | H | Carlton | 6.3 | 9.7 | 13.11 | 16.15 | 111 | WON | Footscray | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 39 | 72 | PRI | 1968-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-05-18 6 | A | Carlton | 2.1 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 12.11 | 83 | WON | South Melbourne | 3.3 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 10.11 | 71 | 12 | LAK | 1968-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-05-25 7 | H | Carlton | 2.4 | 9.8 | 13.9 | 15.11 | 101 | WON | Collingwood | 1.7 | 3.9 | 7.12 | 9.13 | 67 | 34 | PRI | 1968-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-06-10 8 | A | Carlton | 1.4 | 3.7 | 9.10 | 13.15 | 93 | WON | Fitzroy | 1.2 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.10 | 34 | 59 | PRI | 1968-06-10 Jun 10 (Mon, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-06-15 9 | H | Carlton | 5.5 | 9.8 | 14.11 | 20.11 | 131 | WON | North Melbourne | 4.6 | 4.9 | 7.14 | 10.15 | 75 | 56 | PRI | 1968-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-06-22 10 | A | Carlton | 2.2 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 8.8 | 56 | WON | St. Kilda | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3.10 | 3.10 | 28 | 28 | MOO | 1968-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-06-29 11 | H | Carlton | 4.6 | 6.6 | 9.12 | 11.19 | 85 | WON | Melbourne | 2.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 43 | 42 | PRI | 1968-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-07-06 12 | A | Carlton | 2.2 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 9.9 | 63 | WON | Geelong | 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 55 | 8 | KAR | 1968-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-07-13 13 | H | Carlton | 4.6 | 7.10 | 9.11 | 11.14 | 80 | WON | Richmond | 2.8 | 3.10 | 7.14 | 10.14 | 74 | 6 | PRI | 1968-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-07-20 14 | A | Carlton | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.12 | 6.13 | 49 | LOST | Essendon | 0.3 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 7.13 | 55 | -6 | WIN | 1968-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-07-27 15 | H | Carlton | 1.5 | 1.7 | 6.12 | 9.14 | 68 | LOST | Hawthorn | 1.2 | 4.6 | 7.9 | 11.15 | 81 | -13 | PRI | 1968-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-03 16 | A | Carlton | 2.3 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 10.10 | 70 | LOST | Footscray | 1.0 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 16.6 | 102 | -32 | WES | 1968-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-10 17 | H | Carlton | 6.2 | 9.4 | 14.10 | 18.14 | 122 | WON | South Melbourne | 5.2 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 11.14 | 80 | 42 | PRI | 1968-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-17 18 | A | Carlton | 5.4 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 16.11 | 107 | WON | Collingwood | 2.2 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 10.10 | 70 | 37 | VIC | 1968-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-24 19 | H | Carlton | 4.3 | 8.10 | 15.12 | 21.17 | 143 | WON | Fitzroy | 4.1 | 6.6 | 7.14 | 12.19 | 91 | 52 | PRI | 1968-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-31 20 | A | Carlton | 4.4 | 7.6 | 13.8 | 15.10 | 100 | WON | North Melbourne | 1.3 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 11.13 | 79 | 21 | ARD | 1968-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-09-14 2SF | H | Carlton | 5.8 | 6.9 | 11.12 | 13.17 | 95 | WON | Essendon | 1.2 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.11 | 59 | 36 | MCG | 1968-09-14 Sep 14 (Sat, 2:30) | Scores |
1968-09-28 GF | H | Carlton | 2.2 | 6.8 | 7.9 | 7.14 | 56 | WON | Essendon | 2.1 | 5.1 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 53 | 3 | MCG | 1968-09-28 Sep 28 (Sat, 2:50) | Scores |
1968 Player Stats
# | Player | GP | K | Avg | H | Avg | D | Avg | M | Avg | HO | Avg | T | Avg | FF | FA | G | Avg | B | TS |
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26 | Anderson, Graeme | 8 | 66 | 8.3 | 12 | 1.5 | 78 | 9.8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
41 | Auchettl, Ron | 12 | 162 | 13.5 | 37 | 3.1 | 199 | 16.6 | 25 | 2.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 0.6 | 6 | 48 | ||
31 | Barassi Jnr, Ron | 10 | 118 | 11.8 | 47 | 4.7 | 165 | 16.5 | 32 | 3.2 | 10 | 1.0 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 0.3 | 8 | 26 | ||
12 | Bennett, Bill | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 12 | 1.7 | 53 | 7.6 | 17 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 26 | ||
22 | Bishop, Noel | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | Board Snr, Terry | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 10 | 1.4 | 89 | 12.7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0.9 | 8 | 44 | ||
15 | Casey, Gordon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | ||
47 | Chandler, Neil | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 15 | 1.7 | 88 | 9.8 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||
19 | Collins, Ian | 22 | 276 | 12.5 | 18 | 0.8 | 294 | 13.4 | 59 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | Crane, Gary | 18 | 336 | 18.7 | 38 | 2.1 | 374 | 20.8 | 69 | 3.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 40 | 22 | 3 | 0.2 | 3 | 21 | ||
17 | Crosswell, Brent | 19 | 287 | 15.1 | 59 | 3.1 | 346 | 18.2 | 76 | 4.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 0.7 | 19 | 97 | ||
38 | Edmond, Bob | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 11 | 1.6 | 61 | 8.7 | 23 | 3.3 | 17 | 2.4 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
10 | Gallagher, Adrian | 22 | 466 | 21.2 | 34 | 1.5 | 500 | 22.7 | 83 | 3.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 66 | 53 | 30 | 1.4 | 33 | 213 | ||
21 | Gill, Barry | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 10 | 1.1 | 69 | 7.7 | 12 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
11 | Goold, John | 19 | 217 | 11.4 | 35 | 1.8 | 252 | 13.3 | 63 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 25 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
3 | Hall, Kevin | 15 | 172 | 11.5 | 20 | 1.3 | 192 | 12.8 | 47 | 3.1 | 2 | 0.1 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
7 | Hopkins, Ted | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 5 | 1.0 | 52 | 10.4 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | Jesaulenko, Alex | 15 | 160 | 10.7 | 24 | 1.6 | 184 | 12.3 | 46 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 11 | 25 | 1.7 | 15 | 165 | ||
28 | Jones, Peter 'Percy' | 20 | 157 | 7.9 | 70 | 3.5 | 227 | 11.4 | 98 | 4.9 | 317 | 15.9 | 38 | 55 | 28 | 1.4 | 18 | 186 | ||
16 | Kekovich, Brian | 17 | 164 | 9.6 | 31 | 1.8 | 195 | 11.5 | 69 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 33 | 39 | 59 | 3.5 | 41 | 395 | ||
9 | Kerr, Peter | 11 | 98 | 8.9 | 8 | 0.7 | 106 | 9.6 | 15 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | ||
20 | Lofts, Wes | 20 | 170 | 8.5 | 21 | 1.1 | 191 | 9.6 | 69 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 39 | 2 | 0.1 | 1 | 13 | ||
36 | McLean, Peter | 14 | 78 | 5.6 | 11 | 0.8 | 89 | 6.4 | 18 | 1.3 | 1 | 0.1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
8 | Munari, Dennis | 13 | 190 | 14.6 | 24 | 1.8 | 214 | 16.5 | 17 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 0.8 | 17 | 83 | ||
2 | Nicholls, John | 21 | 204 | 9.7 | 75 | 3.6 | 279 | 13.3 | 62 | 3.0 | 524 | 25.0 | 53 | 87 | 18 | 0.9 | 22 | 130 | ||
23 | Nicoll, Ian | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 28 | 7.0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | Quirk, Bryan | 15 | 182 | 12.1 | 16 | 1.1 | 198 | 13.2 | 70 | 4.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 33 | 29 | 16 | 1.1 | 16 | 112 | ||
34 | Robertson, Ian | 20 | 212 | 10.6 | 23 | 1.2 | 235 | 11.8 | 73 | 3.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 48 | 47 | 23 | 1.2 | 29 | 167 | ||
1 | Silvagni, Serge | 22 | 399 | 18.1 | 53 | 2.4 | 452 | 20.5 | 115 | 5.2 | 27 | 1.2 | 42 | 39 | 6 | 0.3 | 8 | 44 | ||
37 | Smith, Peter | 10 | 81 | 8.1 | 13 | 1.3 | 94 | 9.4 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0.8 | 10 | 58 | ||
39 | Stewart, Cliff | 9 | 134 | 14.9 | 15 | 1.7 | 149 | 16.6 | 21 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | ||
44 | Stone, Ron | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 13 | 1.2 | 72 | 6.5 | 23 | 2.1 | 13 | 1.2 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 0.3 | 1 | 19 | ||
30 | Waite, Vin | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 3 | 0.6 | 24 | 4.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
42 | Walls, Robert | 21 | 198 | 9.4 | 27 | 1.3 | 225 | 10.7 | 60 | 2.9 | 4 | 0.2 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 15 | ||
Totals | 440 | 4993 | 11.3 | 793 | 1.8 | 5786 | 13.2 | 1347 | 3.1 | 922 | 2.1 | 736 | 750 | 269 | 0.6 | 270 | 1884 |