Claremont
"This quasi-mythological view of Claremont as ineffectual weaklings might arguably be said, in part, to have a geographical basis: the suburb of Claremont is one of the most tranquil and outwardly genteel in Perth. Moreover, Claremont was, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, one of very few genuine soccer strongholds in the colony/state of Western Australia ... Whatever the reason for the ‘cream-puff’ theory, the fact that it was essentially mythological in nature needs to be stressed. Premiership pennants in elite Australian football competitions such as the Western Australian Football League quite simply do not end up in the possession of ineffectual weaklings, and Claremont produced a number of flag-winning combinations well before the 1980s ... "
John Devaney on how the Tigers banished their genteel reputation to become a perennial WANFL powerhouse
1968 Season (WANFL) Fixture
Claremont's 1968 Fixture
Rnd |
H&A |
Club |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
R |
Opponent |
Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
S |
Mgn |
Grd |
Date |
SC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968-04-06 1 | A | Claremont | 3.3 | 8.5 | 10.7 | 16.12 | 108 | WON | South Fremantle | 6.4 | 9.7 | 14.9 | 14.16 | 100 | 8 | FRE | 1968-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-04-15 2 | H | Claremont | 2.1 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 74 | LOST | Subiaco | 6.6 | 9.9 | 15.12 | 18.16 | 124 | -50 | CLM | 1968-04-15 Apr 15 (Mon, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-04-20 3 | A | Claremont | 4.3 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 11.8 | 74 | LOST | West Perth | 4.5 | 8.8 | 12.9 | 15.12 | 102 | -28 | LEE | 1968-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-04-27 4 | A | Claremont | 0.1 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 9.11 | 65 | LOST | East Fremantle | 5.5 | 8.5 | 12.13 | 13.15 | 93 | -28 | EFO | 1968-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-05-04 5 | H | Claremont | 1.3 | 4.14 | 6.18 | 12.22 | 94 | WON | Swan Districts | 2.4 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 8.11 | 59 | 35 | CLM | 1968-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-05-11 6 | H | Claremont | 2.0 | 6.5 | 7.10 | 11.12 | 78 | LOST | East Perth | 3.3 | 7.6 | 11.12 | 15.22 | 112 | -34 | CLM | 1968-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-05-18 7 | A | Claremont | 5.5 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.13 | 73 | LOST | Perth | 3.2 | 4.4 | 8.8 | 13.11 | 89 | -16 | LAT | 1968-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-05-25 8 | H | Claremont | 4.5 | 8.10 | 12.11 | 14.13 | 97 | LOST | South Fremantle | 5.3 | 10.7 | 13.11 | 18.17 | 125 | -28 | CLM | 1968-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-06-01 9 | A | Claremont | 4.6 | 5.9 | 7.11 | 11.15 | 81 | LOST | Subiaco | 2.1 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 16.11 | 107 | -26 | SUB | 1968-06-01 Jun 1 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-06-08 10 | H | Claremont | 2.2 | 4.4 | 6.6 | 9.8 | 62 | LOST | West Perth | 4.2 | 10.5 | 12.8 | 17.12 | 114 | -52 | CLM | 1968-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-06-15 11 | H | Claremont | 3.2 | 7.8 | 9.10 | 13.14 | 92 | WON | East Fremantle | 2.3 | 3.3 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 57 | 35 | CLM | 1968-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-06-22 12 | H | Claremont | 4.6 | 6.12 | 9.15 | 12.22 | 94 | WON | Swan Districts | 4.2 | 7.4 | 10.9 | 10.12 | 72 | 22 | CLM | 1968-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-06-29 13 | A | Claremont | 2.2 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 11.9 | 75 | WON | East Perth | 2.5 | 5.9 | 7.12 | 8.17 | 65 | 10 | POV | 1968-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-07-13 14 | A | Claremont | 4.9 | 8.10 | 9.12 | 11.14 | 80 | LOST | Perth | 3.4 | 7.9 | 13.15 | 20.21 | 141 | -61 | LAT | 1968-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-07-20 15 | A | Claremont | 3.5 | 8.8 | 10.13 | 10.16 | 76 | LOST | South Fremantle | 5.2 | 12.9 | 13.18 | 16.20 | 116 | -40 | FRE | 1968-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-07-27 16 | H | Claremont | 2.4 | 5.5 | 8.8 | 11.14 | 80 | LOST | Subiaco | 4.2 | 9.5 | 14.12 | 18.17 | 125 | -45 | CLM | 1968-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-08-03 17 | A | Claremont | 3.2 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 11.11 | 77 | LOST | West Perth | 7.1 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 20.11 | 131 | -54 | LEE | 1968-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-08-10 18 | A | Claremont | 6.5 | 8.9 | 12.15 | 13.16 | 94 | WON | East Fremantle | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 9.13 | 67 | 27 | EFO | 1968-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-08-17 19 | A | Claremont | 6.6 | 8.7 | 13.9 | 14.9 | 93 | WON | Swan Districts | 0.1 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 6.10 | 46 | 47 | BAS | 1968-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-08-24 20 | H | Claremont | 2.0 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 13.10 | 88 | LOST | East Perth | 3.8 | 8.8 | 12.11 | 17.18 | 120 | -32 | CLM | 1968-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |
| 1968-08-31 21 | H | Claremont | 0.6 | 3.8 | 5.12 | 6.13 | 49 | LOST | Perth | 2.5 | 5.9 | 9.12 | 19.17 | 131 | -82 | CLM | 1968-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 12:00) | Scores |