Western Bulldogs
"In actuality, Footscray in the 1950s was gradually assembling its greatest array of talent ever, and an inability to perform under pressure was certainly never an issue for players like Herb Henderson, Jack Collins, Charlie Sutton or Ted Whitten ... Collins, the VFL's top goalkicker in 1954 and 1957, was arguably Footscray's greatest ever full forward; Sutton, although best remembered as a highly accomplished back pocket player, was capable of playing almost anywhere, and indeed jointly topped the club's goalkicking list in 1951. Whitten, of course, was simply incomparable..."
John Devaney extols the virtues of the blue-collar Bulldogs, Footscray - the team of the mighty west.
1968 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats
Footscray'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 | Footscray | 2.2 | 4.8 | 7.10 | 9.18 | 72 | LOST | North Melbourne | 3.2 | 7.4 | 12.10 | 13.10 | 88 | -16 | WES | 1968-04-15 Apr 15 (Mon, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-04-20 2 | A | Footscray | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.10 | 6.11 | 47 | LOST | Geelong | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.11 | 9.17 | 71 | -24 | KAR | 1968-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-04-27 3 | H | Footscray | 2.0 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 14.10 | 94 | LOST | Hawthorn | 5.1 | 7.2 | 15.9 | 16.9 | 105 | -11 | WES | 1968-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-05-04 4 | A | Footscray | 1.3 | 5.8 | 8.9 | 12.13 | 85 | LOST | Fitzroy | 5.5 | 8.11 | 12.18 | 13.19 | 97 | -12 | PRI | 1968-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-05-11 5 | A | Footscray | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 39 | LOST | Carlton | 6.3 | 9.7 | 13.11 | 16.15 | 111 | -72 | PRI | 1968-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-05-18 6 | H | Footscray | 3.1 | 8.6 | 10.6 | 13.7 | 85 | WON | Melbourne | 1.2 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 6.12 | 48 | 37 | WES | 1968-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-05-25 7 | A | Footscray | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.11 | 35 | LOST | St. Kilda | 1.1 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 11.13 | 79 | -44 | MOO | 1968-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-06-08 8 | H | Footscray | 2.6 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 62 | LOST | South Melbourne | 2.1 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 75 | -13 | WES | 1968-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-06-15 9 | A | Footscray | 1.4 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 5.11 | 41 | LOST | Essendon | 5.1 | 6.6 | 6.10 | 11.17 | 83 | -42 | WIN | 1968-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-06-22 10 | H | Footscray | 3.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 37 | LOST | Collingwood | 3.3 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 9.11 | 65 | -28 | WES | 1968-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-06-29 11 | A | Footscray | 3.5 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 16.8 | 104 | LOST | Richmond | 2.2 | 8.7 | 12.12 | 17.20 | 122 | -18 | MCG | 1968-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-07-06 12 | A | Footscray | 2.8 | 3.14 | 6.16 | 9.18 | 72 | WON | North Melbourne | 1.2 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 57 | 15 | ARD | 1968-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-07-13 13 | H | Footscray | 7.4 | 10.8 | 15.14 | 18.18 | 126 | WON | Geelong | 1.1 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 5.13 | 43 | 83 | WES | 1968-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-07-20 14 | A | Footscray | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 10.10 | 70 | LOST | Hawthorn | 5.2 | 10.6 | 19.7 | 24.8 | 152 | -82 | GLE | 1968-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-07-27 15 | H | Footscray | 3.8 | 3.8 | 9.12 | 9.12 | 66 | LOST | Fitzroy | 0.0 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 10.11 | 71 | -5 | WES | 1968-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-03 16 | H | Footscray | 1.0 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 16.6 | 102 | WON | Carlton | 2.3 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 10.10 | 70 | 32 | WES | 1968-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-10 17 | A | Footscray | 4.0 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 9.11 | 65 | LOST | Melbourne | 5.2 | 5.8 | 7.11 | 10.14 | 74 | -9 | MCG | 1968-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-17 18 | H | Footscray | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 44 | LOST | St. Kilda | 6.6 | 9.7 | 14.13 | 16.13 | 109 | -65 | WES | 1968-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-24 19 | A | Footscray | 4.2 | 7.7 | 10.12 | 11.16 | 82 | WON | South Melbourne | 3.2 | 5.5 | 8.10 | 11.12 | 78 | 4 | LAK | 1968-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 2:15) | Scores |
1968-08-31 20 | H | Footscray | 2.2 | 6.6 | 10.10 | 12.13 | 85 | LOST | Essendon | 4.6 | 6.9 | 11.14 | 15.22 | 112 | -27 | WES | 1968-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 2:15) | 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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20 | Bartlett, Les | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 4 | 0.4 | 55 | 5.5 | 17 | 1.7 | 33 | 3.3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 | ||
34 | Bean, Graeme | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 5.6 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 6 | ||
6 | Bisset, George | 20 | 407 | 20.4 | 81 | 4.1 | 488 | 24.4 | 58 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 27 | 31 | 1.6 | 26 | 212 | ||
5 | Bryant, Ian | 16 | 238 | 14.9 | 32 | 2.0 | 270 | 16.9 | 70 | 4.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 26 | 22 | 8 | 0.5 | 21 | 69 | ||
27 | Chalmers, Graeme | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 22 | 11.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 6 | ||
29 | Cook, Fred | 20 | 288 | 14.4 | 15 | 0.8 | 303 | 15.2 | 93 | 4.7 | 1 | 0.1 | 38 | 36 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 7 | ||
10 | Cook, Graeme | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 11 | 1.6 | 52 | 7.4 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0.1 | 7 | 13 | ||
31 | Cumming, Len | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 8 | 0.9 | 89 | 9.9 | 22 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0.6 | 2 | 32 | ||
15 | Darcy, David | 13 | 133 | 10.2 | 8 | 0.6 | 141 | 10.8 | 57 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0.7 | 16 | 70 | ||
18 | Delmenico, Kevin | 17 | 194 | 11.4 | 16 | 0.9 | 210 | 12.4 | 60 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.2 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | ||
24 | Dempsey, Gary | 13 | 120 | 9.2 | 10 | 0.8 | 130 | 10.0 | 69 | 5.3 | 136 | 10.5 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 0.7 | 6 | 60 | ||
28 | Fincher, Noel | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1 | Greenwood, Ken | 14 | 157 | 11.2 | 22 | 1.6 | 179 | 12.8 | 48 | 3.4 | 47 | 3.4 | 23 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
45 | Harvey, Brian | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
43 | Hill, Tony | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | Hines, Peter | 8 | 60 | 7.5 | 11 | 1.4 | 71 | 8.9 | 33 | 4.1 | 19 | 2.4 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1.1 | 8 | 62 | ||
7 | Jackman, Kevin | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 5 | 1.0 | 33 | 6.6 | 3 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 2 | 8 | ||
25 | Jillard, John | 20 | 279 | 14.0 | 23 | 1.2 | 302 | 15.1 | 95 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 41 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
6 | Magee, Stuart | 14 | 286 | 20.4 | 48 | 3.4 | 334 | 23.9 | 58 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 22 | 11 | 0.8 | 12 | 78 | ||
38 | Magor, Doug | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 6 | ||
8 | Mannix, Alan | 11 | 152 | 13.8 | 15 | 1.4 | 167 | 15.2 | 55 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 0.5 | 10 | 46 | ||
33 | Marsh, Ivan | 15 | 166 | 11.1 | 29 | 1.9 | 195 | 13.0 | 71 | 4.7 | 41 | 2.7 | 25 | 36 | 13 | 0.9 | 10 | 88 | ||
22 | McGowan, Ron | 19 | 207 | 10.9 | 19 | 1.0 | 226 | 11.9 | 67 | 3.5 | 1 | 0.1 | 32 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
30 | McKenzie, Don | 15 | 95 | 6.3 | 24 | 1.6 | 119 | 7.9 | 38 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 0.6 | 11 | 65 | ||
47 | McLeod, Kevin | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 | ||
19 | Merrington, Gary | 17 | 187 | 11.0 | 24 | 1.4 | 211 | 12.4 | 51 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 33 | 32 | 5 | 0.3 | 3 | 33 | ||
26 | Patterson, Dallas | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | ||
12 | Percy, Robert | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 5 | 1.0 | 67 | 13.4 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | Pleitner, Bryan | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 26 | 6.5 | 10 | 2.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
32 | Reilly, John | 17 | 166 | 9.8 | 11 | 0.6 | 177 | 10.4 | 38 | 2.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | Sandilands, Laurie | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 4 | 0.6 | 36 | 5.1 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 44 | ||
14 | Schultz, John | 16 | 187 | 11.7 | 54 | 3.4 | 241 | 15.1 | 93 | 5.8 | 293 | 18.3 | 34 | 41 | 2 | 0.1 | 3 | 15 | ||
36 | Spargo, Ricky | 16 | 241 | 15.1 | 19 | 1.2 | 260 | 16.3 | 26 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 16 | 19 | 1.2 | 23 | 137 | ||
4 | Stevens, Kevin | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 4 | 1.0 | 39 | 9.8 | 16 | 4.0 | 36 | 9.0 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 13 | ||
16 | Thorpe, David | 19 | 384 | 20.2 | 38 | 2.0 | 422 | 22.2 | 136 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 46 | 4 | 0.2 | 3 | 27 | ||
50 | Wallace, Ian | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 10 | 5.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
37 | Welsh, Peter | 9 | 54 | 6.0 | 5 | 0.6 | 59 | 6.6 | 25 | 2.8 | 50 | 5.6 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 0.6 | 5 | 35 | ||
3 | Whitten Snr, Ted | 20 | 246 | 12.3 | 90 | 4.5 | 336 | 16.8 | 96 | 4.8 | 1 | 0.1 | 52 | 48 | 36 | 1.8 | 26 | 242 | ||
Totals | 400 | 4700 | 11.8 | 645 | 1.6 | 5345 | 13.4 | 1464 | 3.7 | 665 | 1.7 | 673 | 630 | 198 | 0.5 | 205 | 1393 |