1968 VFL Grand Final

1968 VFL Grand Final
7.14 (56)	8.5 (53)
Date	28 September 1968
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	116,828

The 1968 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, 28 September 1968.[1][2][3] It was the 72nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1968 VFL season. The match, attended by a record crowd of 116,828 spectators, was won by Carlton ("The Blues") by a margin of 3 points, making it that club's tenth premiership victory, but its first since winning the 1947 VFL Grand Final.

The Blues emerged victorious despite Essendon kicking more goals, the only time that happened in a VFL Grand Final. There was a strong wind blowing during the whole game, which did not help it as a spectacle and possibly contributed to Carlton's inaccuracy. Garry Crane starred on the wing for the Blues with 30 possessions.

Essendon came within a point of Carlton at the 20 minute mark of the final term after a goal to Geoff Blethyn. Despite being goal-less in the final quarter, Carlton managed to keep their lead, thanks largely to 20th man Neil Chandler, who took some crucial marks in the dying stages.

Aided by the opening during the year of the ground's new Western Stand, the attendance of 116,828 was the highest at a VFL premiership decider up to that time, breaking the record of 115,902 spectators who witnessed the 1956 VFL Grand Final.[4] The new record was broken at the 1969 VFL Grand Final, and that record was broken in turn at the 1970 VFL Grand Final.

Teams

Carlton

Essendon

Carlton
B:	19 Ian Collins	20 Wes Lofts	42 Robert Walls
HB:	21 Barry Gill	11 John Goold	3 Kevin Hall
C:	34 Ian Robertson	17 Brent Crosswell	6 Garry Crane
HF:	25 Alex Jesaulenko	12 Bill Bennett	32 Bryan Quirk
F:	28 Peter Jones	16 Brian Kekovich	8 Dennis Munari
Foll:	2 John Nicholls (c)	1 Sergio Silvagni	10 Adrian Gallagher
Res:	36 Peter McLean	47 Neil Chandler
Coach:	Ron Barassi

Essendon
B:	17 Darryl Gerlach	35 Geoff Pryor	36 Neil Evans
HB:	28 Alec Epis	22 John Williams	32 Barry Davis
C:	21 Ken Fletcher	30 John Ellis	14 Russell Blew
HF:	19 Robin Close	10 Alan Noonan	5 David Shaw
F:	20 Ted Fordham	11 Geoff Blethyn	26 Paul Sproule
Foll:	24 Don McKenzie (c)	7 Charlie Payne	6 Geoff Gosper
Res:	16 Bruce Lake	15 Don Gross
Coach:	Jack Clarke

Scorecard

Carlton vs Essendon
2:30PM AEST
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Final
Carlton	2.2 (14)	6.8 (44)	7.9 (51)	7.14 (56)
Essendon	2.1 (13)	5.1 (31)	6.4 (40)	8.5 (53)

Venue:		Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Date and time:		28 September 1968
Attendance:		116,828
Umpires:		Jeff Crouch (central)
Goal scorers:	Carlton	4: Kekovich 1: Crane, Crosswell, Quirk
Goal scorers:	Essendon	4: Blethyn 1: Close, Lake, Noonan, Sproule
Best:	Carlton
Best:	Essendon
Reports:		nil
Injuries:		nil

References

Australian Football.com - Carlton v Essendon
AFL Tables: Carlton v Essendon
Blueseum: Grand Final, 1968
"Attendance alterations from 1908" (PDF). Australian Football League. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

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[1] Australian Football.com - Carlton v Essendon

[2] AFL Tables: Carlton v Essendon

[3] Blueseum: Grand Final, 1968

[4] "Attendance alterations from 1908" (PDF). Australian Football League. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

Carlton Football Club 1968 VFL premiers
Carlton 7.14 (56) defeated Essendon 8.5 (53), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Silvagni 2. Nicholls (c) 3. Hall 6. Crane 8. Munari 10. Gallagher 11. Goold 12. Bennett 16. Kekovich 17. Crosswell 19. Collins 20. Lofts 21. Gill 25. Jesaulenko 28. Jones 32. Quirk 34. Robertson 36. McLean 42. Walls 47. Chandler
Coach: Barassi

Carlton Football Club
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