1968 WANFL season
1968 WAFL season | |
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Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Perth 5th premiership |
Minor premiers | Perth 4th minor premiership |
Sandover Medallist | Barry Cable (Perth) |
Bernie Naylor Medallist | Austin Robertson, Jr. (Subiaco) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 88 |
Total attendance | 879,612 (9,996 per match) |
The 1968 WANFL season was the 84th season of senior football in Perth, Western Australia. It saw Perth, after having won only two premierships in its first sixty-six seasons, win its third consecutive flag under captain-coach Mal Atwell and champion rover Barry Cable – all three Grand Finals having been won against East Perth with Cable taking the Simpson Medal.
Among numerous highlights, champion Subiaco full-forward Austin "Ocker" Robertson broke by one goal the 1953 record of Bernie Naylor for the most goals in a WANFL home-and-away season, doing so with a whopping twenty-six scoring shots against East Fremantle in the final round. Perth achieved the best record for a full season since South Fremantle's champion 1953 team[1] with only two losses – which Barry Cable missed due to a broken hand and then interstate duties – whilst West Perth, under former East Perth champion “Polly” Farmer as captain-coach lost only three home-and-away matches to equal the Cardinals’ 1953 record.[2] East Perth were to have a slow start and were in danger of missing the finals until July, but three last-kick wins – the last two after surrendering big leads – took the Royals to the Grand Final.
In contrast, Swan Districts – who had at the beginning of the decade risen from a long period as a chopping block to a hat-trick of premierships – fell to become the first WANFL team to win only one match in a season since they themselves did so in 1951,[1] owing to extreme weakness in the ruck[3] where expected top follower Dave Dalgarno moved to QAFL club Western Districts under an ANFC coaching scheme without playing a league match,[4] major injuries to key players Ken Bagley, John Turnbull and Peter Manning,[5] and the retirement of numerous key players of between 1961 and 1965. The Swans introduced an incentive scheme of paying players a $15 match fee for a win instead of the standard $5 after twelve rounds,[6] but this had little effect. Their solitary win, by one point with a kick after the siren, made Swans the closest club to a winless season in open-age WA(N)FL competition between 1918 and 1998. East Fremantle, after falling to seventh in 1967, had their worst season since the club's first year in 1898, in the process setting a still-standing club record of thirteen consecutive defeats, whilst Subiaco, coached by Haydn Bunton Jr., rose from last to fourth aided by Robertson's prolific goalkicking. However, in the most uneven season in a major Australian Rules league,[a] they won all 12 games against the four teams that missed the finals, but lost all 9 matches against the three Perth clubs that finished above them on the ladder.[7] That pattern would continue into the finals, where they lost the first semi final to East Perth.
Home-and-away season
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 6 April | Subiaco 24.8 (152) | def. | Swan Districts 14.18 (102) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8017) | [8] |
Saturday, 6 April | Perth 15.14 (104) | def. | East Perth 13.16 (94) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 15607) | |
Saturday, 6 April | South Fremantle 14.16 (100) | def. by | Claremont 16.12 (108) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10162) | |
Saturday, 6 April | West Perth 17.17 (119) | def. | East Fremantle 10.11 (71) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 11654) | |
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Round 2
[edit]Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 13 April | Swan Districts 5.12 (42) | def. by | South Fremantle 13.16 (94) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 9377) | [10] |
Saturday, 13 April | East Fremantle 4.11 (35) | def. by | Perth 6.12 (48) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 10627) | |
Monday, 15 April | East Perth 9.16 (70) | def. by | West Perth 14.11 (95) | Perth Oval (crowd: 17079) | [11] |
Monday, 15 April | Claremont 11.8 (74) | def. by | Subiaco 18.16 (124) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 9742) | [12] |
Perth’s winning of the toss and gaining use of the wind with a dry ball wins the match, as a big rainstorm begins eight minutes into the second quarter and with a slippery ball no more goals are scored until the last quarter.[13] |
Round 3
[edit]Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 20 April | Perth 20.16 (136) | def. | Swan Districts 4.9 (33) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 8756) | [14] |
Saturday, 20 April | East Perth 15.15 (105) | def. | Subiaco 8.14 (62) | Perth Oval (crowd: 13266) | [15] |
Saturday, 20 April | West Perth 15.12 (102) | def. | Claremont 11.8 (74) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 11376) | [16] |
Saturday, 20 April | South Fremantle 14.24 (108) | def. | East Fremantle 8.17 (65) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 12212) | |
Round 4
[edit]Round 4 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 April | Subiaco 16.14 (110) | def. | South Fremantle 12.14 (86) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8525) | [17] |
Saturday, 27 April | West Perth 9.15 (69) | def. by | Perth 11.11 (77) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 20729) | |
Saturday, 27 April | Swan Districts 12.8 (80) | def. by | East Perth 14.15 (99) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 6531) | |
Saturday, 27 April | East Fremantle 13.15 (93) | def. | Claremont 9.11 (65) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7068) | [18] |
The Leederville Oval match, with both clubs undefeated, drew what remains Perth’s biggest home-and-away attendance.[19] The Demons’ desire and toughness, along with West Perth’s careless shooting and the use of Farmer in defence to compensate for the loss of Brian France, ensures the black and reds stay unbeaten.[20] |
Round 5
[edit]Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 4 May | South Fremantle 13.11 (89) | def. by | West Perth 13.21 (99) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 12239) | [21] |
Saturday, 4 May | Subiaco 13.10 (88) | def. by | Perth 12.21 (93) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 13284) | |
Saturday, 4 May | Claremont 12.22 (94) | def. | Swan Districts 8.11 (59) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 6208) | |
Saturday, 4 May | East Perth 10.20 (80) | def. by | East Fremantle 15.10 (100) | Perth Oval (crowd: 10144) | |
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Round 6
[edit]Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 11 May | West Perth 23.21 (159) | def. | Subiaco 10.3 (63) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 17585) | |
Saturday, 11 May | Perth 14.21 (105) | def. | South Fremantle 13.11 (89) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 11614) | [24] |
Saturday, 11 May | Claremont 11.12 (78) | def. by | East Perth 15.22 (112) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 8240) | |
Saturday, 11 May | East Fremantle 11.20 (86) | def. | Swan Districts 9.11 (65) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 5861) | [25] |
With Farmer revealing that he has lost nothing of his brilliant playmaking skill with age, West Perth crush the Maroons to overtake Perth on percentage (though then a game behind) and stake genuine premiership claims.[5] |
Round 7
[edit]Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 18 May | Swan Districts 8.8 (56) | def. by | West Perth 13.21 (99) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 7258) | [26] |
Saturday, 18 May | South Fremantle 15.22 (112) | def. | East Perth 11.15 (81) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 12225) | [27] |
Saturday, 18 May | Perth 13.11 (89) | def. | Claremont 10.13 (73) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 8245) | [28] |
Saturday, 18 May | Subiaco 15.11 (101) | def. | East Fremantle 5.12 (42) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 9472) | |
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Round 8
[edit]Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 May | Swan Districts 16.13 (109) | def. by | Subiaco 20.11 (131) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 6865) | |
Saturday, 25 May | East Perth 19.12 (126) | def. | Perth 9.7 (61) | Perth Oval (crowd: 15612) | |
Saturday, 25 May | Claremont 14.13 (97) | def. by | South Fremantle 18.17 (125) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 9354) | |
Saturday, 25 May | East Fremantle 8.12 (60) | def. by | West Perth 11.12 (78) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 9471) | [32] |
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Round 9
[edit]Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 1 June | West Perth 12.11 (83) | def. | East Perth 12.9 (81) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 19215) | |
Saturday, 1 June | Subiaco 16.11 (107) | def. | Claremont 11.15 (81) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 8700) | [35] |
Monday, 3 June | South Fremantle 17.18 (120) | def. | Swan Districts 14.9 (93) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6794) | |
Monday, 3 June | Perth 18.12 (120) | def. | East Fremantle 8.11 (59) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 6320) | |
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Round 10
[edit]Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 8 June | Swan Districts 12.8 (80) | def. by | Perth 28.22 (190) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 4713) | |
Saturday, 8 June | Subiaco 15.10 (100) | def. by | East Perth 17.13 (115) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 9165) | |
Saturday, 8 June | Claremont 9.8 (62) | def. by | West Perth 17.12 (114) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 5898) | [38] |
Saturday, 8 June | East Fremantle 11.16 (82) | def. by | South Fremantle 13.14 (92) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 8366) | |
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Round 11
[edit]Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 15 June | South Fremantle 12.12 (84) | def. by | Subiaco 17.12 (114) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 8666) | |
Saturday, 15 June | Perth 11.10 (76) | def. by | West Perth 19.14 (128) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 11557) | |
Saturday, 15 June | East Perth 18.19 (127) | def. | Swan Districts 9.12 (66) | Perth Oval (crowd: 7555) | [41] |
Saturday, 15 June | Claremont 13.14 (92) | def. | East Fremantle 8.9 (57) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 4882) | |
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Round 12
[edit]Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 22 June | West Perth 21.13 (139) | def. | South Fremantle 14.12 (96) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 13010) | |
Saturday, 22 June | Perth 13.28 (106) | def. | Subiaco 10.14 (74) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 11814) | [44] |
Saturday, 22 June | Claremont 12.22 (94) | def. | Swan Districts 10.12 (72) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 5397) | |
Saturday, 22 June | East Fremantle 14.11 (95) | def. by | East Perth 17.10 (112) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7129) | |
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Round 13
[edit]Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 29 June | Subiaco 15.8 (98) | def. by | West Perth 16.12 (108) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 7471) | [46] |
Saturday, 29 June | South Fremantle 11.13 (79) | def. by | Perth 12.18 (90) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6742) | [47] |
Saturday, 29 June | East Perth 8.17 (65) | def. by | Claremont 11.9 (75) | Perth Oval (crowd: 6750) | |
Saturday, 29 June | Swan Districts 14.18 (102) | def. | East Fremantle 15.11 (101) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2963) | |
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Interstate match
[edit]Interstate match | |||||
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Saturday, 6 July | Western Australia | def. by | Victoria | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 42,350) | [51] |
1.3 (9) 3.6 (24) 9.8 (62) 13.12 (90) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
3.2 (20) 9.9 (63) 11.15 (81) 13.21 (99) |
Umpires: Ray Scott Simpson Medal: Hassa Mann (Victoria) | ||
Robertson 6.2 Smeath 2.2 Grljusich 2.1 Farmer, Walker 1.2 Cable 1.0 Boyanich, Chadwick, Millson 0.1 |
Goals | 5.8 Hudson 2.2 Hart 2.1 Jesaulenko 1.4 Nicholls 1.2 Goggin 1.1 Skilton 1.0 Noonan 0.1 Watt, Thompson | |||
Grljusich, Millson, Cable, Chadwick, Graham, Turnbull, Farmer | Best | Mann, Hart, Nicholls, Watt, Marshall, Jesaulenko, Davis, Skilton | |||
Manning (concussion) Sampson (exhaustion) |
Injuries | Noonan (leg) Ditterich (cramp) | |||
A major lapse between late in the first quarter and half-time denies Western Australia a victory that their play in the second half – when they scored ten goals to four – almost warranted. |
Round 14
[edit]Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 13 July | West Perth 13.17 (95) | def. | Swan Districts 10.15 (75) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 8131) | [52] |
Saturday, 13 July | East Perth 21.22 (148) | def. | South Fremantle 10.15 (75) | Perth Oval (crowd: 13510) | |
Saturday, 13 July | Perth 20.21 (141) | def. | Claremont 11.14 (80) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 9002) | |
Saturday, 13 July | East Fremantle 11.12 (78) | def. by | Subiaco 21.8 (134) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6453) | |
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Round 15
[edit]Round 15 | |||||
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Saturday, 20 July | Swan Districts 14.14 (98) | def. by | Subiaco 14.17 (101) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 6276) | |
Saturday, 20 July | Perth 17.13 (115) | def. | East Perth 12.20 (92) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 16657) | |
Saturday, 20 July | South Fremantle 16.20 (116) | def. | Claremont 10.16 (76) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7422) | [56] |
Saturday, 20 July | West Perth 18.13 (121) | def. | East Fremantle 10.17 (77) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 7653) | |
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Round 16
[edit]Round 16 | |||||
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Saturday, 27 July | Swan Districts 17.15 (117) | def. by | South Fremantle 20.20 (140) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 5592) | |
Saturday, 27 July | East Perth 17.7 (109) | def. | West Perth 11.15 (81) | Perth Oval (crowd: 14983) | |
Saturday, 27 July | Claremont 11.14 (80) | def. by | Subiaco 18.17 (125) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 5646) | [60] |
Saturday, 27 July | East Fremantle 13.10 (88) | def. by | Perth 18.19 (127) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 4619) | [61] |
East Perth’s greater accuracy – with two brilliant goals from Bandy and Bygraves – ends West Perth’s eleven-match winning streak and leaves South looking to displace Subiaco rather than the Royals to enter the four.[62] |
Round 17
[edit]Round 17 | |||||
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Saturday, 3 August | Swan Districts 13.8 (86) | def. by | Perth 17.24 (126) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 6206) | |
Saturday, 3 August | Subiaco 15.6 (96) | def. by | East Perth 25.9 (159) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 14656) | |
Saturday, 3 August | West Perth 20.11 (131) | def. | Claremont 11.11 (77) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 7291) | [63] |
Saturday, 3 August | South Fremantle 20.14 (134) | def. | East Fremantle 14.12 (96) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 8720) | [64] |
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Round 18
[edit]Round 18 | |||||
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Saturday, 10 August | Subiaco 19.8 (122) | def. | South Fremantle 11.10 (76) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 6714) | |
Saturday, 10 August | Perth 5.10 (40) | def. | West Perth 5.7 (37) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 9836) | [67] |
Saturday, 10 August | East Perth 15.22 (112) | def. | Swan Districts 2.8 (20) | Perth Oval (crowd: 4820) | [68] |
Saturday, 10 August | East Fremantle 9.13 (67) | def. by | Claremont 13.16 (94) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2601) | |
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Round 19
[edit]Round 19 | |||||
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Saturday, 17 August | South Fremantle 12.10 (82) | def. by | West Perth 16.12 (108) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6488) | [73] |
Saturday, 17 August | Subiaco 6.8 (44) | def. by | Perth 12.11 (83) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 10911) | |
Saturday, 17 August | Swan Districts 6.10 (46) | def. by | Claremont 14.9 (93) | Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2558) | [74] |
Saturday, 17 August | East Perth 9.21 (75) | def. | East Fremantle 5.8 (38) | Perth Oval (crowd: 5083) | [75] |
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Round 20
[edit]Round 20 | |||||
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Saturday, 24 August | West Perth 21.18 (144) | def. | Subiaco 12.10 (82) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 11147) | |
Saturday, 24 August | Perth 25.19 (169) | def. | South Fremantle 7.17 (59) | Lathlain Park (crowd: 6079) | |
Saturday, 24 August | Claremont 13.10 (88) | def. by | East Perth 17.18 (120) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 5185) | [78] |
Saturday, 24 August | East Fremantle 15.16 (106) | def. | Swan Districts 13.9 (87) | East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2985) | [79] |
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Round 21
[edit]Round 21 | |||||
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Saturday, 31 August | West Perth 22.28 (160) | def. | Swan Districts 13.8 (86) | Leederville Oval (crowd: 7174) | [2] |
Saturday, 31 August | South Fremantle 19.22 (136) | def. | East Perth 16.9 (105) | Fremantle Oval (crowd: 7357) | |
Saturday, 31 August | Claremont 6.13 (49) | def. by | Perth 19.17 (131) | Claremont Oval (crowd: 6003) | [82] |
Saturday, 31 August | Subiaco 19.14 (128) | def. | East Fremantle 7.12 (54) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 6909) | [83] |
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Ladder
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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1 | Perth (P) | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2227 | 1562 | 142.6 | 76 |
2 | West Perth | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2269 | 1601 | 141.7 | 72 |
3 | East Perth | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2187 | 1760 | 124.3 | 52 |
4 | Subiaco | 21 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2156 | 2036 | 105.9 | 48 |
5 | South Fremantle | 21 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 2092 | 2166 | 96.6 | 40 |
6 | Claremont | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1704 | 2096 | 81.3 | 28 |
7 | East Fremantle | 21 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1550 | 2082 | 74.4 | 16 |
8 | Swan Districts | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1574 | 2456 | 64.1 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals
[edit]First semi-final
[edit]First semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 7 September | East Perth 15.16 (106) | def. | Subiaco 15.13 (103) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 30,735) | [85] |
East Perth record a second on-the-siren victory over Subiaco, this time after the Maroons took the lead after having been forty-five points behind early in the final quarter, only to see Vic Evans produce a fine snap out of a pack. |
Second semi-final
[edit]Second semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 14 September | Perth 15.12 (102) | def. | West Perth 10.15 (75) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 31,177) | [86] |
By putting himself on the ball with Cable and Jenzen, Perth captain-coach Mal Atwell leads a superb comeback as the Demons score the final eight goals for a convincing victory in a physically tough match. |
Preliminary final
[edit]Preliminary final | |||||
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Saturday, 21 September | West Perth 9.8 (62) | def. by | East Perth 9.11 (65) | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 25,206) | [87] |
East Perth win another thriller via a late goal following an opposition comeback as West Perth kick six goals in seventeen minutes after being thirty-four points behind with only three goals on the scoreboard early in the last quarter – with the late withdrawal of regular full-forward Dennis Cometti a sore blow. |
Grand Final
[edit]1968 WANFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 28 September | Perth | def. | East Perth | Subiaco Oval (crowd: 40,315) | [88] |
1.2 (8) 9.8 (62) 11.11 (77) 16.14 (110) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.3 (15) 4.4 (28) 10.6 (66) 13.8 (86) |
Umpires: Ray Scott Simpson Medal: Barry Cable (Perth) | ||
Iseger 3, Bennett 3, Astone 3, Miller 3, Jenzen, Cable, Dalton, King | Goals | Tierney 4, Bygraves 3, McCarthy 2, Haughan 2, Pitter, Gillespie | |||
Cable, Astone, Dalton, Bennett, Milson, Rothnie | Best | Brown, McAullay, O‘Donoghue, Haines, Smith, Graham | |||
Injuries | Armanasco (leg) McAullay (shoulder) | ||||
Perth, and Cable, achieve a hat-trick of wins in a solid display on a typically windy day, as the Royals suffer their fifth straight loss in Grand Finals. East Perth got within a goal midway through the final quarter before Perth’s experience told and the Demons kicked away for a comfortable if not easy win. |
Notes
[edit]a In terms of Noll-Scully index of competitive balance[89] the 1968 WANFL season's figure of 2.5912 is the highest ever observed in any of the VFL/AFL, SANFL or WA(N)FL.
b The only greater monopolisation of a team's goals for a score with fifteen or more goals in a major Australian Rules league is by Ted Tyson for West Perth against Swan Districts in the final round of 1938, when he kicked 17.5 (107) out of the Cardinals’ 18.7 (115).
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- ^ a b Casellas, Ken; ‘Winning Fee for Swans’; The West Australian, 24 June 1968, p. 26
- ^ a b c Spillman, Ken; Diehards: The Story of the Subiaco Football Club 1946-2000, pp. 124-127. ISBN 0646358340
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- ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘Depleted, Heroic ‘Monts Go Down’; The Sunday Times, 19 May 1968, p. 87
- ^ See Christian, Geoff; ‘Cable, Brehaut, Miller Fit to Resume’; The West Australian, 3 June 1968, p. 39
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- ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘Tigers Outplayed by Strong Subiaco’; The Sunday Times, 2 June 1968, p. 70
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- ^ Casellas, Ken; ‘Cable Roves Brilliantly’; The West Australian, 4 June 1968, p. 33
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Powerful Cardinals’; The Sunday Times, 9 June 1968, p. 79
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- ^ McGrath, John; ‘East Perth’s Rovers Shine’; The West Australian, 17 June 1968, p. 19
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- ^ Olliver, Arthur; ‘South Fails in Ruck; Loses Place in Four’; The West Australian, 17 June 1968, p. 18
- ^ Christian, Geoff; ‘Perth Rovers Dominant’; The West Australian, 24 June 1968, p. 26
- ^ Olliver, Arthur; ‘Wynne Shows Skill in Attacking Role’; The West Australian, 24 June 1968, p. 26
- ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘West Just Hand On – Subiaco Lost It in First Quarter’; The Sunday Times, 30 June 1968, p. 70
- ^ Ballantine, Bob; ‘South Make Perth Struggle All the Way’; The Sunday Times, 30 June 1968, p. 71
- ^ Perth Regional Office (009034) June 1968 rainfall
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- ^ Worner, Geoff; ‘Swans Crack It – By One Point!’; The Sunday Times, 30 June 1968, p. 71
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘WA Had Fatal Lapse’; The Sunday Times, 7 July 1968, p. 78
- ^ Ballantine, Bob; ‘West Do Not Impress’; The Sunday Times, 14 July 1968, p. 87
- ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘Perth End Faint Hopes of Tigers’; The Sunday Times, 14 July 1968, p. 87
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Goal Century to Robertson’; The Sunday Times, 14 July 1968, p. 87
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- ^ Worner, Geoff; ‘South Found It Easy To Tame Tigers’; The Sunday Times, 21 July 1968, p. 95
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Perth Great in the Crisis’; The Sunday Times, 21 July 1968, p. 94
- ^ "WAFL Footy Facts: West Perth – Consecutive Games Won". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘Swans Pipped in a Thriller’; The Sunday Times, 21 July 1968, p. 95
- ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘Goal after the Siren Is Robertson’s 10th’; The Sunday Times, 28 July 1968, p. 87
- ^ Worner, Geoff; ‘Perth’s 6.7 Term Makes Game Safe’; The Sunday Times, 28 July 1968, p. 87
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘West Are Conquered; Lesson in Kicking’; The Sunday Times, 28 July 1968, p. 86
- ^ Worner, Geoff; ‘Cardinals Lapse but Sprint Home’; The Sunday Times, 4 August 1968, p. 93
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Veteran Gerovich Is on-Target for South’; The Sunday Times, 4 August 1968, p. 93
- ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘East Get Vital Goal on Siren’; The Sunday Times, 4 August 1968, p. 94
- ^ Ballantine, Bob; ‘Jolt for Powerful Perth; Swans Set Merry Pace to Half-Way’; The Sunday Times, 4 August 1968, p. 93
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Perth Take Over as "Cock-of-the Walk"; West down by Three Points in Grim, Defensive Struggle’; The Sunday Times, 11 August 1968, p. 86
- ^ Worner, Geoff; ‘Powerful Royals Always in Control’; The Sunday Times, 11 August 1968, p. 86
- ^ Perth Regional Office (009034) August 1968 rainfall
- ^ "WAFL Footy Facts: Swan Districts – Lowest Scores For". Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ See West Australian Football League: Lowest Aggregate Scores Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ Ballantine, Bob; ‘West Finally Deal the KO to South’; The Sunday Times, 18 August 1968, p. 85
- ^ Worner, Geoff; ‘Tigers Easily Hold Swans’; The Sunday Times, 18 August 1968, p. 86
- ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘Royals Won but Had a Day Off-Target’; The Sunday Times, 18 August 1968, p. 86
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Lesson from Perth: Mastery in Wet Weather’; The Sunday Times, 18 August 1968, p. 85
- ^ "WAFL Footy Facts: East Fremantle – Consecutive Games Lost". Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Sobering Victory for East Perth’; The Sunday Times, 25 August 1968, p. 88
- ^ Ballantine, Bob; ‘East Fremantle End Run of Outs’; The Sunday Times, 25 August 1968, p. 88
- ^ Worner, Geoff; ‘Farmer at His Artistic Best’; The Sunday Times, 25 August 1968, p. 87
- ^ Kennedy, Tom; ‘Cable Sets the Pace; Perth’s Record 18 Wins’; The Sunday Times, 25 August 1968, p. 86
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Ramshaw Is Unbeatable for Perth’; The Sunday Times, 1 September 1968, p. 86
- ^ Worner, Geoff; ‘Fans Go Wild as Robertson Breaks Record’; The Sunday Times, 1 September 1968, p. 86
- ^ Ballantine, Bob; ‘East Are Run off Their Feet by Pacy South’; The Sunday Times, 1 September 1968, p. 86
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘East by Three Points: Goal in the Closing Moments Thwarts Subiaco Fightback’; The Sunday Times, 8 September 1968, p. 86
- ^ Slater, Keith; ‘Atwell’s Superb Tactics Won the Day’; The Sunday Times, 15 September 1968, p. 95
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Royals To Meet Perth: West Beaten by 3 Points’; The Sunday Times, 22 September 1968, p. 88
- ^ Wilkinson, Colin; ‘Perth’s Class Tells: Goal Burst Beats Off East Threat’; The Sunday Times, 29 September 1968, p. 86
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