1968 Championship of Australia
| Venue: Adelaide Oval | Date: October 5, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
Result: Win by 37 points | Umpire: Ray Whitfield (WA). | Crowd: 38,926 | ||||||||||||||||||
Goalkickers: B. Kekovich 4.2, B. Bennett 3.2, P. Jones 3.1, A. Gallagher 1.4, D. Munari 1.2, B. Quirk 1.1, J. Nicholls 0.2, R. Auchettl 0.1. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best: B. Quirk, P. Jones, G. Crane, I. Collins, B. Kekovich. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Reports: Nil | Injuries: Nil | |||||||||||||||||||
Game Review
The 1968 Championship of Australia was the 12th edition of the Championship of Australia, a ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football match between the champion clubs from the VFL and the SANFL. Carlton 13.15 (93) d Sturt 6.20 (56). This was the first Championship of Australia match to be held since 1914.
Carlton defeat Sturt in the 1968 Championship of Australia after their glorious Premiership win against Essendon.
Team
B: | 19 Ian Collins | 20 Wes Lofts | 44 Ron Stone |
HB: | 21 Barry Gill | 42 Robert Walls | 36 Peter McLean |
C: | 32 Bryan Quirk | 6 Garry Crane | |
HF: | 12 Bill Bennett | 41 Ron Auchettl | |
F: | 28 Peter Jones | ||
Ruck: | |||
Res: | 23 Ian Nicholl | 30 Vin Waite | |
Coach: | |||
Front Cover of the 1968 Footy Record Cover (1968 Championship Game).
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