Round 1, 1968 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Monday 15 April 1968, 2:20pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 14 | 32 | 52 | 72 |
| North Melbourne | 20 | 46 | 82 | 88 |
Crowd 17,625. Coaches: Charlie Sutton and Keith McKenzie. Umpires: Bill Deller.
| Ricky Spargo | 36 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Bisset | 6 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Bryan Pleitner | 32 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Whitten | 3 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| John Reilly | 32 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Schultz | 14 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 3 |
| John Jillard | 25 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Cook | 29 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Marsh | 33 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ken Greenwood | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Gary Dempsey | 24 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| Kevin Jackman | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| David Darcy | 15 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Don McKenzie | 30 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Merrington | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Ian Bryant | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noel Fincher | 28 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Laurie Sandilands | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Bean (debut) | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Len Cumming | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mick Dowdle | 11 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Peter Steward | 15 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peter Chisnall (debut) | – | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Ray Taylor | 2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denis Pagan | 26 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mick Evans | 14 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Laurie Dwyer | 27 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Daryl OBrien | 12 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Tom Allison | 18 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Barry Goodingham | 10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| Maurie Wood | 25 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Garry Farrant | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Bernie McCarthy | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| John Dugdale | 6 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ray Johnston | 34 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Terry Benton | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Doug Farrant (debut) | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Davies | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Hughes (debut) | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mick Howell | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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172 meetings: Footscray 89, North Melbourne 80, 3 drawn.
North Melbourne by 23 · crowd 25,052
Western Bulldogs by 49 · crowd 25,009
Western Bulldogs by 16 · crowd 34,406
Western Bulldogs by 96 · crowd 33,182
Western Bulldogs by 17 · crowd 27,005
Western Bulldogs by 21 · crowd 23,829