Preliminary final, 1968 · Melbourne Cricket Ground · Saturday 21 September 1968, 2:30pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essendon | 24 | 52 | 78 | 91 |
| Geelong | 33 | 54 | 58 | 67 |
Crowd 103,649. Coaches: Jack Clarke and Peter Pianto. Umpires: Jeff Crouch.
| Russell Blew | 14 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Alec Epis | 28 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Ellis | 30 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barry Davis | 32 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Alan Noonan | 10 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Geoff Pryor | 35 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Ted Fordham | 20 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Geoff Gosper | 6 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Charlie Payne | 7 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Sproule | 26 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| David Shaw | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Robin Close | 19 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| John Williams | 22 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Fraser | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Don McKenzie | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 6 |
| Bruce Lake | 16 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Neil Evans | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Brown | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Goggin | 35 | 33 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Closter | 1 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Denis Marshall | 2 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Hosking | 11 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Walker | 34 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Chris Mitchell | 8 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Newland | 3 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Geoff Rosenow | 27 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Polinelli | 36 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Geoff Ainsworth | 25 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Sharrock | 10 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam Newman | 17 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Bill Ryan | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Terry Farman | 15 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gareth Andrews | 6 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Stevens | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Wade | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| John Scarlett | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Gladman | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hugh Strahan | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hover a column heading for its full name. ↑ came on as a substitute, ↓ was substituted off.
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