1968 Championship of Australia
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| Date | 5 October 1968 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 38,926 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Max O'Connell | |||||||||||||||
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The 1968 Championship of Australia was the 12th edition of the Championship of Australia, an ANFC-organised national club Australian rules football match between the champion clubs from the VFL and the SANFL.
This was the first Championship of Australia match to be held since 1914.
Qualified Teams
[edit]| Team | Nickname | League | Qualification | Participation (bold indicates winners) |
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| Carlton | Blues | VFL | Winners of the 1968 Victorian Football League | 4th (Previous: 1907, 1908, 1914) |
| Sturt | Double Blues | SANFL | Winners of the 1968 South Australian National Football League | 1st |
Venue
[edit]- Adelaide Oval (Capacity: 64,000)
Match details
[edit]Championship of Australia
[edit]| 5 October 1968 | Carlton | 93-56 | Sturt | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | |
| 7.4 (31) 9.7 (61) 12.12 (84) 13.15 (93) |
Report | 2.2 (14) 4.10 (34) 4.13 (37) 6.20 (56) |
Attendance: 38,926 Umpires: Max O'Connell | ||
| Goals | |||||
| B Kekovich 4 B Bennett, P Jones 3 A Gallagher, D Munari, B Quirk 1 |
P Endersbee 2 J Tilbrook, R Schoff, R Rigney, T Clarkson 1 |