Glenferrie Oval · Sat 6 Jul 1968 · 13,909 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HawthornHAW | 5.6 | 6.11 | 9.16 | 83 |
| EssendonESS | 1.2 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 112 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 83 and 112.
Essendon won by 29 points.
11.17 (83) — 17.10 (112)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Meagher | 26 | 4 | 30 | 5 | — | 1 |
| Geoff Angus | 26 | 2 | 28 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Ray Wilson | 21 | 4 | 25 | 5 | — |
| 2 |
| Graham Arthur | 17 | 5 | 22 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Rod Olsson | 17 | 4 | 21 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Peter Crimmins | 17 | 2 | 19 | 3 | — | 1 |
| Bob Keddie | 12 | 3 | 15 | 7 | — | 4 |
| Norm Bussell | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ted Johnson | 12 | 2 | 14 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Don Scott | 8 | 6 | 14 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Terry Gay | 10 | 3 | 13 | 6 | — | 2 |
| Michael Blood | 13 | 0 | 13 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Ken Beck | 11 | 2 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Reg Poole | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bryan Pleitner | 12 | 0 | 12 | 4 | — | 0 |
| Peter Chilton | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Ian Bremner | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Neil Ferguson | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Paul Tolson | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 |
| John Gardner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gross | 18 | 6 | 24 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Alec Epis | 17 | 3 | 20 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Eddie Lake | 16 | 3 | 19 | 7 | — | 1 |
| John Williams | 16 | 2 | 18 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Darryl Gerlach | 15 | 3 | 18 | 7 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Pryor | 16 | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Geoff Gosper | 15 | 2 | 17 | 3 | — | 0 |
| Russell Blew | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Charlie Payne | 13 | 3 | 16 | 6 | — | 0 |
| Ted Fordham | 13 | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| David Shaw | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Waite | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | — | 3 |
| Ken Fraser | 7 | 5 | 12 | 7 | — | 1 |
| John Ellis | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Ken Fletcher | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Bruce Lake | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Robin Close | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Don McKenzie | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Lindsay McGie | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 |
| Kevin Egan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |