1968 RECORDS
1968 RECORDS
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KEY POINTS
Player, Peter Teagle, was married in this year. Peter was the club's full forward.
A telegram was sent to the Research Cricket Club on making the Grand Final.
K. Easton became the first Research player to kick 100 goals (103) in a season
Aub Gibson ( President ) donated a white football for the club to use at training
Both the Club's Senior & Reserves teams made the Finals for the first tme ( Seniors 2nd & Reserves 3rd position on the ladder )
The Reserves team lost in the 1st Semi-Final to Whittlesea 15-12 ( 102 ) to Research's 9-6 ( 60 )
The Senior team lost the 2nd Semi-Final to Mernda 16-14 ( 110 ) to Research's 13-13 ( 91 ) and were beaten in the Preliminary Final by Hurstbridge 16-10 ( 106 ) to Research's 10-13 ( 73 )
END of SEASON LADDER ...
The full details for the 1968 Ladder have been difficult to locate. The list below shows the ladder in correct order, but without W-L-D data except for Research for which details were derived from the Match Results summary (see that list below the Ladder). NOTE: scores for the game against Whittlesea (Rnd 17) were not available – result only is known.
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