1968 Season

Top: K.Stonestreet,Doug Walkerden,John Armstrong,Tony Packham, J.Elford,B.Bryant

Middle: Dick Picket,B.Glasgow,R.Fergson,Rod Smith,John Maxwell,Jack Walsh,B.Beer

Bottom: Jazza,Bob McGuniess,Ned, Dave Barsley,Chow Hayes

Coach

Noel Kelly

Biggest home crowd

15,936 (vs. Balmain in round 17)

Average home crowd

9,564

Top pointscorer

Tony Ford (96)

Top tryscorer

Mick Alchin (12)

Results

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Date	Round		Opposition		Score	Coach(es)	Captain(s)	Venue		Rank
Mar 31st	Round 1	A	North Sydney	W	18 - 11	N. Kelly		North Sydney	6,861	6th
Apr 7th	Round 2	H	Parramatta	L	8 - 10	N. Kelly		Lidcombe	12,809	10th
Apr 13th	Round 3	H N	Eastern Suburbs	L	8 - 21	N. Kelly		SCG	16,528	11th
Apr 21st	Round 4	H	South Sydney	L	11 - 21	N. Kelly		Lidcombe	12,528	11th
Apr 24th	Round 5	H	St George	W	22 - 6	N. Kelly		Lidcombe	15,503	9th
Apr 28th	Round 6	A	Balmain	L	11 - 19	N. Kelly		Sports Ground	18,097	9th
May 4th	Round 7	H	Newtown	W	14 - 2	N. Kelly		Lidcombe	11,954	9th
May 12th	Round 8	A	Cronulla	L	12 - 13	N. Kelly		Sutherland	4,700	10th
May 19th	Round 9	H	Manly Warringah	W	9 - 5	N. Kelly		Lidcombe	6,508	10th
May 26th	Round 10	A	Penrith	W	13 - 9	N. Kelly		Penrith	7,143	8th
Jun 2nd	Round 11	A	Canterbury	L	4 - 19	N. Kelly		Belmore	18,706	9th
Jun 9th	Round 12	H	North Sydney	W	18 - 13	N. Kelly		Sports Ground	5,179	8th
Jun 23rd	Round 13	A	Parramatta	W	25 - 2	N. Kelly		Cumberland	15,729	8th
Jun 30th	Round 14	A	Eastern Suburbs	L	5 - 27	N. Kelly		Sports Ground	15,173	9th
Jul 7th	Round 15	A	South Sydney	L	9 - 18	N. Kelly		Redfern	11,097	9th
Jul 14th	Round 16	A	St George	W	28 - 19	N. Kelly		Kogarah	16,205	9th
Jul 21st	Round 17	H	Balmain	L	7 - 12	N. Kelly		Lidcombe	15,936	9th
Jul 28th	Round 18	A	Newtown	W	29 - 19	N. Kelly		Henson	2,742	9th
Aug 4th	Round 19	H	Cronulla	W	19 - 12	N. Kelly		Lidcombe	4,003	7th
Aug 11th	Round 20	A	Manly Warringah	L	8 - 14	N. Kelly		Brookvale	10,319	8th
Aug 17th	Round 21	H	Penrith	W	12 - 0	N. Kelly		Lidcombe	4,113	7th
Aug 25th	Round 22	H	Canterbury	W	38 - 7	N. Kelly		Lidcombe	7,109	7th

22 games
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Players

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Player	Rep	Age	T	G	FG	Pts
ALCHIN, Mick		-	12	-	-	36
ALLISON, Alan		-	1	-	-	3
ARMSTRONG, John		-	4	-	-	12
BAKER, John		-	1	-	-	3
BARSLEY, Dave		-	3	22	-	53
BEER, Bruce		-	3	1	6	23
BRYANT, Barry		-	1	-	-	3
CODY, Jim		-	-	-	-	-
DOLTON, Noel		-	-	-	-	-
ELFORD, John		-	5	-	-	15
FERGUSON, Roy		-	6	-	-	18
FORD, Tony		-	4	42	-	96
GLASGOW, Barry		-	2	9	13	50
GOODMAN, Ross		-	-	-	-	-
HAYES, John		-	-	-	-	-
HORNERY, Neville		-	-	-	-	-
KEARNS, John		-	1	-	-	3
KELLY, Noel		32	-	-	-	-
McGUINESS, Bob		-	-	-	1	2
MAXWELL, John		-	-	-	-	-
MOWBRAY, John		-	-	-	-	-
MURPHY, Tim		-	-	-	-	-
PICKETT, Dick		-	-	-	-	-
SMITH, Rod		-	-	-	-	-
WALKADEN, Doug		-	1	-	1	5
WALSH, John		-	1	-	-	3
WINTER, Steve		-	1	-	-	3
27 players	1 cur. / 3 tot.	32.59	46	74	21	328

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Bob Mara tackled by 2 Wests men preseason game V Penrith.

First game of the 1968 season 8 - 8 draw

John Elford on the run.

First game of the real season Wests off to a good start 18-11 win.

Mick Alchins first game with Wests and he scored 2 tries as well.

Wests beat St George 22-6

A very big win for the young Kellys Kids 25-2.

In 1968 the World Cup was played. Australia v France were in the Final.

Australian beat France 20-2

The Aussie squad.

3 Days later Wests played France at Liddy Oval

10 Players from the Final team played aganist Wests that night including the complete French Pack

Mick and Nebo both played that night.

Mick v Christian.

It was always fun in those days watching Wests

(How about that Jim Cody trying to stop Nev Hornery)

Nev and Mick get a mention.

This game was played at Kogarah Oval due to the Petrol strikes.

Also John Armstrong replaced Jim Cody and Steve Winter replaced Rod Smith.

Wests beat St George 28-19.

Stan Gorton one of my favorite wingers. Plenty of speed .

Scored 28 tries in 1968.

(I have been trying to show this pic for ages)

Getting Ready for the next game against the Berries

Not bad 3 tries to Tony Ford at Fullback.

Harry Wells and Peter Dimond gone but not forgotten