1968 - SEASON REVIEW
1968 The King is dead—long live the king! ‘Doc’ White had retired and it was time to entrust the leadership of this great team to a new man, Kevin ‘Curley’ Ellis. The departure of ‘Doc’ also prompted several other warriors to hang up their boots. Tommy Gray, after a seemingly endless time as a key player in the Chelsea line-up elected to retire as did wingman Laurie McGuigan after playing in four premiership teams. Bobby Hough had moved to Longwarry, Tony Wearne was testing himself at a higher level and several others were missing.
But, on the positive side, the defence was still very solid. The team still had the services of veterans Winston McLeod, Les Minotti, Ray Sill, Alan Moulden and Ted Webster and it continued to reap the benefits of an outstanding junior coaching program. With a group of quality young players coming through, including a 16 year old "Leigh Matthews", the signs were good as the side maintained a winning tradition and then suddenly, mid-season, a new arrival appeared., it was the man of the sixties ‘Doc’ White, unable to control the urge, he suddenly re-entered the fray at Hastings.
With a teaching coach who was also an outstanding player at the helm, and a past player and still great player in the fold, things were looking pretty promising and so it proved to be, with the Seniors taking out their 3rd Premiership in a row and the future AFL Footballer of the Century Leigh Matthews aged 16, winning the MPNFL 1st XV111 Goal Kicking Award with 74 Goals.
KEY PERSONNEL
PRESIDENT
Bill Coghlan
VICE PRESIDENT
Jack Duncan, "Tiger Collins", Richard Pratt
SECRETARY
Frank Parsons
TREASURER
Bernie Hambridge
COMMITTEE
Stan Davies, Tom Gray, John Hibbert, Alan Higgs, Harry Judd, John Maher, Frank McDonald, Ken Knight, Ray Matthews, "Wagga" McDonald, Roy Murphy, Doug Nielson, Ray Sill, Ron Ward, "Doc" White, Winston McLeod
COACH
Kevin "Curley" Ellis
CAPTAIN
Kevin "Curley" Ellis
BEST & FAIREST
Odran Lipscombe
GOAL KICKING
Leigh Matthews - 70 goals
TRAINERS
'Wagga'McDonald, Alf Gray, Alf Hodge, "Coog" Moulden
SEASON OVERVIEW
SENIORS
Team W L D Points %
Chelsea 16 2 64 174
Edi/Asp 14 4 56 163
Seaford 12 6 48 138
F'ton Pen 12 6 48 121
Carrum 10 8 40 116
Hastings 8 9 1 34 92
Mornington 6 12 24 98
F'ton Rovers 5 12 1 22 83
Sorrento 5 13 20 46
Mt Eliza 1 17 4 10
GRAND FINAL
Chelsea 19 - 11 -125 def Seaford 9 - 14 - 68
M. P. N. F. L.
BEST & FAIREST
| Ron Stubbs |
Carrum |
34 |
| F Hepner |
F'ton Rovers |
20 |
| M Demaine |
Mornington |
20 |
| K O'Neil |
Seaford |
18 |
| Ross Corby |
Sorrento |
18 |
| Peter Dight |
Edi/Asp |
18 |
2ND SEMI FINAL
| CHELSEA |
7.2 |
11.7 |
14.10 |
19.18 |
132 pts |
| EDI/ASP |
2.3 |
8.7 |
14.12 |
16.19 |
111 pts |
BEST PLAYERS
CHELSEA:Patterson, Ellis, Scott, Williams, Collins, Caffyn.
EDI/ASP:Harrison, Dight, Watts, Trevena, Turner.
GOAL KICKERS
CHELSEA:Matthews 3, Minotti 3, Williams 3, White 2, Ellis 2, Moulden 2, Caffyn, Mason, Sill, Scott.
EDI/ASP:Jones 3, Mountain 3, Turner 3, Trevena 3, Watts 2, Martello, Brothwell.
GRAND FINAL SELECTED TEAMS
CHELSEA V SEAFORD
BACKS: T Brain R Patterson D Scott
HALF-BACKS: D Jacobsen R Collins R Main
CENTRES: C Caffyn K Ellis T Mason
HALF-FORWARDS: L Matthews A Moulden P Williams
FORWARDS: K White R Sill L Minotti
RUCKS: E Webster W McLeod O Lipscombe
INTERCHANGE: R Wescott I McLelland
UMPIRE: Ian Mathieson
GRAND FINAL
| CHELSEA |
7.1 |
10.2 |
15.6 |
19.11 |
125 pts |
| SEAFORD |
4.3 |
6.6 |
7.10 |
9.14 |
68 pts |
BEST PLAYERS
CHELSEA:Webster, Jacobsen, Ellis, White, Collins, Moulden, Mathews.
SEAFORD:Alderson, Freeman, Hindle, Esson, Stock, O'Neil, Furness.
GOAL KICKERS
CHELSEA:Ellis 3, Matthews 3, White 3, Sill 3, Moulden 2, Mason 2, Williams, Scott, Minotti.
SEAFORD:Furness 2, Darrock, Kear, Esson, Alderson, Pivetta, Elphingstone, Dunstan.
SECONDS
Team W L D Points %
Chelsea 16 2 64 316
Edi/Asp 16 2 64 300
Carrum 12 6 48 162
Seaford 11 7 44 160
Mornington 11 7 44 123
Sorrento 9 9 36 109
Hastings 7 11 28 85
F'ton Pen 6 12 36 80
F'ton Rovers 2 16 8 46
Mt Eliza 0 18 0 10
GRAND FINAL
Edi/Asp 15 - 9 - 99 def Carrum 10 - 4 - 64
M. P. N. F. L.
BEST & FAIREST
SECOND SEMI FINAL
| CHELSEA |
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|
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9.19 |
73 pts |
| EDI/ASP |
|
|
|
15.11 |
101 pts |
BEST PLAYERS
CHELSEA:Belville, Patterson, Kemp, Hibbert, Browning,
EDI/ASP:Ballantyne, Mohr, Grace, Cochran, King, Furness.
GOAL KICKERS
CHELSEA:Knight 2, Kemp 2, Healy, Chubb, Fletcher, Amery, Gilligan.
EDI/ASP:Thompson 4, Layton 3, Rae 3, King 2, Graham, M Cochrane, Drever.
PRELIMINARY FINAL
| CHELSEA |
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|
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7.11 |
53 pts |
| CARRUM |
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13.11 |
89 pts |
BEST PLAYERS
CHELSEA:McClelland, Amery, Ward, Belville, Drew.
CARRUM:N Hopgood, Dore, Emerson, Parker.
GOAL KICKERS
CHELSEA:Amery 2, Campbell, Chubb, Brain, Butterworth, Fleming, Parker.
CARRUM:N Hopgood 3, McIntyre 2, Batt 2, Jackson 2, Muller, Milburn, Parker, McCormick.
SEASON OVERVIEW
THIRDS
Team W L D Points %
Chelsea 16 2 64 256
Edi/Asp 15 3 60 250
Mornington 14 4 56 182
F'ton Pen 14 4 56 145
Carrum 9 9 36 51
F'ton Rovers 8 10 32 77
Seaford 8 10 32 72
Hastings 3 15 12 43
Mt Eliza 3 15 12 31
GRAND FINAL
Chelsea 8 - 9 - 57 def Edi/Asp 4 - 9 -33
M. P. N. F. L.
BEST & FAIREST
2ND SEMI FINAL
| CHELSEA |
|
|
|
8.8 |
56 pts |
| EDI/ASP |
|
|
|
8.9 |
57 pts |
BEST PLAYERS
CHELSEA:Riddle, Shaw, Trigger, Smith, Judd.
EDI/ASP:Brenan, Grace, Vestris, Greenough, Bryce, Hinchcliffe.
GOAL KICKERS
CHELSEA:Coster 4, Matthews 3, Fitzerald 2, Graham, Owens, Hedger,
EDI/ASP:Greenough 3, Dunn 3, Elkins 2, Tille, Laube, Burton.
PREMIMINARY FINAL
| CHELSEA |
|
|
|
11.10 |
57 pts |
| MORNINGTON |
|
|
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6.8 |
44 pts |
BEST PLAYERS
CHELSEA:Judd, Smith, Fitzgerald, Coster, Whitford, Trigger.
MORNINGTON:Tschappeller, Pinnuck, Burnett, Holbrook, Hutchins.
GOAL KICKERS
CHELSEA:Judd 4, Fitzgerald 3, Trigger 2, Shaw, Smith.
MORNINGTON:Tschappeller 3, French 2, Holbrook.
GRAND FINAL
| CHELSEA |
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|
8.9 |
57 pts |
| EDI/ASP |
|
|
|
4.9 |
33 pts |
BEST PLAYERS
CHELSEA:Whitford, Coster, Bailey, Judd, Smith.
EDI/ASP:Grace, Greenough, Bryce, Vestris.
GOAL KICKERS
CHELSEA:Fitzerald 3, Shaw 2, Matthews, Lord, Pratt, Murphy.
EDI/ASP:No details.
SEASON OVERVIEW
FOURTHS
Team W L D Points %
F'ton Pen 18 0 72 860
Edi/Asp 16 2 64 463
Mornington 13 5 52 118
F'ton Rovers 12 6 48 171
Carrum 9 9 36 95
Chelsea 8 10 32 82
Sorrento 6 12 24 109
Seaford 4 14 16 79
Mt Eliza 2 16 8 22
Hastings 1 17 4 9
GRAND FINAL
Edi/Asp 8 - 2 - 50 def F'ton Peninsula 7 -3 - 45
M. P. N. F. L.
BEST & FAIREST
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