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Reserves Best and Fairest

Reserves Best and Fairest


This list recognises only those players who were awarded a trophy for "Best and Fairest" or "Best Player Second 18", or " Best Player"
Refer to the votes column for further informatoin
First place received the J.D. Langdon Cup./ J.D. Langdon Memorial Cup

In 2014 , the medal was renamed The Guinane Medal , after Dan Guinane and Paddy Guinane's contribution to the club.



Year
Place
Winner
Votes
1920 1st Charles Smith 'Best Player'
1921 1st Not Awarded (Harry Pollock did win 'Best All Round' )
1922 1st Not Awarded (Mal Wishart did win 'Best All Round' )
1923 1st Not Awarded
1924 1st Not Awarded (Mal Wishart did win 'Best All Round' )
1925 1st Not Awarded (Frank 'Tosser' Kight did win 'Best All Round')
1926 1st F Kight "The Mitchell prize for Best and Fairest player" (F Kight's award is also listed as 'Most Serviceable Player for the season' and 'Best All Round')
1927 1st Not Awarded (Les Meeking did win 'All Rounder') according to RFC 2nd Annual Report
1928 1st Jack Titus 18 ('Best Player Second 18' Trophy provided by RFC Senior club). In RFC 2nd Annual Report is says Silver Cup (donated by R.F.C) J Titus, best player
2nd Jim Doran 12
3rd Frank Kight 11
1929 1st Not Awarded (Sam Jamison did win "Most Consistent Player" according to RFC 2nd Annual Report)
1930 1st Not Awarded ('Cup for Best and Fairest player' -The Argus.) However RFC 2nd Annual Report lists the award as "Most Consistent Player"
1931 1st Richie Saunders Silver Cup. "Best and Fairest"
1932 1st Robert Gislingham Cup. "Best and Fairest"
1933 1st Keith Torpey Trophy
1934 1st Jack Cotter Received a cup/trophy
1935 1st William Garvie
1936 1st Alan Maple
1937 1st Alan Maple Trophy
1938 1st Alby Broman J Langdon Cup
1939 1st Les 'Mick' Patton 53.
2nd A Broman 38.5
3rd G Platt 28
4th J Uwins 26.5
1940 1st Brian Randall J D Langdon Cup
1941 1st Phil Nagle
1942 1st Harry Dwan
1943 1st Arthur Mooney
1944 1st Charlie Priestley Played 11 games
=2nd J Turner + A McCarthy Trophy each.
1945 1st Bill Rochford
1946 1st Ron Evans Announcement
2nd Charlie Priestley
1947 1st Dan Knott Trophy
1948 1st Stan Wilson http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243530392" class="wiki wikinew text-danger tips">Trophy
1949 1st Jack Roberts
1950 1st Leo Clarke
1951 1st Len Gardner
2nd Barrie Brown
3rd Ron Reiffel
1952 1st Graham Cox Played Richmond Thirds, Seconds and Seniors this year
2nd Kevin Betson
1953 1st Graham Cox
2nd Kevin Beston
3rd Ron Reiffel
4th John Ritchie
1954 1st Frank Slater
1955 1st Herb Sawatzky
2nd Frank Ryan
1956 1st John Ritchie + Charles Flannagan
2nd John Jenkins
3rd Ray Allsop
4th Les Amery
1957 1st Allan Cooke 55
1958 1st Roger Dean
1959 1st Doug Reynolds
1960 1st Alan Hayes
1961 1st Gary Wilkinson
1962 1st Barry Cameron
1963 1st Alan Richardson 51
2nd Bob Hickman 49
1964 1st Alan Richardson
2nd Gary Williamson
1965 1st Owen Madigan
1966 1st Mike Patterson
1967 1st Ross Warner
2nd Mike Bowden as per interview with Rhett Bartlett in 2013. Searching for documentation
1968 1st Kevin Shinners
1969 =1st John Perry + Mike Patterson
1970 1st George McInnes
1971 1st Ian Craig
2nd Laurie Fowler
3rd Michael Green
1972 1st Peter Cloke
2nd Ian Miles
1973 1st William Nalder
2nd Noel Carter
1974 1st Wes Barrot
2nd Stephen Taubert
1975 1st Bill Nettlefold
2nd Stephen Taubert
1976 1st Ian Borchard
2nd Ken Stonehouse
1977 1st Ken Stonehouse
2nd Ian Borchard
1978 1st Robert Heard 135
2nd Stephen Roach 115
=3rd C Waterson J Berry 65
5th D Freame 61
=6th Michael Roach J Einsiedel 57
8th P Williams 46
1979 1st Kim Kershaw
2nd Peter Laughlin
3rd Greg Strachan
4th G Berry
5th P Bottams
6th B Trotter
7th G Naylor
8th F Bain
1980 1st Colin Waterson
1981 1st Ian Scrimshaw
1982 1st Adam Pearson 154
2nd Wayne Shand 138
3rd John Manton 113
4th Ross Brewer 105
5th Stephen Pirrie 96
6th Paul Sarah 90
7th Daryl Sutton 89
8th Trevor Poole 87
9th Matthew Wall 83
=10th Terry Smith + Greg Strachan 81
12th Ian Sartori 65
13th Phil Egan 57
1983 1st Michael Lockman 139
2nd Michael Pickering 102
3rd Ric Marks 100
4th Emmett Dunne 95
5th Dan Foley 87
6th Greg Conlan 85
1984 1st Robert Fuller 163
2nd Paul Dudley 157
3rd Trevor Poole 135
4th John Manton 130
5th Tim Barling 123
6th T McCarthy 97
1985 1st Daryl Vernon 128
2nd Ian Sartori 114
3rd Dan Foley 106
4th Richard Geary 92
5th Peter Czerkaski 92
6th Tom Crebbin 87
1986 1st Des Ryan 113. Also played 6 senior games this year
2nd Richard Geary 106
3rd Richard Nixon 103
4th T Smith 98
5th A Cross 89
6th N Lovell 77
7th M Roberts 71
8th Stephen James 64
9th Jeff Hogg 59
10th Paul Morrish 58
1987 1st Tony Pastore 143
2nd Gavin Bayes 141
3rd Richard Nixon 140
4th Greg Strachan 132
5th Darren Bower 119
6th Stephen James 109
7th Allan McKellar 104
8th Renato Dintinosante 72
9th Des Ryan 67
10th Neil Peart 51
1988 1st Matthew Knights 209. Played Under 19s, Reserves, Seniors this year
2nd Brett Mahony 142
3rd Mark McLeod 102
4th Darren Keighran 101
5th Michael Thomson 88
6th Greg Hamilton 76
7th Gary Fangalas 62
8th Craig Smith 56
9th Richard Nixon 54
10th Chris Pym 51
1989 1st Brett Mahony 137
2nd Craig Smith 97
3rd Barry Young 67
4th Chris Pym 63
=5th Greg Hamilton + Michael Thomson 62
7th Darren Keighran 61
8th Mark McLeod 56
9th Wayne Peters 52
10th Andy Goodwin 51
1990 1st Chris Naish 145
2nd Cory Young 102
3rd Richard Nixon 82
4th Stuart Maxfield 81
5th Darren Keighran 73
6th Adam James 69
7th Matthew Francis 68
8th Ashley Prescott 64
9th Stephen James 60
10th Allister Scott 53
1991 1st Sean Bowden 117
2nd Justin Pickering 87
3rd Trent Nichols 61
4th Stuart Maxfield 58
5th Wayne Campbell 53
6th Stuart Griffiths 47
7th Ty Esler 46
8th Tim Powell 41
9th Stephen Ryan 36
=10th Mark Lee + Ashley Prescott 33
1992 1st Terry Keays 19
2nd Chris Curran 15
=3rd Ty Esler + Tim Livingstone 14
5th Duncan Kellaway 12
6th barry Young 11
=7th Nathan Bower + Alister Scott + Jason Smith 10
=9th Des Ryan + James Thiessen 9
=11th Nick Daffey + Paul Dimattina 8
1993 1st Tim Livingstone 23
2nd Craig Smith 18
3rd Ty Esler 16
4th Nick Daffy
=5th Todd Menegola + James Thiessen + Stephen Ryan 12
=7th Stuart Steele + Ducnan Kellaway 11
=9th Ashley Prescott + Tim Scott-Branagan 10
=11th Bruce Lennon + Ian Herman + Anthony Banik 9
1994 1st Anthony Banik 17
=2nd Matthew Dundas + Tristan Lynch 12
4th Mark Merenda 10
=5th Robert Schaefer + James Thiessen 9
=7th Stuart Edwards + Mark Neeld + Ashley Prescott + Allister Scott 8
=9th Brian Leys + Haydn Robins 7
=11th John Howat + Mark McQueen + Mark Pitura 6
1995 1st Justin Murphy 29
2nd Matthew Francis 25
3rd Jamie Elliott 21
4th Matthew Dundas 20
=5th Tristan Lynch + Adam Slater 19
7th Mark McQueen 18
=8th Simon Kerry + Chris Sullivan 17
10th Simon Eastaugh + Paul King 16
1996 1st John Howat 69
2nd Chris Sullivan 54
3rd Joel Bowden 49
4th Ben Moore 46
5th Ed Richardson 44
=6th Ben Harrison + Nick Jewell 38
8th Jason Torney 35
9th Ross Funcke 32
10th Mark Neeld 28
1997 1st Justin Plapp 76
2nd Andrew Kellaway 73
3rd Chris Naish 70
4th Brett Evans 68
5th Ewan Thompson 61
6th Ben Moore 55
=7th Mark Chaffey + Daniel Donati + Daryl Griffin + Ben Harrison 47
9th Jason Torney 46
=10th Stephen Jurica + Trent Nichols + Jason Ramsey 45
1998 1st Robert Taylor 114
2nd Ben Hollands 113
3rd Greg Tivendale 101
4th Paul Greenham 97
5th David Mitchell 96
6th Matt Greig 90
7th Lionel Proctor 89
8th Matthew Mansfield 83
9th Steve McKee 82
10th Nathan Bower + John Rombotis 79
1999 1st Robert Taylor 21
2nd Greg Tivendale 20
=3rd Ben Hollands + Ben Moore 17
=5th Craig Biddiscombe + Jason Torney 15
=7th Ray Hall + Paul Greenham + Rory Hilton + Lionel Proctor 13
9th Chris Bossong 12
=10th Justin Plapp + Pat Steinfort 11
2000
2001 1st Jason Lappin Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2002 1st Dean Talbot Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2003 1st Leigh Carlson Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2004 1st Ryan O'Connor Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2005 1st Michael Rix Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2006 =1st Jake King, Alistair Neville Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2007 1st Paul Shelton Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2008 1st Greg Tivendale Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2009 1st Nick Liddle Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2010 1st Sam Power Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2011 1st Sam Power Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2012 1st Willie Wheeler Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2013 1st Daniel Venditti Reserves affiliated with Coburg. Last year of affiliation.
2014 1st Ross Young
2015 1st Matt Dea 49
2nd Matt Thomas 37
=3rd James Wall + Jaryd Cachia 31
5th Matt McDonough 28
6th Liam McBean 27
=7th Shaun Hampson + Matt Arnot + Nick Wynne + David Astbury 26
11th Jason Castagna 22
2016 1st Adam Marcon 44
2nd Sam Darley 38
3rd Jason Castagna 36
4th Nathan Broad 35
=5th Ivan Maric + Jason Townsend 31
2017 1st Anthony Miles 64
2nd Jake Batchelor 63
3rd Jake Ballard 49
=4th Jake Townsend + Hugh Beasley 48
6th Corey Ellis 44
7th Daniel Coffield 41
=8th Sam Lloyd + Ryan Garthwaite 40
10th Ben Lennon 37
2018 1st Anthony Miles 60
2nd Corey Ellis 59
3rd Jake Aarts 50
=4th Tyson Stengle + Ryan Garthwaite 48
6th Tom Silvestro 46
7th Connor Menadue 43
8th Steve Morris 38
=9th Sam Lloyd + Liam Baker 37
2019 1st Daniel Coffield 56
2nd Jacob Townsend 54
3rd Hugh Beasley 52
=4th Steve Morris + Ryan Garthwaite + Derek Eggmolesse-Smith 50
=7th Dan Butler + Jake Aarts 46
9th Callum Coleman-Jones 44
10th Patrick Naish 43
2020 Season Cancelled
2021 1st Will Martyn 28 votes
2nd Lachlan Street 24
3rd Derek Eggmolesse-Smith 22
4th Callum Coleman-Jones 21
5th Samson Ryan 20
2022 1st Jake Aarts
=2nd Rhyan Mansell, Will Martyn and Lachlan Street
=5th Sam Banks and Sydney Stack
2023 1st J Trezise 41
=2nd Lachlan Street + Tyler Sonsie 37
4th Sam Banks 35
+5th Thompson Dow + T Brindley 32
7th C Olden 31
8th B Melville 27
9th M. El Nour 26
10th G McDonagh 24




Further reading:
Seniors Best and Fairest
Under 19s Best and Fairest
Fourths Best and Fairest