Morrish Medal

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The Morrish Medal is an award presented to the best and fairest player in the premier Victorian underage Australian rules football competition during the home-and-away season. Boasting an uninterrupted lineage from 1947 onwards, the medal is currently awarded to the highest vote-getter in the Talent League Boys competition.

History

The Morrish Medal was first inaugurated in 1947, the year after the formation of the Victorian Football League's thirds competition.[1] Named in honour of reserve grade treasurer Tom Morrish, who had held the position since 1922, the medal was to be awarded to the best-performing player across the season as adjudged by the field umpires.[2] This continued throughout the history of the League's thirds, which was renamed to the under-19s in 1960. When the under-19s competition was wound up at the conclusion of the 1991 Australian Football League season, to be replaced by the new Victorian State Football League under-18s competition, the decision was made to continue awarding the Morrish Medal in that new competition.

Voting format

In the style of the Brownlow Medal and Gardiner Medal medals already awarded in the seniors and seconds competitions respectively, the presiding field umpire would cast a 3–2–1 vote at the conclusion of each match. The player with the most votes tallied following the end of the home-and-away season would then be presented with the medal. The initial voting method continues to this day, albeit with multiple field umpires now conferring to present a single set of votes for each match.

Until 1981, a count back rule identical to that of the Brownlow was used to split winners based on the amount of three-vote games they were awarded, followed by two-vote games, etc. until a solitary winner could be found.[3] In 1992, the League recognised three players who initially lost by count back – Jim McGowan (1961), Phillip Friedman (1974) and Jack Dinatale (1976) – and awarded them retrospective medals.[4]

Winners by season

Year Player Club Votes Ref.
1947 Template:Sortname Essendon Template:Data missing [1]
1948 Template:Sortname Melbourne 22 [5]
1949 Template:Sortname St Kilda Template:Data missing [2]
1950 Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 23 [6]
1951 Template:Sortname Hawthorn 15 [7]
1952 Template:Sortname Footscray 17 [8]
1953 Template:Sortname Carlton 23 [9]
1954 Template:Sortname Carlton 20 [10]
1955 Template:Sortname Carlton 18 [2]
1956 Template:Sortname Hawthorn 17 [11]
1957 Template:Sortname South Melbourne 30 [2]
1958 Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 17 [12]
1959 Template:Sortname Fitzroy 16 [13]
1960 Template:Sortname Footscray Template:Data missing [2]
1961 Template:Sortname Melbourne 15 [14]
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr South Melbourne [2]
1962 Template:Sortname Essendon Template:Data missing [2]
1963 Template:Sortname Geelong Template:Data missing [2]
1964 Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 18 [15]
1965 Template:Sortname St Kilda Template:Data missing [16]
1966 Template:Sortname Fitzroy 16 [17]
1967 Template:Sortname Carlton 17 [2]
1968 Template:Sortname Melbourne 25 [18]
1969 Template:Sortname Richmond 17 [19]
1970 Template:Sortname Fitzroy 25 [20]
1971 Template:Sortname Carlton 21 [2]
1972Template:Efn-lr Template:Sortname Carlton 23 [2]
Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM
1973 Template:Sortname South Melbourne 20 [2]
1974Template:Efn-lr Template:Sortname South Melbourne 22 [2]
Template:Sortname Footscray
Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr Melbourne
1975 Template:Sortname South Melbourne Template:Data missing [21]
1976 Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn-lr Footscray 20 [2]
Template:Sortname Richmond
1977 Template:Sortname Essendon 20 [2]
1978Template:Efn-lr Template:Sortname Fitzroy 19 [2]
Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM
1979 Template:Sortname Collingwood 30 [2]
1980 Template:Sortname Essendon Template:Data missing [22]
1981 Template:Sortname Melbourne 37 [23]
1982 Template:Sortname Melbourne 17 [24]
1983 Template:Sortname Melbourne 17 [25]
1984 Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 22 [26]
1985 Template:Sortname Essendon 25 [27]
1986 Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 21 [28]
1987 Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 17 [29]
1988 Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM 21 [30]
1989 Template:Sortname Essendon 18 [31]
1990 Template:Sortname Carlton 14 [32]
Template:Sortname Template:AFL NM [32]
1991 Template:Sortname Sydney Template:Data missing [33]
1992 Template:Sortname Northern Knights 11 [34]
1993 Template:Sortname Southern Stingrays 25 [35]
1994 Template:Sortname Northern Knights 17 [36]
1995 Template:Sortname Geelong Falcons 26 [37]
1996 Template:Sortname Bendigo Pioneers 21 [38]
1997 Template:Sortname Murray Bushrangers 20 [39]
1998 Template:Sortname NSW/ACT Rams 21 [40]
1999 Template:Sortname Gippsland Power 21 [41]
2000 Template:Sortname Calder Cannons 25 [42]
2001 Template:Sortname Calder Cannons 29 [43]
2002 Template:Sortname Tassie Mariners 22 [44]
2003 Template:Sortname Northern Knights 25 [45]
2004 Template:Sortname Eastern Ranges 21 [46]
2005 Template:Sortname Calder Cannons 22 [47]
2006 Template:Sortname Calder Cannons 22 [48]
2007 Template:Sortname Northern Knights 19 [49]
2008 Template:Sortname Gippsland Power 18 [50]
Template:Sortname Murray Bushrangers
2009 Template:Sortname Northern Knights 24 [51]
2010 Template:Sortname Gippsland Power 21 [52]
Template:Sortname Sandringham Dragons
2011 Template:Sortname Dandenong Stingrays 22 [53]
2012 Template:Sortname Gippsland Power 17 [54]
2013 Template:Sortname Geelong Falcons 17 [55]
Template:Sortname Eastern Ranges
Template:Sortname Bendigo Pioneers
Template:Sortname Gippsland Power
2014 Template:Sortname Gippsland Power 17 [56]
2015 Template:Sortname Murray Bushrangers 15 [57]
2016 Template:Sortname North Ballarat Rebels 16 [58]
2017 Template:Sortname Oakleigh Chargers 22 [59]
2018 Template:Sortname Sandringham Dragons 19 [60]
2019 Template:Sortname Western Jets 17 [61]
2020 not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic [62]
2021 Template:Sortname Calder Cannons 12 [63]
Template:Sortname Greater Western Victoria Rebels
2022 Template:Sortname Dandenong Stingrays 18 [64]
Template:Sortname Tasmania Devils
2023 Template:Sortname Geelong Falcons 18 [65]
Template:Sortname Tasmania Devils
2024 Template:Sortname Gippsland Power 21 [66][67]


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Ineligible players who polled more votes than winner

A player guilty of an offence deemed worthy of a suspension is ineligible to win the Morrish Medal.

Player Club Year Votes Outcome
Daryl Vernon Richmond 1978 19 Suspended; would have been joint winner with McPhie and Simpson, as the trio could not be separated by the countback rule.
Brad Chapman Fitzroy 1990 20 Suspended; would have won outright, beating Robertson and Watson by six votes.
Domenic Berry Hawthorn 15 Polled second-highest number of votes and would have won had he not been suspended.[32]

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