AFL Inter-Club Medals & Trophies

AFL - AWARDS

AFL INTERCLUB MEDALS/TROPHIES

INTRODUCTION

AWARDS (A to Z)

AWARDS (CLUB by CLUB)

EVERY AWARD (WINNERS & BACKGROUND)

EXHIBITION/PRACTICE MATCH AWARDS

RESERVES/UNDER 19's AWARDS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

For nearly a century the premiership title was the sole focus of VFL-AFL clubs. Fast forward to today and the football landscape is littered with awards; some honour past greats, some are for a good cause, and others, frankly, seem to be awards for the sake of having an award (the Fila Cup, anyone?).

During the 2015 season there are over fifty trophies, shields, medals, cups (and even a plate) on offer. So when did this flood of silverware begin?

The earliest interclub award unearthed to date is the Lake Premiership Pennant awarded from 1938 to 1964 to the winner of matches between South Melbourne and St Kilda. Next was the Sir Keith Murdoch Cup (1949) contested by Geelong and North Melbourne.

Kevin Murray and Ted Whitten hold the 1983 Centenary Cup aloft

The Bob McCaskill Trophy (1952) contested by Hawthorn and North Melbourne, and the T.M. Ferguson Trophy (1953) for the winner of Hawthorn-Melbourne games soon followed. Next up was the R.D. Barassi Trophy, introduced in 1965 following Barassi's controversial move from Melbourne to Carlton. Shortly after the Blues' win in 1972 the trophy disappeared into a cupboard at Princes Park where it was soon forgotten, gathering dust until rediscovered in 2002.

A handful of awards came and went in the 1980s; their lack of longevity due to them being introduced for marketing rather than historical purposes. South Melbourne's move to Sydney in 1982 saw the introduction of the Chateau Cup, provided by a club sponsor and awarded at the first SCG game of each season. This was followed by the Darlington Investment Services Centenary Cup (1983), the Eastcoast Challenge Cup (1985) and the Berry Street Cup (1986). The latter being the only one of these trophies to survive the decade.

Today's overcrowded trophy cabinets can be traced back to the 1990s. Collingwood and Carlton led-off in 1993 with the introduction of the Peter MacCallum Cup, followed in 1994 by the Alan Schwab Memorial Shield which was announced shortly after the long-serving AFL administrator died while on secondment to Sydney. The tipping point was 1995 with the launch of the Albert Thurgood Trophy (Essendon-Fremantle), Dockland Trophy (Fremantle-Port Adelaide), E.J. Whitten Cup (Essendon-Footscray), and the Nauru Challenge Cup (Fitzroy-West Coast).

Far from fading away, the 2000s has seen this trend become the norm, with new awards announced on a near-annual basis. Read on for details of the various AFL interclub trophies and medals presented over the years, including a club-by-club list.

AWARDS (A to Z)

LIST OF AWARDS - A to Z

NOTE - grey shading indicates awards that are no longer presented.

AWARDS - A to Z (active)	COMPETING TEAMS	YEARS
Alan Schwab Memorial Shield	Brisbane-Sydney	1994-
Alec Campbell Cup	Tasmania Devils & Anzac Day opponent	2001-2008
Alec Campbell Cup	Hawthorn & Anzac Day opponent (Launceston only)	2009-
Anzac Day Trophy	Collingwood-Essendon	2000-
Anzac Day Medal	Collingwood-Essendon (B.O.G.) - retrospective medals awarded in 2011	1995-1999
Anzac Day Medal	Collingwood-Essendon (B.O.G.)	2000-
Barker-Whitten Challenge Plate	St Kilda-Western Bulldogs	1997-
Beyond Blue Cup	Hawthorn-Geelong	2006-2012
	Hawthorn-Collingwood	2013
	Hawthorn-Sydney	2014-2018
	Hawthorn-West Coast	2019
	Hawthorn-Gold Coast	2020
Blue Ribbon Cup	Hawthorn-St Kilda	1999-
Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal	Collingwood-Western Bulldogs (B.O.G.)	2007-
Brett Kirk Medal	GWS Giants-Sydney (B.O.G.)	2012-
Col Austen Trophy	Hawthorn-Richmond	1996-
David Parkin Cup	Carlton-Hawthorn (winning club)	1998-2002
David Parkin Medal	Carlton-Hawthorn (B.O.G.)	2003-
E.J. Whitten Cup	Essendon-Western Bulldogs	1995-
Frank MacDonald Medal	Tasmania Devils' & Anzac Day opponent's B.O.G. (dual medals)	2001-2008
Frank MacDonald Medal	Hawthorn vs Anzac Day opponent B.O.G. (one medal, Launceston only)	2009-
Glendinning-Allan Medal	Fremantle-West Coast (B.O.G.)	2018 (Rd.20)-
Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal	Sydney & their Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round opponent (B.O.G.)	2016-
HMAS Sydney II Memorial Trophy	Sydney-West Coast	2010-
HMAS Sydney II Best On Ground Award	Sydney-West Coast (B.O.G.)	2010-
Ian Stewart Medal	Richmond-St Kilda (B.O.G.)	2004-
Jack Dyer-Lou Richards Trophy	Collingwood-Richmond	1999-
Kennedy Cup	Port Adelaide & their opponent in Shanghai	2019-
Kevin Sheedy Cup	Essendon-Richmond (all premiership matches)	1998-2011
Kevin Sheedy Cup	Essendon-Richmond: Clash of the Sash (the non-Dreamtime game)	2012-
Lockett-Coventry Cup	Collingwood-Sydney	2000-
Madden Trophy ("Madden Cup")	Carlton-Essendon	1997-
Marcus Ashcroft Medal	Brisbane-Gold Coast (B.O.G.)	2011-
Marn Grook Trophy	Sydney-Essendon	2002-2013
Marn Grook Trophy	Sydney & their Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round opponent	2014-
Neale Daniher Trophy	Collingwood-Melbourne (B.O.G.)	2015-
Nicky Winmar Cup	St Kilda-West Coast	2003-
Peter Badcoe VC Medal	Port Adelaide & their Anzac Day opponent (B.O.G.)	2004-
Peter MacCallum Cup	Collingwood-Carlton (all premiership matches)	1993-2008
Peter MacCallum Cup	Collingwood-Carlton (Collingwood's home game only)	2009-
Polly Farmer Trophy	Geelong-West Coast	1996-
Q Clash Trophy	Brisbane-Gold Coast	2011-
R.D. Barassi Trophy	Carlton-Melbourne	1965-1972 / 2002-
RAC Derby Trophy	Fremantle-West Coast	2019-
Richard Pratt Cup	Carlton-Collingwood (Carlton's home game)	2009-
Richard Pratt Medal	Carlton-Collingwood (Carlton's home game B.O.G.)	2012-
Robert Rose Cup	Collingwood-Western Bulldogs	2000-
Ron Barassi Cup	Melbourne-Sydney	2003-
Shanghai Medal	Port Adelaide & their opponent in Shanghai (B.O.G.)	2017-
Showdown Trophy	Adelaide-Port Adelaide	1997-2017
Showdown Shield	Adelaide-Port Adelaide (official name is the Variety Showdown Shield)	2018-
Showdown Medal	Adelaide-Port Adelaide (B.O.G.)	2000-
Silk-Miller Medal	Hawthorn & St Kilda's B.O.G. in the Blue Ribbon Cup	1999-
Sydney Derby Cup	GWS Giants-Sydney	2019-
Tom Wills Award	Essendon-Geelong (Country Festival match B.O.G.)	2017-
Western Derby Trophy	Fremantle-West Coast	1997-2017 / 2019-
Wills-Harrison Shield	Geelong-Melbourne	1996-c.2001
Wills-Harrison Trophy	Geelong-Melbourne	c.2002-
Yiooken Award	Essendon-Richmond (Dreamtime at the 'G B.O.G.)	2006-
Zaidee Trophy	Hawthorn-Port Adelaide	2011-
AWARDS - A to Z (defunct)	COMPETING TEAMS	YEARS
Albert Thurgood Challenge Trophy	Essendon-Fremantle	1995-unknown
Anzac Day Medal	St Kilda & Anzac Day opponent (New Zealand only)	2013-2014
Archer-Hird Medal	Essendon-North Melbourne	2008-2013
Bartercard Cup	Richmond-St Kilda	1993-c.1995
Berry Street Cup	Melbourne-Richmond	1986-2013
Berry Street Cup	Melbourne-North Melbourne	2014
Bob McCaskill Trophy	Hawthorn-North Melbourne	1952-c.1956
Brent Crosswell Medal	North Melbourne & various opponents B.O.G. (Hobart only)	2012-2015
Carlton Mid Derby Trophy	Fremantle-West Coast	2001-2014
Carlton Draught Derby Trophy	Fremantle-West Coast	2015-2017
Centenary Challenge Cup	Fitzroy-Footscray (Western Bulldogs)	1983
Chateau Cup	Sydney & their first home game opponent	1982
Crowl-McDonald Medal	St Kilda & Carlton B.O.G. (Anzac Day in NZ only)	2015
David Parkin Cup	Carlton-Hawthorn (replaced in 2003 by the David Parkin Medal)	1998-2002
Dockland Trophy	Fremantle-Port Adelaide	1995-2002
Eastcoast Challenge Cup	Footscray (Western Bulldogs) & their first home game opponent	1985-1986
EMU Export Western Derby Trophy	Fremantle-West Coast	1995-2000
Fila Cup	Geelong-Western Bulldogs	2000-2002
Gary Dempsey Medal	North Melbourne-Western Bulldogs	2009
Jason McCartney Medal	Collingwood-North Melbourne	2003-2009 / 2013
Kennedy-McHale Cup	Collingwood-Hawthorn	2000-2002
Lake Premiership Pennant	South Melbourne-St Kilda	1938-1964
Nauru Challenge Cup	Fitzroy-West Coast	1995
Nick Schernickau Trophy	Melbourne-St Kilda	1994-1998
Origin Energy Western Victoria Cup	Geelong-Western Bulldogs	2004-2005
Phillip Walsh Medal	Adelaide-Port Adelaide (B.O.G.)	2015 (Rd.16)
Prime Minister's Cup	GWS & various opponents (Canberra only)	2012-2015
Ross Glendinning Medal	Fremantle-West Coast (B.O.G.) (replaced by the Glendinning-Allan Medal)	2001-2018 (Rd.6)
Sands of Gallipoli Medal	Brisbane's best player (Anzac Day round)	2003-2010
Shanghai Cup	Port Adelaide & their opponent in Shanghai (replaced by Kennedy Cup)	2017-2018
Showdown Trophy	Adelaide-Port Adelaide (replaced in 2018 by the Variety Showdown Shield)	1997-2017
Simpson-Henderson Trophy	St Kilda & their Anzac Day opponent (New Zealand only)	2013-2015
Sir Keith Murdoch Cup	Geelong-North Melbourne	1949-c.1952
T.M. Ferguson Trophy	Hawthorn-Melbourne	1953-1960s
TAC Trophy	Footscray-Richmond	c.1989-c.1993
Westpac Community Cup	Adelaide-Collingwood	2010-2013
White Ribbon Trophy	GWS Giants-Sydney	2012-2018
Wills-Harrison Shield	Geelong-Melbourne (replaced c.2002 by the Wills-Harrison Trophy)	1996-c.2001

WINNING CLUB TROPHY + B.O.G.	COMPETING TEAMS	YEARS
ANZAC DAY - COLLINGWOOD & ESSENDON
Anzac Day Trophy	Collingwood-Essendon	2000-
Anzac Day Medal	Collingwood-Essendon (B.O.G.) - retrospective medals awarded in 2011	1995-1999
Anzac Day Medal	Collingwood-Essendon (B.O.G.)	2000-
ANZAC DAY - NEW ZEALAND
Simpson-Henderson Trophy	St Kilda & Anzac Day opponent	2013-2015
Anzac Day Medal	St Kilda & Anzac Day opponent (B.O.G.)	2013-2014
Crowl-McDonald Medal	St Kilda & Carlton (B.O.G.)	2015
ANZAC DAY - TASMANIA
Alec Campbell Cup	Tasmania Devils & Anzac Day opponent	2001-2008
Alec Campbell Cup	Hawthorn & Anzac Day opponent (Launceston only)	2009-
Frank MacDonald Medal	Tasmania Devils' & Anzac Day opponent's B.O.G. (dual medals)	2001-2008
Frank MacDonald Medal	Hawthorn vs Anzac Day opponent B.O.G. (one medal, Launceston only)	2009-
BLUE RIBBON CUP
Blue Ribbon Cup	Hawthorn-St Kilda	1999-
Silk-Miller Medal	Hawthorn's B.O.G. & St Kilda's B.O.G.	1999-
DREAMTIME AT THE 'G
Kevin Sheedy Cup	Essendon-Richmond	2005-2011
Yiooken Award	Essendon-Richmond (B.O.G.)	2006-
HMAS SYDNEY II MEMORIAL GAME
HMAS Sydney II Memorial Trophy	Sydney-West Coast	2010-
HMAS Sydney II Best On Ground Trophy	Sydney-West Coast (B.O.G.)	2010-
PORT ADELAIDE & THEIR SHANGHAI OPPONENT
Shanghai Cup	Port Adelaide & their opponent in Shanghai	2017-2018
Kennedy Cup	Port Adelaide & their opponent in Shanghai	2019-
Shanghai Medal	Port Adelaide & their opponent in Shanghai (B.O.G.)	2017-
Q-CLASH
Q Clash Trophy	Brisbane-Gold Coast	2011-
Marcus Ashcroft Medal	Brisbane-Gold Coast (B.O.G.)	2011-
RICHARD PRATT CUP
Richard Pratt Cup	Carlton-Collingwood (Carlton's home game)	2009-
Richard Pratt Medal	Carlton-Collingwood (Carlton's home game B.O.G.)	2012-
ROBERT ROSE CUP
Robert Rose Cup	Collingwood-Western Bulldogs	2000-
Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal	Collingwood-Western Bulldogs (B.O.G.)	2007-
SHOWDOWN
Showdown Trophy	Adelaide-Port Adelaide	1997-2017
Variety Showdown Shield	Adelaide-Port Adelaide	2018-
Showdown Medal	Adelaide-Port Adelaide (B.O.G.)	2000-
SYDNEY DERBY
White Ribbon Trophy	GWS Giants-Sydney	2012-2018
Sydney Derby Cup	GWS Giants-Sydney	2019-
Brett Kirk Medal	GWS Giants-Sydney (B.O.G.)	2012-
SYDNEY vs VARIOUS OPPONENTS (INDIGENOUS ROUND)
Marn Grook Trophy	Sydney-Essendon	2002-2013
Marn Grook Trophy	Sydney & their Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round opponent	2014-
Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal	Sydney & their Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round opponent (B.O.G.)	2016-
WESTERN DERBY
EMU Export Western Derby Trophy	Fremantle-West Coast	1995-2000
Carlton Mid Derby Trophy	Fremantle-West Coast	2001-2014
Carlton Draught Derby Trophy	Fremantle-West Coast	2015-2017
RAC Derby Trophy	Fremantle-West Coast	2019-
Ross Glendinning Medal	Fremantle-West Coast (B.O.G.) - retrospective medals awarded in 2018	1995-2000
Ross Glendinning Medal	Fremantle-West Coast (B.O.G.)	2001-2018 (Rd.6)
Glendinning-Allan Medal	Fremantle-West Coast (B.O.G.)	2018 (Rd.20)-

THEMED MATCHES - NO AWARD	COMPETING TEAMS	YEARS
Clash for Cancer (Call to Arms Match)	Essendon-Melbourne	2006-2009
Clash for Cancer (Call to Arms Match)	Essendon vs various opponents	2010-
Len Hall Tribute Game	Fremantle's Anzac Round match (note - no trophy/medal)	1996-
Maddie's Match	St Kilda-Richmond (Maddie Riewoldt tribute, Bone Marrow Failure treatment)	2016-
Pink Lady Match	Melbourne vs various opponents (Breast Cancer Network Australia fundraiser)	2005-
Pride Game	Sydney-Fremantle (Diversity and inclusion) - played pre-season	2015
Pride Game	Sydney-St Kilda (Diversity and inclusion)	2016-
Spud's Game: Time 2 Talk	St Kilda-Melbourne (Danny Frawley tribute, mental health awareness)	2021-

AWARDS - EXHIBITION MATCHES	COMPETING TEAMS	YEARS
Barry Cable Trophy	North Melbourne-East Perth	1980
Kaspersky Cup	Brisbane-Melbourne	2010
Syd Jackson Trophy	Indigenous All-Stars vs Carlton	2003
Sir Doug Nicholls Cup	Indigenous All-Stars vs Various Opponents	2005-
Polly Farmer Medal	Indigenous All-Stars vs Various Opponents (B.O.G.)	2005-
AWARDS - RESERVES / UNDER 19s	COMPETING TEAMS	YEARS
Jacob Tootell Shield	Geelong-North Melbourne (Reserves)	1952-unknown
Peter Crimmins Trophy	Fitzroy-Hawthorn (U'19s)	1977-c.1981
Sir Doug Nicholls Cup & B.O.G. Award	Essendon Reserves-Richmond Reserves (VFA-VFL)	2014-

AWARDS (CLUB by CLUB)

LIST OF AWARDS - CLUB BY CLUB

NOTE - grey shading indicates awards that are no longer presented.

OPPONENT	AWARD	YEARS
ADELAIDE CROWS
Port Adelaide	Showdown Trophy	1997-2017
	Showdown Shield	2018-
	Showdown Medal (B.O.G.)	2000-
Collingwood	Westpac Community Cup	2010-2013
Indigenous All-Stars (pre-season)	Sir Doug Nicholls Cup	2009
Port Adelaide	Phillip Walsh Medal (B.O.G.)	2015 (Rd.16)
BRISBANE LIONS
Gold Coast	Q-Clash Trophy	2011-
Gold Coast	Marcus Ashcroft Medal (B.O.G.)	2011-
Sydney	Alan Schwab Memorial Shield	1994-
Anzac Round	Sands of Gallipoli Medal (Brisbane's B.O.G.)	2003-2010
St Kilda	Simpson-Henderson Trophy	2014
St Kilda	Anzac Day Medal (B.O.G.)	2014
CARLTON
Collingwood (Away)	Peter MacCallum Cup	1993-2008 (H & A)
Collingwood (Away)	Peter MacCallum Cup	2009-
Collingwood (Home)	Richard Pratt Cup	2009-
Collingwood (Home)	Richard Pratt Medal (B.O.G.)	2012-
Essendon	Madden Trophy ("Madden Cup")	1997-
Hawthorn	David Parkin Cup (winning club)	1998-2002
Hawthorn	David Parkin Medal (B.O.G.)	2003-
Melbourne	R.D. Barassi Trophy	1965-1972 / 2002-
Hawthorn	Alec Campbell Cup	2019
Indigenous All-Stars (pre-season)	Syd Jackson Trophy	2003
Port Adelaide	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2017
St Kilda	Simpson-Henderson Trophy	2015
St Kilda	Crowl-McDonald Medal (B.O.G)	2015
Sydney	Marn Grook Trophy	2015 / 2018
Sydney	Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2018
COLLINGWOOD
Cartton (Home)	Peter MacCallum Cup	1993-2008 (H & A)
Cartton (Home)	Peter MacCallum Cup	2009-
Carlton (Away)	Richard Pratt Cup	2009-
Carlton (Away)	Richard Pratt Medal (B.O.G.)	2012-
Essendon	Anzac Day Trophy	2000-
Essendon	Anzac Day Medal (B.O.G.)	2000- (1995-99 retrospective)
Melbourne	Neale Daniher Trophy (B.O.G.)	2015-
Richmond	Jack Dyer-Lou Richards Trophy	1999-
Sydney	Lockett-Coventry Cup	2000-
Western Bulldogs	Robert Rose Cup	2000-
Western Bulldogs	Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal (B.O.G.)	2007-
Adelaide	Westpac Community Cup	2010-2013
Hawthorn	Kennedy-McHale Cup	2000-2002
Hawthorn	Beyond Blue Cup	2013
North Melbourne	Jason McCartney Medal (B.O.G.)	2003-2009 / 2013
Sydney	Marn Grook Trophy	2019
Sydney	Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2019
ESSENDON
Carlton	Madden Trophy ("Madden Cup")	1997-
Collingwood	Anzac Day Trophy	2000-
Collingwood	Anzac Day Medal (B.O.G.)	2000- (1995-99 retrospective)
Geelong	Tom Wills Award (Country Festival B.O.G.)	2017-
Richmond (Clash of the Sash)	Kevin Sheedy Cup	1998-2011 (all matches)
Richmond (Clash of the Sash)	Kevin Sheedy Cup	2012- (non-Dreamtime)
Richmond (Dreamtime at the 'G)	Yiooken Award (B.O.G.)	2006-
Western Bulldogs	E.J. Whitten Cup	1995-
Fremantle	Albert Thurgood Challenge Trophy	1995-unknown
Indigenous All-Stars (pre-season)	Sir Doug Nicholls Cup	2007
North Melbourne	Archer-Hird Medal (B.O.G.)	2008-2013
Sydney	Chateau Cup	1982
Sydney	Marn Grook Trophy	2002-2013
FITZROY LIONS
Footscray (Western Bulldogs)	Centenary Challenge Cup	1983
Sydney	Chateau Cup	1982 (*to be confirmed)
West Coast	Nauru Challenge Cup	1995
FREMANTLE
Anzac Day	Len Hall Tribute Game (NO trophy/medal)	1996-
West Coast	Western Derby Trophy	1997-2017 / 2019-
	Ross Glendinning Medal (B.O.G.)	1995-2000 (retrospective)
	Ross Glendinning Medal (B.O.G.)	2001-2018 (Rd.6)
	Glendinning-Allan Medal (B.O.G.)	2018 (Rd.20)-
Essendon	Albert Thurgood Challenge Trophy	1995-unknown
Port Adelaide	Dockland Trophy	1995-2002
Sydney	Marn Grook Trophy	2020
Sydney	Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2020
GEELONG
Essendon	Tom Wills Award (Country Festival B.O.G.)	2017-
Melbourne	Wills-Harrison Shield	1996-c.2001
Melbourne	Wills-Harrison Trophy	c.2002-
West Coast	Polly Farmer Trophy	1996-
Footscray / Western Bulldogs	Eastcoast Challenge Cup	1985
	Fila Cup	2000-2002
	Origin Energy Western Victoria Cup	2004-2005
Hawthorn	Beyond Blue Cup	2006-2012
North Melbourne	Sir Keith Murdoch Cup	1949-c.1952
Port Adelaide	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2005 / 2014 / 2016 / 2018
Sydney	Marn Grook Trophy	2014
GOLD COAST
Brisbane	Q-Clash Trophy	2011-
Brisbane	Marcus Ashcroft Medal (B.O.G.)	2011-
Hawthorn	Beyond Blue Cup	2020
Port Adelaide	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2011
	Shanghai Cup	2017-2018
	Shanghai Medal (B.O.G.)	2017-2018
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY
Sydney	White Ribbon Trophy	2012-2018
	Sydney Derby Cup	2019-
	Brett Kirk Medal (B.O.G.)	2012-
Melbourne	Prime Minister's Cup	2015
North Melbourne	Prime Minister's Cup	2014
Western Bulldogs	Prime Minister's Cup	2012-2013
Various opponents (Canberra)	Prime Minister's Cup	2012-2013 (WB)
		2014 (NM)
		2015 (Melb)
HAWTHORN
Carlton	David Parkin Cup (winning club)	1998-2002
Carlton	David Parkin Medal (B.O.G.)	2003-
Port Adelaide	Zaidee Trophy	2011-
Richmond	Col Austen Trophy	1996-
St Kilda	Blue Ribbon Cup	1999-
St Kilda	Silk-Miller Medal (B.O.G.)	1999-
Various opponents	Beyond Blue Cup	2006-2012 (GEEL)
		2013 (COLL)
		2014-2018 (SYD)
		2019 (WCE)
		2020 (GC)
Various opponents (Anzac Day - Tasmania)	Alec Campbell Cup Frank MacDonald Medal (B.O.G.)	2009 (WCE)
		2010 (NM)
		2012 (SYD)
		2019 (CARL) *Cup only
Carlton	Alec Campbell Cup	2019
Collingwood	Kennedy-McHale Cup	2000-2002
Collingwood	Beyond Blue Cup	2013
Geelong	Beyond Blue Cup	2006-2012
Gold Coast	Beyond Blue Cup	2020
Melbourne	T.M. Ferguson Trophy	1953-1960s
North Melbourne	Bob McCaskill Trophy	1952-c.1956
	Alec Campbell Cup (Anzac Day in TAS)	2010
	Frank MacDonald Medal (Anzac B.O.G.)	2010
Port Adelaide	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2015
Sydney	Alec Campbell Cup (Anzac Day in TAS)	2012
	Frank MacDonald Medal (Anzac B.O.G.)	2012
	Beyond Blue Cup	2014-2018
	Marn Grook Trophy (Indigenous Round)	2017
	Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2017
West Coast	Alec Campbell Cup (Anzac Day in TAS)	2009
	Frank MacDonald Medal (Anzac B.O.G.)	2009
	Beyond Blue Cup	2019
MELBOURNE
Carlton	R.D. Barassi Trophy	1965-1972 / 2002-
Collingwood	Neale Daniher Trophy (B.O.G.)	2015-
Geelong	Wills-Harrison Shield	1996-c.2001
Geelong	Wills-Harrison Trophy	c.2002-
Sydney	Ron Barassi Cup	2003-
Greater Western Sydney	Prime Minister's Cup	2015
Hawthorn	T.M. Ferguson Trophy	1953-1960s
North Melbourne	Berry Street Cup	2014
Richmond	Berry Street Cup	1986-2013
St Kilda	Nick Schernickau Trophy	1994-1998
Sydney	Chateau Cup	1982
Various opponents	Berry Street Cup	1986-2013 (RICH)
Various opponents	Berry Street Cup	2014 (NM)
NORTH MELBOURNE
Collingwood	Jason McCartney Medal (B.O.G.)	2003-2009 / 2013
East Perth (pre-season)	Barry Cable Trophy	1980
Essendon	Archer-Hird Medal (B.O.G.)	2008-2013
Geelong	Sir Keith Murdoch Cup	1949-c.1952
Greater Western Sydney	Prime Minister's Cup	2014
Hawthorn	Bob McCaskill Trophy	1952-c.1956
	Alec Campbell Cup (Anzac Day in TAS)	2010
	Frank MacDonald Medal (Anzac B.O.G.)	2010
Melbourne	Berry Street Cup	2014
Port Adelaide	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2019
Richmond	Brent Crosswell Medal (B.O.G.)	2015
St Kilda	Brent Crosswell Medal (B.O.G.)	2014
Sydney	Brent Crosswell Medal (B.O.G.)	2013
	Marn Grook Trophy (Indigenous Round)	2016
	Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2016
West Coast	Brent Crosswell Medal (B.O.G.)	2012
Western Bulldogs	Gary Dempsey Medal (B.O.G.)	2009
Various opponents (Hobart)	Brent Crosswell Medal (B.O.G.)	2012 (WCE)
		2013 (SYD)
		2014 (STK)
		2015 (RICH)
PORT ADELAIDE
Adelaide	Showdown Trophy	1997-2017
	Showdown Shield	2018-
	Showdown Medal (B.O.G.)	2000-
Hawthorn	Zaidee Trophy	2011-
Various opponents (Anzac Day)	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2004 (WB)
		2005 (GEEL)
		2006-2010 (STK)
		2011 (GC)
		2012 (SYD)
		2013 (WCE)
		2014 (STK)
		2015 (HAW)
		2016 (STK)
		2017 (CARL)
		2018 (GEEL)
		2019 (NM)
Various opponents (China)	Shanghai Cup	2017-2018 (GC)
	Shanghai Medal (B.O.G.)	2017-2018 (GC)
	Kennedy Cup	2019 (STK)
	Shanghai Medal (B.O.G.)	2019 (STK)
Adelaide	Phillip Walsh Medal (B.O.G.)	2015 (Rd.16)
Carlton	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2017
Fremantle	Dockland Trophy	1995-2002
Geelong	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2005 / 2014 / 2016 / 2018
Gold Coast	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2011
	Shanghai Cup	2017-2018
	Shanghai Medal (B.O.G.)	2017-2018
Hawthorn	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2015
North Melbourne	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2019
St Kilda	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2006-2010
	Kennedy Cup	2019
	Shanghai Medal (B.O.G.)	2019
West Coast	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2013
RICHMOND
Collingwood	Jack Dyer-Lou Richards Trophy	1999-
Essendon (Clash of the Sash)	Kevin Sheedy Cup	1998-2011 (all matches)
Essendon (Clash of the Sash)	Kevin Sheedy Cup	2012- (non-Dreamtime)
Essendon (Dreamtime at the 'G)	Yiooken Award (B.O.G.)	2006-
Hawthorn	Col Austen Trophy	1996-
St Kilda	Ian Stewart Medal (B.O.G.)	2004-
Footscray (Western Bulldogs)	TAC Trophy	c.1989-c.1993
Indigenous All-Stars (pre-season)	Sir Doug Nicholls Cup	2013
Melbourne	Berry Street Cup	1986-2013
North Melbourne	Brent Crosswell Medal (B.O.G.)	2015
St Kilda	Bartercard Cup	1993-c.1995
ST KILDA
Hawthorn	Blue Ribbon Cup	1999-
Hawthorn	Silk-Miller Medal (B.O.G.)	1999-
Richmond	Ian Stewart Medal (B.O.G.)	2004-
West Coast	Nicky Winmar Cup	2003-
Western Bulldogs	Barker-Whitten Challenge Plate	1997-
Brisbane	Simpson-Henderson Trophy	2014
Brisbane	Anzac Day Medal (B.O.G.)	2014
Carlton	Simpson-Henderson Trophy	2015
Carlton	Crowl-McDonald Medal (B.O.G)	2015
Footscray (Western Bulldogs)	Eastcoast Challenge Cup	1986
Melbourne	Nick Schernickau Trophy	1994-1998
North Melbourne	Brent Crosswell Medal (B.O.G.)	2014
Port Adelaide	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2006-2010
	Kennedy Cup	2019
	Shanghai Medal (B.O.G.)	2019
Richmond	Bartercard Cup	1993-c.1995
South Melbourne / Sydney	Lake Premiership Pennant	1938-1964
	Simpson-Henderson Trophy	2013
	Anzac Day Medal (B.O.G.)	2013
Various opponents (Anzac Day in NZ)	Simpson-Henderson Trophy	2013 (SYD)
	Anzac Day Medal (B.O.G.)	2014 (BRIS)
	Simpson-Henderson Trophy	2015 (CARL)
	Crowl-McDonald Medal (B.O.G)	2015 (CARL)
SYDNEY
Brisbane	Alan Schwab Memorial Shield	1994-
Collingwood	Lockett-Coventry Cup	2000-
Greater Western Sydney	White Ribbon Trophy	2012-2018
	Sydney Derby Cup	2019-
	Brett Kirk Medal (B.O.G.)	2012-
Melbourne	Ron Barassi Cup	2003-
West Coast	HMAS Sydney II Memorial Trophy	2010-
West Coast	HMAS Sydney II Best On Ground Award	2010-
Various Opponents (Indigenous Round)	Marn Grook Trophy	2002-2013 (ESS)
		2014 (GEEL)
		2015 (CARL)
	Marn Grook Trophy Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2016 (NM)
		2017 (HAW)
		2018 (CARL)
		2019 (COLL)
		2020 (FREM)
Carlton	Marn Grook Trophy	2015 / 2018
Carlton	Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2018
Collingwood	Marn Grook Trophy	2019
Collingwood	Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2019
Essendon	Chateau Cup	1982
Essendon	Marn Grook Trophy	2002-2013
Fitzroy	Chateau Cup	1982 (*to be confirmed)
Fremantle	Marn Grook Trophy	2020
Fremantle	Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2020
Geelong	Marn Grook Trophy	2014
Hawthorn	Alec Campbell Cup (Anzac Day in TAS)	2012
	Frank MacDonald Medal (Anzac B.O.G.)	2012
	Beyond Blue Cup	2014-2018
	Marn Grook Trophy	2017
	Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (B.O.G.)	2017
Melbourne	Chateau Cup	1982
North Melbourne	Brent Crosswell Medal (B.O.G.)	2013
Port Adelaide	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2012
St Kilda	Lake Premiership Pennant	1938-1964
	Simpson-Henderson Trophy	2013
	Anzac Day Medal (B.O.G.)	2013
Various opponents ("1st Home Game")	Chateau Cup	1982 Rd.1 (MELB)
		1982 Rd.4 (FITZ) *tbc
		1982 Rd.6 (ESS)
WEST COAST
Fremantle	Western Derby Trophy	1997-2017 / 2019-
	Ross Glendinning Medal (B.O.G.)	1995-2000 (retrospective)
	Ross Glendinning Medal (B.O.G.)	2001-2018 (Rd.6)
	Glendinning-Allan Medal (B.O.G.)	2018 (Rd.20)-
Geelong	Polly Farmer Trophy	1996-
St Kilda	Nicky Winmar Cup	2003-
Sydney	HMAS Sydney II Memorial Trophy	2010-
Sydney	HMAS Sydney II Best On Ground Award	2010-
Fitzroy	Nauru Challenge Cup	1995
Hawthorn	Alec Campbell Cup (Anzac Day in TAS)	2009
	Frank MacDonald Medal (Anzac B.O.G.)	2009
	Beyond Blue Cup	2019
Indigenous All-Stars (pre-season)	Sir Doug Nicholls Cup	2015
North Melbourne	Brent Crosswell Medal (B.O.G.)	2012
Port Adelaide	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2013
WESTERN BULLDOGS
Collingwood	Robert Rose Cup	2000-
Collingwood	Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal (B.O.G.)	2007-
Essendon	E.J. Whitten Cup	1995-
St Kilda	Barker-Whitten Challenge Plate	1997-
Fitzroy	Centenary Challenge Cup	1983
Indigenous All-Stars (pre-season)	Sir Doug Nicholls Cup	2005
Geelong	Eastcoast Challenge Cup	1985
	Fila Cup	2000-2002
	Origin Energy Western Victoria Cup	2004-2005
Greater Western Sydney	Prime Minister's Cup	2012-2013
North Melbourne	Gary Dempsey Medal (B.O.G.)	2009
Port Adelaide	Peter Badcoe VC Medal (B.O.G.)	2004
Richmond	TAC Trophy	c.1989-c.1993
St Kilda	Eastcoast Challenge Cup	1986
Various opponents (1st Home Game)	Eastcoast Challenge Cup	1985 (GEEL)
Various opponents (1st Home Game)	Eastcoast Challenge Cup	1986 (STK)
INDIGENOUS ALL-STARS
Carlton	Syd Jackson Trophy	2003
Various Opponents	Sir Doug Nicholls Cup Polly Farmer Medal (IAS B.O.G.)	2005 (WB)
		2007 (ESS)
		2009 (ADEL)
		2013 (RICH)
		2015 (WCE)

EVERY AWARD (WINNERS & BACKGROUND)

ALAN SCHWAB SHIELD

ALBERT THURGOOD CHALLENGE TROPHY

ALEC CAMPBELL CUP

ANZAC DAY - COLLINGWOOD & ESSENDON

ANZAC DAY - VARIOUS

ARCHER-HIRD MEDAL

BARKER-WHITTEN CHALLENGE PLATE

BARTERCARD CUP

BERRY STREET CUP

BEYOND BLUE CUP

BLUE RIBBON CUP

BOB McCASKILL TROPHY

BOB ROSE-CHARLIE SUTTON MEDAL

BRENT CROSSWELL MEDAL

BRETT KIRK MEDAL

CARLTON DERBY TROPHY

CENTENARY CHALLENGE CUP

CHATEAU CUP

COL AUSTEN TROPHY

CROWL-McDONALD MEDAL

DAVID PARKIN CUP / MEDAL

DOCKLAND TROPHY

DREAMTIME AT THE 'G

E.J. WHITTEN CUP

EASTCOAST CHALLENGE CUP

EMU EXPORT DERBY TROPHY

FILA CUP

FRANK MacDONALD MEDAL

GARY DEMPSEY MEDAL

GLENDINNING-ALLAN MEDAL

GOODES-O'LOUGHLIN MEDAL

HMAS SYDNEY II MEMORIAL TROPHY / BEST PLAYER AWARD

IAN STEWART MEDAL

JACK DYER-LOU RICHARDS TROPHY

JASON McCARTNEY MEDAL

KENNEDY CUP

KENNEDY-McHALE CUP

KEVIN SHEEDY CUP

LAKE PREMIERSHIP PENNANT

LEN HALL TRIBUTE GAME

LOCKETT-COVENTRY CUP

MADDEN TROPHY

MARCUS ASHCROFT MEDAL

MARN GROOK TROPHY

NAURU CHALLENGE CUP

NEALE DANIHER TROPHY

NICK SCHERNIKAU TROPHY

NICKY WINMAR CUP

ORIGIN ENERGY WESTERN VICTORIA CUP

PETER BADCOE (VC) MEDAL

PETER MacCALLUM CUP

PHILLIP WALSH MEDAL

POLLY FARMER TROPHY

PRIME MINISTER'S CUP

Q-CLASH

R.D. BARASSI TROPHY

RAC DERBY TROPHY

RICHARD PRATT CUP / MEDAL

ROBERT ROSE CUP

RON BARASSI CUP

ROSS GLENDINNING MEDAL

SANDS OF GALLIPOLI MEDAL

SHANGHAI CUP / MEDAL

SHOWDOWN

SHOWDOWN MEDAL

SHOWDOWN TROPHY / SHIELD

SILK-MILLER MEDAL

SIMPSON-HENDERSON TROPHY

SIR KEITH MURDOCH CUP

SYDNEY DERBY

T.M. FERGUSON TROPHY

TAC TROPHY

TOM WILLS AWARD

VARIETY SHOWDOWN SHIELD

WESTERN DERBY

WESTERN DERBY BEST ON GROUND MEDAL

WESTERN DERBY TROPHY

WESTERN VICTORIA CUP

WESTPAC COMMUNITY CUP

WHITE RIBBON TROPHY

WILLS-HARRISON SHIELD / TROPHY

YIOOKEN AWARD

ZAIDEE TROPHY

ALAN SCHWAB SHIELD

ALAN SCHWAB MEMORIAL SHIELD

Awarded since Round 1, 1994 to the winner of all premiership matches between Brisbane and Sydney.

By the early 1990s the Brisbane Bears and Sydney Swans were in a constant state of financial turmoil and perilously close to becoming insolvent.

Schwab was a long-serving Richmond and VFL administrator, and in later years a member of the AFL Commission. The commission first sent him north to oversee the administration of the Brisbane club to ensure their survival.

Following the success of that project he was transferred to Sydney with the same goal. He died in June 1993 while still on secondment to the Swans.

Following Schwab's passing the clubs played each other in August 1993 but nothing was awarded. The memorial shield was introduced for their opening clash of the 1994 season.

ALBERT THURGOOD CHALLENGE TROPHY

Known as 'The Great', Thurgood was a key member of the Essendon team that won VFA premierships in 1892-93-94. Thurgood also led the VFA goalkicking in those years with record-breaking season totals of 56, 64 and 63 goals.

He then moved to Western Australia to play for the original Fremantle football club, leading the WAFA's goalkicking in 1895-96-97. Thurgood later returned to Melbourne, leading the VFL goalkicking in 1900 and playing a vital role in Essendon's 1901 VFL Grand Final victory.

The trophy featured a quarter-scale replica of a cannon from Captain Cook's ship, the Endeavour. It was first presented at a 1995 pre-season Fremantle-Essendon practice match played at Fremantle Oval.

Mark Harvey, Scott Watters and Darren Bewick with the Thurgood Trophy (Facebook/rareessendonfcvideo)

A larger cannon was fired before every Fremantle home game against Essendon...

The Thurgood Trophy's "big brother" in action - Round 2, 1995 (Twitter/FreoPope)

After the award was unveiled Age columnist Gary Walsh noted: "Fremantle has stumbled onto the secret of AFL success. Strike trophies for matches against other teams and make them so ugly that the opposition will not win them." [The Age 26-2-1995 / 17-6-1995]

The trophy disappeared with a whimper rather than a bang and ceased being awarded sometime around the early 2000s.

ALEC CAMPBELL CUP

Named in honour of Alec Campbell, Tasmania's last known survivor of the Gallipoli campaign, who died at the age of 103 in 2002.

The cup was inaugurated in 2001 to coincide with the launch of the Tasmanian Devils Football Club. It was awarded to the winning team in all VFA-VFL Anzac Day matches involving the Devils.

The Tasmanian club folded after the 2008 season so the trophy has been presented since 2009 to the winning team in any Anzac Day match at Launceston involving Hawthorn Football Club.

ALEC CAMPBELL CUP (VFL)
YEAR	VENUE	WON BY	OPPONENT
2001	Ulverstone Rec. Ground	Murray Kangaroos	Tasmania
2002	North Hobart Oval	Tasmania	Frankston
2003	Bellerive Oval	Tasmania	North Ballarat
2004	North Hobart Oval	Tasmania	North Ballarat
2005	Bellerive Oval	Frankston	Tasmania
2006	York Park	Tasmania	Frankston
2007	York Park	Frankston	Tasmania
2008	York Park	Tasmania	Casey
ALEC CAMPBELL CUP (AFL)
2009	York Park	Hawthorn	West Coast
2010	York Park	North Melbourne	Hawthorn
2012	York Park	Sydney	Hawthorn
2019	York Park	Hawthorn	Carlton
2021	York Park	Hawthorn	Adelaide
2022	York Park	Sydney	Hawthorn
NOTE - Hawthorn played away from Launceston in years not shown above

There have been four versions of the trophy presented.

The original, VFL version presented 2001-2008:

Alec Campbell with the original cup named in his honour (Vet Affairs, Vol.18 No.2 - June 2002)

The second version, won by Hawthorn in 2009 (and later claimed by Sydney in 2012):

Alistair Clarkson with the 2009 version of the Alec Campbell Cup (hawthornfc.com.au)

The third version, won by North Melbourne in 2010. It was similar in design to the 2009/2012 trophy but not as large and featured an RSL logo / medal at the top:

Brent Harvey with the 2010 version of the trophy (nmfc.com.au/Lachlan Cunningham)

The fourth version, a noticeably smaller trophy, was presented for the 2019, 2021 and 2022 matches:

Ben Stratton (Hawthorn) and Patrick Cripps (Carlton) with the 2019 version of the Alec Campbell Cup (carltonfc.com.au)

NOTE - a best on ground award, the Frank MacDonald Medal, has also been presented since 2001 in conjunction with the Alec Campbell Cup.

Refer to the FRANK MacDONALD MEDAL tab at left for more details.

ANZAC DAY - COLLINGWOOD & ESSENDON

THE ANZAC DAY TROPHY

Valued at $20,000 and donated in season 2000 by Unibic, a company that produces ANZAC biscuits. The trophy is made from glass, silver and bronze with a base made of ironbark from an ammunition wagon used in WWI. The centre column features the names of all league footballers who died in active service.

The AFL Anzac Day Trophy (Karen Percy/ABC News)

THE ANZAC DAY MEDAL

Presented since 2000 to the best player in the annual Collingwood-Essendon Anzac Day match (*retrospective medals for the 1995-99 matches were awarded in 2011).

ANZAC DAY MEDAL
	YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
	1995	4	Sav Rocca *	Collingwood
	1996	5	Scott Russell *	Collingwood
	1997	5	Damian Monkhorst *	Collingwood
	1998	5	Sav Rocca *	Collingwood
	1999	5	Mark Mercuri *	Essendon
	2000	7	James Hird	Essendon
	2001	5	Chris Tarrant (x)	Collingwood
	2002	5	Mark McGough	Collingwood
	2003	5	James Hird	Essendon
	2004	5	James Hird	Essendon
	2005	5	Andrew Lovett	Essendon
	2006	4	Ben Johnson	Collingwood
	2007	5	Heath Shaw	Collingwood
	2008	6	Paul Medhurst	Collingwood
	2009	5	Paddy Ryder	Essendon
	2010	5	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
	2011	5	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
	2012	5	Dane Swan	Collingwood
	2013	5	David Zaharakis	Essendon
	2014	6	Dane Swan	Collingwood
	2015	4	Paul Seedsman	Collingwood
	2016	5	Steele Sidebottom	Collingwood
	2017	5	Joe Daniher	Essendon
	2018	5	Adam Treloar	Collingwood
	2019	6	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
	2020	-	*(no match due to the COVID-19 pandemic)*
	2021	6	Darcy Parish	Essendon
	2022	6	Jack Ginnivan	Collingwood
* indicates a medal awarded retrospectively in 2011
(x) indicates a medallist from the losing team

Dane Swan, winner of the 2015 Anzac Day Medal (Michael Willson/AFL)

MULTIPLE ANZAC DAY B.O.G. MEDALS
3	James Hird	Essendon
3	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
2	Sav Rocca	Collingwood
2	Dane Swan	Collingwood

ANZAC DAY - VARIOUS

ANZAC DAY - BRISBANE

SANDS OF GALLIPOLI MEDAL

From 2003 to 2010 this medal was presented by the Queensland RSL to Brisbane's best player in their annual Anzac Day round match.

Refer to the SANDS OF GALLIPOLI MEDAL tab at left more information.

ANZAC DAY - FREMANTLE

LEN HALL TRIBUTE GAME

Since 1996 Fremantle's home game of each Anzac Round has been named the Len Hall tribute game in honour of Len Hall who was Western Australia's last surviving Gallipoli veteran, and who passed away in 1999 at the age of 102.

Sources such as FootyStats and Wikipedia state that Fremantle present an Anzac Day Trophy and Len Hall Medal each season but this is not correct (the error can be traced back to a 2011 article by Michelangelo Rucci).

Refer to the LEN HALL TRIBUTE GAME tab at left more information.

ANZAC DAY - MELBOURNE/RICHMOND

FRANK 'CHECKER' HUGHES MEDAL

Awarded since 2021 to the best on ground in Melbourne and Richmond's annual Anzac Day eve clash. Named in honour of seven-time premiership player and coach Frank 'Checker' Hughes. After serving with the AIF in France and Belgium during World War I, Hughes returned home to Victoria, winning premierships as a Richmond player in 1920-21.

Following his retirement as a player, Hughes coached Richmond 1927-32, leading the Tigers to the 1932 flag. He then moved across to Melbourne, coaching the Demons 1933-41 and winning the 1939-40-41 premierships. World War II intervened but Hughes returned post-war, leading Melbourne 1945-48 and bowing out with the 1948 flag, his fifth VFL premiership as a coach.

ANZAC DAY - NEW ZEALAND

SIMPSON-HENDERSON TROPHY

Awarded 2013-15 to the winning team in St Kilda's annual Anzac Day match played in Wellington, New Zealand. Named in honour of Private John Simpson (who served with the Australian Army Medical Corps at Gallipoli before being killed in action), and Private Richard Henderson (a stretcher-bearer in the New Zealand Medical Corps who took over from Simpson at Gallipoli).

Refer to the SIMPSON-HENDERSON TROPHY tab at left more information.

ANZAC DAY MEDAL
CROWL-McDONALD MEDAL

The Anzac Day Medal was awarded to the best on ground after St Kilda's Anzac Day matches in Wellington in 2013-14. In the lead-up to the 2015 Anzac Day match against Carlton, the medal was renamed in honour of two former players with a unique link.

Claude Crowl (three games with St Kilda) and Fenley 'Fen' McDonald (10 games with Carlton and one with Melbourne) made their VFL debuts as opponents at Princes Park on 29 July, 1911. Four years later they lost their lives on the same day at Gallipoli.

Refer to the CROWL-McDONALD MEDAL tab at left more information.

ANZAC DAY - PORT ADELAIDE

PETER BADCOE (VC) ANZAC DAY MEDAL

Refer to the PETER BADCOE (VC) MEDAL tab at left for more information.

ANZAC DAY - TASMANIA

Since 2001, two awards have been presented at Anzac Day matches in Tasmania, a trophy for the winning team (the Alec Campbell Cup) and a best on ground award (the Frank MacDonald Medal):

ALEC CAMPBELL CUP

Named in honour of Alec Campbell, Tasmania's last known survivor of the Gallipoli campaign, who died at the age of 103 in 2002.

The cup was inaugurated in 2001 to coincide with the launch of the Tasmanian Devils Football Club and was awarded to the winning team in all VFA-VFL Anzac Day matches involving the Devils.

The Tasmanian club folded after the 2008 season, so the trophy has been presented since 2009 to the winning team in any Anzac Day match at Launceston involving Hawthorn Football Club.

Refer to the ALEC CAMPBELL CUP tab at left for more information.

FRANK MacDONALD MEDAL

Named in honour of Tasmania's oldest World War I veteran, and last surviving serviceman to have been cited for bravery, who died at the age of 107 in 2003.

From 2001 to 2008 joint medals were awarded to the best player from each team in all Anzac Day matches involving the Tasmanian Devils.

From 2009 to 2012 a single medal was presented to the best on ground in any Anzac Day match played at Launceston involving the Hawthorn Football Club.

The award now appears to be defunct; in 2019 the David Parkin Medal (the best on ground award for Carlton-Hawthorn premiership matches) was presented instead, and no medal was presented after the 2021 and 2022 Anzac Day matches.

Refer to the FRANK MacDONALD MEDAL tab at left for more information.

ARCHER-HIRD MEDAL

Named in honour of Glenn Archer, who played 311 games for North Melbourne (1992-2007), including two premierships (1996/99) and a Norm Smith Medal (1996) for best on ground in the AFL Grand Final, and James Hird, who played 253 games for Essendon (1992-2007), including two premierships (1993/2000) and a Norm Smith Medal (2000).

The medal was awarded in the first game between these clubs each season to "the player who best epitomizes the values upheld by these legends" but it quietly disappeared after the 2013 season.

In an interview following the 2014 match Archer revealed he had approached North Melbourne officials to have the award scrapped: "We all agreed there are so many different medals and cups these days... so I said to the club before the season that I don't think you really need it and no-one aspires to win it".

ARCHER-HIRD MEDAL
YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
2008	1	Mark McVeigh	Essendon
2009	4	Brent Harvey	North Melbourne
2010	17	Jobe Watson	Essendon
2011	13	Brent Harvey	North Melbourne
2012	1	Brent Stanton	Essendon
2013	21	Daniel Wells	North Melbourne

NOTE - the name of this award is frequently inverted to the Hird-Archer Medal in media articles and websites such as Big Footy, Wikipedia, etc.

Hird appeared on one side of the medal, Archer on the other (nmfc.com.au / Michael Willson)

BARKER-WHITTEN CHALLENGE PLATE

Awarded to the winner of premiership matches between St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs.

Named in honour of Footscray legend, E.J. 'Ted' Whitten, who died from cancer in 1995, and St Kilda champion Trevor Barker who died from cancer in 1996.

The award was inaugurated in 1997 and helps to promote and raise funds for three cancer charities: Challenge, the E.J. Whitten Foundation and the Trevor Barker Foundation.

Nick Reiwoldt and TV host Tom Gleisner with the Barker-Whitten Challenge Plate (saints.com.au)

BARTERCARD CUP

Awarded 1993-c.1995 to the winner of premiership matches between Richmond and St.Kilda.

Bartercard was a major sponsor of both clubs at that time.

As with the Fila Cup and other similar sponsor-linked awards, the trophy ceased to be awarded when the joint sponsorship ended.

BERRY STREET CUP

One of the longest-running inter-club awards, this annual match served as a fundraiser for Berry Street, a child and family welfare organisation based in Richmond.

From 1986 to 2013 the cup was awarded annually to the winner of the second Melbourne-Richmond match of each season.

In 2014 it was presented to the winner of Melbourne's Round 14 home game against North Melbourne.

In 2016 Melbourne marked a 30 year partnership with Berry Street but the cup itself does not appear to have been awarded since 2014.

BEYOND BLUE CUP

The award was first suggested by a Geelong coterie member whose brother died after a long-term battle with depression. Hawthorn's then president, Jeff Kennett was also serving as chairman of BeyondBlue, a depression awareness and treatment organisation, and he saw the award as an opportunity to help promote mental health awareness in the community.

From 2006 to 2012 the trophy was awarded to the winner of Geelong and Hawthorn's first premiership match of the season (except 2009 when it was awarded after their second match).

Since 2013 it has been awarded to the winner of a designated Hawthorn home game each season:

2013 (Rd.21) - Hawthorn vs Collingwood
2014-2018 - Hawthorn vs Sydney
2019 (Rd.15) - Hawthorn vs West Coast
2020 (Rd.18) - Hawthorn vs Gold Coast
2021 (Rd.5) - Hawthorn vs Melbourne
2022 (Rd.12) - Hawthorn vs Collingwood

The Beyond Blue Cup (sydneyswans.com.au/Michael Dodge)

BLUE RIBBON CUP

Awarded to the winner of the first Hawthorn-St Kilda premiership match each season.

In 1998 Sergeant Gary Silk and his partner Senior Constable Rodney Miller were murdered during a police stakeout. Shortly after the killings, Hawthorn (the club Silk had supported) and St Kilda (Miller's favourite club) announced they would play annually for the cup in support of the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Foundation which perpetuates the memory of Victorian police officers killed in the line of duty.

The Blue Ribbon Cup (Twitter/vicpol)

NOTE - a best on ground award, the Silk-Miller Memorial Medal, has also been presented since 1999 in conjunction with the Blue Ribbon Cup.

Refer to the SILK-MILLER MEDAL tab at left for more details.

BOB McCASKILL TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of all matches between Hawthorn and North Melbourne from 1952 to 1956 (and possibly later).

Robert 'Bob' McCaskill played 36 games for Richmond (1923-25) before returning to the country and launching a highly-successful coaching career.

McCaskill was captain-coach of Sandhurst FC in the Bendigo Football League from 1926 to 1940. In those fifteen seasons the club missed finals just once (1939) and played in 12 grand finals, winning 9 premierships (1927, 1929-30-31-32-33-34, 1937, 1940). The six straight flags from 1929-34 remain a BFL record.

He was appointed North Melbourne coach for the 1941 season then departed for military service after seven games in 1942. He returned to coach North 1944-47, leading them to their first final (1945) and becoming the first to coach the club for 100 games (1947). Despite being contracted for seasons 1948-50, the incoming administration at North fired him after a poor finish to the 1947 season.

McCaskill returned to VFL coaching in 1950 as Hawthorn's new leader. Officially, he was their senior coach from 1950 to 1952. However, he fell ill during the 1952 pre-season and did not coach a game that year, passing away on June 23 (Jack Hale led the team in his absence, was appointed head coach in July 1952 and coached until the end of the 1959 season).

Following McCaskill's passing, Hawthorn president Dave Prentice donated the Bob McCaskill Memorial Trophy.

The trophy was first contested in Round 19 of 1952, and North Melbourne won the first six games (1952-1955). Hawthorn finally took possession of the trophy after their win in Round 9, 1956 and, to date, no further mention of the McCaskill Trophy has been unearthed.

The McCaskill Trophy is announced (The Herald 17-7-1952)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
HardBallGet thanks Glenn Davies for alerting us to the existence of this award.

BOB ROSE-CHARLIE SUTTON MEDAL

Awarded since 2007 to the Collingwood or Western Bulldogs player who displays the most courage, skill, leadership and sportsmanship in the annual Robert Rose Cup premiership match.

The medal is named after Bob Rose, Robert's father and a champion player/coach for Collingwood (he also briefly coached Footscray). Sutton is a Bulldogs legend who served as Footscray's captain-coach in their 1954 premiership season.

YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
2007	8	Matthew Boyd	Western Bulldogs
2008	13	Ben Johnson	Collingwood
2009	15	Dane Swan	Collingwood
2010	11	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
2011	6	Heath Shaw	Collingwood
2012	6	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
2013	12	Heath Shaw	Collingwood
2014	13	Tom Liberatore	Western Bulldogs
2015	17	Lachie Hunter	Western Bulldogs
2016	10	Luke Dahlhaus	Western Bulldogs
2017	1	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
2018	10	Tom Phillips	Collingwood
2019	14	Brodie Grundy	Collingwood
2020	1	Brodie Grundy	Collingwood
2021	1	Bailey Smith	Western Bulldogs
2022	9	Adam Treloar	Western Bulldogs

Collingwood's Heath Shaw with his 2011 Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal (collingwoodfc.com.au)

Refer to the ROBERT ROSE CUP tab at left for more details of the trophy awarded to the winning team.

BRENT CROSSWELL MEDAL

Best on ground award presented annually at one of North Melbourne's premiership matches in Hobart. In 2012 it was awarded after the Kangaroos' second Bellerive Oval match of the season and from 2013 to 2015 it was awarded after their first match of the season at the venue.

No record of the medal being presented has been found since and it is now believed to be defunct.

The medal honoured Tasmanian football legend, Brent Crosswell who was one of North Melbourne's best players in their 1975 and 1977 VFL-AFL Grand Final victories.

BRENT CROSSWELL MEDAL
YEAR	ROUND	NORTH MELBOURNE vs	WINNER
2012	15	West Coast Eagles	Matt Priddis (WCE)
2013	3	Sydney Swans	unknown
2014	17	St Kilda	Brent Harvey (NM)
2015	6	Richmond	Todd Goldstein (NM)

BRETT KIRK MEDAL

Awarded since 2012 to the best player in every Sydney Derby/White Ribbon Cup match contested by the GWS Giants and Sydney Swans.

Refer to the SYDNEY DERBY tab for more info.

GWS ruckman, Shane Mumford winner of the 2017 Brett Kirk Medal (GWS/Twitter)

CARLTON DERBY TROPHY

CARLTON MID DERBY TROPHY /
CARLTON DRAUGHT DERBY TROPHY

A trophy presented by Carlton and United Breweries to the winner of the Western Derby, contested by Fremantle and West Coast.

2001 - 2014 - known as the Carlton Mid Derby Trophy.
2015 - 2017 - known as the Carlton Draught Derby Trophy.

Refer to the WESTERN DERBY TROPHY tab at left for more information.

Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich with the Carlton Mid Derby Trophy... (news.com.au)

...and with the rebranded Carlton Draught Derby Trophy (Adelaide Now/Daniel Wilkins)

CENTENARY CHALLENGE CUP

The 1983 season marked the centenary year of the Fitzroy and Footscray football clubs. To mark the occasion a large trophy was provided by Darlington Investment Services, who were Fitzroy's naming rights sponsor at that time.

The trophy was presented to Footscray after their victory in the Centenary match played at Waverley in Round 9, 1983.

NOTE - No evidence of subsequent matches for the cup has been unearthed, yet the cup ended up in Fitzroy's possession and is currently on display in the Fitzroy Football Club Museum (located at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium).

If it was contested again, Fitzroy lost the return match in Round 20, 1983, so their first chance to claim the cup would have been their win over the Bulldogs in Round 4, 1984.

Legends Kevin Murray (left) and E.J. Whitten snr hold the Centenary Cup aloft (Football Record, 1983)

(L-R) Jim Edmond, Chris Burton and Simon Beasley celebrate Footscray's 1983 Centenary Challenge Cup victory (Football Record, 1989 Rd.5)

CHATEAU CUP

The 1982 season marked the first year of the Swans' move from South Melbourne to Sydney. One of the club's new sponsors, the Chateau Hotels Group, announced this trophy would be presented to the winner of Sydney's first SCG home game each season.

The Swans claimed the trophy in Round 1, 1982 with a 29 point victory over Melbourne, but no mention has been found of the award being presented in subsequent seasons.

Ron Barassi and Ricky Quade applying the "wishbone" hold to the short-lived Chateau Cup (source: Football Record, Rd.1, 1982)

UPDATE (MAY 2021)

As mentioned above the Chateau Cup was supposed to be presented once a year at Sydney's first home game. However, Matt Gibbs has made a discovery that raises questions about the awarding of this trophy. Gibbsy's eagle-eye spotted the following in a publicity shot taken in front of the Essendon trophy cabinet:

CHATEAU CUP - ESSENDON V SOUTH MELBOURNE
ESSENDON 18.9 (117) DEFEATED SOUTH...

Chateau Cup Essendon v South Melbourne. Essendon 18.9 (117) defeated South... (Essendonfc twitter)

Although Essendon did play the Swans at the SCG in Round 1 of 1983, they lost that match: Sydney 17.9 (111) d. Essendon 15.20 (110) so, this removes the Chateau Cup for first SCG home game of the season policy from the list of possibilities.

The Essendon score on the trophy case in the image above -- 18.9 (117) -- is their score from Round 6, 1982, a six point victory over the Swans at the SCG.

Another clue pointing to 1982 is the Swans being named South Melbourne (instead of Sydney) in the image above.

Although South were playing all their home games in Sydney during 1982 they remained the 'South Melbourne Football Club' until June 2nd when they were officially renamed 'The Swans' (The Sun News-Pictorial - 3 June 1982, p. 67. "The Swans – officially"). They later became the Sydney Swans prior to the 1983 season.

All signs now point to the Swans:

claiming the trophy in Round 2, 1982 with their defeat of Melbourne at the SCG
retaining the trophy in Round 4, 1982 with their defeat of Fitzroy at the SCG
losing the trophy in Round 6, 1982 with their loss to Essendon at the SCG

Note - to date, no reference to the trophy has been found in the Football Record or media coverage of the Round 4 match vs Fitzroy. The search continues to solve this mystery once and for all!

COL AUSTEN TROPHY

COL AUSTEN MEMORIAL TROPHY

Awarded since 1996 to the winner of the first premiership match each season between Hawthorn and Richmond.

Col Austen played 85 games for Hawthorn (1941-43/46-49), which included the 1949 VFL Brownlow Medal and Hawthorn's Best and Fairest award. Following that season a huge rift at the club over the appointment of a new coach resulted in Austen moving to Richmond where he played a further 51 games (1950-52).

From 1953 to 1955 he served as captain-coach of Richmond's Seconds team, winning the Gardiner Medal (VFL Reserves Best & Fairest) in 1953 and leading the Tigers' Seconds to Reserves premierships in 1954 and 1955.

Austen then moved to Box Hill in the VFA, coaching them from 1956 to 1959, and coaching the VFA representative side at the 1958 National Carnival.

Austen fell seriously ill in late-1995 and received life membership from Richmond at that time. In Round 2, 1996 the perpetual Col Austen Trophy was inaugurated. He passed away later in 1996.

NOTE - since 2001 an unrelated Col Austen Trophy has been awarded to the Box Hill Hawks' best & fairest player.

CROWL-McDONALD MEDAL

CROWL-MCDONALD MEDAL

A best on ground award, the Anzac Day Medal, had been presented after St Kilda's Anzac round matches in Wellington in 2013-14.

In the lead-up to St Kilda's 2015 Anzac round match against Carlton, the best on ground medal was renamed in honour of two former players with a unique link.

Claude Crowl (three games with St Kilda) and Fenley 'Fen' McDonald (10 games with Carlton and one with Melbourne) had made their VFL debuts as opponents at Princes Park on 29 July, 1911. Four years later they lost their lives on the same day at Gallipoli.

UPDATE:
The Anzac Day Medal / Crowl-McDonald Medal has been defunct since February 2016, when it was announced that St Kilda would no longer play in New Zealand.

The Anzac Day Medal / Crowl-McDonald Medal (saints.com.au)

ANZAC DAY (NEW ZEALAND)
YEAR	ROUND	ST KILDA vs	ANZAC DAY MEDAL
2013	5	Sydney	Daniel Hanneberry	Sydney
2014	6	Brisbane	Leigh Montagna	St Kilda
YEAR	ROUND	ST KILDA vs	CROWL-McDONALD MEDAL
2015	4	Carlton	Marc Murphy	Carlton

Refer to the SIMPSON-HENDERSON TROPHY tab at left for more details of the trophy awarded to the winning team for St.Kilda's Anzac round matches in New Zealand.

DAVID PARKIN CUP / MEDAL

DAVID PARKIN CUP / DAVID PARKIN MEDAL

Parkin played 211 games for Hawthorn (1961-74) and captained the Hawks' 1971 premiership team. He then forged a legendary coaching career, leading Hawthorn to the 1978 flag before transferring to Carlton where he was a premiership coach in 1981, 1982 and 1995.

The DAVID PARKIN CUP was introduced in 1998 [The Age 12-4-1998] and presented to the winner of all premiership matches between Carlton and Hawthorn.

In 2003 the award was changed to the DAVID PARKIN MEDAL, presented to the best on ground in the first premiership match between these teams each season.

DAVID PARKIN CUP
	YEAR	ROUND	WINNING CLUB
	1998	14	Carlton
	1999	14	Carlton
	2000	2	Carlton
	2000	17	Carlton
	2001	2	Hawthorn
	2001	17	Hawthorn
	2002	8	Hawthorn
DAVID PARKIN MEDAL
	YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
	2003	21	Shane Crawford	Hawthorn
	2004	12	Nick Stevens	Carlton
	2005	6	Jarrad Waite	Carlton
	2006	4	Trent Croad	Hawthorn
	2007	12	Brad Sewell	Hawthorn
	2008	22	Brendan Fevola	Carlton
	2009	6	Jarryd Roughead	Hawthorn
	2010	9	Luke Hodge	Hawthorn
	2011	22	Jordan Lewis	Hawthorn
	2012	12	Sam Mitchell	Hawthorn
	2013	12	Brock McLean	Carlton
	2014	12	Brad Sewell	Hawthorn
	2015	17	Jordan Lewis	Hawthorn
	2016	19	Jordan Lewis	Hawthorn
	2017	22	Sam Docherty	Carlton
	2018	18	Tom Mitchell	Hawthorn
	2019	6	Jaeger O'Meara	Hawthorn
	2020	9	Not awarded due to COVID-19 restrictions*
	2021	10	Ed Curnow	Carlton
	2022	3	Sam Docherty	Carlton

*No medal was awarded in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions (the match was played in Perth while Carlton and Hawthorn were based in the AFL's West Australian quarantine hub). The Hawthorn CEO included the following statement in a letter to members:

"Normally our match-up against Carlton would have seen us play for the David Parkin medal. Given the quarantine restrictions we are currently operating under both clubs agreed not to award the David Parkin medal in 2020, but rest assured, it will return".

The David Parkin Medal (hawthornfc.com.au)

DOCKLAND TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of matches between Fremantle and Port Adelaide and often referred to, incorrectly, as the Docklands Trophy. The trophy was a large anchor mounted on a wooden base, and celebrated the dock working heritage of the two cities.

Like the Albert Thurgood Challenge Trophy (see tab above left) it was first awarded for a pre-season practice match; the newly-formed Fremantle Dockers claiming it with a 38-point win over the SANFL's Port Adelaide Magpies in 1995.

The two teams played for the trophy again during the 1996 pre-season and, after Port Adelaide's entry to the AFL in 1997, it continued to be presented for all matches between these clubs (including practice matches and pre-season cup games) until Round 14, 2002, when Port Adelaide claimed it a final time with a victory at Subiaco Oval.

Note, the engravings on the trophy end at 2001. The unengraved shield bottom right of the trophy is where the 2002 result should have been recorded but, for reasons unknown, was never added. A media release for the 2002 match confirms that it was contested for that game.

The trophy now resides permanently at Alberton Oval in Port Adelaide.

The Dockland Trophy, awarded 1995-2002 (Twitter/hoodlum6)

DREAMTIME AT THE 'G

First played in 2005, this annual match between Essendon and Richmond celebrates the contribution of all Indigenous players to the AFL.

The first match was held in 2005 and the winning club received the Kevin Sheedy Cup (which had been awarded since Round 16, 1998 to the winner of all Essendon-Richmond premiership matches).

For the 2006 Dreamtime match a best on ground award, the Yiooken Award was also introduced.

Refer to the KEVIN SHEEDY CUP and YIOOKEN AWARD tabs at left more information.

E.J. WHITTEN CUP

First awarded in 1995 to honour the memory of E.J. 'Ted' Whitten senior, who played 321 games for Footscray (1951-70) and who passed away during the 1995 season after a lengthy battle with cancer.

The cup is contested once per season, at Essendon's home game in odd-numbered years, at the Western Bulldogs' home game in even years. If only one match between the teams is scheduled in any given season, the cup is contested regardless of whose turn it is to host.

The cup is presented to the winning captain each year by former Footscray player, E.J. Whitten junior. [source: Gregor McCaskie, Essendon FC historian]

James Hird with the E.J. Whitten Cup in 2004 (efc.com.au)

EASTCOAST CHALLENGE CUP

Eastcoast Jeans, Footscray's then naming rights sponsor, donated this "perpetual" trophy in 1985 to be awarded to the winner of the Bulldogs' first home game each season.

In 1985 the first home game was played at a neutral venue (Round 2 at VFL Park) so the trophy was contested the following week when Footscray defeated Geelong at the Western Oval.

In 1986 the Bulldogs retained the trophy by defeating St Kilda in their Round 1 clash at Western Oval. However, by 1987 Eastcoast had been replaced as naming rights sponsor by Hunters and the Eastcoast Challenge Cup was quickly forgotten.

The short-lived Eastcoast Challenge Cup, awarded 1985-86 (Football Record, 1985)

EMU EXPORT DERBY TROPHY

EMU EXPORT WESTERN DERBY TROPHY

The original trophy presented to the winner of the Western Derby, contested by Fremantle and West Coast.

It was donated by the Swan Brewery and awarded 1995-2000, then replaced by the Carlton Mid Derby Trophy.

Refer to the WESTERN DERBY TROPHY tab at left for more information.

Rival captains John Worsfold (West Coast) and Ben Allan (Fremantle) at the 1995 launch of the Western Derby (news.com.au)

Peter Mann and John Worsfold in 1997 with the original Western Derby Trophy (news.com.au)

FILA CUP

During the late-1990s Italian sportswear manufacturer Fila began a push into AFL club sponsorship, signing in 1999 as the apparel sponsor for both Geelong and the Western Bulldogs. The company's sponsorship portfolio quickly expanded to four clubs in season 2000 with Essendon and Melbourne joining their ranks.

The company was eager to promote their brand further and donated a new trophy, the Fila Cup, to be presented to the winning captain after all premiership matches between Geelong and the Bulldogs.

Alas, this "perpetual" trophy became defunct after the 2002 season when Fila chose not to renew their apparel deal with either club, robbing the cup of the opportunity to take its place alongside such other cherished trophies in world sport as the AFL Premiership Cup, the Vince Lombardi Trophy (American football) and British soccer's FA Cup.

A replacement trophy of sorts was donated in 2004 by the Western Bulldogs new club sponsor, Origin Energy (refer to the Origin Energy Western Victoria Cup tab for more info).

FRANK MacDONALD MEDAL

FRANK MACDONALD MEDAL
YEAR	TASMANIA vs	TASMANIA's B.O.G.	OPPONENT's B.O.G.
2001	Murray Kangaroos	Nathan Howard	Digby Morell
2002	Frankston	Andrew Beveridge	Neil Winterton
2003	North Ballarat	Trent Bartlett	Josh Rudd
2004	North Ballarat	Brennan Savage	unknown
2005	Frankston	Ken Hall	Justin Berry
2006	Frankston	Cameron Thurley	Matt Burns
2007	Frankston	Sam Whish-Wilson	Justin Berry
2008	Casey Scorpions	James Charlesworth	Raphael Clarke
YEAR	HAWTHORN vs	BEST ON GROUND
2009	West Coast	Brad Sewell (Hawthorn)
2010	North Melbourne	Brady Rawlings (North Melbourne)
2012	Sydney	Josh P. Kennedy (Sydney)
2019	Carlton	(David Parkin Medal presented instead)
2021	Adelaide	(not awarded)
2022	Sydney	(not awarded)
NOTE - Hawthorn played away from Launceston in years not shown above

Josh Kennedy of the Swans, winner of the 2012 medal (Michael Willson)

NOTE - a winning team trophy, the Alec Campbell Cup, has also been presented since 2001 in conjunction with the Frank MacDonald Medal.

Refer to the ALEC CAMPBELL CUP tab at left for more information.

GARY DEMPSEY MEDAL

This one-off medal was awarded to the best on ground in the 2009 Western Bulldogs-North Melbourne Emergency Services Appreciation match.

It was named in honour of former ruckman, Gary Dempsey who played 207 games for Footscray (1967-78) and a further 122 games for North Melbourne (1979-84).

In 1969 Dempsey spent six weeks in hospital after being badly burnt by bushfires near his home in Melbourne's outer-western suburbs and was told he would not play league football again.

He fought back and won the Bulldogs' best & fairest player award the next season, the first of six best & fairests he would win during his time at Footscray. Dempsey also won the 1975 Brownlow Medal and North Melbourne's 1979 best & fairest award.

The 2009 Dempsey medal was presented to Ryan Griffen of the Western Bulldogs.

GLENDINNING-ALLAN MEDAL

Named in honour of Ross Glendinning, the inaugural captain of West Coast in 1987, and Ben Allan, Fremantle's first captain in their 1995 debut season.

Awarded since Round 20, 2018, replacing the Ross Glendinning Medal which had been awarded since 2001.

Refer to the WESTERN DERBY BEST ON GROUND MEDAL tab at left for a full history of the award.

(a list of all medallists can be found on the WESTERN DERBY tab)

GOODES-O'LOUGHLIN MEDAL

In 2016, Sydney introduced the Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal for the best on ground in their Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round match.

According to Design Awards, the company that produces the medal each year: "The design was adapted from artwork by Goodes' mother, Lisa Sansbury, and features striking colours and shapes representing the estuaries around Sydney Harbour."

The inaugural Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal (Phil Hillyard)

The medal honours two of the club's finest indigenous players:

Adam Goodes played 372 games for the Swans (a club record), was a member of the 2005 and 2012 premiership teams (the latter as captain), won the 2003 Brownlow Medal, 1999 AFL Rising Star award, 2003/2006/2011 Sydney Best & Fairest awards and was a four-time All-Australian and member of the Indigenous Team of the Century.

Michael O'Loughlin played 303 games for the Swans (3rd most for the club), was a member of the 2005 premiership team, won the 1998 Sydney Best & Fairest award, was a two-time All-Australian and a member of the Indigenous Team of the Century.

GOODES-O'LOUGHLIN MEDAL
	YEAR	ROUND	SYDNEY vs	WINNER	CLUB
	2016	10	North Melb.	Tom Mitchell	Sydney
	2017	10	Hawthorn	Lance Franklin	Sydney
	2018	11	Carlton	Isaac Heeney	Sydney
	2019	10	Collingwood	Sam Reid	Sydney
	2020	13	Fremantle	Luke Ryan	Fremantle
	2021	11	Carlton	Isaac Heeney	Sydney
	2022	11	Richmond	Lance Franklin	Sydney

Tom Mitchell, inaugural winner, with Adam Goodes and Michael O'Loughlin (sydneyswans.com.au)

NOTE - the Marn Grook Trophy is also awarded to the winning team in Sydney's match played during the Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round.

Refer to the MARN GROOK TROPHY tab at left for more information.

HMAS SYDNEY II MEMORIAL TROPHY / BEST PLAYER AWARD

HMAS SYDNEY II MEMORIAL TROPHY /
BEST ON GROUND AWARD

During World War II the Australian Navy warship, HMAS Sydney II was sunk off the coast of Western Australia by German warship, the Kormoran. A total of 645 crew perished in Australia's worst naval tragedy. The vessel remained lost until 2008 when it was discovered on the ocean floor, at a depth of 2,500 metres.

To remember the sailors lost that day on 19 November, 1941 a memorial trophy was introduced in 2010 for matches between Sydney (the ship's home port) and West Coast (the ship's last point of operations).

The trophy is designed to represent a naval warship's Battle Honour Board and features the HMAS Sydney II crest along with its campaign and battle honours.

The HMAS Sydney II Trophy (swans.com.au)

A second trophy, featuring a 76mm shell casing fired by the modern-day HMAS Sydney IV, is awarded to the player voted best on ground, along with a HMAS Sydney II commemorative coin struck by the Perth Mint.

Luke Parker, winner of the 2014 HMAS Sydney II best player trophy and medal (Twitter/Sydney Swans)

HMAS SYDNEY II - BEST ON GROUND AWARD
	YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
	2010	5	Jarrad McVeigh	Sydney
	2011	3	Dean Cox (x)	West Coast
	2012	16	Ryan O'Keefe	Sydney
	2013	17	Daniel Hanneberry	Sydney
	2014	16	Luke Parker	Sydney
	2015	17	Matt Priddis	West Coast
	2016	5	Ted Richards	Sydney
	2017	4	Luke Shuey*	West Coast
	2017	4	Elliott Yeo*	West Coast
	2018	13	Jake Lloyd*	Sydney
	2018	13	*Elliott Yeo (x)**	West Coast
	2019	12	Tom Papley	Sydney
	2020	5	Nick Naitanui	West Coast
	2021	16	Callum Mills	Sydney
	2022	5	Callum Mills	Sydney
*indicates a Best On Ground trophy awarded jointly
(x) indicates a Best On Ground from the losing team

IAN STEWART MEDAL

Awarded since Round 16, 2004 to the best on ground in a designated premiership match between Richmond and St Kilda*.

A triple-Brownlow Medallist, Ian Stewart played 127 games for St Kilda (1963-70), including the 1966 premiership, and 78 games for Richmond (1971-75), including the 1973 premiership. He is the only VFL-AFL player to win a Brownlow Medal and a premiership at two different clubs.

*NOTE: unlike similar awards involving other clubs, Richmond and St Kilda do not seem to take turns hosting the medal match. From 2004 to 2016, on the six occasions when these teams have met twice in a season the medal was presented five times after Richmond's home game.

Dustin Martin, winner of the 2019 Ian Stewart Medal (richmondfc.com.au)

IAN STEWART MEDAL
	YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
	2004	16	Austinn Jones	St Kilda
	2005	5	Nick Dal Santo	St Kilda
	2006	2	Lennie Hayes	St Kilda
	2007	13	Leigh Montagna	St Kilda
	2008	7	Stephen Milne	St Kilda
	2009	13	Brendon Goddard	St Kilda
	2010	21	Jack Riewoldt	Richmond
	2011	2	Brett Deledio	Richmond
	2012	10	Jack Riewoldt	Richmond
	2013	14	Tyrone Vickery	Richmond
	2014	15	Trent Cotchin	Richmond
	2015	16	Brett Deledio	Richmond
	2016	22	Seb Ross	St Kilda
	2017	23	Dustin Martin	Richmond
	2018	10	Josh Caddy	Richmond
	2019	15	Dustin Martin	Richmond
	2020	4	Dan Butler	St Kilda
	2021	15	Luke Dunstan	St Kilda
	2022	3	Brad Crouch	St Kilda

JACK DYER-LOU RICHARDS TROPHY

Awarded since Round 19, 1999 to the winner of premiership matches between Collingwood and Richmond.

Jack Dyer played 312 games for Richmond (1931-49), serving as captain-coach from 1941 to 1949 before adding three final seasons as a non-playing coach. He was a part of two Richmond premiership teams (1934/43) and captained Victoria on two occasions.

Lou Richards played 250 games for Collingwood (1941-55), captaining the side from 1952 to 1955, including a premiership in 1953.

Off-field Dyer and Richards became synonymous with the broadcast of VFL-AFL football, playing key roles in the football media for over forty years after retiring from the game.

JASON McCARTNEY MEDAL

Jason McCartney played 182 matches (1991-2003) for Collingwood, Adelaide, and North Melbourne. During the 2002 off-season he was holidaying in Bali when a terrorist bombing left him severely injured; suffering second degree burns to over fifty percent of his body.

McCartney nearly died during emergency surgery but after a lengthy rehabilitation program he returned to the field in June 2003 to play one last AFL game before retiring post-match.

The McCartney Medal was inaugurated later that season and awarded annually to the most courageous player in North Melbourne's home matches against Collingwood. It ceased to be awarded after the 2009 season, was briefly reinstated in 2013 and is now no longer awarded.

JASON McCARTNEY MEDAL
YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
2003	14	Anthony Rocca	Collingwood
2004	10	Ben Johnson	Collingwood
2005	4	Brent Harvey	North Melbourne
2006	3	Chris Tarrant	Collingwood
2007	1	James Clement	Collingwood
2008	16	Drew Petrie	North Melbourne
2009	6	Tarkyn Lockyer	Collingwood
2010-12	-	not awarded*
2013	1	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood

The Jason McCartney Medal (Press Reader, 2003)

KENNEDY CUP

Awarded since 2019 to the winner of Port Adelaide's annual match in China.

Refer to the SHANGHAI CUP tab at left for more information.

Rival captains Jarryn Geary and Travis Boak with the 2019 Kennedy Cup (advertiser.com.au)

KENNEDY-McHALE CUP

The trophy was first presented in Round 16, 2000 to the winner of Collingwood's match against Hawthorn (won by the Hawks) and was provided by mobile phone retailer Crazy John's, a major sponsor of both clubs at that time.

Over the next two years it was presented to the winner of the first premiership match of the season between the clubs (Rd.1, 2001 - Hawthorn v Collingwood and Rd.4, 2002 - Collingwood v Hawthorn).

Crazy John's joint sponsorship continued throughout 2003 so it may have also been awarded for the Round 12 clash that season, the sole match between the clubs that year. However, the cup itself has only been engraved for the three games it was contested from 2000 to 2002. Extensive research has found no evidence of the cup being presented after 2003.

The award honoured two coaching legends; John Kennedy senior played 164 games for Hawthorn (1950-59) then coached Hawthorn and North Melbourne for 412 games, including VFL-AFL premierships in 1961, 1971 and 1976.

Jock McHale played 261 games for Collingwood (1903-20) and coached the Magpies in 714 games (1912-49), which stood as the VFL-AFL record until Mick Malthouse surpassed this total in season 2015. McHale was involved in nine Collingwood premierships: one as a player, one as a playing-coach, and seven as coach.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
HardBallGet thanks Stemline (from BigFooty) for his extensive research on the Kennedy-McHale Cup which has resulted in the start/end date and additional background info for the award being added to this article.

KEVIN SHEEDY CUP

Sheedy played 251 games for Richmond from 1967 to 1979, spent 1980 as their assistant coach, and then took over as Essendon's head coach in 1981 (a role he held until 2007).

The Round 16, 1998 Essendon-Richmond match was Sheedy's 416th game in charge of the Bombers, which surpassed Dick Reynolds' club record set in 1960 for most games coached.

To mark the occasion both clubs agreed to play for the inaugural Kevin Sheedy Perpetual Trophy, "a crystal vase roughly the size of Ryan O'Connor". [The Age 16/7/1998 and 20/7/1998]

Rd.16, 1998 - Essendon's acting captain, Michael Long and head coach, Kevin Sheedy pose for the cameras after the first presentation of the Kevin Sheedy Cup (afl.com.au)

The award was soon renamed the Kevin Sheedy Cup and since 1999 has been presented to the winner of a designated premiership match each year between the two clubs, including their annual Dreamtime at the 'G match (first played in 2005).

Round 9, 2007 - Long presents the Kevin Sheedy Cup following the Dreamtime at the 'G match

LAKE PREMIERSHIP PENNANT

In the lead-up to the Round 3, 1938 clash between South Melbourne and St Kilda, South's president Jack Dickson donated a pennant valued at £5 to be awarded to the winner of all premiership matches between the clubs.

The award was officially named the Lake Premiership Pennant due to the clubs being located at opposite ends of the Albert Park Lake; South Melbourne at the Lake Oval and St Kilda at the Junction Oval.

The rival presidents unveil the new pennant (The Herald, 5/5/1938, p.49)

St Kilda had never won a premiership pennant of any sort in their history and initially took the concept far more seriously than the Swans, who had won the most-recent of their six VFA/VFL premierships just five seasons before.

St Kilda claimed the inaugural Lake Premiership then offended the Swans by taking the pennant on their mid-season tour to Perth, showing it off to W.A. football officials, players and press. Word of their escapades made it back to Melbourne and a rivalry was forged with South players pledging to win "their" pennant back. [The Age 27/4/1938 & 27/7/1938, The Daily News 13/7/1938]

Billing's take on the growing rivalry between the Swans and the Saints over the Lake Premiership [The Age 27/7/1938]

Between 1938 and 1941 St Kilda won 5 of the first six games contested then didn't hold the pennant again until 1949. Such was the importance of the rivalry the South Melbourne Football Club annual report even dedicated a section to the rivalry each year with a running list of all matches played for the Lake Premiership!

SMFC 1956 Annual Report (Craig Meade)

The series eventually ended in 1965 when St Kilda relocated to Moorabbin Oval in south-east Melbourne, leaving the overall tally at 45 games played, with South Melbourne winning 30 of them.

As for the whereabouts of the pennant today, St Kilda won the final Lake Premiership clash (Round 10, 1964 at the Junction Oval) so it is, presumably, resting somewhere within the Saints archives.

Allan Jeans, second from left, and teammates celebrate claiming the pennant in 1957 (saints.com.au)

LEN HALL TRIBUTE GAME

Sources such as FootyStats and Wikipedia state that Fremantle present an Anzac Day Trophy and Len Hall Medal each season but this is not correct (the error can be traced back to a 2011 article by Michelangelo Rucci).

Since 1996 Fremantle's home game of each Anzac Round has been named the Len Hall Anzac Day tribute game in honour of Western Australia's last surviving Gallipoli veteran, who passed away in 1999 at the age of 102.

Hall enlisted in August 1914 and saw service at Gallipoli and in the Middle East at Beersheba. He was a member of the 10th Light Horse Regiment and was one of the last soldiers to leave Gallipoli.

Each season the game commemorates a different Australian military battle and the men and women who served in that specific campaign. There is a pre-game observance ceremony and half-time tribute based on that year's theme... but there is no cup for the winning team or medal for the best player on the ground. [The Age 24-5-2005]

LOCKETT-COVENTRY CUP

Awarded since Round 4, 2000 to the winner of premiership matches between Collingwood and Sydney. The cup honours the two all-time leading goalkickers in VFL-AFL history.

Gordon Coventry played 306 games for Collingwood (1920-37) and retired with a career total of 1299 goals, a league record that would stand until broken by Lockett in 1999.

Tony Lockett played 281 games for St Kilda and Sydney (1983-99/2002) and is currently the leading goalkicker in VFL-AFL history with a career total of 1360 goals.

The Lockett-Coventry Cup (Football Record, Round 4, 2000)

MADDEN TROPHY

JUSTIN & SIMON MADDEN TROPHY

Awarded since Round 16, 1997 and named in honour of the Madden brothers, who are currently the only brothers in VFL-AFL history to have each played over 300 games.

Simon played 378 games for Essendon (1974-92), including the 1984 and 1985 premierships.

Justin played 332 games (1980-96), including 48 for Essendon before transferring to Carlton where he added a further 287 games and premierships in 1987 and 1995.

As with the E.J. Whitten Cup (see left), the trophy is contested once per season, with the home team alternating. If only one match between the teams is scheduled in any given season, the cup is contested regardless of whose turn it is to host.

NOTE - although the official name on the trophy is the Justin & Simon Madden Trophy, it is usually referred to in media articles and on football websites as the 'Madden Cup'.

Dyson Heppell receives the Madden Trophy in 2019 from Simon (L) and Justin (Facebook/Essendon FC)

MARCUS ASHCROFT MEDAL

Awarded since 2011 to the best player in every Q-Clash premiership match contested by Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

Refer to the Q-CLASH tab at left for more information.

The Marcus Ashcroft Medal (goldcoastfc.com.au)

MARN GROOK TROPHY

The trophy was introduced in 2002 in recognition of the AFL's first match at Sydney's Olympic Stadium and is named in honour of the historical Aboriginal game of Marn Grook, which some football historians believe played a role in the formation of Australian football.

The Marn Grook Trophy on display at the SCG (Twitter / Ken Williams)

From 2002 to 2013 the trophy was presented to the winner of Sydney's annual home game against Essendon (except in 2012 when their only match for the season was played in Melbourne at Docklands Stadium).

Since 2014 the trophy has been contested by Sydney and their opponent in the AFL's annual Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round.

	YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	OPPONENT
SYDNEY vs ESSENDON
	2002	9	Essendon	Sydney
	2003	11	Sydney	Essendon
	2004	21	Sydney	Essendon
	2005	7	Sydney	Essendon
	2006	18	Sydney	Essendon
	2007	10	Essendon	Sydney
	2008	8	Sydney	Essendon
	2009	15	Essendon	Sydney
	2010	11	Sydney	Essendon
	2011	2	Sydney	Essendon
	2012	11	Sydney	Essendon
	2013	10	Sydney	Essendon
SYDNEY vs VARIOUS OPPONENTS
	2014	11	Sydney	Geelong
	2015	9	Sydney	Carlton
	2016	10	Sydney	North Melbourne
	2017	10	Hawthorn	Sydney
	2018	11	Sydney	Carlton
	2019	10	Collingwood	Sydney
	2020	13	Fremantle	Sydney
	2021	11	Sydney	Carlton
	2022	11	Sydney	Richmond

Adam Goodes, Lewis Jetta and Lance Franklin after the Swans won the 2015 Marn Grook Trophy (sydneyswans.com.au)

NOTE - In 2016, Sydney also introduced the Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal for the best on ground in their Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round match.

Refer to the GOODES-O'LOUGHLIN MEDAL tab for more info and a list of winners.

NAURU CHALLENGE CUP

The ACTAFL had been lobbying the VFL-AFL since 1988 to have premiership matches played in Canberra, and in 1995 those plans finally came to fruition when Fitzroy's Round 9 match against West Coast was held at Bruce Stadium.

During the 1995 pre-season the pacific nation of Nauru signed-on as Fitzroy's major financial backer on the proviso the Lions boosted their membership and supporter numbers.

Thus, the game in Canberra was seen as possibly the first of up to three matches a season Fitzroy would play in the nation's capital, with the Nauru Challenge Cup to be presented annually to the winner of one of these games. [The Canberra Times 18-5-1995 & 26-5-1995]

Fitzroy's John McCarthy and Brad Boyd in Canberra promoting the Nauru Challenge Cup (Football Record, 1995)

A near-record Canberra crowd of 11,282 watched West Coast claim the trophy but it would not be contested again. Fitzroy never returned to Canberra and just over a year later their merger with the Brisbane Bears was announced.

The ACTAFL's ambitions were eventually realised with North Melbourne playing a premiership match in Canberra in 1998, then three games a season starting in 2001 but the Nauru Challenge Cup remained a one-off award. It now resides in a trophy cabinet at the West Coast Eagles' headquarters.

The Nauru Challenge Cup on display at Eagles HQ (Twitter/West Coast Eagles)

NEALE DANIHER TROPHY

Awarded since 2015 to the best player in the annual Queen's Birthday match between Melbourne and Collingwood.

Neale Daniher was an exceptionally-talented player whose career was restricted to just 82 games for Essendon (1979-90) due to a series of knee injuries.

It was as a senior coach that he was able to flourish without the threat of injury, coaching Melbourne for 223 games (1998-2007); including a Grand Final appearance in 2000.

In August, 2014 it was announced that Daniher had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND), which is currently incurable. At the 2015 Queen's Birthday match he launched a fundraising campaign aimed at finding a cure for MND and the perpetual trophy in his honour was unveiled.

NEALE DANIHER TROPHY
	YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
	2015	10	Travis Cloke	Collingwood
	2016	12	Max Gawn	Melbourne
	2017	12	Christian Petracca	Melbourne
	2018	12	Mason Cox	Collingwood
	2019	12	Adam Treloar	Collingwood
	2020	12	Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
	2021	13	Scott Pendlebury	Collingwood
	2022	13	Clayon Oliver (x)	Melbourne
(x) indicates a Best On Ground from the losing team

*No trophy was awarded in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions (the match was played in Brisbane while Collingwood and Melbourne were based in the AFL's Queensland quarantine hub).

2017 Neale Daniher Trophy winner, Christian Petracca (foxsports)

NICK SCHERNIKAU TROPHY

NICK SCHERNIKAU MEMORIAL TROPHY

The trophy was named in memory of Nick Schernikau, a managing director of the Tooheys Brewing company who died in a helicopter crash at Mount Hotham on September 23rd, 1993.

Tooheys were St Kilda's jumper sponsor throughout 1993 and also signed-on as Melbourne's main sponsor shortly after the 1993 season ended.

Following Schernikau's death it was announced the trophy would be presented after every future home-and-away match and final contested by Melbourne and St Kilda, commencing with their Round 10, 1994 match. [The Age 4-10-1993]

In reality, the Schernikau Trophy lasted just five seasons (1994-1998). As with the Bartercard Cup, the Fila Cup and other sponsor-related awards, it ceased to be awarded when one of the clubs (in this case, St Kilda) moved to a different sponsor.

NICKY WINMAR CUP

Awarded since Round 18, 2003 to the winning team in premiership matches between St Kilda and West Coast.

Born in Western Australia, Nicky Winmar played 90 WAFL games for South Fremantle (1983-86) before transferring to St Kilda where he played a further 230 games (1987-98). He finished his career with a further 21 games for the Western Bulldogs in 1999.

During his time at St Kilda, he became the first indigenous player to reach the 200 game milestone in the VFL-AFL. He also played eight State of Origin games for Western Australia.

ORIGIN ENERGY WESTERN VICTORIA CUP

This trophy was donated in 2004 by Origin Energy, the Western Bulldogs naming rights sponsor in 2004-05, and was an unofficial replacement for the Fila Cup (see the tab at left for more information about that award).

It was presented to the winner of premiership matches between Geelong and the Western Bulldogs for two seasons until the Western Bulldogs signed a new major sponsor in 2006 at which point it became defunct.

Steven King receives the trophy after Geelong's victory in Rd.6, 2005 (geelongfc.com.au/Mark Dadswell)

PETER BADCOE (VC) MEDAL

PETER BADCOE (VC) ANZAC DAY MEDAL

Awarded since 2004 to the player whose conduct and play in Port Adelaide's match during the Anzac Day round "best exemplifies the Anzac spirit of skill, courage in adversity, self-sacrifice, teamwork and fair play".

The medal is donated by the South Australian RSL in recognition of Major Peter Badcoe (VC) who served in the Vietnam War and was the last South Australian to be awarded the Victoria Cross (the Australian military's highest honour for bravery).

PETER BADCOE (VC) ANZAC DAY MEDAL
YEAR	ROUND	PORT vs	WINNER	CLUB
2004	5	W. Bulldogs	Josh Carr	Port Adelaide
2005	5	Geelong	Warren Tredrea	Port Adelaide
2006	4	St Kilda	Brendon Lade	Port Adelaide
2007	5	St Kilda	Chad Cornes	Port Adelaide
2008	6	St Kilda	Kane Cornes	Port Adelaide
2009	5	St Kilda	Lenny Hayes	St Kilda
2010	5	St Kilda	David Rodan	Port Adelaide
2011	5	Gold Coast	Michael Rischitelli	Gold Coast
2012	3*	Sydney	Josh P. Kennedy	Sydney
2013	5	West Coast	Hamish Hartlett	Port Adelaide
2014	6	Geelong	Travis Boak	Port Adelaide
2015	4	Hawthorn	Travis Boak	Port Adelaide
2016	5	Geelong	Joel Selwood	Geelong
2017	5	Carlton	Robbie Gray	Port Adelaide
2018	5	Geelong	Joel Selwood	Geelong
2019	6	North Melb.	Travis Boak	Port Adelaide
2020	(Not awarded - no Anzac Day match due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
2021	6	St Kilda	Ollie Wines	Port Adelaide
2022	6	West Coast	Connor Rozee	Port Adelaide

*NOTE - the Badcoe Medal was awarded for a non-Anzac Round match in 2012. This was due to Port Adelaide playing Adelaide in Round 5 (Anzac weekend) with a Showdown Medal already being presented for that match.

Port Adelaide played away the previous weekend so the Round 3 match versus Sydney was the earliest opportunity to present the Badcoe Medal at a home game prior to Anzac Day.

Peter Badcoe (VC) Anzac Day Medal (portadelaidefc.com.au)

PETER MacCALLUM CUP

From 1993 (Rd.6) to 2008 (Rd.12) this trophy was awarded to the winner of ALL premiership matches between Carlton and Collingwood.

However, since 2009 it is now awarded to the winner of Collingwood's home game between these sides (the Richard Pratt Cup is now awarded at Carlton's home game - see the tab at left for more information).

The cup is contested to raise awareness and funds for the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia's only public hospital solely dedicated to cancer treatment, research and education.

Nathan Buckley and Gavin Crosisca with the Peter MacCallum Cup in 1998 (Football Record, 1999 Rd.17)

PHILLIP WALSH MEDAL

Prior to Round 14, 2015 Adelaide's coach Phillip Walsh was murdered. He had served as an assistant coach at Port Adelaide for 10 seasons and was in his first season as Adelaide's head coach at the time of his death.

The two clubs agreed to replace the Showdown Medal in Round 16 (Showdown 39) with a special one-off Phillip Walsh Medal in his honour.

Refer to THE SHOWDOWN tab at left for more information.

POLLY FARMER TROPHY

Awarded since Round 4, 1996 to the winner of Geelong and West Coast's first premiership match each season. As can be seen in the photo below, the "trophy" is actually a shield.

Graham 'Polly' Farmer played 176 WAFL games for East Perth (1953-61), including three premierships and three Sandover Medals, then transferred to Geelong where he played 101 games (1962-67), which included the 1963 VFL-AFL premiership and two club best and fairest awards.

Following his time in Victoria, Farmer returned to his home state where he joined West Perth as captain-coach for 79 games (1968-71), adding two more premierships and another club best and fairest to his career record.

Farmer later returned to Geelong as senior coach (1973-75) before finishing his career where it started, coaching East Perth for two seasons (1976-77).

Polly Farmer at the inaugural match for the trophy (Football Record, Round 5, 1996)

PRIME MINISTER'S CUP

Awarded 2012-2015 to the winner of a designated match each year between Greater Western Sydney (GWS) and one of their opponents in Canberra.

The Giants' inaugural match at Manuka Oval was played in Round 5, 2012 against the Western Bulldogs, whose No.1 ticket holder was the Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.

The week before the game, Giants CEO David Matthews announced a new trophy, the Prime Minister's Cup, would be presented and would be awarded at the first match in Canberra each season to "celebrate the contribution of Australian football to the nation's capital".

Matthew Boyd receives the Prime Minister's Cup in 2012 (adelaidenow.com.au)

The 'first game of the season' policy proved short-lived; in 2013 the cup was presented after the Round 15 match between the Giants and Bulldogs (GWS' third Canberra game of that season).

In 2014 these teams were again scheduled to meet in Canberra (Round 4) but, for reasons unknown, the cup was instead presented after GWS' Round 20 clash against North Melbourne (GWS' third Canberra game of that season).

There is no evidence of the cup being awarded after the 2015 season; it is now believed to be defunct.

PRIME MINISTER'S CUP
YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	OPPONENT	CANBERRA GAME
2012	5	Western Bulldogs	GWS	1st of the season
2013	15	Western Bulldogs	GWS	3rd of the season
2014	20	North Melbourne	GWS	3rd of the season
2015	2	GWS	Melbourne	1st of the season

Q-CLASH

THE Q-CLASH

In 2011 the Gold Coast Suns joined the AFL competition. Beginning in Round 7 of that season all premiership matches against their state rivals, the Brisbane Lions have been promoted as the Q-Clash. Two awards are presented after each Q-Clash:

THE Q-CLASH TROPHY

Presented to the winner of premiership matches between the AFL's two Queensland-based teams, the Brisbane Lions and the Gold Coast Suns.

Gold Coast captain Gary Ablett junior shows-off the Q-Clash Trophy (goldcoastfc.com.au)

THE MARCUS ASHCROFT MEDAL

Presented after each Q-Clash to the best player of the match. It honours the former Brisbane triple premiership player whose 318 VFL-AFL games is a record for Queensland-born players.

The Marcus Ashcroft Medal (goldcoastfc.com.au)

Q-CLASH
CLASH #	YEAR	ROUND	Q-CLASH TROPHY	MARCUS ASHCROFT MEDAL
1	2011	7	Gold Coast	Jared Brennan (GC)
2	2011	21	Brisbane	Simon Black (Bris)
3	2012	4	Brisbane	Tom Rockliff (Bris)
4	2012	17	Brisbane	Gary Ablett junior (GC) (x)
5	2013	3	Brisbane	Jonathan Brown (Bris)
6	2013	15	Brisbane	Matthew Leuenberger (Bris)
7	2014	3	Gold Coast	Gary Ablett junior (GC)
8	2014	18	Brisbane	Pearce Hanley (Bris)
9	2015	5	Gold Coast	Charlie Dixon (GC)
10	2015	19	Gold Coast	Tom J. Lynch (GC)
11	2016	4	Brisbane	Pearce Hanley (Bris)
12	2016	16	Gold Coast	Touk Miller (GC)
13	2017	1	Brisbane	Dayne Beams (Bris)
14	2017	21	Brisbane	Dayne Beams (Bris)
15	2018	5	Gold Coast	Touk Miller (GC)
16	2018	22	Brisbane	Dayne Beams (Bris)
17	2019	6	Brisbane	Mitch Robinson (Bris)
18	2019	21	Brisbane	Charlie Cameron (Bris)
19	2020	16	Brisbane	Lachie Neale (Bris)
20	2021	9	Brisbane	Jarryd Lyons (Bris)
21	2021	19	Brisbane	Jarryd Lyons (Bris)
22	2022	6	Brisbane	Zac Bailey (Bris)
23	2022	19	Brisbane	Touk Miller (GC) (x)
(x) indicates a Best On Ground medallist from the losing team

MULTIPLE ASHCROFT MEDALS
3	Dayne Beams	Brisbane
3	Touk Miller	Gold Coast
2	Gary Ablett junior	Gold Coast
	Pearce Hanley	Brisbane
	Jarryd Lyons	Brisbane

R.D. BARASSI TROPHY

R.D. BARASSI PERPETUAL TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of premiership matches between Melbourne and Carlton.

Ronald Dale Barassi played 204 games for Melbourne (1953-64) which included six VFL-AFL premierships. In 1965 he shocked the football world by moving to Carlton to become the Blues' playing coach, adding two more premierships during his time at the club.

In the lead-up to Melbourne and Carlton's first match after Barassi's infamous move, former Carlton wingman, Laurie Kerr donated the R.D. Barassi Perpetual Trophy for all premiership matches between the clubs (Football Record, Aug.12,1972, p.7).

It continued to be awarded until the end of the 1972 season; Carlton's victory in Round 18 of that year was their eleventh win in 14 games since the trophy was introduced.

Barassi then switched to North Melbourne in 1973, coaching the Kangaroos to their first VFL-AFL premierships. The trophy ceased to be awarded from that time and soon disappeared within the administration offices at Princes Park.

It remained lost until 2002 when it was unearthed by incoming Carlton President, Ian Collins, who moved into the office space that had been utilised by John Elliott since 1983.

The trophy was re-introduced for the Round 15, 2002 clash at Docklands Stadium. Melbourne's win in that game gave them possession of the trophy for the first time since surrendering it in July 1971, ending a 31-year drought!

Barassi pictured in 1965 at the unveiling of the R.D. Barassi Perpetual Trophy (australianfootball.com)

RAC DERBY TROPHY

Presented since 2019 to the winner of the Western Derby, contested by Fremantle and West Coast. This is the fourth version of this trophy to be presented.

Refer to the WESTERN DERBY TROPHY tab at left for more information.

Rival coaches Adam Simpson and Ross Lyon at the launch of the RAC Derby Trophy (Twitter/West Coast Eagles)

RICHARD PRATT CUP / MEDAL

RICHARD PRATT CUP

From 1993 to 2008 the winners of all premiership matches between Carlton and Collingwood received the Peter MacCallum Cup (see the tab at left for more information about this award).

Since 2009 the winner of Carlton's home game has received the RICHARD PRATT CUP, with the MacCallum Cup awarded solely to the winner of Collingwood's home game.

Richard Pratt was a former Carlton president who died in April 2009. The trophy was introduced to promote the Pratt Foundation's campaign to find a cure for prostate cancer, and to recognise his financial contribution to the club.

Carlton's Bryce Gibbs with the Richard Pratt Cup (carltonfc.com.au)

RICHARD PRATT MEDAL

A best on ground award has also been presented since 2012 to the best player in every Carlton home game against Collingwood. A list of medal winners appears below.

Andrew Carazzo, inaugural winner of the Richard Pratt Medal (Instagram / AFL)

RICHARD PRATT CUP / MEDAL
	YEAR	ROUND	CUP WINNER	MEDALLIST
	2009	17	Collingwood	(not awarded)
	2010	6	Collingwood	(not awarded)
	2011	17	Collingwood	(not awarded)
	2012	3	Carlton	Andrew Carrazzo (Carl)
	2013	15	Collingwood	Dane Swan (Coll)
	2014	7	Collingwood	Tom Langdon (Coll)
	2015	5	Collingwood	Scott Pendlebury (Coll)
	2016	15	Collingwood	unknown
	2017	-	(not awarded)	(not awarded)
	2018	3	Collingwood	Steele Sidebottom (Coll)
	2019	8	Collingwood	Patrick Cripps (Carl)
	2020	14	Collingwood	unknown
	2021	2	Collingwood	unknown
	2022	23	Collingwood	unknown

*NOTE - no cup or medal was awarded in 2017 because the clubs only played once that season (Round 7) and it was Collingwood's home game.

Despite extensive research the names of the 2016, 2020 and 2021 medallists remain unknown. Please contact us If you can provide any further information.

ROBERT ROSE CUP

Awarded since 2000 to the winner of a designated match between Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs. The cup is contested once per season: at Collingwood's home game in even-numbered years, and at the Western Bulldogs' home game in odd-numbered years. If only one match between the teams is scheduled in any given season, the cup is contested regardless of whose turn it is to host.

The trophy is named in honour of Robert Rose who was a talented sportsman, playing 26 games for Collingwood (1970-72) before transferring to Footscray where he added a further 9 games in 1973. He also played Sheffield Shield Cricket for Victoria, making his debut during the 1971/72 season and achieving his top score of 118 not out during the 1973/74 season.

Rose was involved in a serious car accident in 1974 which left him a quadriplegic. Following his death in 1999, the Robert Rose Foundation for Victorians with Spinal Cord injuries was established in his memory and the trophy was first awarded the following season.

Collingwood captain Nathan Buckley receives the Robert Rose Cup in 2003 (AFL/Mark Dadswell)

A best on ground award, the Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal, has also been presented since 2007 in conjunction with the Robert Rose Cup.

Refer to the BOB ROSE-CHARLIE SUTTON MEDAL tab at left for more details.

RON BARASSI CUP

Awarded since 2003 to the winner of premiership matches between Melbourne and Sydney.

Barassi was a legendary player at Melbourne who later moved on to coaching; winning four premierships with Carlton and North Melbourne between 1968 and 1980, then returning to Melbourne as coach from 1981 to 1986.

Prior to the 1993 season the AFL sent Barassi an S.O.S. to help save the Sydney Swans.

The Swans were regularly last on-field and were on the verge of bankruptcy. The AFL had sent senior administrator Alan Schwab to restore financial stability to the club. However, they also recognised the need for a well-known football figure to oversee the on-field recovery (and provide the Swans with some media attention in their rugby-dominated home market).

Barassi answered the league's call, coming out of retirement to coach the club from 1993 to 1995 and establishing the foundation of the Swans' 1996 Grand Final team coached by Rodney Eade.

The trophy was introduced in 2003 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Melbourne legend's pivotal role in Sydney's survival.

Barassi presents the Ron Barassi Cup to David Neitz in 2004 (AFL/Adam Pretty)

ROSS GLENDINNING MEDAL

Awarded 2001-2018 (Round 6) to the player voted best on ground in the Western Derby contested by Fremantle and West Coast.

In 2018 retrospective Ross Glendinning medals were awarded for all Western Derbies played 1995-2000, and the award was renamed the Glendinning-Allan Medal (first awarded Round 20, 2018).

Refer to the WESTERN DERBY BEST ON GROUND MEDAL tab at left for a full history of the award.

(a list of all medallists can be found on the WESTERN DERBY tab)

Shannon Hurn, joint-winner in Round 6, 2018. This was the final Ross Glendinning Medal awarded before the name change (Twitter/West Coast Eagles)

SANDS OF GALLIPOLI MEDAL

From 2003 to 2010* this medal was presented by the Queensland RSL to Brisbane's best player in their annual Anzac Day round match..

SANDS OF GALLIPOLI MEDAL
YEAR	ROUND	BRISBANE vs	WINNER
2003	5	Western Bulldogs	Michael Voss
2004	5	Hawthorn	Jonathan Brown
2005	5	West Coast	Nigel Lappin
2006	4	Richmond	Jonathan Brown
2007	4	North Melbourne	Jonathan Brown
2008	6	Melbourne	Simon Black
2009	5	Geelong	Simon Black
2010	5	Melbourne	Simon Black

*the medal may have been awarded after the 2010 season but, to date, research has not revealed any sign of that being the case.

SHANGHAI CUP / MEDAL

SHANGHAI CUP / KENNEDY CUP /
SHANGHAI MEDAL

Awarded since 2017 to the winning team and best player in Port Adelaide's annual premiership match at Jiangwan Stadium in China.

In 2019 Kennedy retail products became the naming rights sponsor for the match, so a new trophy named the Kennedy Cup was presented (see the second image below).

SHANGHAI / KENNEDY CUP & SHANGHAI MEDAL
YEAR	ROUND	SHANGHAI CUP	OPPONENT	MEDALLIST
2017	8	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	Brad Ebert (Port)
2018	9	Port Adelaide	Gold Coast	Travis Boak (Port)
YEAR	ROUND	KENNEDY CUP	OPPONENT	MEDALLIST
2019	11	Port Adelaide	St Kilda	Travis Boak (Port)
2020	Not awarded (no match in China due to COVID-19 travel restrictions)

SHANGHAI CUP (2017-2018)

The inaugural Shanghai Cup & Medal (AFL Media)

KENNEDY CUP (2019)

Rival captains Jarryn Geary and Travis Boak with the 2019 Kennedy Cup (advertiser.com.au)

SHANGHAI MEDAL (2017-2019)

Brad Ebert, inaugural winner of the Shanghai Medal (Twitter/AFL)

SHOWDOWN

THE SHOWDOWN

Port Adelaide's debut as an AFL club in 1997 saw the first premiership matches played against their cross-city rivals, the Adelaide Crows. The South Australian Brewing Company dubbed the first match the "showdown" and donated the West End Showdown Trophy.

The naming rights sponsor changed later but the showdown name stuck and in season 2000 a best on ground award named the Showdown Medal, was also introduced.

Mark Ricciuto shows off the Showdown Trophy and Medal in 2004 (adelaidefc.com.au)

THE SHOWDOWN
GAME #	YEAR	ROUND	SHOWDOWN TROPHY	SHOWDOWN MEDAL
1	1997	4	Port Adelaide	(not awarded)
2	1997	19	Adelaide	(not awarded)
3	1998	4	Port Adelaide	(not awarded)
4	1998	19	Adelaide	(not awarded)
5	1999	6	Adelaide	(not awarded)
6	1999	21	Port Adelaide	(not awarded)
7	2000	7	Adelaide	Mark Ricciuto (Adel)
8	2000	22	Port Adelaide	Nick Stevens (Port)
9	2001	3	Port Adelaide	Josh Francou (Port)
10	2001	18	Port Adelaide	Josh Francou (Port)
11	2002	5	Port Adelaide	Jarrad Schofield (Port)
12	2002	20	Port Adelaide	Josh Francou (Port)
13	2003	5	Port Adelaide	Graham Johncock (Adel) (x)
14	2003	22	Port Adelaide	Peter Burgoyne (Port)
15	2004	7	Adelaide	Mark Ricciuto (Adel)
16	2004	22	Port Adelaide	Warren Tredrea (Port)
17	2005	3	Adelaide	Mark Ricciuto (Adel)
18		20*	Adelaide	Simon Goodwin (Adel)
18		20*	Adelaide	Peter Burgoyne (Port) (x)
19		SF	Adelaide	(not awarded)
20	2006	6	Adelaide	Tyson Edwards (Adel)
21	2006	21	Port Adelaide	Chad Cornes (Port)
22	2007	3	Adelaide	Andrew McLeod (Adel)
23	2007	18	Adelaide	Simon Goodwin (Adel)
24	2008	3	Adelaide	Bernie Vince (Adel)
25	2008	16	Port Adelaide	Danyle Pearce (Port)
26	2009	6	Port Adelaide	Dean Brogan (Port)
27	2009	17	Adelaide	Nathan Bock (Adel)
28	2010	6	Port Adelaide	Robbie Gray (Port)
29	2010	17	Port Adelaide	Domenic Cassisi (Port)
30	2011	4	Port Adelaide	Justin Westhoff (Port)
31	2011	19	Adelaide	Nathan van Berlo (Adel)
32	2012	5	Adelaide	Patrick Dangerfield (Adel)
33	2012	15	Adelaide	Sam Jacobs (Adel)
34	2013	3	Port Adelaide	Travis Boak (Port)
35	2013	19	Port Adelaide	Chad Wingard (Port)
36	2014	2	Port Adelaide	Hamish Hartlett (Port)
37	2014	15	Adelaide	Sam Jacobs (Adel)
38	2015	5	Port Adelaide	Robbie Gray (Port)
39	2015	16	Adelaide	Scott Thompson (Adel) **
40	2016	2	Adelaide	Tom Lynch (Adel)
41	2016	22	Adelaide	Matt Crouch (Adel)
42	2017	3	Adelaide	Rory Sloane (Adel)
43	2017	20	Adelaide	Sam Jacobs (Adel)
GAME #	YEAR	ROUND	SHOWDOWN SHIELD	SHOWDOWN MEDAL
44	2018	8	Port Adelaide	Robbie Gray (Port)
45	2018	20	Adelaide	Robbie Gray (Port) (x)
46	2019	8	Adelaide	Alex Keath (Adel)
47	2019	16	Port Adelaide	Robbie Gray (Port)
48	2020	2	Port Adelaide	Travis Boak (Port)
49	2021	8	Port Adelaide	Travis Boak (Port)
50	2021	21	Port Adelaide	Aliir Aliir (Port)
51	2022	3	Adelaide	Jordan Dawson (Adel)
52	2022	23	Port Adelaide	Connor Rozee (Port)
(x) indicates a Best On Ground medallist from the losing team
* a one-off Phillip Walsh Medal was awarded instead of the Showdown Medal

*Goodwin and Burgoyne tied for the medal in Round 20, 2005.

**Adelaide's coach, Phillip Walsh was murdered prior to Round 14, 2015. He had served as an assistant coach at Port Adelaide for ten seasons and was in his first season as the Crows' head coach at the time of his death. The two clubs agreed to replace the Showdown Medal in Round 16 (Showdown 39) with a special one-off Phillip Walsh Medal in his honour (see the SHOWDOWN MEDAL tab at left for a photo of this award).

MULTIPLE SHOWDOWN MEDALS
5	Robbie Gray	Port Adelaide
3	Josh Francou	Port Adelaide
	Mark Ricciuto	Adelaide
	Sam Jacobs	Adelaide
	Travis Boak	Port Adelaide
2	Simon Goodwin	Adelaide

SHOWDOWN MEDAL

WEST END SHOWDOWN MEDAL (2000-07)

No best on ground medal was presented for the first six Showdowns (1997-99).

The medal was unveiled in the lead-up to Showdown 7 (Round 7, 2000) in conjunction with the redesigned West End Showdown Trophy.

The second West End Showdown Trophy and inaugural Showdown Medal (adelaidenow.com.au)

BALFOURS SHOWDOWN MEDAL (2008-17)

The design remain unchanged, except for the change of sponsor logo. The medal looked virtually identical to the Phillip Walsh Medal seen below.

The Balfours version of the Showdown Medal in Round 3, 2017 (afc.com.au)

PHILLIP WALSH MEDAL (Rd.16, 2015)

Adelaide's coach, Phillip Walsh was murdered prior to Round 14, 2015 . He had served as an assistant coach at Port Adelaide for ten seasons and was in his first season as the Crows' head coach at the time of his death.

The two clubs agreed to replace the Showdown Medal in Round 16 (Showdown 39) with a special one-off Phillip Walsh Medal in his honour.

The one-off Phillip Walsh Medal - Round 16, 2015 (afc.com.au)

VARIETY SHOWDOWN MEDAL (2018-2021)

Variety, South Australia's leading Children's Charity, were announced as the new Showdown naming rights sponsor in May 2018.

As part of the rebranding a newly-designed Showdown Medal was introduced.

Both the winning team award (the Variety Showdown Shield) and the medal feature an image of Troy and Shane Bond, brothers on the opposing teams, embracing at the final siren after Showdown II.

The redesigned Showdown Medal pictured at the 2018 launch (portadelaidefc.com.au)

VARIETY SHOWDOWN MEDAL (2022-present)

A new Showdown Trophy was introduced for the first clash of 2021 (see the SHOWDOWN TROPHY / SHIELD tab at left for more info) but the 2018 version of the Showdown Medal continued to be presented, with Aliir Aliir winning the last of these medals in Round 21, 2021.

Season 2022 saw a return to the original design, last presented in Round 20, 2017.

Connor Rozee, winner of the Showdown Medal in Round 23, 2022 (portadelaidefc.com.au)

SHOWDOWN TROPHY / SHIELD

WEST END SHOWDOWN TROPHY (1997-99)

Awarded to the captain of the winning club after each Showdown, it featured the original West End Showdown logo prominently displayed at the base.

Mark Bickley (Adelaide) and John Cahill (Port) with the original Showdown Trophy (Advertiser)

WEST END SHOWDOWN TROPHY (2000-07)

A newly-designed trophy was introduced for Showdown 7 (Round 7, 2000). The Showdown Medal, awarded to the best on ground, was also introduced for this game.

The second West End Showdown Trophy and inaugural Showdown Medal (adelaidenow.com.au)

BALFOURS SHOWDOWN TROPHY (2008-17)

Balfours, South Australia's largest wholesale bakery, took over as naming rights sponsor from Showdown 24 (Round 3, 2008) and the existing trophy was modified:

The West End logo at the top of the trophy was replaced by the Balfours logo
A silver plate containing the Port Adelaide FC, Adelaide FC and Balfours logos was added to the base of the trophy, covering the phrase: "Proudly Presented By South Australian Brewing Company".

The Balfours Showdown Trophy at a 2013 press-conference (Coastal Leader)

VARIETY SHOWDOWN SHIELD (2018-2020)

Variety, South Australia's leading Children's Charity, were announced as the new Showdown naming rights sponsor in May 2018.

As part of the re-branding, The Variety Showdown Shield replaced the old West End / Balfours Trophy and a newly-designed Showdown Medal was introduced (see the SHOWDOWN MEDAL tab at left for more details of that award).

The shield was first awarded for Showdown 44 and features an image of Troy and Shane Bond, brothers on the opposing teams, embracing at the final siren after Showdown II.

It also displays the four words that represent Variety's core values: action, equality, community and joy.

The Variety Showdown Shield pictured at its unveiling (www.variety.org.au)

VARIETY SHOWDOWN SHIELD (2021-present)

Variety renewed their sponsorship of the Showdown and a new trophy (still named the Variety Showdown Shield) was introduced for the first Showdown of 2021, number 49 played in Round 8.

Retrospective winning team plaques dating back to Showdown 44, when the previous shield was introduced, were also added to the trophy.

Rival captains Rory Sloane and Tom Jonas at the launch of the new Variety Shield (portadelaidefc.com.au)

SILK-MILLER MEDAL

SILK-MILLER MEMORIAL MEDAL

Awarded since 1999 to the best player from each team in all Blue Ribbon Cup matches between Hawthorn and St Kilda.

A list of known winners appears below. However, there are still many gaps. Please contact us If you can provide any further information:

SILK-MILLER MEDAL
	YEAR	ROUND	HAWTHORN	ST KILDA
	1999	12	Paul Salmon	unknown
	2000	14	unknown	Nathan Burke
	2001	7	Joel Smith	unknown
	2002	13	unknown	unknown
	2003	10	unknown	Robert Harvey
	2004	13	Simon Beaumont	Fraser Gehrig
	2005	12	unknown	Matt McGuire
	2006	13	Sam Mitchell	Nick Riewoldt
	2007	8	unknown	unknown
	2008	16	unknown	Nick Riewoldt
	2009	19	unknown	unknown
	2010	17	unknown	unknown
	2011	8	unknown	unknown
	2012	6	Cyril Rioli	unknown
	2013	20	Jarryd Roughead	Farren Ray
	2014	7	Shaun Burgoyne	Leigh Montagna
	2015	10	Sam Mitchell	Jack Steven
	2016	4	Sam Mitchell	David Armitage
	2017	6	Tom Mitchell	Jack Steven
	2018	22	Jack Gunston	Jack Steele
	2019	4	Tom Scully	Seb Ross
	2020	16	unknown	Rowan Marshall
	2021	7	Jack Scrimshaw	Zak Jones
	2022	20	unknown	Rowan Marshall

In 1999-2000 the best players received their award in a pop-open case:

Nathan Burke's 2000 Silk-Miller Medal (Outer Sanctum podcast)

Since 2001 framed Silk-Miller Medals have been awarded instead:

Joel Smith, winner of Hawthorn's 2001 Silk-Miller Medal (Football Record, Rd.8 2008)

Jack Steele, winner of St Kilda's 2018 Silk-Miller Medal (Scott Barbour/AFL)

Refer to the BLUE RIBBON CUP tab at left for more details of the trophy awarded to the winning team.

SIMPSON-HENDERSON TROPHY

Awarded 2013-15 to the winning team in St Kilda's annual Anzac Day match played in Wellington, New Zealand. The award has been defunct since February 2016, when it was announced that St Kilda would no longer play in New Zealand.

Private John Simpson served with the Australian Army Medical Corps in the 3rd Field Ambulance from the time of the Gallipoli landing on April 25, 1915.

Over the following weeks Simpson removed numerous wounded and dying soldiers from the battlefield on the back of donkeys. He was killed in action by machine-gun fire while evacuating two wounded men on May 19, 1915.

Private Richard Henderson, a stretcher-bearer in the New Zealand Medical Corps at Gallipoli took over from Simpson. He was later awarded the Military Medal for his service on the Somme battlefields. Henderson survived the war but was badly gassed in Belgium, discharged in 1918, and remained in poor health until his death in Auckland in 1958.

Nick Reiwoldt and Jed Adcock display the Simpson-Henderson trophy prior to the 2014 clash (saints.com.au)

NOTE - a best on ground award (the Anzac Day Medal 2013-14 / the Crowl-McDonald Medal 2015) was also presented after each of St Kilda's annual Anzac Day matches played in Wellington, New Zealand.

Refer to the CROWL-McDONALD MEDAL tab at left for more details.

SIR KEITH MURDOCH CUP

In the week before the Round 7, 1949 clash between North Melbourne and Geelong at Arden Street Oval, it was announced that Sir Keith Murdoch would be donating a cup for all senior matches between the clubs.

Murdoch was the long-serving Chairman and Managing Director of The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd and had a keen interest in Australian football.

After being informed that Geelong were North Melbourne's first opponent in 1925 when North joined the VFL, Sir Keith "promised to mark the occasion with a suitable trophy". (The Sporting Globe, 25 May 1949, p.13)

North Melbourne celebrate the opening win in the Murdoch Cup series (The Herald, 30 May 1949, p.12)

A 1952 article in The Herald a month after the Round 7 clash states: "...it has been won four times by North and three by Geelong" (The Herald, 18 June 1952, p.16). This indicates that the cup was also presented after the 1950 Preliminary Final. At that point the W/L record would have been:

Won by North = 1949 Rd.7 / 1949 Rd.18 / 1950 Rd.8 / 1950 PF
Won by Geelong = 1951 Rd.6 / 1951 Rd.17 / 1952 Rd.5

The Rd.17, 1952 match was won by Geelong, leaving the head-to-head record tied at 4 wins each.

Sir Keith Murdoch passed away on October 5, 1952. To date, research has not revealed any mention of the cup after 1952. It remains unclear if it continued to be awarded after his death.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
HardBallGet thanks the team at the Kick to Kick podcast for alerting us to the existence of this award.

SYDNEY DERBY

WHITE RIBBON TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of all Sydney Derby premiership matches between the Sydney Swans and Greater Western Sydney from 2012 to 2018. The trophy was provided by the White Ribbon Campaign, a non-profit organisation which aims to end domestic violence against women.

The White Ribbon Trophy, the original Sydney Derby trophy (sydneyswans.com.au)

SYDNEY DERBY CUP

Awarded since 2019 to the winner of all Sydney Derby premiership matches.

The Sydney Derby Cup, awarded since 2019 (Facebook/Sydney Swans)

BRETT KIRK MEDAL

Awarded to the best on ground in all Sydney Derby premiership matches. The medal honours the former Sydney player who was born in North Albury and played 241 games for the Swans, serving as their captain from 2006 to 2010.

GWS ruckman, Shane Mumford winner of the 2017 Brett Kirk Medal (GWS/Twitter)

SYDNEY DERBY
DERBY #	YEAR	ROUND	WHITE RIBBON TROPHY	BRETT KIRK MEDAL
1	2012	1	Sydney	Josh P. Kennedy (Syd)
2	2012	14	Sydney	Kieren Jack (Syd)
3	2013	1	Sydney	Kieren Jack (Syd)
4	2013	16	Sydney	Nick Malceski (Syd)
5	2014	1	GWS	Callan Ward (GWS)
6	2014	15	Sydney	Kieren Jack (Syd)
7	2015	3	Sydney	Daniel Hanneberry (Syd)
8	2015	21	Sydney	Josh P. Kennedy (Syd)
9	2016	3	Sydney	Luke Parker (Syd)
10		12	GWS	Heath Shaw (GWS)
11		QF	GWS	(not awarded)
12	2017	5	GWS	Shane Mumford (GWS)
13		17*	Sydney	Lance Franklin (Syd)
13		17*	Sydney	Callan Ward (GWS) (x)
14	2018	3	Sydney	Callum Mills (Syd)
15		22	Sydney	Lance Franklin (Syd)
16		EF	GWS	(not awarded)
DERBY #	YEAR	ROUND	SYDNEY DERBY CUP	BRETT KIRK MEDAL
17	2019	6	GWS	Tim Taranto (GWS)
18	2019	20	GWS	Jacob Hopper (GWS)
19	2020	12	Sydney	Luke Parker (Syd)
20	2021	5	GWS	Lance Franklin (Syd) (x)
21		18	Sydney	Luke Parker (Syd)
22		EF	GWS	(not awarded)
23	2022	1	Sydney	Luke Parker (Syd)
24	2022		Sydney	Luke Parker (Syd)
(x) indicates a Best On Ground medallist from the losing team

*Franklin and Ward tied for the medal in Round 17, 2017.

No medal was awarded for Derbys 11, 16 and 22 because they were finals
(the award is only presented for premiership matches).

MULTIPLE BRETT KIRK MEDALS
5	Luke Parker	Sydney
3	Kieren Jack	Sydney
3	Lance Franklin	Sydney
2	Josh P. Kennedy	Sydney
2	Callan Ward	GWS

T.M. FERGUSON TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of all premiership matches between Hawthorn and Melbourne from Round 10, 1953 to the late-1960s. The trophy was donated by Dr. A. 'Sandy' Ferguson (Hawthorn President 1953-67) whose father, Tom played 9 games for Melbourne (1942-43) and 38 games for Hawthorn (1946-48).

In addition to the presentation of the trophy after each match, all players on the winning team received a medal and £1 (The Football Record, Round.10, 1953 edition).

A medal from the Round 14, 1954 match engraved with the words "T.M. Ferguson Memorial Trophy - awarded to Bob McKenzie" surfaced on eBay in 2009. More recently, a medal from the Round 11, 1962 match was sold at auction.

A medal awarded to a Melbourne player after the Round 11, 1962 clash (Carter's Price Guide to Antiques)

TAC TROPHY

The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) was a major sponsor for Footscray and Richmond from the 1988 season.

The first TAC television advertisements were aired in 1989, featuring the phrase: "If you drink, then drive, you're a bloody idiot", and had an immediate impact on the road toll.

The trophy for the winner of premiership matches between Footscray and Richmond was introduced in 1989 or 1990 and awarded until c.1993.

The trophy itself did not have an official name, it was simply engraved with the reminder "If you drink, then drive, you're a bloody idiot". (The Sunday Age, 4-Jun-1995, p.91)

TOM WILLS AWARD

First awarded in 2017 to the best player in the annual Country Festival match between Essendon and Geelong. The Powercor Country Festival is the latest themed/blockbuster match conceived by Kevin Sheedy (others include the Collingwood-Essendon Anzac Day match, and the Essendon-Richmond Dreamtime at the 'G and Clash of the Sash matches).

In Sheedy's words the game "is all about celebrating regional communities and using the power of football to recognise our country people for the contribution they make to our way of life." The festival commenced in 2016 and the best player award was introduced the following year.

The inaugural Tom Wills Award (www.essendonfc.com.au)

The award honours Tom Wills who, along with his cousin Henry Harrison, is credited as being a co-founder of Australian football. Throughout his childhood and youth Wills lived in various regional areas before departing for England, later returning as one of Australia's finest young cricketers.

His July 10, 1858 letter to the Bells' Life sporting newspaper pushed for the establishment of a new football code and proved the catalyst for the birth of Australian football.

Over subsequent years he co-authored the original rules of the game; was a co-founder of the Melbourne and Geelong football clubs (captaining the latter and playing over 150 games for the Cats), and played a role in the formation of the VFA in 1877.

TOM WILLS AWARD
	YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
	2017	8	Joe Daniher	Essendon
	2018	9	Cale Hooker	Essendon
	2019	7	Tom Stewart	Geelong
	2020	(Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
	2021	16	Darcy Parish	Essendon (x)
	2022	1	Patrick Dangerfield	Geelong
(x) indicates a Best On Ground medallist from the losing team

NOTE - The 2020 Essendon-Geelong Country Festival match was originally scheduled for May 9 at the MCG. However, the AFL season was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Under the revised fixture, the match was contested Sept.6 at the Gabba while both teams were based in the AFL's Queensland quarantine hub. The Tom Wills Award was not presented but the Country Festival proceeded online as a virtual event.

Had the award been presented, it would most likely have gone to Geelong's Sam Menegola who was named a unanimous best on ground in all media reports.

VARIETY SHOWDOWN SHIELD

Two versions of this trophy have been presented. A shield from 2018-2020, and a new trophy introduced in 2021 (which continues to be named the Variety Showdown Shield)

See the SHOWDOWN TROPHY / SHIELD tab at left for full details.

VERSION 1 (2018-2020)

The Variety Showdown Shield pictured at its unveiling (www.variety.org.au)

VERSION 2 (2021-present)

Rival captains Rory Sloane and Tom Jonas at the launch of the new Variety Shield (portadelaidefc.com.au)

WESTERN DERBY

THE WESTERN DERBY

The introduction of the Fremantle Dockers in 1995 took the Fremantle-Perth rivalry that had existed in Western Australian football for over a century to a new level. Since the first match between the Dockers and Eagles these games have been known as the Western Derby.

WESTERN DERBY TROPHY

Prior to the first derby in 1995, a perpetual trophy named the Emu Export Western Derby Trophy was donated by the Swan Brewery (see the WESTERN DERBY TROPHY tab at left for more information).

Their sponsorship of the match ceased after the 2000 season and rival brewer Carlton and United donated a new trophy, known from 2001 to 2014 as the Carlton Mid Derby Trophy. This was renamed the Carlton Draught Derby Trophy in 2015 (to promote a different brand of beer produced by the sponsor) and was presented from 2015 to 2017.

Carlton and United's sponsorship ended after the 2017 season and no trophy was presented in 2018 while the search for a new naming rights sponsor continued. The trophy was eventually relaunched as the RAC Derby Trophy in 2019.

ROSS GLENDINNING MEDAL / GLENDINNING-ALLAN MEDAL

From 2001 to Round 6, 2018 the Ross Glendinning Medal best on ground award was presented after each Western Derby. The medal was named after the former East Perth and North Melbourne champion who returned to his home state in 1987 when West Coast joined the VFL-AFL, serving as the Eagles' inaugural captain.

A dispute prior to the Round 6, 2018 Western Derby led to the award being renamed to also recognise Ben Allan, Fremantle's inaugural captain.

The first Glendinning-Allan Medal was presented at the Round 20, 2018 Western Derby.

Retrospective Ross Glendinning Medals for the first twelve derbies (1995-2000) were also awarded at this time.

WESTERN DERBY
DERBY #	YEAR	ROUND	DERBY TROPHY	ROSS GLENDINNING MEDAL (retrospective)
1	1995	7	West Coast	Brett Heady (WC)
2	1995	22	West Coast	Brett Heady (WC)
3	1996	1	West Coast	Glen Jakovich (WC)
4	1996	16	West Coast	Guy McKenna (WC)
5	1997	3	West Coast	Drew Banfield (WC)
6	1997	18	West Coast	Dean Kemp (WC)
7	1998	3	West Coast	Fraser Gehrig (WC)
8	1998	18	West Coast	Chris Lewis (WC)
9	1999	1	West Coast	Guy McKenna (WC)
10	1999	16	Fremantle	Adrien Fletcher (Frem)
11	2000	6	West Coast	Scott Cummings (WC)
12	2000	21	Fremantle	Clive Waterhouse (Frem)
DERBY #	YEAR	ROUND	DERBY TROPHY	ROSS GLENDINNING MEDAL
13	2001	4	West Coast	Drew Banfield (WC)
14	2001	19	West Coast	Glen Jakovich (WC)
15	2002	1	West Coast	Chad Fletcher (WC)
16	2002	16	Fremantle	Paul Hasleby (Frem)
17	2003	5*	West Coast	Michael Gardiner (WC)
18	2003	22	Fremantle	Paul Hasleby (Frem)
19	2004	6	Fremantle	Paul Hasleby (Frem)
20	2004	21	West Coast	Chad Fletcher (WC)
21	2005	3	West Coast	Chris Judd (WC)
22	2005	20	West Coast	Chris Judd (WC)
23	2006	6	Fremantle	Chris Judd (WC) (x)
24	2006	21	Fremantle	Peter Bell (Frem)
25	2007	3	West Coast	Michael Braun (WC)
26	2007	18	Fremantle	Josh Carr (Frem)
27	2008	3	Fremantle	Matthew Pavlich (Frem)
28	2008	18	Fremantle	Matthew Pavlich (Frem)
29	2009	6	Fremantle	Paul Hasleby (Frem)
30	2009	17	Fremantle	Aaron Sandilands (Frem)
31	2010	6	Fremantle	Michael Barlow (Frem)
32	2010	18	Fremantle	Aaron Sandilands (Frem)
33	2011	8	West Coast	Matt Priddis (WC)
34	2011	18	West Coast	Dean Cox (WC)
35	2012	9	West Coast	Matthew Rosa (WC)
36	2012	19	Fremantle	Matthew Pavlich (Frem)
37	2013	1**	Fremantle	David Mundy (Frem)
37		1**	Fremantle	Michael Barlow (Frem)
38		16	Fremantle	Michael Barlow (Frem)
39	2014	7	Fremantle	Lachie Neale (Frem)
40	2014	15	Fremantle	Stephen Hill (Frem)
41	2015	3	Fremantle	Lachie Neale (Frem)
42	2015	20	West Coast	Josh Hill (WC)
43	2016	3	West Coast	Matt Priddis (WC)
44	2016	20	West Coast	Josh Kennedy (WC)
45	2017	6	West Coast	Josh Kennedy (WC)
46	2017	17	West Coast	Shannon Hurn (WC)
47	2018	6**	West Coast	Shannon Hurn (WC)
47	2018	6**	West Coast	Lachie Neale (Frem) (x)
DERBY #	YEAR	ROUND	DERBY TROPHY	GLENDINNING-ALLAN MEDAL
48	2018	20	West Coast	Elliott Yeo (WC)
49	2019	4	West Coast	Shannon Hurn (WC)
50	2019	16	West Coast	Brad Sheppard (WC)
51	2020	8	West Coast	Josh Kennedy (WC)
52	2021	7	West Coast	Tim Kelly (WC)
53	2021	22	Fremantle	Caleb Serong (Frem)
54	2022	3	Fremantle	Lachie Schulz (Frem)
55	2022	22	Fremantle	Sean Darcy (Frem)
(x) indicates a Best On Ground medallist from the losing team

*In Round 5, 2003 the five media voters unanimously selected Ashley Sampi as the best on ground but Glendinning chose to overrule them, awarding the medal to Michael Gardiner instead.

**There was a tie for the medal in 2013 (Rd.1) and 2018 (Rd.6). On both occasions each player voted best on ground received a medal.

MULTIPLE DERBY B.O.G. MEDALS
4	Paul Hasleby	Fremantle
3	Chris Judd	West Coast
	Matthew Pavlich	Fremantle
	Michael Barlow	Fremantle
	Lachie Neale	Fremantle
	Shannon Hurn	West Coast
	Josh Kennedy	West Coast
2	Brett Heady	West Coast
	Guy McKenna	West Coast
	Drew Banfield	West Coast
	Glen Jakovich	West Coast
	Chad Fletcher	West Coast
	Aaron Sandilands	Fremantle
	Matt Priddis	West Coast

WESTERN DERBY BEST ON GROUND MEDAL

WESTERN DERBY - B.O.G. MEDAL

ROSS GLENDINNING MEDAL

From 2001 to Round 6, 2018 the Ross Glendinning Medal best on ground award was presented after each Western Derby. The medal was voted on by Glendinning and a chosen panel of media representatives, and named in honour of the former half-back who played 56 WAFL games for East Perth (1974-77) before transferring to North Melbourne where he added a further 190 games (1978-86) and a Brownlow Medal.

Glendinning was also a regular member of Western Australian State of Origin teams throughout the 1980s and returned to his home state in 1987 when West Coast joined the VFL-AFL, serving as the Eagles' inaugural captain. In later years he was Fremantle's chairman of selectors.

Matt Priddis with his 2011 Ross Glendinning Medal (yahoonews.com.au)

GLENDINNING-ALLAN MEDAL

The opening derby of the 2018 season was a Fremantle home game and the first to be played at Perth's new football stadium shared by both the Dockers and the Eagles. Six days prior to the match Fremantle ignited controversy by announcing they were scrapping the Glendinning Medal.

This was supposedly due to the lack of a naming rights sponsor for the derby following the withdrawal of Carlton and United Breweries at the end of the 2017 season. West Coast vowed to continue the award, presenting it to their best player instead.

In response to the backlash from local football fans and media, Fremantle revealed they actually wanted the medal to continue but to be renamed something more appropriate that also acknowledged their contribution to AFL football in Western Australia.

Fremantle's chief executive Steve Rosich noted that when the Glendinning Medal was struck in 2001 “we were six years into our existence, and we did not have the history or status that our club has today”.

One possible compromise was for the award to simply be renamed the Derby Medal (an approach similar to the Showdown Medal contested by the AFL's two South Australian clubs) but this proposal was rejected.

The WA Football Media Guild, whose members had formed most of the voting panel for the Glendinning Medal since 2003, quickly stepped in along with the WA Football Commission; negotiating a peace deal that would see:

A jointly-named medal to be presented at the 48th Western Derby in Round 20, 2018 and on an ongoing basis, which retains Ross Glendinning’s name and includes the name of a significant Fremantle player.
No interim trophy for the Western Derby winner to be presented in Round 6, 2018, but a trophy would be presented in the future once a naming rights partner has been secured.
Retrospective Ross Glendinning Medals to be awarded to the best player in the Western Derbies played between 1995 and 2000.

The peace deal was accepted and the Western Derby of Round 20, 2018 marked the inaugural presentation of the Glendinning-Allan Medal, named in honour of Ross Glendinning, the inaugural captain of West Coast in 1987, and Ben Allan, Fremantle's first captain in their 1995 debut season.

RETROSPECTIVE ROSS GLENDINNING MEDALLISTS

As part of the shake-up it was also announced that restrospective Ross Glendinning Medals would be awarded for all derbies played 1995-2000.

Details of the twelve retrospective medallists (thewest.com.au)

WESTERN DERBY TROPHY

EMU EXPORT DERBY TROPHY (1995-2000)

The introduction of the Fremantle Dockers in 1995 took to a new level the Fremantle-Perth rivalry that had existed in Western Australian football for over a century.

Matches between the Dockers and Eagles were dubbed the "Western Derby" and a perpetual trophy officially named the Emu Export Western Derby Trophy was donated in 1995 by the Swan Brewery.

Rival captains John Worsfold (West Coast) and Ben Allan (Fremantle) at the 1995 launch of the Western Derby (news.com.au)

CARLTON MID DERBY TROPHY (2001-14)

Emu's sponsorship of the derby ceased after the 2000 season and rival brewer Carlton and United donated a new trophy, known from 2001 to 2014 as the Carlton Mid Derby Trophy

Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich with the Carlton Mid Derby Trophy (news.com.au)

CARLTON DRAUGHT DERBY TROPHY (2015-17)

The award was renamed the Carlton Draught Derby Trophy in 2015 to promote a different brand of beer produced by the sponsor.

Pavlich with the rebranded Carlton Draught Derby Trophy (Adelaide Now/Daniel Wilkins)

NOT AWARDED IN 2018

Carlton and United's sponsorship ended after the 2017 season and no trophy was presented in 2018 while the search for a new naming rights sponsor continued.

RAC DERBY TROPHY (2019-present)

Rival coaches Adam Simpson and Ross Lyon at the launch of the RAC Derby Trophy (Twitter/West Coast Eagles)

WESTERN VICTORIA CUP

This trophy was donated in 2004 by Origin Energy, the Western Bulldogs naming rights sponsor. It was presented 2004-05 to the winner of premiership matches between Geelong and the Western Bulldogs.

Refer to the ORIGIN ENERGY WESTERN VICTORIA CUP tab at left for more information.

WESTPAC COMMUNITY CUP

Awarded from 2010 to 2013 to the winner of a designated match each season between Collingwood and Adelaide.

The trophy was donated by the Westpac Bank, a major sponsor of both clubs, and was intended to recognise and promote the community work done by major volunteer organisations.

It ceased to be awarded after Westpac's joint sponsorship ended in February 2014.

WESTPAC COMMUNITY CUP
YEAR	ROUND	WON BY	ORGANISATION RECOGNISED
2010	21	Collingwood	Country Fire Authority (CFA)
2011	9	Collingwood	Life Saving Victoria (LSV)
2012	9	Collingwood	Surf Life Saving South Australia (SLSSA)
2013	16	Collingwood	Life Saving Victoria (LSV)

Adelaide's Nathan van Berlo promoting the 2012 match (advertiser.com.au/Matt Turner)

WHITE RIBBON TROPHY

Presented from 2012 to 2018 to the winning team in every Sydney Derby/White Ribbon Cup premiership match contested by the GWS Giants and Sydney Swans.

Refer to the SYDNEY DERBY tab at left for more information.

Opposing captains Jarrad McVeigh (Sydney) and Callan Ward (GWS) with the White Ribbon Trophy (sydneyswans.com.au)

WILLS-HARRISON SHIELD / TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of the first premiership match each season between Geelong and Melbourne, Australian football's oldest surviving clubs, and named in honour of Thomas Wills and Henry Harrison, the founding fathers of Australian football.

The inaugural award was presented in Round 1, 1996 as part of the AFL's centenary celebrations and was a huge piece of 100-year old jarrah featuring busts of Wills and Harrison. Prior to the inaugural match Melbourne's chief executive Hassa Mann joked+: "If we win tonight, it'll take three of our players to lift it!" [The Football Record: Round 1, 1996]

By 2002 the jarrah shield had been replaced by a new, and much more practical, award known as the Wills-Harrison Trophy. It remains unknown if the wooden shield was awarded each season prior to 2002 or had been phased out prior to that date.

Barry Stoneham and Gary Ablett senior at the inaugural presentation of the Wills-Harrison Shield (YouTube/Costa Sports)

YIOOKEN AWARD

Awarded to the best on ground in the annual Dreamtime at the 'G match contested by Essendon and Richmond. The award is pronounced yie-yoo-ken and is a word from the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people which means 'dreaming'.

It was introduced for the second Dreamtime at the 'G match, played in 2006.

YIOOKEN AWARD
	YEAR	ROUND	WINNER	CLUB
	2005	15	(not awarded)
	2006	6	Dean Polo	Richmond
	2007	9	James Hird	Essendon
	2008	9	Nathan Foley	Richmond
	2009	9	Jason Winderlich	Essendon
	2010	9	David Hille	Essendon
	2011	9	Trent Cotchin	Richmond
	2012	8	Brett Deledio (x)	Richmond
	2013	9	Jobe Watson	Essendon
	2014	11	Brendon Goddard	Essendon
	2015	9	Brandon Ellis	Richmond
	2016	10	Dustin Martin	Richmond
	2017	10	Dustin Martin	Richmond
	2018	11	Shane Edwards	Richmond
	2019	10	Bachar Houli	Richmond
	2020	13	Shai Bolton	Richmond
	2021	12	Darcy Parish (x)	Essendon
	2022	10	Dion Prestia	Richmond
(x) indicates a Yiooken Award winner from the losing team

To date, three versions of the award have been presented:

JADE BOOMERANG (2006-2015)

Richmond's Brandon Ellis, winner of the 2015 Yiooken Award (richmondfc.com.au)

BRONZE BOOMERANG (2016-2019 / 2021-)

Bachar Houli, winner of the 2019 Yiooken Award (Twitter / AFL)

THE CROCODILE 'DUNGALBA' (2020)

Xavier Clarke (L) with Shai Bolton, winner of the 2020 Yiooken Award (Twitter / Richmond FC)

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 match was moved from the MCG to Darwin.

An artwork featuring the crocodile 'Dungalba', the totem of the Larrakia Saltwater 'Gululmirrgin' people, was crafted by Kenny Reid, a traditional Larrakia artist.

This was the centrepiece of the 'Dreamtime in Darwin' Yiooken Award created by Curby's NT, a Darwin-based trophy and graphic design business.

Similar trophies were also presented as a gift from the Larrakia people to each of the four AFL clubs who had played in Darwin that week (Carlton, Gold Coast, Essendon and Richmond) as they transited between AFL quarantine hubs in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide.

A detailed view of Kenny Reid's artwork (Facebook / Curby's NT)

NOTE - from 2005 the winning club in the Dreamtime at the 'G match has received the Kevin Sheedy Cup (which had been presented since Round 16, 1998 to the winner of a designated Essendon-Richmond premiership match each year).

Refer to the KEVIN SHEEDY CUP tab at left for more details of that award.

ZAIDEE TROPHY

THE ZAIDEE TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of a designated premiership match each season between Hawthorn and Port Adelaide. The trophy is designed to promote awareness of Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation, a non-profit organisation promoting the need for families to register for organ and tissue donation.

The foundation is named after Zaidee Rose Alexander Turner who passed away at the age of 7 due to a cerebral aneurism and became one of only six child organ donors in Australia that year. The foundation is the charity partner of the AFL's Auskick program and Zaidee's rainbow shoelaces are the symbol of the organisation.

Brad Sewell and Domenic Cassisi promote the Zaidee Trophy

EXHIBITION/PRACTICE MATCH AWARDS

EXHIBITION / PRACTICE MATCH AWARDS

BARRY CABLE TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of the East Perth v North Melbourne practice match played March, 1980 at Perth Oval. [source: The Age, 10-3-1980, p.26] Cable played 115 games for North Melbourne (1970/74-77) then moved to East Perth where he served as a player and coach for three seasons (1978-80).

KASPERSKY CUP

Awarded to the winner of the Brisbane v Melbourne post-season exhibition match played in Shanghai, China on October 17, 2010.

Melbourne's Brett Moloney (L) and coach Dean Bailey receive the Kaspersky Cup (demonwiki.org)

SYD JACKSON TROPHY

Awarded to the winner of the 2003 pre-season exhibition match between the Indigenous All-Stars and Carlton, played in Darwin.

Jackson played in the WAFL for East Perth (1963-68), finishing equal first in the 1963 Sandover Medal (but not winning the award due to a suspension during the season) and winning East Perth's best and fairest award in 1966. He then transferred to Carlton where he played 136 games (1969-76) including the 1970 and 1972 VFL-AFL premierships. In 2005 he was selected on the half-forward flank in the Indigenous Team of the Century.

RESERVES/UNDER 19's AWARDS

RESERVES / UNDER 19s AWARDS

JACOB TOOTELL SHIELD

A perpetual shield donated in 1952 by North Melbourne patron, Jacob Tootell for all matches between the Geelong and North Melbourne second eighteens. Tootell also donated a shield to be awarded each season to the North Melbourne seniors' most-improved player.

PETER CRIMMINS TROPHY

The trophy was donated by the Olympic Tyre Company in 1977 following Crimmins' passing in September 1976 and was awarded to the winner of all Under 19 grade matches between Hawthorn and Fitzroy until at least 1981. [source: The Football Record - May 9, 1981, p.10]

Crimmins played 176 games for Hawthorn (1966-75), including the 1971 premiership, and captained the Hawks in 1974-75. After the 1974 season he was diagnosed with cancer and spent much of the 1975 season undergoing chemotherapy. He attempted a comeback late in the 1975 season and declared himself fit to play in the 1975 Grand Final.

After much discussion the Hawthorn match committee decided not to select Crimmins, partly in order to protect him from any further illness a knock could cause him. Hawthorn lost that game but went on to win the 1976 Grand Final. The night of that victory six of his former teammates took the premiership cup to his house to celebrate. Crimmins passed away three days later.

SIR DOUG NICHOLLS CUP & BEST PLAYER AWARD

Essendon and Richmond have held an annual AFL Dreamtime at the 'G match since 2005 which promotes Indigenous culture and the role of indigenous footballers in Australian football. The best player in this match receives the Yiooken Award (see above).

In 2014 the Essendon and Richmond reserves teams launched a similar match at VFL level with the winning team receiving the Sir Doug Nicholls Cup and the best player receiving the Sir Doug Nicholls Award.

These awards honour the career of the trailblazing Aboriginal footballer of the 1920s and 1930s who overcame significant odds to forge a career at the top level.

First recruited by Carlton, Nicholls found himself treated harshly due to racist attitudes of the day and was unable to gain selection. He transferred to Northcote where he played for five seasons, winning a VFA premiership in 1929 and being selected to the VFA representative team in 1931.

Nicholls returned to VFL-AFL ranks in 1932 but his return to the top level started slowly with just one senior match that year. In 1934 he finished third in the Brownlow Medal (despite playing only 15 games) and in 1935 he represented Victoria, becoming the first indigenous player selected to the Victorian interstate team. Nicholls eventually finished with a total of 54 games for Fitzroy across six seasons (1932-1937).

2014 - Orren Stephenson (Richmond Res.)
2015 - Alex Browne (Essendon Res.)
2016 - Jackson Merrett (Essendon Res.)
2017 - Jake Batchelor (Richmond Res.)
2018 - Anthony Miles (Richmond Res.)
2019 - Mabior Chol (Richmond Res.)
2020 - not awarded (VFL season cancelled)

The Sir Doug Nicholls Trophy and Award (Richmond VFL twitter account)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ACKOWLEDGEMENTS

Hard Ball Get would like to thank Matt Gibbs for his extensive follow-up research, which has resulted in the names of players who've won the following awards being added to this article:

Anzac Medal (St Kilda), Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal, Brett Kirk Medal, Crowl-McDonald Medal, David Parkin Medal, Frank MacDonald Medal, Gary Dempsey Medal, Hird-Archer Medal, HMAS Sydney II Medal, Ian Stewart Medal, Jason McCartney Medal, Marcus Ashcroft Medal, Peter Badcoe (VC) Medal, Phillip Walsh Medal, Sands of Gallipoli Medal, Silk-Miller Medal, Sir Doug Nicholls Award (VFL).

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HardBallGet would also like to thank:

Stemline (from BigFooty) for his extensive research on the Kennedy-McHale Cup which has resulted in the start/end date and additional background info for the award being added to this article.

Glenn Davies for alerting us to the presence of the Bob McCaskill Trophy, contested by Hawthorn and North Melbourne from 1952 to at least 1956.

Kick to Kick podcast for alerting us to the presence of the (Sir Keith) Murdoch Cup, contested by Geelong and North Melbourne from 1949 to at least 1952 .

Written by David Eastman
Researched by David Eastman and Matt Gibbs

First published: 18/8/2015
Last updated: 16/10/2022

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