AFL INTER-CLUB MEDALS & TROPHIES
  • INTRODUCTION
  • LIST OF AWARDS - A TO Z
  • LIST OF AWARDS - CLUB BY CLUB
  • THE STORY BEHIND EACH AWARD
  • EXHIBITION / PRACTICE MATCH AWARDS
  • RESERVES / UNDER 19s 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 inter-club 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.  This was followed by the T.M. Ferguson Trophy, awarded from 1953 to the mid-1960s to the winner of Hawthorn-Melbourne games.
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Kevin Murray and Ted Whitten hold the 1983 Centenary Cup aloft
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 reasons. 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. No mention of the trophy has been found after the Swans' SCG debut. 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), Docklands 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...

LIST OF AWARDS - A to Z

NOTE - grey shading indicates awards that are no longer presented, or presented in exhibition matches and lower grades
(VFA-VFL/Reserves/Under 19s)

AWARD

COMPETING TEAMS

YEARS

Alan Schwab Memorial Shield

Brisbane-Sydney

1994-

Albert Thurgood Challenge Trophy

Essendon-Fremantle

1995-unknown

Alec Campbell Cup

Tasmania Devils & Anzac Day opponent

2001-2008

Hawthorn & Anzac Day opponent (Launceston only)

2009-

Anzac Day Trophy & Medal

Collingwood-Essendon

2000-

Anzac Day Medal

St Kilda & Anzac Day opponent (ANZAC Day in NZ only)

2013-2014

Barker-Whitten Challenge Plate

St Kilda-Western Bulldogs

1997-

Berry Street Cup

Melbourne-Richmond

1986-2013

Melbourne-North Melbourne

2014

Beyond Blue Cup

Hawthorn-Geelong

2006-2012

Hawthorn-Collingwood

2013

Hawthorn-Sydney

2014-2018

Hawthorn-West Coast

2019

Blue Ribbon Cup

Hawthorn-St Kilda

1999-

Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal

Collingwood-Western Bulldogs

2007-

Brent Crosswell Medal

North Melbourne & various opponents (Hobart only)

2012-2015

Brett Kirk Medal

GWS Giants-Sydney

2012-

Centenary Cup

Fitzroy-Footscray (Western Bulldogs)

1983-unknown

Chateau Cup

Sydney & first home game opponent

1982-unknown

Col Austen Trophy

Hawthorn-Richmond

1996-

Crowl-McDonald Medal

Carlton-St Kilda (Anzac Day in NZ only)

2015

David Parkin Cup

Carlton-Hawthorn

1998-2002

David Parkin Medal

Carlton-Hawthorn

2003-

Dockland Trophy

Fremantle-Port Adelaide

1995-2002

E.J. Whitten Cup

Essendon-Western Bulldogs

1995-

Eastcoast Challenge Cup

Footscray (Western Bulldogs) & their first home game opponent

1985-1986

Fila Cup

Geelong-Western Bulldogs

2000-2002

Frank MacDonald Medal

Tasmania Devils & Anzac Day opponent

2001-2008

Hawthorn & Anzac Day opponent (Launceston only)

2009-

Gary Dempsey Medal

North Melbourne-Western Bulldogs

2009

Gary Silk Medal

Hawthorn (Blue Ribbon Cup B.O.G. vs St Kilda)

1999

Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal

Sydney & their Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round opponent

2016-

Hird-Archer Medal

Essendon-North Melbourne

2008-2013

HMAS Sydney II Memorial Trophy

Sydney-West Coast

2010-

HMAS Sydney II Best On Ground Trophy

Sydney-West Coast

2010-

Ian Stewart Medal

Richmond-St Kilda

2004-

Jack Dyer-Lou Richards Trophy

Collingwood-Richmond

1999-

Jason McCartney Medal

Collingwood-North Melbourne

2003-2009 / 2013

Kennedy-McHale Cup

Collingwood-Hawthorn

2000-2002

Kevin Sheedy Cup

Essendon-Richmond (Clash of the Sash winner)

1998-

Lake Premiership Pennant

South Melbourne-St Kilda

1938-1964

Len Hall Tribute Game

Fremantle's Anzac Round match (note - no trophy/medal)

1996-

Lockett-Coventry Cup

Collingwood-Sydney

2000-

Madden Cup

Carlton-Essendon

1998-

Marcus Ashcroft Medal

Brisbane-Gold Coast

2011-

Marn Grook Trophy

Sydney-Essendon

2002-2013

Sydney & their Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round opponent

2014-

Nauru Challenge Cup

Fitzroy-West Coast

1995

Neale Daniher Trophy

Collingwood-Melbourne

2015-

Nick Schernickau Trophy

Melbourne-St Kilda

1994-1998

Nicky Winmar Cup

St Kilda-West Coast

2003-

Origin Energy Western Victoria Cup

Geelong-Western Bulldogs

2004-2005

Peter Badcoe VC Medal

Port Adelaide & their Anzac Day opponent

2004-

Peter MacCallum Cup

Collingwood-Carlton

1993-

Phillip Walsh Medal

Adelaide-Port Adelaide

2015 (Rd.16)

Polly Farmer Trophy

Geelong-West Coast

1996-

Prime Minister's Cup

GWS & various opponents (Canberra only)

2012-2015

Q Clash Trophy

Brisbane-Gold Coast

2011-

Richard Pratt Cup & Medal

Carlton-Collingwood

2009-

Robert Rose Cup

Collingwood-Western Bulldogs

2000-

Rodney Miller Medal

St Kilda (Blue Ribbon Cup B.O.G. vs Hawthorn)

1999

Ron Barassi Cup

Melbourne-Sydney

2003-

R.D. Barassi Trophy

Carlton-Melbourne

1965-1972 / 2002-

Ross Glendinning Medal

Fremantle-West Coast

2001-2018 (Rd.6)

Glendinning-Allan Medal

Fremantle-West Coast

2018 (Rd.18)-

Sands of Gallipoli Medal

Brisbane's best player (Anzac Day round)

2003-2010

Shanghai Cup

Port Adelaide & their opponent in Shanghai

2017-

Shanghai Medal

Port Adelaide & their opponent in Shanghai (B.O.G.)

2017-

Showdown Trophy

Adelaide-Port Adelaide

1997-2017

Showdown Shield

Adelaide-Port Adelaide

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-

Simpson-Henderson Trophy

St Kilda & Anzac Day opponent (New Zealand only)

2013-2015

T.M. Ferguson Trophy

Hawthorn-Melbourne

1953-1960s

Tom Wills Award

Essendon-Geelong (Country Festival match B.O.G.)

2017-

Western Derby Trophy

Fremantle-West Coast

1997-

Westpac Community Cup

Adelaide-Collingwood

2010-2013

White Ribbon Cup

GWS Giants-Sydney

2012-

Wills-Harrison Shield

Geelong-Melbourne

1996-unknown

Wills-Harrison Trophy

Geelong-Melbourne

2002-

Yiooken Award

Essendon-Richmond ("Dreamtime at the 'G" B.O.G.)

2006-

Zaidee Trophy

Hawthorn-Port Adelaide

2011-

EXHIBITION MATCH AWARDS

COMPETING TEAMS

YEARS

Barry Cable Trophy

North Melbourne-East Perth

1980

Polly Farmer Medal

Indigenous All-Stars vs Various Opponents (B.O.G.)

2005-

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup

Indigenous All-Stars vs Various Opponents

2005-

Syd Jackson Trophy

Indigenous All-Stars vs Carlton

2003

RESERVES / UNDER 19s AWARDS

COMPETING TEAMS

YEARS

Peter Crimmins Trophy

Fitzroy-Hawthorn (U'19s)

1977-unknown

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup & Award

Essendon Reserves-Richmond Reserves (VFA-VFL)

2014-

 

LIST OF AWARDS - CLUB BY CLUB

NOTE - grey shading indicates awards that are no longer presented, or presented in exhibition matches and lower grades
(VFA-VFL/Reserves/Under 19s)

OPPONENT

AWARD

YEARS

ADELAIDE CROWS

Port Adelaide

Showdown Trophy

1997-2017

Port Adelaide

Showdown Shield

2018-

Port Adelaide (B.O.G.)

Showdown Medal

2000-

Collingwood

Westpac Community Cup

2010-2013

Indigenous All-Stars

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup

2009

Port Adelaide (B.O.G.)

Phil Walsh Medal

2015 (Rd.16)

BRISBANE LIONS

Gold Coast

Q-Clash Trophy

2011-

Gold Coast (B.O.G.)

Marcus Ashcroft Medal

2011-

Sydney

Alan Schwab Memorial Shield

1994-

Anzac Round (Brisbane's B.O.G.)

Sands of Gallipoli Medal

2003-2010

St Kilda (Anzac Day)

Simpson-Henderson Trophy

2014

CARLTON

Collingwood (A)

Peter McCallum Cup

1993-

Collingwood (H)

Richard Pratt Cup

2009-

Collingwood (H) (B.O.G.)

Richard Pratt Medal

2009-

Essendon

Madden Cup

1998-

Hawthorn (winning club)

David Parkin Cup

1998-2002

Hawthorn (B.O.G.)

David Parkin Medal

2003-

Melbourne

R.D. Barassi Trophy

1965-1972 / 2002-

Indigenous All-Stars

Syd Jackson Trophy

2003

St Kilda (Anzac Day)

Simpson-Henderson Trophy

2015

St Kilda (Anzac Day B.O.G.)

Crowl-McDonald Medal

2015

Sydney (Indigenous Round)

Marn Grook Trophy

2015

COLLINGWOOD

Carlton (H)

Peter McCallum Cup

1993-

Carlton (A)

Richard Pratt Cup

2009-

Carlton (A) (B.O.G.)

Richard Pratt Medal

2009-

Essendon - Anzac Day

Anzac Day Trophy

2000-

Essendon - Anzac Day (B.O.G.)

Anzac Day Medal

2000-

Melbourne

Neale Daniher Trophy

2015-

Richmond

Dyer-Richards Trophy

1999-

Sydney

Lockett-Coventry Cup

2000-

Western Bulldogs

Robert Rose Cup

2000-

Western Bulldogs (B.O.G.)

Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal

2007-

Adelaide

Westpac Community Cup

2010-2013

Hawthorn

Kennedy-McHale Cup

2000-2002

Hawthorn

Beyond Blue Cup

2013

North Melbourne (B.O.G.)

Jason McCartney Medal

2003-2009 / 2013

Sydney

Marn Grook Trophy

2019

ESSENDON

Carlton

Madden Cup

1998-

Collingwood - Anzac Day

Anzac Day Trophy

2000-

Collingwood - Anzac Day (B.O.G.)

Anzac Day Medal

2000-

Geelong (Country Festival B.O.G.)

Tom Wills Award

2017-

Richmond (Clash of the Sash winner)

Kevin Sheedy Cup

1998-

Richmond (Dreamtime B.O.G.)

Yiooken Award

2006-

Western Bulldogs

E.J. Whitten Cup

1995-

Fremantle

Albert Thurgood Challenge Trophy

1995-unknown

Indigenous All-Stars

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup

2007

North Melbourne (B.O.G.)

Hird-Archer Medal

2008-2013

Richmond Reserves

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup & Award

2014-

Sydney

Marn Grook Trophy

2002-2013

FITZROY LIONS

Hawthorn (U'19s)

Peter Crimmins Trophy

1977-unknown

West Coast

Nauru Challenge Cup

1995

Western Bulldogs

Centenary Cup

1983-unknown

FREMANTLE

Anzac Day

Len Hall Tribute Game (no trophy/medal)

1996-

West Coast

Western Derby Trophy

1997-

West Coast (B.O.G.)

Ross Glendinning Medal

2001-2018

West Coast (B.O.G.)

Glendinning-Allan Medal

2018-

Essendon

Albert Thurgood Challenge Trophy

1995-unknown

Port Adelaide

Dockland Trophy

1995-2002

GEELONG

Essendon (Country Festival B.O.G.)

Tom Wills Award

2017-

Melbourne

Wills-Harrison Shield

1996-c.2001

Melbourne

Wills-Harrison Trophy

2002-

West Coast

Polly Farmer Trophy

1996-

Hawthorn

Beyond Blue Cup

2006-2012

Sydney (Indigenous Round)

Marn Grook Trophy

2014

Footscray (Western Bulldogs)

Eastcoast Challenge Cup

1985

Western Bulldogs

Fila Cup

2000-2002

Western Bulldogs

Origin Energy Western Victoria Cup

2004-2005

GOLD COAST

Brisbane

Q-Clash Trophy

2011-

Brisbane (B.O.G.)

Marcus Ashcroft Medal

2011-

Port Adelaide

Shanghai Cup

2017-2018

Port Adelaide (B.O.G.)

Shanghai Medal

2017-2018

GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY

Sydney

White Ribbon Cup

2012-

Sydney (B.O.G.)

Brett Kirk Medal

2012-

Various opponents - Canberra

Prime Minister's Cup

2012-2015

HAWTHORN

Anzac Day - Tasmania

Alec Campbell Cup

2009- (VFL 2001-08)

Anzac Day - Tasmania (B.O.G.)

Frank MacDonald Medal

2009- (VFL 2001-08)

Carlton (winning team)

David Parkin Cup

1998-2002

Carlton (B.O.G.)

David Parkin Medal

2003-

Port Adelaide

Zaidee Trophy

2011-

Richmond

Col Austen Trophy

1996-

St Kilda

Blue Ribbon Cup

1999-

St Kilda (B.O.G.)

Silk-Miller Medal

1999-

West Coast

Beyond Blue Cup

2019

Collingwood

Kennedy-McHale Cup

2000-2002

Collingwood

Beyond Blue Cup

2013

Fitzroy (U'19s)

Peter Crimmins Trophy

1977-unknown

Geelong

Beyond Blue Cup

2006-2012

Melbourne

T.M. Ferguson Trophy

1953-1960s

Sydney

Beyond Blue Cup

2014-2018

Sydney (Indigenous Round)

Marn Grook Trophy

2017

MELBOURNE

Carlton

R.D. Barassi Trophy

1965-1972 / 2002-

Collingwood

Neale Daniher Trophy

2015-

Geelong

Wills-Harrison Shield

1996-c.2001

Geelong

Wills-Harrison Trophy

2002-

Sydney

Ron Barassi Cup

2003-

GWS (Canberra)

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

The Chateau Cup

1982

NORTH MELBOURNE

Collingwood (B.O.G.)

Jason McCartney Medal

2003-2009 / 2013

East Perth

Barry Cable Trophy

1980

Essendon (B.O.G.)

Hird-Archer Medal

2008-2013

GWS (Canberra)

Prime Minister's Cup

2014

Melbourne

Berry Street Cup

2014

Sydney (Indigenous Round)

Marn Grook Trophy

2016

Various opponents - Hobart (B.O.G.)

Brent Croswell Medal

2012-2015

Western Bulldogs (B.O.G.)

Gary Dempsey Medal

2009

PORT ADELAIDE

Anzac Day (B.O.G.)

Peter Badcoe VC Medal

2004-

Adelaide

Showdown Trophy

1997-2017

Adelaide

Showdown

2018-

Adelaide (B.O.G.)

Showdown Medal

2000-

Hawthorn

Zaidee Trophy

2011-

Various opponents - Shanghai

Shanghai Cup

2017-

Various opponents - Shanghai (B.O.G.)

Shanghai Medal

2017-

Adelaide (B.O.G.)

Phil Walsh Medal

2015 (Rd.16)

Fremantle

Dockland Trophy

1995-2002

RICHMOND

Collingwood

Dyer-Richards Trophy

1999-

Essendon (Clash of the Sash winner)

Kevin Sheedy Cup

1998-

Essendon (Dreamtime B.O.G)

Yiooken Award

2006-

Hawthorn

Col Austen Trophy

1996-

St Kilda (B.O.G.)

Ian Stewart Medal

2004-

Essendon Reserves

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup & Award

2014-

Indigenous All-Stars

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup

2013

Melbourne

Berry Street Cup

1986-2013

ST KILDA

Hawthorn

Blue Ribbon Cup

1999-

Hawthorn (B.O.G.)

Silk-Miller Medal

1999-

Richmond (B.O.G.)

Ian Stewart Medal

2004-

West Coast

Nicky Winmar Cup

2003-

Western Bulldogs

Barker-Whitten Challenge Plate

1997-

Anzac Day - NZ

Simpson-Henderson Trophy

2013-2015

Anzac Day - NZ (B.O.G.)

Anzac Day Medal

2013-2014

Carlton (Anzac Day B.O.G.)

Crowl-McDonald Medal

2015

Melbourne

Nick Schernickau Trophy

1994-1998

Port Adelaide

Shanghai Cup

2019

Port Adelaide (B.O.G.)

Shanghai Medal

2019

South Melbourne

Lake Premiership Pennant

1938-1964

Western Bulldogs

Eastcoast Challenge Cup

1986

SYDNEY

Indigenous Round (various opponents)

Marn Grook Trophy

2014-

Indigenous Round (B.O.G.)

Goodes-O'Loughlin Medal

2016-

Brisbane

Alan Schwab Memorial Shield

1994-

GWS

White Ribbon Cup

2012-

GWS (B.O.G.)

Brett Kirk Medal

2012-

Melbourne

Ron Barassi Cup

2003-

West Coast

HMAS Sydney II Memorial Trophy

2010-

West Coast (B.O.G.)

HMAS Sydney II Best On Ground Trophy

2010-

1st Home game opponent

The Chateau Cup

1982-unknown

Essendon

Marn Grook Trophy

2002-2013

Hawthorn

Beyond Blue Cup

2014-2018

Melbourne

The Chateau Cup

1982

St Kilda

Lake Premiership Pennant

1938-1964

St Kilda (Anzac Day)

Simpson-Henderson Trophy

2013

WEST COAST

Fremantle

Western Derby Trophy

1997-

Fremantle (B.O.G.)

Ross Glendinning Medal

2001-2018

Fremantle (B.O.G.)

Glendinning-Allan Medal

2018-

Geelong

Polly Farmer Trophy

1996-

Hawthorn

Beyond Blue Cup

2019

St Kilda

Nicky Winmar Cup

2003-

Sydney

HMAS Sydney II Memorial Trophy

2010-

Sydney (B.O.G.)

HMAS Sydney II Best On Ground Trophy

2010-

Fitzroy

Nauru Challenge Cup

1995

Indigenous All-Stars

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup

2015

WESTERN BULLDOGS

Collingwood

Robert Rose Cup

2000-

Collingwood (B.O.G.)

Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal

2007-

Essendon

E.J. Whitten Cup

1995-

St Kilda

Barker-Whitten Challenge Plate

1997-

1st Home game opponent

Eastcoast Challenge Cup

1985-1986

Fitzroy

Centenary Cup

1983-unknown

Indigenous All-Stars

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup

2005

Geelong

Eastcoast Challenge Cup

1985

Geelong

Fila Cup

2000-2002

Geelong

Origin Energy Western Victoria Cup

2004-2005

GWS (Canberra)

Prime Minister's Cup

2012-2013

North Melbourne (B.O.G.)

Gary Dempsey Medal

2009

St Kilda

Eastcoast Challenge Cup

1986

INDIGENOUS ALL-STARS

Carlton

Syd Jackson Trophy

2003

All Opponents

Sir Doug Nicholls Cup

2005-

All Opponents (B.O.G.)

Polly Farmer Medal

2005-

 

THE STORY BEHIND EACH AWARD

ALAN SCHWAB SHIELD

Awarded to the winner of premiership matches between Brisbane and Sydney. Schwab was a long-serving Richmond and VFL administrator and member of the VFL Commission who had been sent north to ensure the survival of the Brisbane Bears and later the Sydney Swans.

Both of these clubs had been in off-field turmoil prior to the League asking Schwab to prevent them from becoming insolvent. He died in June 1993 while on secondment to the Swans. The shield was first presented in 1994 at the first match between the clubs following Schwab's death.

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 itself was first presented at a 1995 pre-season Fremantle-Essendon practice match at Fremantle Oval and featured a quarter-scale replica of a cannon from Captain Cook's ship, the Endeavour. A larger cannon was fired before every Fremantle home game against Essendon.

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]
Picture
The Thurgood Trophy in action - Round 2, 1995 (FreoPope/twitter)
The trophy disappeared with a whimper rather than a bang and ceased being awarded sometime around the early 2000s.

ALEC CAMPBELL CUP

Presented since 2009 to the winning team in any Anzac Day match in Launceston involving the Hawthorn Football Club.
Refer to the ANZAC DAY - TASMANIA section for more details.

ANZAC DAY - BRISBANE

SANDS OF GALLIPOLI MEDAL
From 2003 to 2010* this medal was presented in conjunction with 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

 

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

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. It is made from glass, silver and bronze with a base made of ironbark from an ammunition wagon used in WW1. The centre column features the names of all league footballers who died in active service.

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

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

* indicates a Best On Ground medal awarded retrospectively

 
Picture
The AFL Anzac Day Trophy (Karen Percy/ABC News)
Picture
Dane Swan, winner of the 2015 Anzac Day Medal (Michael Willson/AFL)

ANZAC DAY - FREMANTLE

LEN HALL - ANZAC DAY TRIBUTE MATCH
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 match 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. 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]

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. 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.

ANZAC DAY MEDAL
A best on ground medal awarded after St Kilda's Anzac Day matches in Wellington in 2013-14.

CROWL-McDONALD MEDAL
 In the lead-up to St Kilda's 2015 Anzac Day 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 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.

All of these awards have been defunct since February, 2016 when it was announced that St Kilda would no longer play in New Zealand.
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Nick Reiwoldt and Jed Adcock display the Simpson-Henderson trophy prior to the 2014 clash (saints.com.au)
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The Anzac Day Medal, presented 2013-14 (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

 

ANZAC DAY - PORT ADELAIDE

PETER BADCOE (VC) 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 was 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 MEDAL

YEAR

ROUND

PORT ADELAIDE vs

WINNER

CLUB

2004

5

Western 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 Melbourne

Travis Boak

Port Adelaide

 
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Peter Badcoe VC Medal (portadelaidefc.com.au)
*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.

ANZAC DAY - TASMANIA

ALEC CAMPBELL CUP
Named in honour of 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 from 2001 to 2008 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 since been presented to the winning team in any Anzac Day match in Launceston involving Hawthorn Football Club.

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. The award runs in conjunction with the Alec Campbell Cup and from 2001 to 2008 joint medals were awarded to the best player from each team in all Anzac Day matches involving the Tasmanian Devils. Since 2009 a single medal has been presented to the best on ground in any Anzac Day match played in Launceston involving Hawthorn Football Club.

ALEC CAMPBELL CUP

FRANK MACDONALD MEDALLIST

YEAR

VENUE

WON BY

OPPONENT

HOME TEAM B.O.G.

OPPONENT B.O.G.

2001

Ulverstone Rec. Ground

Murray Kangaroos

Tasmania

Nathan Howard (Tas.)

Digby Morell (Murray)

2002

North Hobart Oval

Tasmania

Frankston

Andrew Beveridge (Tas.)

Neil Winterton (Frankston)

2003

Bellerive Oval

Tasmania

North Ballarat

Trent Bartlett (Tas.)

Josh Rudd (North Ballarat)

2004

North Hobart Oval

Tasmania

North Ballarat

Brennan Savage (Tas.)

unknown (Nth Ballarat)

2005

Bellerive Oval

Frankston

Tasmania

Ken Hall (Tas.)

Justin Berry (Frankston)

2006

York Park

Tasmania

Frankston

Cameron Thurley (Tas.)

Matt Burns (Frankston)

2007

York Park

Frankston

Tasmania

Sam Whish-Wilson (Tas.)

Justin Berry (Frankston)

2008

York Park

Tasmania

Casey

James Charlesworth (Tas.)

Raphael Clarke (Casey)

YEAR

VENUE

WON BY

OPPONENT

BEST ON GROUND

2009

York Park

Hawthorn

West Coast

Brad Sewell (Haw)

2010

York Park

North Melbourne

Hawthorn

Brady Rawlings (NM)

2012

York Park

Sydney

Hawthorn

Josh P. Kennedy (Syd)

2019

York Park

Hawthorn

Carlton

Not awarded (David Parkin Medal presented instead)

NOTE - Hawthorn played away from Launceston in years not shown above

 

BARKER-WHITTEN CHALLENGE PLATE

Awarded to the winner of premiership matches between St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs. Named in honour of Footscray legend, Ted Whitten senior, 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.

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Nick Reiwoldt with the Barker-Whitten Challenge Plate (saints.com.au)

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 instead presented to the winner of Melbourne's Round 14 home game against North Melbourne and, as of 2015, it is no longer presented.

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 Beyond Blue, 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 versus Collingwood / 2014-2018 vs Sydney /2019 Rd.15 versus West Coast).

BLUE RIBBON CUP / SILK-MILLER MEDAL

The BLUE RIBBON CUP is 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 and St Kilda 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 SILK-MILLER MEDAL is awarded to the best player from each team in all Blue Ribbon Cup matches. This award has changed over time; originally Hawthorn's best player received the Gary Silk Medal and St Kilda's best player received the Rodney Miller Medal. However, since 2000 a pair of framed Silk-Miller Medals are awarded annually, one to the best player on each side.

A list of known winners appears below, however, there are still many gaps. Please contact us If you can provide any further information regarding the missing names of this award (see below):

SILK-MILLER MEDAL

YEAR

ROUND

HAWTHORN

ST KILDA

1999

12

Paul Salmon

unknown

2000

14

unknown

Nathan Burke

2001

7 or 22

unknown

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

 
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The Blue Ribbon Cup (hawthornfc.com.au)
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St Kilda's Jack Steele, winner of the 2018 Silk-Miller Medal (Scott Barbour/AFL)

BOB ROSE-CHARLIE SUTTON MEDAL

Presented since 2007 to the best player in the annual Robert Rose Cup match contested by Collingwood and the Western Bulldogs.
Refer to the ROBERT ROSE CUP section for more details.

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