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.

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]

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

 

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

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.

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

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

 

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.

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

 

The Blue Ribbon Cup (hawthornfc.com.au)

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.

The medal honours (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.