Magarey Medal

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The Magarey Medal is an Australian rules football honour awarded annually since 1898 to the fairest and most brilliant player in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as judged by field umpires. The award was created by William Ashley Magarey, then chairman of the league.

After each match, the three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game) confer and award 3, 2 and 1 point(s) to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best during the match. Players suspended for a reportable offence during the season are ineligible to win the award though they can continue gaining votes leading to times when an ineligible player would poll the most votes in the medal count but not win the medal. The most celebrated time was in 1983 when Glenelg player Stephen Kernahan polled a then record 44 votes but due to being suspended in Round 4 of the season the medal was awarded to Tony Antrobus of North Adelaide who polled 35 votes.

History

William Magarey was born in Adelaide, South Australia. A lawyer by vocation, he had an enduring interest in sports, although he did not play football. He was, however, an active sports administrator who, in 1897, became the inaugural Chairman of the South Australian Football Association (later renamed the SANFL). The sport at that time was known for often rough play, and Magarey wanted to help combat this, and help gain more respect for umpires.

In 1898 Magarey presented the first Medal to South Australia’s "fairest and most brilliant player" of that season. Similar Best and Fairest player awards followed in other state-based competitions, notably the Sandover Medal in Western Australia from 1921 and Brownlow Medal in Victoria from 1924.

The Magarey Medal has been awarded in every year of SANFL competition since 1898, with the exception of 1900, 1904 (no record being extant), when the competition was suspended due to war 1916-1918, and when a restricted competition was held during the war period of 1942-1944.

In the 1990s the awarding of the medal was changed so that players tied on the most number of votes would share the medal. Prior to this, a "countback" system was used, whereby the player with the most "best on ground" performances would be awarded the medal. In 1998, ten players who had finished runner-up over prior years owing to the countback rule were retrospectively awarded the Magarey Medal.

Recipients

The first recipient of the Magarey Medal was Norwood’s Alby Green in 1898.

Year Player Team Votes
1898Alby GreenNorwood none
1899Stan MalinPort Adelaide none
1900No Award
1901Phil SandlandNorth Adelaide none
1902Tom MacKenzieWest Torrens none
1903Hendrick WayeSturt none
1904No Award
1905Tom MacKenzieNorth Adelaide none
1906Tom MacKenzieNorth Adelaide none
1907Jack MackPort Adelaide none
1908James Tierney West Adelaide none
1909Richard HeadWest Adelaide none
1910Sampson HoskingPort Adelaide none
1911Harold CumberlandSturt none
1912Dave LowWest Torrens none
1913Tom LeahyNorth Adelaide none
1914Jack Ashley Port Adelaide *
1915Frank BarrySouth Adelaide *
Charlie PerryNorwood *
Sampson HoskingPort Adelaide *
Play suspended due to WWI
1919Dan MoriartySouth Adelaide *
1920Vic RichardsonSturt *
Dan MoriartySouth Adelaide *
1921John KarneyWest Torrens 5*
Charlie AdamsPort Adelaide 5*
Dan MoriartySouth Adelaide 5*
Wat ScottNorwood 5*
1922Robert BarnesWest Adelaide 8*
1923Horrie RileySturt *
1924Wat ScottNorwood *
1925Alick LillNorwood 34***
Peter BamptonPort Adelaide 34***
1926Bruce McGregorWest Adelaide ***
1927Bruce McGregorWest Adelaide ***
1928Jim HandbyGlenelg ***
1929Robert SnellWest Adelaide ***
1930Wat ScottNorwood 53***
1931Jack SextonWest Adelaide ***
1932Max PontifexWest Torrens ***
1933Keith DunnSturt ***
1934George JohnstonGlenelg 46***
1935Jack CockburnSouth Adelaide 42***
1936Bill McCallumNorwood 31***
1937Harold Hawke North Adelaide 37***
1938Bob QuinnPort Adelaide 32***
1939Jeff PashNorth Adelaide 16***
Ray McArthurWest Adelaide 16***
1940Mel BrockGlenelg ***
1941Marcus BoyallGlenelg 25***
Play suspended due to WWII
1945Bob QuinnPort Adelaide ***
1946Bob HankWest Torrens ***
1947Bob HankWest Torrens
1948Ron PhillipsNorth Adelaide 15
1949Ron PhillipsNorth Adelaide
Allan CrabbGlenelg
1950Ian McKayNorth Adelaide 20
1951John MarriottNorwood
1952Len FitzgeraldSturt 25
1953Jim DeaneSouth Adelaide 26
1954Len FitzgeraldSturt
1955Lindsay HeadWest Torrens
1956Dave BoydPort Adelaide
1957Ron BentonWest Adelaide
Jim DeaneSouth Adelaide
1958Lindsay HeadWest Torrens
1959Len FitzgeraldSturt
1960Barrie Barbary North Adelaide
1961John HalbertSturt
1962Ken Eustice West Adelaide
1963Lindsay HeadWest Torrens
1964Geof MotleyPort Adelaide
1965Gary WindowCentral District
1966Ron KneeboneNorwood
1967Trevor ObstPort Adelaide
Don LindnerNorth Adelaide
1968Barrie RobranNorth Adelaide
1969Fred PhillisGlenelg
1970Barrie Robran North Adelaide 24
1971Russell Ebert Port Adelaide
1972Malcolm BlightWoodville
1973Barrie RobranNorth Adelaide
1974Russell Ebert Port Adelaide 28
1975Peter WoitePort Adelaide 20
1976Russell Ebert Port Adelaide 42
1977Trevor GrimwoodWest Adelaide 32
1978Kym HodgemanGlenelg 50**
1979John DuckworthCentral District 44**
1980Russell Ebert Port Adelaide 49**
1981Michael AishNorwood 44**
1982Tony McGuinness Glenelg 44**
1983Tony AntrobusNorth Adelaide 35**
1984John PlattenCentral District 66**
1985Grantley FielkeWest Adelaide 54**
1986Greg AndersonPort Adelaide 23
1987Andrew JarmanNorth Adelaide 23
1988Greg WhittleseaSturt 28
1989Gilbert McAdamCentral District 23
1990Scott HodgesPort Adelaide 16
First AFL Season.
1991Mark NaleySouth Adelaide 29
1992Nathan BuckleyPort Adelaide 27
1993Brenton PhillipsNorth Adelaide 20
1994Garry McIntoshNorwood 22
1995Glenn KilpatrickWest Adelaide 17
Garry McIntoshNorwood 17
1996Josh FrancouNorth Adelaide 26
1997Brodie AtkinsonSturt 23
Andrew JarmanNorwood 23
1998Andrew OsbornSouth Adelaide 16
1999Damian SquireSturt 21
2000Damian SquireSturt 21
2001Tony BrownPort Adelaide 19
Ryan O'ConnorPort Adelaide 19
2002Tim WeatheraldSturt 16
Jade SheedySturt 16
2003Brett EbertPort Adelaide 25
2004Paul ThomasCentral District 22
2005Jeremy ClaytonPort Adelaide 24
2006Brett BackwellGlenelg 26
2007James AllanNorth Adelaide 19
2008Luke CraneSturt 22
2009James EzardWest Adelaide 18
Rhys ArchardNorth Adelaide 18
2010James AllanNorth Adelaide 22
2011James AllanNorth Adelaide 25
2012Joel CrossSouth Adelaide 18
Brad SymesCentral District 18
2013Matt ThomasNorwood 26
2014Zane KirkwoodSturt 29
2015Joel CrossSouth Adelaide 25

Multiple recipients

The following players have been multiple recipients of the medal.

Years Player Team
Quadruple winners
1971, 1974, 1976, 1980 R Ebert Port Adelaide
Triple winners
1902, 1905, 1906 T D MacKenzie West Torrens / North Adelaide
1921, 1924, 1930 W Scott Norwood
1919, 1920, 1921 D Moriarty South Adelaide
1952, 1954, 1959 L C Fitzgerald Sturt
1955, 1958, 1963 L H Head West Torrens
1968, 1970, 1973 B C Robran North Adelaide
2007, 2010, 2011 J Allan North Adelaide
Dual winners
1910, 1915 S Hosking Port Adelaide
1926, 1927 H B McGregor West Adelaide
1938, 1945 R B Quinn Port Adelaide
1946, 1947 R W Hank West Torrens
1948, 1949 H R Phillips North Adelaide
1953, 1957 J Deane South Adelaide
1994, 1995 G McIntosh Norwood
1987, 1997 A N Jarman North Adelaide / Norwood
1999, 2000 D Squire Sturt
2012, 2015 J Cross South Adelaide

Malcolm Blight (1972), John Platten (1984) and Nathan Buckley (1992) are Magarey Medallists who subsequently won a Brownlow Medal as best and fairest players in AFL/VFL competition.

See also

List of Magarey Medallists

External links

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