- Michael Roach Medal
The Michael Roach Medal is an
Australian rules football award given each season to the leading goalkicker or goalkickers for theRichmond Football Club .The award is now named in honour of Michael Roach, Richmond's "best post-war full forward" [ cite book
last = Hogan
first = P
title = The Tigers of Old - A Complete History of Every Player to Represent the Richmond Football Club between 1908 and 1996
publisher = The Richmond Football Club
date = 1996
location = Melbourne
pages = p190] . Roach won the goalkicking award at Richmond on seven occasions; in1980 kicked the highest individual season goal tally in Tiger history and became only the second Richmond full forward to kick over 100 goals in a season; and is the only Richmond player to win theVFL/AFL goalkicking award twice.Richmond's best pre-war full forward,
Jack Titus , led the goalkicking at Richmond on eleven occasions. Current Richmond forward Matthew Richardson has been the club's leading goalkicker on thirteen occasions.Former Richmond captain
Jeff Hogg won the award five times and a number of players were the club's leading goalkicker for the season on three occasions -George Bayliss ,Doug Strang , Dick Harris,Ray Poulter ,Bob Dummett ,Ted Langridge and Kevin Bartlett.Recipients:
* 2008 Matthew Richardson (48)
* 2007 Matthew Richardson (53)
* 2006 Matthew Richardson (45)
* 2005 Matthew Richardson (65)
* 2004 Matthew Richardson (65)
* 2003 Matthew Richardson (33)
* 2002 Matthew Richardson (36)
* 2001 Matthew Richardson (59)
* 2000 Matthew Rogers (37)
* 1999 Matthew Richardson (67)
* 1998 Matthew Richardson (55)
* 1997 Matthew Richardson (47)
* 1996 Matthew Richardson (91)
* 1995Nick Daffy (45)
* 1994 Matthew Richardson (56)
* 1993Jeff Hogg (57)
* 1992Jeff Hogg (45)
* 1991Jeff Hogg (68)
* 1990 Stephen Ryan (28)
* 1989Jeff Hogg (34)
* 1988Jeff Hogg (57)
* 1987 Michael Roach (43)
* 1986 Michael Roach (62)
* 1985 Michael Roach (86)
* 1984Brian Taylor (61)
* 1983 Michael Roach & Kevin Bartlett (37)
* 1982Brian Taylor (71)
* 1981 Michael Roach (86)
* 1980 Michael Roach (112)
* 1979 Michael Roach (90)
* 1978Bruce Monteath (55)
* 1977 Kevin Bartlett (55)
* 1976 Robert Lamb (38)
* 1975 Kevin Bartlett (42)
* 1974 Kevin Bartlett (47)
* 1973Neil Balme (34)
* 1972Neil Balme &Ricky McLean (55)
* 1971Royce Hart (59)
* 1970Eric Moore (39)
* 1969Rex Hunt (55)
* 1968Paddy Guinane (41)
* 1967Royce Hart (55)
* 1966Paddy Guinane (50)
* 1965Mick Erwin (32)
* 1964 Roger Dean (23)
* 1963Ian Hayden (25)
* 1962Ted Langridge (42)
* 1961Ted Langridge (29)
* 1960Graeme Wilkinson (21)
* 1959Bob Dummett (45)
* 1958Ted Langridge (28)
* 1957Bob Dummett (41)
* 1956Bob Dummett (32)
* 1955Ray Poulter (49)
* 1954Ron Branton (33)
* 1953Ron Branton (22)
* 1952Jack O'Rourke (43)
* 1951Jack O'Rourke (58)
* 1950Ray Poulter (56)
* 1949Ray Poulter (51)
* 1948Jack Dyer (64)
* 1947Jack Dyer (46)
* 1946Arthur Mooney (49)
* 1945Fred Burge (55)
* 1944 Dick Harris (63)
* 1943 Dick Harris (63)
* 1942Jack Titus (67)
* 1941Jack Titus (87)
* 1940Jack Titus (100)
* 1939Jack Titus (48)
* 1938Jack Titus (72)
* 1937Jack Titus & Dick Harris (65)
* 1936Jack Titus (83)
* 1935Jack Titus (83)
* 1934Jack Titus (80)
* 1933Doug Strang (51)
* 1932Doug Strang (49)
* 1931Doug Strang (68)
* 1930Jack Titus (50)
* 1929Jack Titus (54)
* 1928Jack Baggott (61)
* 1927Jack Baggott (37)
* 1926David Lynch (31)
* 1925Mel Morris (25)
* 1924Mel Morris (44)
* 1923 Don Fraser Snr. (18)
* 1922George Bayliss (32)
* 1921George Bayliss (53)
* 1920George Bayliss (63)
* 1919Donald Don (31)
* 1918Donald Don (19)
* 1917Charles Fehring (14)
* 1916Percy Martini (22)
* 1915Clarrie Hall (25)
* 1914Clarrie Hall (32)
* 1913Percy Martyn (32)
* 1912Edward Keggin (24)
* 1911 Mick Maguire (29)
* 1910 Mick Maguire (20)
* 1909 William Bourke (20)
* 1908 William Bourke (25)References
* Hogan P: "The Tigers Of Old" , Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
Notes
External links
* [http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Rch-05.html Richmond Honour Roll at Footystats]
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