List of Michael Roach Medal recipients

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The Michael Roach Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the leading goalkicker (or goalkickers) for the Richmond Football Club.

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The award is now named in honour of Michael Roach, Richmond's "best post-war full forward". [1] Roach won the goalkicking award at Richmond on seven occasions; in 1980 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 was the first Richmond player to win the VFL/AFL goalkicking award twice (Jack Riewoldt winning it for the second time in 2012).

Richmond's best pre-war full forward, Jack Titus, led the goalkicking at Richmond on eleven occasions. Retiring in 2009, Richmond forward Matthew Richardson was the club's leading goalkicker on thirteen occasions.

Former Richmond captain Jeff Hogg won the award five times, while and Kevin Bartlett has won the award four times. Jack Riewoldt won the award twelve times and won the Coleman Medal a club-record three times. 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.

Leading goalkickers by season

The following is a list of Richmond leading goalkickers in each season. [2] [3]

^Denotes current player
+Player won Coleman Medal in same season

VFA era

SeasonPlayer(s)Goals
1885 Jack Conlon6
William Wells
1886 Alf Hill10
1887 Alf Hill (2)11
1888 Billy Brown53
1889 Billy Brown (2)25
1890 Alf Elder8
1891 Alf Elder (2)15
1892 George Sparrow 19
1893 George Sparrow (2)23
1894 Fred Alsop21
1895 Fred Alsop (2)19
1896 Richard Kelly12
1897 Alf Elder (3)28
1898 Alf Elder (4)20
1899 Hector Milne16
1900 George Backhouse15
1901 James Douglas13
1902 R. Duncan17
1903 Jack Main 34
1904 Jack Hutchinson 40
1905 Dick Knell46
1906 Jack Hutchinson (2)55
1907 Jack Hutchinson (3)67

VFL era

SeasonPlayer(s)Goals
1908 Bill Bourke 25
1909Bill Bourke (2)20
1910 Michael Maguire 20
1911Michael Maguire (2)29
1912 Ted Keggin 24
1913 Percy Martyn 32
1914 Clarrie Hall 32
1915Clarrie Hall (2)25
1916 Percy Martini 22
1917 Charlie Fehring 14
1918 Donald Don 19
1919Donald Don (2)31
1920 George Bayliss+63
1921George Bayliss (2)53
1922George Bayliss (3)32
1923 Don Fraser, Sr. 18
1924 Mel Morris 44
1925Mel Morris (2)25
1926 Dave Lynch 31
1927 Jack Baggott 37
1928Jack Baggott (2)61
1929 Jack Titus 54
1930Jack Titus (2)50
1931 Doug Strang 68
1932Doug Strang (2)49
1933Doug Strang (3)51
1934Jack Titus (3)80
1935Jack Titus (4)83
1936Jack Titus (5)83
1937 Dick Harris+
65
Jack Titus (6)
1938Jack Titus (7)72
1939Jack Titus (8)48
1940Jack Titus+ (9)100
1941Jack Titus (10)87
1942Jack Titus (11)67
1943Dick Harris (2)63
1944Dick Harris (3)63
1945 Fred Burge 55
1946 Arthur Mooney 49
1947 Jack Dyer 46
1948Jack Dyer (2)64
1949 Ray Poulter 51
1950Ray Poulter (2)56
1951 Jack O'Rourke 58
1952Jack O'Rourke (2)43
1953 Ron Branton 22
1954Ron Branton (2)33
1955Ray Poulter (3)49
1956 Bob Dummett 32
1957Bob Dummett (2)41
1958 Ted Langridge 28
1959Bob Dummett (3)45
1960 Graeme Wilkinson 21
1961Ted Langridge (2)29
1962Ted Langridge (3)42
1963 Ian Hayden 25
1964 Roger Dean 23
1965 Mick Erwin 32
1966 Paddy Guinane 50
1967 Royce Hart 55
1968Paddy Guinane (2)41
1969 Rex Hunt 55
1970 Eric Moore 41
1971Royce Hart (2)59
1972 Neil Balme 55
Ricky McLean
1973Neil Balme (2)34
1974 Kevin Bartlett 47
1975Kevin Bartlett (2)42
1976 Robert Lamb 38
1977Kevin Bartlett (3)55
1978 Bruce Monteath 55
1979 Michael Roach 90
1980Michael Roach+ (2)112
1981Michael Roach+ (3)86
1982 Brian Taylor 71
1983Kevin Bartlett (4)37
Michael Roach (4)
1984 Brian Taylor 61
1985Michael Roach (5)80
1986Michael Roach (6)62
1987Michael Roach (7)43
1988 Jeff Hogg 57
1989Jeff Hogg (2)34

AFL era

SeasonPlayer(s)Goals
1990 Stephen Ryan 28
1991 Jeff Hogg (3)68
1992Jeff Hogg (4)45
1993Jeff Hogg (5)57
1994 Matthew Richardson 56
1995 Nick Daffy 45
1996Matthew Richardson (2)91
1997Matthew Richardson (3)47
1998Matthew Richardson (4)55
1999Matthew Richardson (5)67
2000 Matthew Rogers 37
2001Matthew Richardson (6)59
2002Matthew Richardson (7)36
2003Matthew Richardson (8)33
2004Matthew Richardson (9)65
2005Matthew Richardson (10)65
2006Matthew Richardson (11)45
2007Matthew Richardson (12)53
2008Matthew Richardson (13)48
2009 Mitch Morton 41
2010 Jack Riewoldt+78
2011Jack Riewoldt (2)62
2012Jack Riewoldt+ (3)65
2013Jack Riewoldt (4)58
2014Jack Riewoldt (5)61
2015Jack Riewoldt (6)54
2016Jack Riewoldt (7)48
2017Jack Riewoldt (8)54
2018Jack Riewoldt+ (9)70
2019 Tom Lynch^63
2020Jack Riewoldt (10)33
2021Jack Riewoldt (11)51
2022Tom Lynch^ (2)63
2023Jack Riewoldt (12)32
2024 Shai Bolton 34
2025 Seth Campbell 28

Multiple winners

Number of WinsPlayerSeasons
13 Matthew Richardson 1994, 1996–99, 2001–08
12 Jack Riewoldt 2010–18, 2020–21, 2023
11 Jack Titus 1929–30, 1934–42
7 Michael Roach 1979–81, 1983, 1985–87
5 Jeff Hogg 1988–89, 1991–93
4 Kevin Bartlett 1974–75, 1977, 1983

AFL Women's

SeasonLeading goalkickerGoals
2020 Courtney Wakefield 4
2021 Katie Brennan^14
2022 (S6) Katie Brennan^ (2)14
2022 (S7) Courtney Wakefield (2)14
2023 Katie Brennan^ (3)14
2024 Katie Brennan^ (4)13
Caitlin Greiser^

References

  1. Hogan, Paul (1996). The Tigers Of Old. Melbourne: Richmond Football Club. ISBN   978-0-646-18748-8.
  2. "Official AFL Website of the Richmond Football Club". richmondfc.com.au. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  3. "Tigerland Archive | VFA Leading Goalkicker". Tigerland Archive. Retrieved 6 October 2023.