Morrish Medal

The Morrish Medal is an Australian rules football award.

Formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Under 19 competition (known as the Thirds prior to 1959), since 1992 the award has been given to the best player in the Victorian Statewide Under 18 competition (presently known as the NAB League)

The Morrish Medal was named in honour of Tom Morrish, a long-serving treasurer (1921–1967) of the VFL Reserve Grade. Tom was a member of the VFL Umpires Appointment Board from 1937 to 1964. He was previously a Collingwood delegate in the second eighteen league and also became a Geelong delegate in the second eighteen committee in 1937.

The award is voted by the field umpires in a 3–2–1 format at the conclusion of each match as is used in the AFL's Brownlow Medal.

Winners

VFL Thirds

Year	Player/s	Team(s)
1947	Alan Dale	Essendon
1948	Ray Harvey	Melbourne
1949	A. Harbrow	St Kilda
1950	Noel Alford	North Melbourne
1951	F. Williams	Hawthorn
1952	Peter McPhee	Footscray
1953	Richard Pratt	Carlton
1954	Alf Clarke	Carlton
1955	Maurice Job	Carlton
1956	Garry Rasmussen	Hawthorn
1957	P. O'Reilly	South Melbourne
1958	Norman Bowler	North Melbourne

VFL Under 19s

Year	Player/s	Team(s)
1959	D. Glassenbury	Fitzroy
1960	G. Ryan	Footscray
1961	Terry Johnston	Melbourne
	J. McGowan	South Melbourne
1962	Kevin Egan	Essendon
1963	J. Schram	Geelong
1964	Peter Gowans	North Melbourne
1965	R. Petherbridge	St Kilda
1966	B. Wright	Fitzroy
1967	M. Gale	Carlton
1968	Paul Callery	Melbourne
1969	Bill Gehling	Richmond
1970	Ken Marks	Fitzroy
1971	Tim O'Malley	Carlton
1972	Ian Kilmartin	North Melbourne
	Vin Catoggio	Carlton
1973	R. Bruerton	South Melbourne
1974	Jack Di Natale	Footscray
	R. Bruerton	South Melbourne
	Phillip Friedman	Melbourne
1975	B. Jones	South Melbourne
1976	Craig Jamieson	Richmond
	Jack Di Natale	Footscray
1977	Darren Williams	Essendon
1978	Andy McPhie	Fitzroy
	Stephen Simpson	North Melbourne
1979	Peter Banks	Collingwood
1980	Peter Lane	Essendon
1981	Adrian Battiston	Melbourne
1982	Les Bamblett	Melbourne
1983	Greg Healy	Melbourne
1984	Tony Liberatore	North Melbourne
1985	Frank Zocalli	Essendon
1986	David Ross	North Melbourne
1987	Wayne Schwass	North Melbourne
1988	Tim McGrath	North Melbourne
1989	Brad Davies	Essendon
1990	Brendan Roberson	Carlton
	Clinton Watson	North Melbourne
1991	Gary Stevens	Sydney

Statewide Under-18s

Year	Player/s	Team(s)	Votes	Ref
1992	Brad Smith	Northern Knights	30	[1]
1993	Dean Watson	Southern Stingrays	25	[1]
1994	Gary Moorcroft	Northern Knights	17	[1]
1995	Paul Hood	Geelong Falcons	26	[2]
1996	Nathan Brown	Bendigo Pioneers	21	[3]
1997	Derek Murray	Murray Bushrangers	20	[4]
1998	Lenny Hayes	NSW/ACT Rams	21	[5]
1999	Matthew Stolarczyk	Gippsland Power	21	[1]
2000	David Rodan	Calder Cannons	25	[6]
2001	David Rodan	Calder Cannons	29	[6]
2002	Luke Shackleton	Tassie Mariners	22	[1]
2003	Mungara Brown	Northern Knights	25	[7]
2004	Matthew Bate	Eastern Ranges	21	[8]
2005	Fortunato Caruso	Calder Cannons	22	[1]
2006	Fortunato Caruso	Calder Cannons	22	[1]
2007	Matthew Kreuzer	Northern Knights	19	[9]
2008	Farran Priest	Murray Bushrangers	18	[10]
	Jarryd Blair	Gippsland Power
2009	Anton Woods	Northern Knights	24	[11]
2010	Dyson Heppell	Gippsland Power	21	[12]
	Jackson Sketcher	Sandringham Dragons
2011	Alex Benbow	Dandenong Stingrays	22	[13]
2012	Nick Graham	Gippsland Power	17	[14]
2013	Jacob Chisari	Bendigo Pioneers	16	[15]
	Ben Cavarra	Eastern Ranges
	George Cameron	Geelong Falcons
	Josh Scott	Gippsland Power
2014	Alex Carr	Gippsland Power	17	[16]
2015	Clayton Oliver	Murray Bushrangers	15	[17]
2016	Hugh McCluggage	North Ballarat Rebels	16	[18]
2017	Jack Higgins	Oakleigh Chargers	22	[9]
2018	Liam Stocker	Sandringham Dragons	19	[19]
2019	Lucas Rocci	Western Jets	17	[20]

References

General

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Specific

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