Michael Roach Medal

The Michael Roach Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the leading goalkicker or goalkickers for the Richmond 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; 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 is the only Richmond player to win the VFL/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)
* 1995 Nick Daffy (45)
* 1994 Matthew Richardson (56)
* 1993 Jeff Hogg (57)
* 1992 Jeff Hogg (45)
* 1991 Jeff Hogg (68)
* 1990 Stephen Ryan (28)
* 1989 Jeff Hogg (34)
* 1988 Jeff Hogg (57)
* 1987 Michael Roach (43)
* 1986 Michael Roach (62)
* 1985 Michael Roach (86)
* 1984 Brian Taylor (61)
* 1983 Michael Roach & Kevin Bartlett (37)
* 1982 Brian Taylor (71)
* 1981 Michael Roach (86)
* 1980 Michael Roach (112)
* 1979 Michael Roach (90)
* 1978 Bruce Monteath (55)
* 1977 Kevin Bartlett (55)
* 1976 Robert Lamb (38)
* 1975 Kevin Bartlett (42)
* 1974 Kevin Bartlett (47)
* 1973 Neil Balme (34)
* 1972 Neil Balme & Ricky McLean (55)
* 1971 Royce Hart (59)
* 1970 Eric Moore (39)
* 1969 Rex Hunt (55)
* 1968 Paddy Guinane (41)
* 1967 Royce Hart (55)
* 1966 Paddy Guinane (50)
* 1965 Mick Erwin (32)
* 1964 Roger Dean (23)
* 1963 Ian Hayden (25)
* 1962 Ted Langridge (42)
* 1961 Ted Langridge (29)
* 1960 Graeme Wilkinson (21)
* 1959 Bob Dummett (45)
* 1958 Ted Langridge (28)
* 1957 Bob Dummett (41)
* 1956 Bob Dummett (32)
* 1955 Ray Poulter (49)
* 1954 Ron Branton (33)
* 1953 Ron Branton (22)
* 1952 Jack O'Rourke (43)
* 1951 Jack O'Rourke (58)
* 1950 Ray Poulter (56)
* 1949 Ray Poulter (51)
* 1948 Jack Dyer (64)
* 1947 Jack Dyer (46)
* 1946 Arthur Mooney (49)
* 1945 Fred Burge (55)
* 1944 Dick Harris (63)
* 1943 Dick Harris (63)
* 1942 Jack Titus (67)
* 1941 Jack Titus (87)
* 1940 Jack Titus (100)
* 1939 Jack Titus (48)
* 1938 Jack Titus (72)
* 1937 Jack Titus & Dick Harris (65)
* 1936 Jack Titus (83)
* 1935 Jack Titus (83)
* 1934 Jack Titus (80)
* 1933 Doug Strang (51)
* 1932 Doug Strang (49)
* 1931 Doug Strang (68)
* 1930 Jack Titus (50)
* 1929 Jack Titus (54)
* 1928 Jack Baggott (61)
* 1927 Jack Baggott (37)
* 1926 David Lynch (31)
* 1925 Mel Morris (25)
* 1924 Mel Morris (44)
* 1923 Don Fraser Snr. (18)
* 1922 George Bayliss (32)
* 1921 George Bayliss (53)
* 1920 George Bayliss (63)
* 1919 Donald Don (31)
* 1918 Donald Don (19)
* 1917 Charles Fehring (14)
* 1916 Percy Martini (22)
* 1915 Clarrie Hall (25)
* 1914 Clarrie Hall (32)
* 1913 Percy Martyn (32)
* 1912 Edward 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]