Named after former club administrator W.R Crichton, the Crichton Medal is awarded to the Club's best and fairest.
Did you know?
- The Club record for most best and fairest wins sit with Dick Reynolds and Bill Hutchison, who have won seven each.
- There has only been one tie in the Club's entire history which occured when both Scott Lucas and James Hird won the award in 2003.
- Jobe and Tim Watson are the only father-son combination to win the award multiple times each. Tim has won four medals, while Jobe has won three.
- David Hille (2008), Simon Madden (1977, 1979, 1983, 1984) and Graham Moss (1974, 1975, 1976) are the only ruckmen to win the award.
- Dick Reynolds was the youngest player to win the award. He first won the award aged 19 and would go on to win it another six times.
YEAR | BEST & FAIREST |
2016 | Zach Merrett |
2015 | Cale Hooker |
2014 | Dyson Heppell |
2013 | Brendon Goddard |
2012 | Jobe Watson |
2011 | David Zaharakis |
2010 | Jobe Watson |
2009 | Jobe Watson |
2008 | David Hille |
2007 | James Hird |
2006 | Scott Lucas |
2005 | Jason Johnson |
2004 | Adam McPhee |
2003 | James Hird and Scott Lucas |
2002 | Mark Johnson |
2001 | Jason Johnson |
2000 | Dustin Fletcher |
1999 | Mark Mercuri |
1998 | Damien Hardwick |
1997 | Sean Denham |
1996 | James Hird |
1995 | James Hird |
1994 | James Hird |
1993 | Gary O'Donnell |
1992 | Mark Harvey |
1991 | Alan Ezard |
1990 | Mark Thompson |
1989 | Tim Watson |
1988 | Tim Watson |
1987 | Mark Thompson |
1986 | Glenn Hawker |
1985 | Tim Watson |
1984 | Simon Madden |
1983 | Simon Madden |
1982 | Terry Daniher |
1981 | Neale Daniher |
1980 | Tim Watson |
1979 | Simon Madden |
1978 | Ken Fletcher |
1977 | Simon Madden |
1976 | Graham Moss |
1975 | Graham Moss |
1974 | Graham Moss |
1973 | Andy Wilson |
1972 | Neville Fields |
1971 | Barry Davis |
1970 | Darryl Gerlach |
1969 | Barry Davis |
1968 | Barry Davis |
1967 | John Birt |
1966 | Don McKenzie |
1965 | John Birt |
1964 | Ken Fraser |
1963 | Ken Fraser |
1962 | Jack Clarke |
1961 | John Birt |
1960 | Reg Burgess |
1959 | Hugh Mitchell |
1958 | Jack Clarke |
1957 | Reg Burgess |
1956 | Bill Hutchison |
1955 | Bill Hutchison |
1954 | John Gill |
1953 | Bill Hutchison |
1952 | Bill Hutchison |
1951 | Norm McDonald |
1950 | Bill Hutchison |
1949 | John Coleman |
1948 | Bill Hutchison |
1947 | Wally Buttsworth |
1946 | Bill Hutchison |
1945 | Wally Buttsworth |
1944 | Percy Bushby |
1943 | Dick Reynolds |
1942 | Dick Reynolds |
1941 | Wally Buttsworth |
1940 | Hugh Torney |
1939 | Dick Reynolds |
1938 | Dick Reynolds |
1937 | Dick Reynolds |
1936 | Dick Reynolds |
1935 | Keith Forbes |
1934 | Dick Reynolds |
1933 | Paddy Walsh |
1932 | Syd Carmen |
1931 | Tom Clarke |
1930 | Keith Forbes |
1929 | Howard Okey |
1928 | Norm Beckton |
1927 | Frank Maher |
1926 | Joe Harrison |
1925 | Greg Stockdale |
1924 | Tom Fitzmaurice |
1923 | Tom Fitzmaurice |
1922 | Tom Fitzmaurice |
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1920 | Jock Garden |
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1918 |
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1915 |
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1914 |
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1913 | Fred Baring |
1912 | Ernest Cameron |
1911 | Ernest Cameron |
1910 |
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1909 | Bill Busbridge |
1908 | Bill Busbridge |
1907 |
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1906 | Jack McKenzie |
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1904 |
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1903 |
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1902 | Hugh Gavin |
1901 | Albert Thurgood |
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