Morrish Medal
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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 TAC Cup Under 18 competition.
The Morrish Medal was named in honour of Ben Morrish, a long-serving treasurer of the VFL Reserve Grade.
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.
[edit] Winners
TAC Cup
| Year | Player | Team | Votes |
| 2007 | Matthew Kreuzer | (Northern Knights) | |
| 2006 | Fortunato Caruso | (Calder Cannons) | 22 |
| 2005 | Fortunato Caruso | (Calder Cannons) | 22 |
| 2004 | Matthew Bate | (Eastern Ranges) | 21 |
| 2003 | Mungara Brown | (Northern Knights) | 25 |
| 2002 | Luke Shackleton | (Tassie Mariners) | 22 |
| 2001 | David Rodan | (Calder Cannons) | 29 |
| 2000 | David Rodan | (Calder Cannons) | 25 |
| 1999 | Matthew Stolarczyk | (Gippsland Power) | 21 |
| 1998 | Lenny Hayes | (NSW/ACT Rams) | 21 |
| 1997 | Derek Murray | (Murray Bushrangers) | 20 |
| 1996 | Nathan G. Brown | (Bendigo Pioneers) | 21 |
| 1995 | Paul Hood | (Geelong Falcons) | 26 |
| 1994 | Gary Moorcroft | (Northern Knights) | 17 |
| 1993 | Dean Watson | (Southern Stingrays) | 25 |
| 1992 | Brad Smith | (Northern Knights) | 30 |
VFL Under 19s
- 1991 - G.Stevens (Sydney)
- 1990 - B.Roberson (Carlton), C.Watson (North Melbourne)
- 1989 - [Brad Davies[1] (Essendon)
- 1988 - Tim McGrath (North Melb)
- 1987 - Wayne Schwass (North Melb)
- 1986 - D. Ross (North Melb)
- 1985 - F. Zoccali (Essendon)
- 1984 - Tony Liberatore (North Melb)
- 1983 - Greg Healy (Melbourne)
- 1982 - L. Bamblett (Melbourne)
- 1981 - A. Battiston (Melbourne)
- 1980 - P. Lane (Richmond)
- 1979 - P. Banks (Collingwood)
- 1978 - A. McPhie (Fitzroy), S. Simpson (North Melb)
- 1977 - D. Williams (Essendon)
- 1976 - C. Jamieson (Richmond), J. Di Natale (Footscray)
- 1975 - B. Jones (South Melb)
- 1974 - J. Di Natale (Footscray), R. Bruerton (South Melb), P. Friedman (Melbourne)
- 1973 - R. Bruerton (South Melb)
- 1972 - I. Kilmartin (North Melb), Vin Catoggio (Carlton)
- 1971 - T. O'Malley (Carlton)
- 1970 - K. Marks (Fitzroy)
- 1969 - K. Gehling (Richmond)
- 1968 - Paul Callery (Melbourne)
- 1967 - M. Gale (Carlton)
- 1966 - B. Wright (Fitzroy)
- 1965 - R. Petherbridge (St Kilda)
- 1964 - P. Gowans (North Melb)
- 1963 - J. Schram (Geelong)
- 1962 - K. Egan (Essendon)
- 1961 - T. Johnston (Melbourne), J. McGowan (South Melb)
- 1960 - G. Ryan (Footscray)
- 1959 - D. Glassenbury (Fitzroy)
VFL Thirds
- 1958 - N. Bowler (North Melb)
- 1957 - P. O'Reilly (South Melb)
- 1956 - G. Rasmussen (Hawthorn)
- 1955 - M. Job (Carlton)
- 1954 - A. Clarke (Carlton)
- 1953 - Richard Pratt (Carlton)
- 1952 - P. McPhee (Footscray)
- 1951 - F. Williams (Hawthorn)
- 1950 - N. Alford (North Melb)
- 1949 - A. Harbrow (St Kilda)
- 1948 - R. Harvey (Melbourne)
- 1947 - A. Dale (Essendon)

