Under 19s Best and Fairest

The official competition was known as the 'Thirds' in 1946, and became the 'Under 19's from the 1960 season onwards.
The competition ended at the end of 1991 and replaced with the TAC Cup.

From 1950, first place received the Jack.J. Smith Memorial Cup; former Committeeman, Secretary and Treasurer who was 'a great advocate for the junior players of Richmond' (1950 Annual Report)

From 1982, runner up in the Best and Fairest is awarded the Les York Memorial Trophy. Les was timekeeper from 1967-1981, including 350 consecutive games.

In 1937 an Under 18s team was formed known as the Richmond Recruits. The press gave them the moniker ''Kittens. In subsequent years it was an Under 19s team. There was also an Under 17s version.
I've included in this list (pre 1946) the Best and Fairest results of the Richmond Recruits.

Year	Place	Winner	Notes
1936	1st	J Davey	(brother of Pat Davey). Richmond Districts ('now considered Richmond 3rd 18' 2nd 18 MB)
1940	1st	Len Foster	Richmond Recruits
1941	1st	Frank Stamford	Richmond Recruits. Listed in 1941-1979 Annual Meeting Minute Book
1942	1st	Arthur Mooney	Richmond Recruits.
1943	1st	Jack Turner	Richmond Recruits ?
1944	1st	Eric Malone	Richmond Recruits
1946	1st	Jack Gray	First recipient of the Richmond Thirds Best and Fairest
1947	1st	Allan Cooke
1948	1st	Norman Bloom
1949	1st	R Windsor
1950	1st	Alan Watson	Brother of former player Clive + Ron
1951	1st	William Collins
1952	1st	Graeme Richmond	Captain. Also played for Richmond Reserves this year
	2nd	Laurie Johnson
1953	1st	Trevor Hart
1954	1st	Bill Hall
1955	1st	Ray Jordon
1956	1st	Russell Hart
1957	1st	Don Williams
	2nd
	3rd	B. R Edmunds	Cup
1958	1st	Graeme Gahan
1959	1st	Barry Peatling
1960	1st	Andrey Kretsch
1961	1st	Robert Brownhill
1962	1st	D Murray
1963	1st	Kevin Bartlett
1964	1st	Maurie Deery
1965	1st	Ray Shannon
1966	1st	David Jacks
1967	1st	Russell Tully
1968	1st	Anthony Smith	at least 16 games this season, and 29 goals
1969	1st	David Droscher
1970	1st	Russell Jenkinson
1971	1st	Steven Hancock
	2nd	William Nalder
1972	1st	Emmett Dunne
	2nd	Jeff Holdsworth
1973	1st	Emmett Dunne
	2nd	Jeff Holdsworth
1974	1st	Roger Gill
	2nd	David Miller
	3rd	Ken Stonehouse
1975	1st	Roger Gill
	2nd	David Miller
1976	1st	Craig Jamieson
	2nd	Mark Lee
1977	1st	Greg Strachan
	2nd	Paul Keane	younger brother of Mervyn Keane
1978	1st	David Senior
	2nd	S Lennie
	3rd	D O'Laughlin
	4th	D Hine
	5th	F Bain
1979	1st	Greg Halleur
	2nd	Michael Burmeister
	3rd	W Peach
	4th	Trevor Walder
	5th	Wayne Shand
1980	1st	Matthew Beddoe
1981	1st	John Manton
	2nd	Paul Dudley
1982	1st	Michael Pickering
	2nd	Paul Dudley
1983	1st	Phillip Scala	53 votes
	2nd	Paul Dudley	47 votes
1984	1st	Stephen James
	2nd	Robert Skinner
	=3rd	Chris Pym, Paul Hogarth
1985	1st	Allan McKellar
	2nd	Craig Smith
1986	1st	Matt Donoghue
	2nd	Mark McLeod
	3rd	Darren Mathewson
1987	1st	Craig Lambert
	2nd	Michael Clark
	3rd	Trent Nichols
1988	1st	Justin Paul	41
	2nd	Barry Young	38
	3rd	Matthew Knights	29
	4th	Jason Young	24
	=5th	Anthony Battersby, Stephen Ryan	20
	=7th	Roger Prezens, Cory Young	18
	9th	Mark Mellody	17
	10th	Chris Allison	16
	11th	Craig Ingram	16
	12th	Robert Elliot	14
1989	1st	Ty Esler	43.5
	2nd	Stephen Ryan	43
	3rd	Sean Bowden	42
	4th	Andrew Pickering	39
	5th	Robbie Elliott	31
	6th	Adam James	27
	7th	Brian Collery	25
	8th	Steven Cochrane	22.5
	9th	Matthew Francis	22
	10th	Glenn Thiele	21
1990	1st	Paul Clohesy	118. at least 11 games this season
	2nd	Gavin Edwards	107
	3rd	Chris Wescombe	75
	4th	Duncan Kellaway	70
	5th	Andrew Pickering	65
	6th	Grant Firth	60
	7th	Ty Esler	55
	8th	Robert Elliott	47
	9th	Andrew Lindsay	43
	10th	Jason Wade	39
1991	1st	Duncan Kellaway	128
	2nd	Matthew Clarke	93
	3rd	James Thiessen	84
	4th	Chris Curran	82
	5th	Gavin Edwards	80
	6th	Ashley Prescott	66
	7th	Danny Thomson	62
	8th	Simon Dennis	49
	=9th	Nathan Bower + Mark Pitura	42
	=11th	Stuart Edwards + Brett Hartin	38

Further reading:
Senior Best and Fairest
Reserves Best and Fairest
Fourths Best and Fairest