Reserves Best and Fairest

This list recognises only those players who were awarded a trophy for "Best and Fairest" or "Best Player Second 18", or " Best Player"
Refer to the votes column for further informatoin
First place received the J.D. Langdon Cup./ J.D. Langdon Memorial Cup

In 2014 , the medal was renamed The Guinane Medal , after Dan Guinane and Paddy Guinane's contribution to the club.

Year	Place	Winner	Votes
1920	1st	Charles Smith	'Best Player'
1921	1st	Not Awarded	(Harry Pollock did win 'Best All Round' )
1922	1st	Not Awarded	(Mal Wishart did win 'Best All Round' )
1923	1st	Not Awarded
1924	1st	Not Awarded	(Mal Wishart did win 'Best All Round' )
1925	1st	Not Awarded	(Frank 'Tosser' Kight did win 'Best All Round')
1926	1st	F Kight	"The Mitchell prize for Best and Fairest player" (F Kight's award is also listed as 'Most Serviceable Player for the season' and 'Best All Round')
1927	1st	Not Awarded	(Les Meeking did win 'All Rounder') according to RFC 2nd Annual Report
1928	1st	Jack Titus	18 ('Best Player Second 18' Trophy provided by RFC Senior club). In RFC 2nd Annual Report is says Silver Cup (donated by R.F.C) J Titus, best player
	2nd	Jim Doran	12
	3rd	Frank Kight	11
1929	1st	Not Awarded	(Sam Jamison did win "Most Consistent Player" according to RFC 2nd Annual Report)
1930	1st	Not Awarded	('Cup for Best and Fairest player' -The Argus.) However RFC 2nd Annual Report lists the award as "Most Consistent Player"
1931	1st	Richie Saunders	Silver Cup. "Best and Fairest"
1932	1st	Robert Gislingham	Cup. "Best and Fairest"
1933	1st	Keith Torpey	Trophy
1934	1st	Jack Cotter	Received a cup/trophy
1935	1st	William Garvie
1936	1st	Alan Maple
1937	1st	Alan Maple	Trophy
1938	1st	Alby Broman	J Langdon Cup
1939	1st	Les 'Mick' Patton	53.
	2nd	A Broman	38.5
	3rd	G Platt	28
	4th	J Uwins	26.5
1940	1st	Brian Randall	J D Langdon Cup
1941	1st	Phil Nagle
1942	1st	Harry Dwan
1943	1st	Arthur Mooney
1944	1st	Charlie Priestley	Played 11 games
	=2nd	J Turner + A McCarthy	Trophy each.
1945	1st	Bill Rochford
1946	1st	Ron Evans	Announcement
	2nd	Charlie Priestley
1947	1st	Dan Knott	Trophy
1948	1st	Stan Wilson	http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243530392" class="wiki wikinew text-danger tips">Trophy
1949	1st	Jack Roberts
1950	1st	Leo Clarke
1951	1st	Len Gardner
	2nd	Barrie Brown
	3rd	Ron Reiffel
1952	1st	Graham Cox	Played Richmond Thirds, Seconds and Seniors this year
	2nd	Kevin Betson
1953	1st	Graham Cox
	2nd	Kevin Beston
	3rd	Ron Reiffel
	4th	John Ritchie
1954	1st	Frank Slater
1955	1st	Herb Sawatzky
	2nd	Frank Ryan
1956	1st	John Ritchie + Charles Flannagan
	2nd	John Jenkins
	3rd	Ray Allsop
	4th	Les Amery
1957	1st	Allan Cooke	55
1958	1st	Roger Dean
1959	1st	Doug Reynolds
1960	1st	Alan Hayes
1961	1st	Gary Wilkinson
1962	1st	Barry Cameron
1963	1st	Alan Richardson	51
	2nd	Bob Hickman	49
1964	1st	Alan Richardson
	2nd	Gary Williamson
1965	1st	Owen Madigan
1966	1st	Mike Patterson
1967	1st	Ross Warner
	2nd	Mike Bowden	as per interview with Rhett Bartlett in 2013. Searching for documentation
1968	1st	Kevin Shinners
1969	=1st	John Perry + Mike Patterson
1970	1st	George McInnes
1971	1st	Ian Craig
	2nd	Laurie Fowler
	3rd	Michael Green
1972	1st	Peter Cloke
	2nd	Ian Miles
1973	1st	William Nalder
	2nd	Noel Carter
1974	1st	Wes Barrot
	2nd	Stephen Taubert
1975	1st	Bill Nettlefold
	2nd	Stephen Taubert
1976	1st	Ian Borchard
	2nd	Ken Stonehouse
1977	1st	Ken Stonehouse
	2nd	Ian Borchard
1978	1st	Robert Heard	135
	2nd	Stephen Roach	115
	=3rd	C Waterson	J Berry	65
	5th	D Freame	61
	=6th	Michael Roach	J Einsiedel	57
	8th	P Williams	46
1979	1st	Kim Kershaw
	2nd	Peter Laughlin
	3rd	Greg Strachan
	4th	G Berry
	5th	P Bottams
	6th	B Trotter
	7th	G Naylor
	8th	F Bain
1980	1st	Colin Waterson
1981	1st	Ian Scrimshaw
1982	1st	Adam Pearson	154
	2nd	Wayne Shand	138
	3rd	John Manton	113
	4th	Ross Brewer	105
	5th	Stephen Pirrie	96
	6th	Paul Sarah	90
	7th	Daryl Sutton	89
	8th	Trevor Poole	87
	9th	Matthew Wall	83
	=10th	Terry Smith + Greg Strachan	81
	12th	Ian Sartori	65
	13th	Phil Egan	57
1983	1st	Michael Lockman	139
	2nd	Michael Pickering	102
	3rd	Ric Marks	100
	4th	Emmett Dunne	95
	5th	Dan Foley	87
	6th	Greg Conlan	85
1984	1st	Robert Fuller	163
	2nd	Paul Dudley	157
	3rd	Trevor Poole	135
	4th	John Manton	130
	5th	Tim Barling	123
	6th	T McCarthy	97
1985	1st	Daryl Vernon	128
	2nd	Ian Sartori	114
	3rd	Dan Foley	106
	4th	Richard Geary	92
	5th	Peter Czerkaski	92
	6th	Tom Crebbin	87
1986	1st	Des Ryan	113. Also played 6 senior games this year
	2nd	Richard Geary	106
	3rd	Richard Nixon	103
	4th	T Smith	98
	5th	A Cross	89
	6th	N Lovell	77
	7th	M Roberts	71
	8th	Stephen James	64
	9th	Jeff Hogg	59
	10th	Paul Morrish	58
1987	1st	Tony Pastore	143
	2nd	Gavin Bayes	141
	3rd	Richard Nixon	140
	4th	Greg Strachan	132
	5th	Darren Bower	119
	6th	Stephen James	109
	7th	Allan McKellar	104
	8th	Renato Dintinosante	72
	9th	Des Ryan	67
	10th	Neil Peart	51
1988	1st	Matthew Knights	209. Played Under 19s, Reserves, Seniors this year
	2nd	Brett Mahony	142
	3rd	Mark McLeod	102
	4th	Darren Keighran	101
	5th	Michael Thomson	88
	6th	Greg Hamilton	76
	7th	Gary Fangalas	62
	8th	Craig Smith	56
	9th	Richard Nixon	54
	10th	Chris Pym	51
1989	1st	Brett Mahony	137
	2nd	Craig Smith	97
	3rd	Barry Young	67
	4th	Chris Pym	63
	=5th	Greg Hamilton + Michael Thomson	62
	7th	Darren Keighran	61
	8th	Mark McLeod	56
	9th	Wayne Peters	52
	10th	Andy Goodwin	51
1990	1st	Chris Naish	145
	2nd	Cory Young	102
	3rd	Richard Nixon	82
	4th	Stuart Maxfield	81
	5th	Darren Keighran	73
	6th	Adam James	69
	7th	Matthew Francis	68
	8th	Ashley Prescott	64
	9th	Stephen James	60
	10th	Allister Scott	53
1991	1st	Sean Bowden	117
	2nd	Justin Pickering	87
	3rd	Trent Nichols	61
	4th	Stuart Maxfield	58
	5th	Wayne Campbell	53
	6th	Stuart Griffiths	47
	7th	Ty Esler	46
	8th	Tim Powell	41
	9th	Stephen Ryan	36
	=10th	Mark Lee + Ashley Prescott	33
1992	1st	Terry Keays	19
	2nd	Chris Curran	15
	=3rd	Ty Esler + Tim Livingstone	14
	5th	Duncan Kellaway	12
	6th	barry Young	11
	=7th	Nathan Bower + Alister Scott + Jason Smith	10
	=9th	Des Ryan + James Thiessen	9
	=11th	Nick Daffey + Paul Dimattina	8
1993	1st	Tim Livingstone	23
	2nd	Craig Smith	18
	3rd	Ty Esler	16
	4th	Nick Daffy
	=5th	Todd Menegola + James Thiessen + Stephen Ryan	12
	=7th	Stuart Steele + Ducnan Kellaway	11
	=9th	Ashley Prescott + Tim Scott-Branagan	10
	=11th	Bruce Lennon + Ian Herman + Anthony Banik	9
1994	1st	Anthony Banik	17
	=2nd	Matthew Dundas + Tristan Lynch	12
	4th	Mark Merenda	10
	=5th	Robert Schaefer + James Thiessen	9
	=7th	Stuart Edwards + Mark Neeld + Ashley Prescott + Allister Scott	8
	=9th	Brian Leys + Haydn Robins	7
	=11th	John Howat + Mark McQueen + Mark Pitura	6
1995	1st	Justin Murphy	29
	2nd	Matthew Francis	25
	3rd	Jamie Elliott	21
	4th	Matthew Dundas	20
	=5th	Tristan Lynch + Adam Slater	19
	7th	Mark McQueen	18
	=8th	Simon Kerry + Chris Sullivan	17
	10th	Simon Eastaugh + Paul King	16
1996	1st	John Howat	69
	2nd	Chris Sullivan	54
	3rd	Joel Bowden	49
	4th	Ben Moore	46
	5th	Ed Richardson	44
	=6th	Ben Harrison + Nick Jewell	38
	8th	Jason Torney	35
	9th	Ross Funcke	32
	10th	Mark Neeld	28
1997	1st	Justin Plapp	76
	2nd	Andrew Kellaway	73
	3rd	Chris Naish	70
	4th	Brett Evans	68
	5th	Ewan Thompson	61
	6th	Ben Moore	55
	=7th	Mark Chaffey + Daniel Donati + Daryl Griffin + Ben Harrison	47
	9th	Jason Torney	46
	=10th	Stephen Jurica + Trent Nichols + Jason Ramsey	45
1998	1st	Robert Taylor	114
	2nd	Ben Hollands	113
	3rd	Greg Tivendale	101
	4th	Paul Greenham	97
	5th	David Mitchell	96
	6th	Matt Greig	90
	7th	Lionel Proctor	89
	8th	Matthew Mansfield	83
	9th	Steve McKee	82
	10th	Nathan Bower + John Rombotis	79
1999	1st	Robert Taylor	21
	2nd	Greg Tivendale	20
	=3rd	Ben Hollands + Ben Moore	17
	=5th	Craig Biddiscombe + Jason Torney	15
	=7th	Ray Hall + Paul Greenham + Rory Hilton + Lionel Proctor	13
	9th	Chris Bossong	12
	=10th	Justin Plapp + Pat Steinfort	11
2000
2001	1st	Jason Lappin	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2002	1st	Dean Talbot	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2003	1st	Leigh Carlson	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2004	1st	Ryan O'Connor	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2005	1st	Michael Rix	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2006	=1st	Jake King, Alistair Neville	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2007	1st	Paul Shelton	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2008	1st	Greg Tivendale	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2009	1st	Nick Liddle	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2010	1st	Sam Power	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2011	1st	Sam Power	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2012	1st	Willie Wheeler	Reserves affiliated with Coburg.
2013	1st	Daniel Venditti	Reserves affiliated with Coburg. Last year of affiliation.
2014	1st	Ross Young
2015	1st	Matt Dea	49
	2nd	Matt Thomas	37
	=3rd	James Wall + Jaryd Cachia	31
	5th	Matt McDonough	28
	6th	Liam McBean	27
	=7th	Shaun Hampson + Matt Arnot + Nick Wynne + David Astbury	26
	11th	Jason Castagna	22
2016	1st	Adam Marcon	44
	2nd	Sam Darley	38
	3rd	Jason Castagna	36
	4th	Nathan Broad	35
	=5th	Ivan Maric + Jason Townsend	31
2017	1st	Anthony Miles	64
	2nd	Jake Batchelor	63
	3rd	Jake Ballard	49
	=4th	Jake Townsend + Hugh Beasley	48
	6th	Corey Ellis	44
	7th	Daniel Coffield	41
	=8th	Sam Lloyd + Ryan Garthwaite	40
	10th	Ben Lennon	37
2018	1st	Anthony Miles	60
	2nd	Corey Ellis	59
	3rd	Jake Aarts	50
	=4th	Tyson Stengle + Ryan Garthwaite	48
	6th	Tom Silvestro	46
	7th	Connor Menadue	43
	8th	Steve Morris	38
	=9th	Sam Lloyd + Liam Baker	37
2019	1st	Daniel Coffield	56
	2nd Jacob Townsend	54
	3rd	Hugh Beasley	52
	=4th	Steve Morris + Ryan Garthwaite + Derek Eggmolesse-Smith	50
	=7th	Dan Butler + Jake Aarts	46
	9th	Callum Coleman-Jones	44
	10th	Patrick Naish	43
2020	Season Cancelled
2021	1st	Will Martyn	28 votes
	2nd	Lachlan Street	24
	3rd	Derek Eggmolesse-Smith	22
	4th	Callum Coleman-Jones	21
	5th	Samson Ryan	20
2022	1st	Jake Aarts
	=2nd	Rhyan Mansell, Will Martyn and Lachlan Street
	=5th	Sam Banks and Sydney Stack
2023	1st	J Trezise	41
	=2nd	Lachlan Street + Tyler Sonsie	37
	4th	Sam Banks	35
	+5th	Thompson Dow + T Brindley	32
	7th	C Olden	31
	8th	B Melville	27
	9th	M. El Nour	26
	10th	G McDonagh	24
2024	=1st	Tom Brindlay, Sam Davidson, Lachlan Wilson

Further reading:
Seniors Best and Fairest
Under 19s Best and Fairest
Fourths Best and Fairest