Thursday, February 17, 2011

2009 Best & Fairest Australian Category

Ben "Bumper" Vawser claims the Australian Best & Fairest Award
2009 was a huge year for the Quebec Saints winning the Mike Pyke Cup for the first time. The votes for the Best & Fairest were compiled from 13 matches, 7 ECAFL games, 5 OAFL Division 2 games and 1 Exhibition match. All players put in a terrific effort and some made outstanding contributions on-field. For 2009 the voting system for the Best and fairest was split into two categories, Australian and Canadian/World, The voting was done each game by 5 people, each person giving votes in a 5-4-3-2-1 format for both categories.

The Results: Top 10 in bold

Australian
Plc. Vts. Name.
1st. 162 - Ben Vawser (Western Australia)
2nd. 135 - Luke Anderson (Victoria)
3rd. 128 - Fred Frost (Tasmania)
4th. 99 - Pat Considine (Victoria)
5th. 79 - Matthew Wood (Victoria)
6th. 71 - Carl Ferreri (Western Australia)
7th. 52 - Anthony Williams (Victoria)
8th. 43 - Shane Shearer (?)
9th. 34 - Mick Lacy (Victoria)
10th 24 - Sean Claney (Victoria)
11th 23 - Shane Blight (Victoria)
11th 23 - Corey Bowen (Victoria)* Ottawa Swans
13th 13 - Emlyn Vivian (Victoria)
14th 10 - Yaser Abou Elenein (?)
15th 9 - Dave Wilson (Victoria)
16th 8 - Dani Anderson (Victoria)
17th 7 - Barry Poustie (Victoria)
18th  6 - Benjamin Burt (Victoria)