Senior Best & Fairest
The award was first named the G. J. Coles Cup, then the W. Freeland Trophy
before its present title of J. A. Esam Medal in 1982.
| 1946 |
J. Maguire |
South Juniors |
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| 1947 |
Paddy O’Keefe |
East Stars |
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| |
Stuart Isles |
West End |
|
| |
Dudley Maslin |
Merrivale |
|
| |
Bill Maguire |
South Rovers |
|
| 1948 |
Kevin O’Keefe |
East Stars |
17 |
| 1949 |
Jack Hawthorne |
South Rovers |
32 |
| 1950 |
Kevin O’Keefe |
East Stars |
21 |
| 1951 |
John Devlin |
South Rovers |
22 |
| 1952 |
Kevin Bren |
Russells Creek |
21 |
| 1953 |
Kevin Bren |
Russells Creek |
19 |
| 1954 |
Gavin Gleeson |
Merivale |
14 |
| |
Neil Johnstone |
Dennington |
14 |
| 1955 |
Jim Fitzgerald |
South Rovers |
14 |
| 1956 |
Lionel Lovett |
Dennington |
23 |
| 1957 |
Neville Anders |
Tower Hill |
33 |
| 1958 |
Anthony Ryan |
Old Collegians |
20 |
| 1959 |
Jim Bushell |
Tower Hill |
21 |
| 1960 |
Peter Madden |
Tower Hill |
14 |
| |
John Carmody |
Merrivale |
14 |
| 1961 |
Brian Primmer |
Russells Creek |
17 |
| |
Robert Edwards |
Bushfield |
17 |
| 1962 |
Brian Primmer |
Russells Creek |
16 |
| |
Les Hawkins |
Old Collegians |
16 |
| |
Noel Lawson |
South Rovers |
16 |
| 1963 |
Norm McCullagh |
South Rovers |
25 |
| 1964 |
Gerry Lane |
Tower Hill |
27 |
| 1965 |
Norm McCullagh |
South Rovers |
24 |
| 1966 |
Ron Reed |
Dennington |
26 |
| 1967 |
Peter Lake |
West End |
23 |
| 1968 |
Basil Ryan |
Grassmere |
19 |
| |
William Dwyer |
Tower Hill |
19 |
| 1969 |
Noel Thornton |
Dennington |
20 |
| 1970 |
Barry Sullivan |
South Rovers |
25 |
| 1971 |
Norm Thwaites |
West End-Allansford |
22 |
| 1972 |
Pat Gleeson |
Grassmere |
20 |
| 1973 |
Glendon Henry |
West End-Allansford) |
18 |
| 1974 |
Brendan Moloney |
Tower Hill |
26 |
| 1975 |
Jeff Griffiths |
East Warrnambool |
27 |
| 1976 |
Michael Hamblin |
Merrivale |
21 |
| 1977 |
Brendan Moloney |
Tower Hill |
24 |
| 1978 |
Frank King |
Tower Hill |
25 |
| 1979 |
Michael Hamblin |
Merrivale |
23 |
| 1980 |
Terry Carr |
West End-Allansford |
29 |
| 1981 |
Gary McLeod |
Grassmere |
22 |
| |
J. A. Esam Medal |
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| 1982 |
Wayne Cox |
Dennington |
33 |
| 1983 |
Wayne Cox |
Dennington |
23 |
| 1984 |
Wayne Cox |
Dennington |
30 |
| 1985 |
Wayne Cox |
Dennington |
18 |
| 1986 |
Peter Doolan |
Old Collegians |
22 |
| 1987 |
Iain Jackson |
Russells Creek |
15 |
| |
Don Steel |
West End-Allansford |
15 |
| |
Jamie Darmody |
Northern Districts |
15 |
| 1988 |
John Lyons |
East Warrnmabool |
28 |
| 1989 |
Robert Mifsud |
Old Collegians |
22 |
| 1990 |
Murray Turner |
Dennington |
27 |
| 1991 |
David Cassidy |
Merrivale |
26 |
| 1992 |
Gary Rowbottom |
West End-Allansford |
26 |
| 1993 |
Ken Wines |
Northern Districts |
20 |
| 1994 |
Dean Picken |
South Rovers |
19 |
| |
Jason Porter |
Merrivale |
19 |
| 1995 |
Simon Cross |
East Warrnambool |
28 |
| 1996 |
Dean Picken |
South Rovers |
25 |
| 1997 |
Leo Duynhoven |
Old Collegians |
21 |
| 1998 |
Jamie Neave |
Merrivale |
21 |
| 1999 |
Jodie Bailie |
Russells Creek |
24 |
| 2000 |
Peter Hobbs |
Panmure |
25 |
| 2001 |
Jamie Squires |
Dennington |
23 |
| 2002 |
Brad Sheen |
Allansford |
20 |
| 2003 |
Chris Morrison |
Deakin University |
23 |
| 2004 |
Matt Scoble |
East Warrnambool |
22 |
| 2005 |
Troy Richardson |
Old Collegians |
22 |
| 2006 |
Klint Wagstaff |
Timboon Demons |
26 |
| 2007 |
Matthew Steel |
Allansford |
37 |
| 2008 |
Matthew Steel |
Allansford |
30 |
| 2009 |
Luke Madden |
Kolora-Noorat |
32 |
| 2010 |
Jye Bidmade |
Panmure |
35 |
| 2011 |
Bradley Johnson |
Kolora-Noorat |
24 |
| 2012 |
Corey Rounds |
Kolora-Noorat |
31 |
| |
Nicholas Johnstone |
Allansford |
31 |
| 2013 |
Brad McCosh |
South Rovers |
25 |
| 2014 |
Nicholas Johnstone |
Allansford |
22 |
| 2015 |
Josh Sobey |
Merrivale |
19 |
| 2016 |
Joseph Conheady |
Kolora-Noorat |
22 |
| 2017 |
Scott Lenehan |
Old Collegians |
25 |
| 2018 |
Andrew McMeel |
Russells Creek |
25 |
| 2019 |
Andrew McMeel |
Russells Creek |
19 |
