The Michael Roach Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the leading goalkicker (or goalkickers) for the Richmond Football Club.
The award is now named in honour of Michael Roach, Richmond's "best post-war full forward". Roach won the goalkicking award at Richmond on seven occasions; in 1980 kicked the highest individual season goal tally in Tiger history and became only the second Richmond full forward to kick over 100 goals in a season; and was the first Richmond player to win the VFL/AFL goalkicking award twice (Jack Riewoldt winning it for the second time in 2012).
Richmond's best pre-war full forward, Jack Titus, led the goalkicking at Richmond on eleven occasions. Retiring in 2009, Richmond forward Matthew Richardson was the club's leading goalkicker on thirteen occasions.
Former Richmond captain Jeff Hogg won the award five times, while and Kevin Bartlett has won the award four times. Jack Riewoldt won the award twelve times and won the Coleman Medal a club-record three times. A number of players were the club's leading goalkicker for the season on three occasions – George Bayliss, Doug Strang, Dick Harris, Ray Poulter, Bob Dummett, Ted Langridge.
Leading goalkickers by season The following is a list of Richmond leading goalkickers in each season.
^Denotes current player +Player won Coleman Medal in same season
VFA era SeasonPlayer(s)Goals1885Jack Conlon6William Wells1886Alf Hill101887Alf Hill (2)111888Billy Brown531889Billy Brown (2)251890Alf Elder81891Alf Elder (2)151892191893 (2)231894Fred Alsop211895Fred Alsop (2)191896Richard Kelly121897Alf Elder (3)281898Alf Elder (4)201899Hector Milne161900George Backhouse151901James Douglas131902R. Duncan171903341904401905Dick Knell461906 (2)551907 (3)67
VFL era SeasonPlayer(s)Goals 1908 Bill Bourke 25 1909 Bill Bourke (2) 20 1910 Michael Maguire 20 1911 Michael Maguire (2) 29 1912 Ted Keggin 24 1913 Percy Martyn 32 1914 Clarrie Hall 32 1915 Clarrie Hall (2) 25 1916 Percy Martini 22 1917 Charlie Fehring 14 1918 Donald Don 19 1919 Donald Don (2) 31 1920 George Bayliss+ 63 1921 George Bayliss (2) 53 1922 George Bayliss (3) 32 1923 Don Fraser, Sr. 18 1924 Mel Morris 44 1925 Mel Morris (2) 25 1926 Dave Lynch 31 1927 Jack Baggott 37 1928 Jack Baggott (2) 61 1929 Jack Titus 54 1930 Jack Titus (2) 50 1931 Doug Strang 68 1932 Doug Strang (2) 49 1933 Doug Strang (3) 51 1934 Jack Titus (3) 80 1935 Jack Titus (4) 83 1936 Jack Titus (5) 83 1937 Dick Harris+ 65Jack Titus (6) 1938 Jack Titus (7) 72 1939 Jack Titus (8) 48 1940 Jack Titus+ (9) 100 1941 Jack Titus (10) 87 1942 Jack Titus (11) 67 1943 Dick Harris (2) 63 1944 Dick Harris (3) 63 1945 Fred Burge 55 1946 Arthur Mooney 49 1947 Jack Dyer 46 1948 Jack Dyer (2) 64 1949 Ray Poulter 51 1950 Ray Poulter (2) 56 1951 Jack O'Rourke 58 1952 Jack O'Rourke (2) 43 1953 Ron Branton 22 1954 Ron Branton (2) 33 1955 Ray Poulter (3) 49 1956 Bob Dummett 32 1957 Bob Dummett (2) 41 1958 Ted Langridge 28 1959 Bob Dummett (3) 45 1960 Graeme Wilkinson 21 1961 Ted Langridge (2) 29 1962 Ted Langridge (3) 42 1963 Ian Hayden 25 1964 Roger Dean 23 1965 Mick Erwin 32 1966 Paddy Guinane 50 1967 Royce Hart 55 1968 Paddy Guinane (2) 41 1969 Rex Hunt 55 1970 Eric Moore 41 1971 Royce Hart (2) 59 1972 Neil Balme 55Ricky McLean 1973 Neil Balme (2) 34 1974 Kevin Bartlett 47 1975 Kevin Bartlett (2) 42 1976 Robert Lamb 38 1977 Kevin Bartlett (3) 55 1978 Bruce Monteath 55 1979 Michael Roach 90 1980 Michael Roach+ (2) 112 1981 Michael Roach+ (3) 86 1982 Brian Taylor 71 1983 Kevin Bartlett (4) 37Michael Roach (4) 1984 Brian Taylor 61 1985 Michael Roach (5) 80 1986 Michael Roach (6) 62 1987 Michael Roach (7) 43 1988 Jeff Hogg 57 1989 Jeff Hogg (2) 34
AFL era SeasonPlayer(s)Goals 1990 Stephen Ryan 28 1991 Jeff Hogg (3) 68 1992 Jeff Hogg (4) 45 1993 Jeff Hogg (5) 57 1994 Matthew Richardson 56 1995 Nick Daffy 45 1996 Matthew Richardson (2) 91 1997 Matthew Richardson (3) 47 1998 Matthew Richardson (4) 55 1999 Matthew Richardson (5) 67 2000 Matthew Rogers 37 2001 Matthew Richardson (6) 59 2002 Matthew Richardson (7) 36 2003 Matthew Richardson (8) 33 2004 Matthew Richardson (9) 65 2005 Matthew Richardson (10) 65 2006 Matthew Richardson (11) 45 2007 Matthew Richardson (12) 53 2008 Matthew Richardson (13) 48 2009 Mitch Morton 41 2010 Jack Riewoldt+ 78 2011 Jack Riewoldt (2) 62 2012 Jack Riewoldt+ (3) 65 2013 Jack Riewoldt (4) 58 2014 Jack Riewoldt (5) 61 2015 Jack Riewoldt (6) 54 2016 Jack Riewoldt (7) 48 2017 Jack Riewoldt (8) 54 2018 Jack Riewoldt+ (9) 70 2019 Tom Lynch^ 63 2020 Jack Riewoldt (10) 33 2021 Jack Riewoldt (11) 51 2022 Tom Lynch^ (2) 63 2023 Jack Riewoldt (12) 32 2024 Shai Bolton 34 2025 Seth Campbell 28 2026 Mykelti Lefau 23
Multiple winners Number of WinsPlayerSeasons 13 Matthew Richardson 1994, 1996–99, 2001–08 12 Jack Riewoldt 2010–18, 2020–21, 2023 11 Jack Titus 1929–30, 1934–42 7 Michael Roach 1979–81, 1983, 1985–87 5 Jeff Hogg 1988–89, 1991–93 4 Kevin Bartlett 1974–75, 1977, 1983 2 Tom Lynch 2019, 2022
AFL Women's Season Leading goalkicker Goals 2020 Courtney Wakefield 4 2021 Katie Brennan^ 14 2022 (S6) Katie Brennan^ (2) 14 2022 (S7) Courtney Wakefield (2) 14 2023 Katie Brennan^ (3) 142024 Katie Brennan^ (4) 13 Caitlin Greiser^ 2025 Caitlin Greiser (2) 10
References
External links Richmond Honour Roll at Footystats