2009 AFL Brownlow medal count club-by-club

CLUB-by-club votes from the 2009 AFL Brownlow medal count.

CLUB-by-club votes from the 2009 AFL Brownlow medal count.

TEAM TOTALS
St Kilda 110
Geelong 98
Brisbane Lions 85
Adelaide 83
Western Bulldogs 78
Carlton 78
Collingwood 75
Sydney Swans 70
Port Adelaide 60
Essendon 58
West Coast Eagles 53
Hawthorn 50
North Melbourne 44
Fremantle 42
Richmond 41
Melbourne 31

ADELAIDE

2000 winner Andrew McLeod needed 13 votes to topple Mark Ricciuto’s club record 146, but had to wait until Round 19 for his first votes and finished with seven. Bernie Vince pipped equal club favourite Scott Thompson 13 votes to 11. 

Bernie Vince 13
Scott Thompson 11
Tyson Edwards, Andrew McLeod, Kurt Tippett 7
Michael Doughty, Simon Goodwin 6
Chris Knights 5
Nathan Bock, Jason Porplyzia 4
Richard Douglas, Andy Otten, Brent Reilly, Ben Rutten 3
Taylor Walker 1

BRISBANE LIONS

It seemed the umpires’ love affair with Simon Black was over. The $1.50 club favourite had to wait until Round 8 to poll, but came home strong to tie with Jonathan Brown. Black moved to 161career votes, tied ninth with Fitzroy’s Garry Wilson on the all-time vote-getters.

Simon Black, Jonathan Brown 19
Luke Power 9
Mitch Clark 8
Daniel Rich 6
Travis Johnstone 5
*Jared Brennan 4
Joel Patfull, Jed Adcock 3
Bradd Dalziell, Ashley McGrath, Daniel Merrett 2
Daniel Bradshaw, Josh Drummond, Justin Sherman 1

CARLTON

The new breed of Marc Murphy ($5.50) and Bryce Gibbs ($8.50) gave Chris Judd something to chase, and the 2004 medallist responded with 22 votes. Gibbs more than doubled his previous career tally of seven votes to finish with 15, alongside Murphy.

Chris Judd 22
Bryce Gibbs, Marc Murphy 15
Brendan Fevola 11
*Kade Simpson 5
Eddie Betts, Nick Stevens, Bret Thornton 2
Setanta O'hAilpin, Jarrad Waite, Richard Hadley, Matthew Kreuzer 1

COLLINGWOOD

No wonder the Pies were desperate to get Scott Pendlebury back in the side last Saturday. Pendlebury topped the Pies’ voting with 13, one ahead of fancies Dane Swan and Alan Didak.  And captain Nick Maxwell broke his duck, polling three votes in Round 9.

Scott Pendlebury 13
Alan Didak, Dane Swan 12
Leon Davis 10
Josh Fraser 6
*Heath Shaw, Dayne Beams 5
*Nick Maxwell, Tarkyn Lockyer 3
Travis Cloke 2
*John Anthony, Brad Dick, Paul Medhurst, Simon Prestigiacomo 1

ESSENDON

Jobe Watson relished playing the Saints this year, racking up 76 touches in two games. He got just two votes in Round 8 but took the three in the Dons’ upset win in Round 20. Watson shared club honours on 10 votes with surprise packet Jason Winderlich.

Jason Winderlich, Jobe Watson 10
Brent Stanton 8
*Patrick Ryder, Dustin Fletcher, Andrew Lovett 5
*Matthew Lloyd, Angus Monfries, Andrew Welsh 3
Michael Hurley, Scott Lucas 2
*Adam McPhee, Alwyn Davey 1

FREMANTLE

Being 211cm tall has its advantages, including attracting votes. All-Australian ruckman Aaron Sandilands was $1.52 club favourite and polled an equal careerhigh 10 votes. He shared honours with Matthew Pavlich. Chris Tarrant again went voteless.

Matthew Pavlich, Aaron Sandilands 10
Paul Hasleby 7
Stephen Hill 4
Paul Duffield, Luke McPharlin 3
Greg Broughton 2
Kepler Bradley, Michael Johnson, Chris Mayne 1

GEELONG

Last year the Cats racked up 112 votes—with five players polling 10 or more. This year they tallied 98 votes.  Paul Chapman (12 votes) had seven votes in six rounds, but Joel Selwood was runner-up at Catland with 16 votes from Jimmy Bartel on 13.

Gary Ablett 30
Joel Selwood 16
Jimmy Bartel 13
Paul Chapman 12
*Joel Corey 7
Steve Johnson 6
Matthew Scarlett, Shannon Byrnes 3
*Cameron Mooney, Cameron Ling, Darren Milburn 2
Brad Ottens, Harry Taylor 1

HAWTHORN

The 2008 premier polled 91 votes last year, but could muster only 50 this time. Lance Franklin collected 20 last year but had to wait until Round 16 for his first votes to finish with four. The ineligible Sam Mitchell ($1.04) and Brad Sewell tied on 13 votes.

*Sam Mitchell, Brad Sewell 13
Luke Hodge 7
*Lance Franklin, Jarryd Roughead 4
*Chance Bateman 3
Jordan Lewis, Cyril Rioli 2
Brent Guerra, Ben McGlynn 1

MELBOURNE

Aaron Davey was the shining light for the wooden-spooner Dees. But the $1.65 fancy polled in just three games for six votes, which was still enough for a club-high by one. Melbourne polled just 24 votes in 2008, but managed 31 this year. Liam Jurrah did not poll.

Aaron Davey 6
Brent Moloney, *Colin Sylvia 5
Nathan James 4
Jack Grimes 3
Matthew Bate, Paul Johnson, James McDonald 2
Brock McLean, Shane Valenti 1

NORTH MELBOURNE

Despite missing seven games, Brent Harvey was still $1.25 favourite to top the Kangas’ votes. His three votes in Round 19 was enough to beat the retiring Adam Simpson and Andrew Swallow by two. Simpson took his career tally to 72 votes in 306 games.

Brent Harvey 9
Adam Simpson, Andrew Swallow 7
*Drew Petrie 5
Josh Gibson, David Hale, Hamish McIntosh 4
Todd Goldstein, Leigh Harding 2

PORT ADELAIDE

Kane Cornes was $3.25 club favourite but polled in just two games for four votes. David Rodan surprised to share equal club honours with Warren Tredrea on seven votes. Shaun Burgoyne, who wants a trade from Port, did not poll in his nine games.

Warren Tredrea, David Rodan 7
Robbie Gray 6
*Domenic Cassisi, Travis Boak, Brett Ebert 5
*Dean Brogan, Kane Cornes, Danyle Pearce 4
Chad Cornes, Jason Davenport, Daniel Motlop, Jacob Surjan 3
Toby Thurstans 1

RICHMOND

New colours didn’t do 2005 winner Ben Cousins any favours. He had to wait until Round 17 for his first votes and collected just five in his return to footy. Out-of-favour Joel Bowden went voteless and Shane Tuck scrambled just two.

Matthew Richardson 6
Ben Cousins, Brett Deledio, Daniel Jackson, Richard Tambling 5
Nathan Foley 4
Robin Nahas, *Jack Riewoldt 3
Chris Newman, Shane Tuck 2
Trent Cotchin 1

ST KILDA

The ‘Fab Five’ became the ‘Super Six’, with Justin Koschitzke making it six Saints with 10 votes or more. The 110 votes smashed its club high of 91 votes in 1971, when it was runner-up to the Hawks in the GF. Essendon’s 2000 tally of 116 is the record.

Lenny Hayes 20
Nick Dal Santo 17
Nick Riewoldt 15
Brendon Goddard 14
Leigh Montagna 13
*Justin Koschitzke 11
Farren Ray, *Michael Gardiner 5
David Armitage 3
Stephen Milne, Jason Gram 2
Luke Ball, Sam Gilbert, Clinton Jones 1

SYDNEY

Sydney Swans best-and-fairest Ryan O’Keefe found votes tough to find early, but rallied to finish tied second with captain Brett Kirk on 11 votes.  The retiring Barry Hall finished with three votes, while Micky O went voteless in his swansong year.

Adam Goodes 17
Brett Kirk, Ryan O'Keefe 11
Jarrad McVeigh 10
Rhyce Shaw 6
Craig Bolton 5
*Barry Hall, Martin Mattner 3
Jude Bolton, Darren Jolly 2

WEST COAST

Mark LeCras was deemed unlucky to miss All-Australian, but tallied nine votes to top the club. Club favourite Adam Selwood ($3) polled just four, while best-and-fairest Darren Glass polled three. Nic Naitanui earned a vote for his heroics against the Hawks in Round 13.

Mark LeCras 9
Matt Priddis 7
*Daniel Kerr 6
Dean Cox, Shannon Hurn 5
Andrew Embley, Adam Selwood 4
Darren Glass, Quinten Lynch, Tom Swift 3
Tim Houlihan, Nick Naitanui, Matt Rosa, David Wirrpanda 1

WESTERN BULLDOGS

Jason Akermanis showed he was good enough to go around again with 10 votes. Club favourite Matt Boyd ($1.36) was top votegetter with 14, while captain Brad Johnson polled his first vote in two years. Seventeen Dogs polled—the highest tally of the night.

Matthew Boyd 14
Shaun Higgins 11
*Jason Akermanis 10
Daniel Cross 8
Brian Lake 7
Daniel Giansiracusa 5
Ryan Griffen, Mitch Hahn 4
Adam Cooney, Jarrod Harbrow 3
Nathan Eagleton, Lindsay Gilbee 2
Dylan Addison, Ryan Hargrave, Josh Hill, Brad Johnson, Robert Murphy 1

Notes: * denotes player ineligible