List of individual match awards in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League

List of individual match awards in the Australian Football League

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First awarded	Club "A"	Club "B"	Team award	Individual award	Details

1965	Carlton	Melbourne	R. D. Barassi Trophy	Named in honour of Ron Barassi, Jr., who played with both clubs. The trophy was first presented in 1965, the year after Barassi transferred from Melbourne to Carlton.

1986	Melbourne	Richmond	Berry Street Cup	Contested in support of Berry Street, a children and family welfare organisation.

1993	Collingwood	Carlton	Peter Mac Cup	Played in support of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Once shared between the two clubs' home matches, but since 2009 always contested at Collingwood home games against Carlton.

1995	Essendon	Western Bulldogs	EJ Whitten Cup	Contested at each match between the teams. Named in honour of Footscray legend Ted Whitten.

1996	Fremantle	various	Len Hall Anzac Medal	Awarded to the player displaying the most courage, teamwork and self-sacrifice in Fremantle's match during the Anzac Day Round. The match is named in honour of Western Australia's last surviving Gallipoli veteran, Len Hall (1897–1999), and the game is known as the Len Hall Tribute Game.

1997	Adelaide	Port Adelaide	Showdown Trophy	Showdown Medal	Showdown: The best on ground award has been presented since 2000 to the best on ground Showdown matches. For Showdown XXXIX only, the medal was renamed the Phil Walsh Medal in honour of the late Adelaide coach Phil Walsh, who was murdered earlier in the month in which this particular Showdown took place.

1997	St Kilda	Western Bulldogs	Barker–Whitten Challenge Plate	Named in honour of club legends Trevor Barker (St Kilda) and Ted Whitten (Footscray) and established in 1997, shortly after the deaths from cancer of both men.

1998	Carlton	Essendon	Madden Cup	Named in honour of brothers Simon Madden (378 games for Essendon) and Justin Madden (45 games for Essendon and 287 games for Carlton).

1999	Hawthorn	St Kilda	Blue Ribbon Cup	Silk-Miller Medal	Played in support of the Victorian Police Blue Ribbon Foundation. The matches are played, and the best on ground medal is named, in honour of police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller, who were killed in the line of duty in August 1998.

2000	Collingwood	Essendon	Anzac Medal	Anzac Day clash: Awarded to the player displaying the most courage, skill, self-sacrifice and teamwork in the match between Essendon and Collingwood.

2000	Collingwood	Western Bulldogs	Robert Rose Cup	Bob Rose-Charlie Sutton Medal	Played in support of the Robert Rose Foundation, which supports Victorians with spinal cord injuries, and named in honour of former Collingwood and Footscray player Robert Rose, who was paralysed in a car accident.

2001	Fremantle	West Coast	Western Derby Trophy	Glendinning-Allan Medal	Western Derby: Best on ground medal has been presented since 2001 and was originally named the Ross Glendinning Medal, named solely after Western Australian footballer Ross Glendinning.

2002	Essendon	Sydney	Marn Grook Trophy	Named in honour of the historical Aboriginal game Marn Grook, often considered to be an ancestor of modern Australian rules football.

2003	Carlton	Hawthorn	David Parkin Medal	Awarded to the best on ground in an annual match between the teams each season. Named in honour of former Hawthorn premiership player and premiership coach of both clubs David Parkin.

2003	Collingwood	North Melbourne	Jason McCartney Medal	Awarded to the player displaying the most courage and determination in a match between the teams each season. Named in honour of North Melbourne and Collingwood player Jason McCartney, who survived the 2002 Bali bombings..

2004	Collingwood	Richmond	Jack Dyer–Lou Richards Trophy	Named in honour of club legends Jack Dyer (Richmond) and Lou Richards (Collingwood).

2004	Geelong	Western Bulldogs	Western Victoria Cup	Sponsored by Origin Energy.

2004	Port Adelaide	various	Peter Badcoe VC Medal	Awarded to the player displaying the most courage, teamwork and self-sacrifice in Port Adelaide's match during the Anzac Day Round. Named in honour of South Australian Vietnam War hero Major Peter Badcoe.

2004	Richmond	St Kilda	Ian Stewart Medal	Awarded to the best on ground in an annual match between the teams each season. Named in honour of former St Kilda and Richmond player Ian Stewart, who won Brownlow Medals and premierships with both clubs.

2005	Essendon	Richmond	Kevin Sheedy Cup	Yiooken Award	Dreamtime at the 'G: Named in honour of former Richmond player and then-Essendon coach Kevin Sheedy. The best on ground award, awarded since 2006, is named for the Woiwurrung word for 'dreaming'.

2006	Hawthorn	Geelong (2006-2012)	beyondblue Cup	Supporting and raising awareness for depression and anxiety through beyondblue. Then-Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett was chairman of beyondblue at the time of the first contest.

various (2013-present)

2008	Essendon	North Melbourne	Archer-Hird Medal	Awarded to the player displaying the most courage and determination in the first match between the teams each season. Named in honour of Glenn Archer (North Melbourne) and James Hird (Essendon), who were both known for their courage.

2009	Carlton	Collingwood	Richard Pratt Cup	Richard Pratt Medal	Contested at Carlton home games against Collingwood. Played in support of the Pratt Foundation, and first played after the death in April 2009 of former Carlton president Richard Pratt.

2009	Hawthorn	various	Alec Campbell Cup	Frank McDonald Medal	Cup named in honour of Australia's last surviving Gallipoli veteran Alec Campbell, and the best on ground medal named in honour of Australia's last surviving decorated World War I veteran Frank MacDonald.

2010	Adelaide	Collingwood	Westpac Community Cup	Played in support of a different community volunteer causes each year (past causes have included the Country Fire Authority and Surf Lifesavers of Victoria and South Australia.

2010	Sydney	West Coast	HMAS Sydney II Trophy	Named in honour of the World War II cruiser named HMAS Sydney which was sunk in battle in 1941.

2011	Brisbane Lions	Gold Coast	QClash Trophy	Marcus Ashcroft Medal	QClash: The award for the best on ground in all QClash matches is named in honour of Queensland native Marcus Ashcroft, who played with Brisbane and was an assistant coach at Gold Coast.

2012	Greater Western Sydney	Sydney	White Ribbon Trophy	Brett Kirk Medal	Sydney Derby: Played in support of the White Ribbon Campaign against violence towards women. The best on ground medals is named in honour of New South Wales native and former Sydney captain Brett Kirk.

2012	Greater Western Sydney	Western Bulldogs (2012-2013)	Prime Minister's Cup	Played at one of Greater Western Sydney's home matches in Canberra. The first two cups were played between GWS and Western Bulldogs – of which then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard was the number-one ticket holder – and the opponent has varied in fixtures since the end of Gillard's term.

various (2014-present)

2013	St Kilda	various	Simpson–Henderson Trophy	Awarded to the winning team of St Kilda's home match in Wellington, New Zealand on Anzac Day. Named in honour of Australian John Simpson Kirkpatrick and New Zealander Richard Alexander Henderson, both known for carrying wounded soldiers from World War I battlefields on donkeys.

2015	Collingwood	Melbourne	Neale Daniher Trophy	Queen's Birthday clash: Awarded to the player adjudged best-on-ground during the annual match between the clubs. Named in honour of former Melbourne coach Neale Daniher.

2017	Essendon	Geelong	Tom Wills Medal	Awarded to the player adjudged best-on-ground during the annual Country Game between the clubs. Named in honour of Australian football founder Tom Wills.

Club "A" & Club "B" are listed in alphabetical order, except when award is exclusive to the home fixtures of one club.

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In 2008, the Archer-Hird Medal was created honouring Archer and Essendon Football Club member James Hird.

final_sentence: In 2008, the Archer-Hird Medal was created honouring Archer and Essendon Football Club member James Hird.