Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
2016 Carlton Football Club season
Table title:
John Nicholls Medal
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Pos. </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Player </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th></tr>
<tr> <td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1st </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Sam Docherty </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 179 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2nd </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Kade Simpson </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 169 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3rd </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Patrick Cripps </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 168 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4th </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Bryce Gibbs </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 149 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 5th </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ed Curnow </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 115 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 6th </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Sam Rowe </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=2 > 114 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Matthew Wright </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 8th </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Zach Tuohy </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 93 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9th </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Matthew Kreuzer </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 83 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 10th </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Sam Kerridge </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 82 </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
What was the result of the 2016 Carlton Football Club season?
Answer:
The winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Sam Docherty, who polled 179 votes to beat Kade Simpson (169 votes) and Patrick Cripps (168 votes).