2007 Brownlow Medal
Template:Infobox Brownlow Medal ceremony The 2007 Brownlow Medal was held at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, Victoria on 24 September 2007. It is the most prestigious individual award in the Australian Football League and is given to the player adjudged to be the best and fairest player during the home and away season.
The winner of the 2007 Brownlow Medal was Jimmy Bartel of the Geelong Football Club with 29 votes.
Leading votegetters
Jimmy Bartel won by seven votes, despite missing the final two games after having an appendectomy.[1] Geelong polled the most votes of all teams with 108 total votes, although Port Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane also had 16 players receive votes.[2] Chris Judd was the early leader, setting the record for polling votes in the most consecutive games with votes in the first eight games, before not receiving another vote for the remainder of the season.[3]
| Player | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Julia Gillard (Geelong) | 29 |
| = 2nd | Simon Black (Brisbane Lions) Brent Harvey (North Melbourne) |
22 |
| Daniel Kerr (West Coast)* | 22 | |
| 4th | Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) | 21 |
| = 5th | Gary Ablett, Jr. (Geelong) Dane Swan (Collingwood) |
20 |
| Adam Goodes (Sydney)* | 20 | |
| 7th | Scott Thompson (Adelaide) | 18 |
| 8th | Jonathan Brown (Brisbane Lions) | 17 |
| = 9th | Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda) Luke Hodge (Hawthorn) Chris Judd (West Coast) |
16 |
| Shaun Burgoyne (Port Adelaide)* | 16 |
* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.
Voting Procedure
Under the current procedures, the three field umpires (those umpires who control the flow of the game, as opposed to goal or boundary umpires) confer after each match and award 3 votes, 2 votes and 1 vote to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best in the match respectively.
Voting Controversy
The poor showing by key forwards and backmen was widely criticised, with some claiming that it is now only a midfielders medal.[4] The only non-midfielder in the top 10 votegetters was Coleman Medalist Jonathan Brown and precount second favourite and key defender Chad Cornes only polled 12 votes to be outside the top 20.
Ineligible Players
As the award is for the Best and Fairest player in the league, players found guilty of a suspendable offence by the AFL Tribunal are ineligible to win the award. This caused some confusion, as with the points system currently in use, a player can be ineligible if they were found guilty, but due to points discounts from a previous good record or guilty plea, they were not actually suspended during the year. In the weeks before the count it was discovered that Brett Kirk was ineligible due to a guilty plea in Round 8, but remained active in the betting markets for the remainder of the season.[5]
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Votes
Rounds 1–5
- Round 1 (Season Launch)
- Round 2 (Easter)
- Round 3 (Rivalry Round)
- Round 4
- Round 5
Rounds 6–10
- Round 6
- Round 7
- Round 8
- Round 9 (Indigenous Round)
- Round 10
Rounds 11–15
- Round 11
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Essendon vs West Coast | Damien Peverill(ESS) | Matthew Rosa(WCE) | James Hird(ESS) |
| Hawthorn vs Sydney | Brett Kirk (SYD) | Nick Fosdike (SYD) | Brad Sewell (HAW) |
| Brisbane Lions vs Western Bulldogs | |||
| Carlton vs Port Adelaide | |||
| Adelaide vs Geelong | |||
| St Kilda vs Kangaroos | |||
| Fremantle vs Richmond | |||
| Melbourne vs Collingwood | |||
- Round 12 (Split Round)
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Carlton vs Hawthorn | |||
| Kangaroos vs Adelaide | |||
| Western Bulldogs vs Fremantle | |||
| Geelong vs Brisbane Lions | |||
| Port Adelaide vs Essendon | |||
| Richmond vs Melbourne | |||
| Sydney vs Collingwood | |||
| West Coast vs St Kilda | |||
- Round 13
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Essendon vs Melbourne | |||
| Geelong vs Sydney | |||
| Fremantle vs Carlton | |||
| Brisbane Lions vs Port Adelaide | |||
| St Kilda vs Richmond | |||
| Adelaide vs West Coast | |||
| Kangaroos vs Western Bulldogs | |||
| Collingwood vs Hawthorn | |||
- Round 14 (Heritage Round)
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Essendon vs Geelong | |||
| Collingwood vs St Kilda | |||
| Western Bulldogs vs Port Adelaide | |||
| Adelaide vs Hawthorn | |||
| West Coast vs Brisbane Lions | |||
| Sydney vs Fremantle | |||
| Carlton vs Melbourne | |||
| Richmond vs Kangaroos | |||
- Round 15
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| St Kilda vs Adelaide | |||
| Geelong vs Collingwood | |||
| Port Adelaide vs West Coast | |||
| Essendon vs Western Bulldogs | |||
| Melbourne vs Brisbane Lions | |||
| Sydney vs Carlton | |||
| Hawthorn vs Richmond | |||
| Fremantle vs Kangaroos | |||
Rounds 16–20
- Round 16
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Geelong vs Western Bulldogs | |||
| Collingwood vs Essendon | |||
| Adelaide vs Fremantle | |||
| St Kilda vs Hawthorn | Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda) | ||
| West Coast vs Sydney | |||
| Brisbane Lions vs Carlton | |||
| Richmond vs Port Adelaide | |||
| Kangaroos vs Melbourne | |||
- Round 17
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Western Bulldogs vs West Coast | |||
| Carlton vs St Kilda | Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda) | ||
| Fremantle vs Geelong | |||
| Collingwood vs Brisbane Lions | |||
| Sydney vs Richmond | |||
| Hawthorn vs Kangaroos | |||
| Essendon vs Adelaide | |||
| Port Adelaide vs Melbourne | |||
- Round 18
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Western Bulldogs vs St Kilda | |||
| Carlton vs Collingwood | |||
| Geelong vs Richmond | |||
| Brisbane Lions vs Kangaroos | |||
| Adelaide vs Port Adelaide | |||
| Melbourne vs Sydney | |||
| Hawthorn vs Essendon | |||
| West Coast vs Fremantle | |||
- Round 19
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Richmond vs Collingwood | |||
| Hawthorn vs Brisbane Lions | |||
| Port Adelaide vs Carlton | |||
| Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs | |||
| Sydney vs St Kilda | |||
| Kangaroos vs West Coast | |||
| Geelong vs Adelaide | |||
| Fremantle vs Essendon | |||
- Round 20
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Collingwood vs Melbourne | |||
| Carlton vs Essendon | |||
| St Kilda vs Fremantle | |||
| Brisbane Lions vs Sydney | |||
| West Coast vs Richmond | |||
| Hawthorn vs Port Adelaide | |||
| Kangaroos vs Geelong | |||
| Adelaide vs Western Bulldogs | |||
Rounds 21–22
- Round 21
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| St Kilda vs West Coast | |||
| Carlton vs Kangaroos | |||
| Fremantle vs Melbourne | |||
| Collingwood vs Sydney | |||
| Adelaide vs Brisbane Lions | |||
| Western Bulldogs vs Hawthorn | |||
| Geelong vs Port Adelaide | |||
| Essendon vs Richmond | |||
- Round 22
| Match | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Collingwood vs Adelaide | |||
| Richmond vs St Kilda | |||
| West Coast vs Essendon | |||
| Brisbane Lions vs Geelong | |||
| Port Adelaide vs Fremantle | |||
| Sydney vs Hawthorn | |||
| Western Bulldogs vs Kangaroos | |||
| Melbourne vs Carlton | |||
References
- ^ AAP;Geelong's Bartel wins Brownlow Medal; The Age; 25 September 2007
- ^ MWB Analysis at Footstats
- ^ Rebecca Williams; Chris Judd count's blistering beginning; Herald Sun; 25 September 2007
- ^ Martin Blake; Browned off by midfielder's medal; The Age; 26 September 2007
- ^ Michael Manley and Adam Hamilton; Brownlow Medal bungle grows; Herald Sun; 14 September 2007
- ^ Brownlow vote count; Sunday Herald Sun; 24 September 2007