Best and Fairest
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Best and Fairest (also known as Fairest and Best in some competitions, notably the Australian Football League) is the term commonly used in Australian sport to describe the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition while not receiving a suspension for misconduct or breaching the rules during that season.
In the Australian Football League (formerly the VFL), the Brownlow Medal is awarded to the player who, provided he has not been suspended during the season, receives the most votes from the umpires for being the Fairest and Best player in games during the home and away season. Three votes are awarded to the top ranked Best and Fairest player, two votes to the second ranked player and one vote to the third ranked player. The votes are counted at a gala function on the Monday preceding the Grand Final.
Another "best and fairest" honour, the Leigh Matthews Trophy, is voted on by the AFL's players and awarded by their trade union, the AFL Players Association. Unlike the Brownlow, players who have served disciplinary suspensions during the season retain their eligibility for this award.
The Best and Fairest or Fairest and Best awards in other major competitions are:
- Sandover Medal, WAFL
- Magarey Medal, SANFL (given to the "fairest and most brilliant" player)
- JJ Liston Trophy, originally awarded in the VFA and now in the VFL
- JA Grogan Medal, AFL Queensland
- William Leitch Medal, Southern Football League (Tasmania)
- Baldock Medal, Northern Tasmanian Football League
- Nichols Medal, Northern Territory Football League
- Larke Medal, Division 1 of the National Under 18 Championships
- HC Harrison Medal, Division 2 of the National Under 18 Championships
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