1931 Brownlow Medal

December 2017 August 2015 1931 Brownlow Medal Winner Haydn Bunton ()26 votes 1930 Brownlow Medal 1932 The 1931 Brownlow Medal was the eighth year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season.AFL Record Season Guide 2009 2009 Lovett, Michael Slattery Media Group Docklands, Victoria 496 978-0-9805162-6-5 Haydn Bunton of the Fitzroy Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 1931 VFL season.1931 Brownlow Medal http://afltables.com/afl/brownlow/brownlow1931.html 3 November 2016 Following the previous season's three-way tie, and the confusion which followed, the conditions governing the medal were amended. From this season, the umpire would award votes to the best three players on the ground – three votes to the best player, two to the second best, and one to the third best. The player with the most overall votes would win; in the event of a tie, the player with the most three-vote games would win, then the player with the most two-vote games. A new provision under which a player who had been suspended during the season became ineligible for the award was also added.The Argus Melbourne, VIC League Football - Premiership Rounds 25 April 1931 20 Leading votegetters Player Votes 1st Haydn Bunton Sr. () 26 2nd Allan Hopkins () 25 3rd Reg Hickey () 19 4th John Lewis () 17 =5th Stan Judkins () 15 Percy Beames () Ivan McAlpine () 8th Fred Phillips (StK) 14 =9th Harold Rumney () 11 Ernest Utting () Harold Matthews (StK) Colin Martyn () Howard Okey () References Category:1931 in Australian rules football 1931