2019 JOHN NICHOLLS MEDALLIST
CRIPPS TAKES HOME THIRD JOHN NICHOLLS MEDAL
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Co-captain Patrick Cripps made John Nicholls Medal history, as he became the Club’s youngest three-time best-and-fairest winner after an outstanding 2019 season. The vote count went down to the wire in front of more than 1,300 people at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, as Cripps (143 votes) narrowly edged out runner-up Ed Curnow (138 votes) and third-placed Lachie Plowman (134 votes). In one of the closest vote counts in recent times, Curnow was leading with just five rounds to go before Cripps made his move to achieve back-to-back John Nicholls Medals to go with his first win in 2015. Cripps flourished in his first season as co-captain, and now joins Carlton greats Craig Bradley, Stephen Kernahan, Chris Judd, Brett Ratten and John James as three-time winners of the John Nicholls Medal.