Claremont midfielder Kane Mitchell claimed the 2012 Sandover Medal at Crown Perth’s Grand Ballroom with a record-equalling 58 votes.
Mitchell averaged 25.4 possessions a game including five matches where he had 30 or more disposals. He also booted 27 majors for the season including five in Round 16 against Swan Districts and then another three on three separate occasions.
He polled five votes in seven games and four votes on four occasions to equal the record of 58 votes set by Matt Priddis (Subiaco) in 2006.
West Perth's Mark Hutchings also polled extremely well with 51 votes to finish runner-up while East Perth's Paul Johnson came third with 42 votes.
Mitchell added the Sandover Medal to his swag of awards for 2012 including the AAMI WAFL Player of the Year Award, WAFL Football Budget Player of the Year Award and West Australian Newspapers WAFL Player of the Year Award.
He now has a premiership in his sights with Claremont playing East Fremantle in the WAFL Grand Final at Patersons Stadium on Sunday 23 September.
Final Leaderboard
58 - Kane Mitchell (Claremont)
51 - Mark Hutchings (West Perth)
42 - Paul Johnson (East Perth)
39 - Shaun Hildebrandt (Swan Districts)
36 - Brendon Jones (Peel Thunder)
34 - Rory O’Brien (East Fremantle)
34 - Ross Young (Perth)
33 - Luke Blackwell* (Claremont)
32 - Craig Wulff* (East Perth)
30 - Thomas Roach (Swan Districts)
Club by Club Leaderboard
Claremont
Kane Mitchell 58
Luke Blackwell* 33
Thomas Lee 29
Jake Murphy 23
Ian Richardson 21
East Fremantle
Rory O’Brien 34
Koby Stevens 28
Mark McGough* 26
Brad Dalzeill 11
Jayden Schofield 11
East Perth
Paul Johnson 42
Craig Wulff* 32
Garry Moss 20
Freddie Clutterbuck 17
Nick Kommer* 9
Peel Thunder
Brendon Jones 36
Patrick Travers 23
Bradley Holmes 9
Anthony Morabito* 8
Matthew Orzel* 7
Perth
Ross Young 34
Nick Lower 14
Alistair Smith 10
Sam Butler 8
Leon Davis* 7
South Fremantle
Ryan Cook 18
Ben Saunders* 17
Kris Miller 16
Toby Bairstow 11
Haiden Schloithe* 11
Subiaco
Aidan Parker 27
Jason Bristow 22
Callum Sinclair 16
Desmond Headland* 6
Conor Davidson* 5
Rhys Waters 5
Swan Districts
Shaun Hildebrandt 39
Thomas Roach 30
Ashley Hansen 23
Josh Roberts 17
Matt Riggio* 15
West Perth
Mark Hutchings 51
Shane Nelson 23
Andrew Strijk 12
Jordan Jones 8
Christopher Keunen 7
*ineligible
