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With little surprise, Plugger Bill Martin takes the 1901 Austral Wheelrace riding from scratch. Second is A.C. Middleton (160 yds) and third Don Walker (40 yds). For the win he took £445 in official prizemoney but years later it was confirmed that enormous sums of money changed hands in this race.

Men's Honour Roll

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Hcp. yards
001 Harry LAMBTON 1887 210 Melb. C G
002 Dick DAVIS 1888 SCR Melb. C G
003 J J MULLINS 1889 140 Melb. C G
004 Tom BUSST 1890 SCR Melb. C G
005 Arthur TURNER 1891 240 Melb. C G
006 Harry LAMBTON 1892 200 Melb. C G
007 Gordon WOODWARD 1893 270 Melb. C G
008 Alf MIDDLETON 1894 180 Melb. C G
009 Alfred CRISP 1895 255 Melb. C G
010 Charles KELLOW 1896 15 Melb. C G
011 James CARPENTER 1897 85 Melb. C G
012 Tom FINNIGAN 1898 220 Melb. C G
013 Percy BEAUCHAMP 1899 150 Melb. C G
014 A C 'Charles' FORBES 1900 30 Melb. C G
015 Bill 'Plugger' MARTIN 1901 SCR Melb. C G
016 F J 'Murray' AUGER 1902 240 Melb. C G
017 Fred SCHEPS 1903 160 Melb. C G
018 A J 'Jackie' CLARKE 1905 150 Exhib. Oval
019 J H SANDBERG 1905 140 Exhib. Oval
020 Harry THOMAS 1906 20 Exhib. Oval
021 A C COLVIN 1907 150 Melb. C G
022 M McPHERSON 1908 280 Melb. C G
023 A H PIANTA 1909 210 Melb. C G
024 Frank CORRY 1910 90 Melb. C G
025 E PRIESTLEY 1912 200 Exhib. Oval
026 P B HENRY 1913 60 Exhib. Oval
027 Ern TAMME 1920 50 Exhib. Oval
028 Lou CLIFFORD 1921 80 Exhib. Oval
029 Jack FITZGERALD 1922 SCR Exhib. Oval
030 Dick FORD 1923 120 Exhib. Oval
031 A J 'Pidge" DAVIES 1923 200 Melb. C G
032 Frank CORRY 1925 160 Motordome
033 Eric GIBAUD 1925 60 Exhib. Oval
034 Bowie STEVENS 1927 70 Exhib. Oval
035 Cecil HANNEMAN 1927 160 Motordome
036 Cecil MANNERS 1927 245 Motordome
037 R H 'Fatty" LAMB 1929 30 Motordome
038 Keith THURGOOD 1936 100 Oly. Pk. Speed.
039 Harry WEBB 1936 70 Exhibit Board
040 R 'Jack" GARDNER 1937 205 Exhibit Board
041 A "Jack" MIDDLETON 1938 120 Exhibit Board
042 Clinton BEASLEY 1939 90 Nth. Essendon
043 Norm STEVENS 1940 20 Nth. Essendon
044 Ken STEWART 1941 60 Nth. Essendon
045 Mick BRADLEY 1942 160 Nth. Essendon
046 Tasman JOHNSON 1944 30 Nth. Essendon
047 Norm MUNRO 1944 90 Nth. Essendon
048 Tom SHILLITO 1945 160 Nth. Essendon
049 Pat DEVINE 1946 120 Nth. Essendon
050 George BULL 1947 130 Nth. Essendon
051 Bill KIRKHAM 1948 120 Nth. Essendon
052 Byron BONNEY 1950 120 Nth. Essendon
053 Kevin MARIAN 1951 105 Nth. Essendon
054 Doug JENNINGS 1952 120 Nth. Essendon
055 Tom FITZGERALD 1953 140 Nth. Essendon
056 Alan GEDDES 1954 130 Nth. Essendon
057 Ron MURRAY 1955 100 Nth. Essendon
058 Don MEHARG 1956 130 Nth. Essendon
059 John ROBERTSON 1957 100 Nth. Essendon
060 Neil GERAGHTY 1958 100 Olympic Board
061 Vinn BEASLEY 1959 100 Olympic Board
062 David GOOD 1960 100 Olympic Board
063 Fred ROCHE 1961 40 Olympic Board
064 Sid PATTERSON 1962 SCR Olympic Board
065 Fred HELLYER 1963 110 Olympic Board
066 Sid PATTERSON 1964 SCR Olympic Board
067 Kenton SMITH 1965 135 Olympic Board
068 Bill DOVE 1966 150 Olympic Board
069 Vic BROWNE 1967 65 Olympic Board
070 Merv ANDREA 1968 230 Olympic Board
071 Charlie WALSH 1969 50 Olympic Board
072 Bill STEVENS 1970 135 Olympic Board
073 Frank DALY 1971 135 Brunswick Vel
074 Geoff EDMONDS 1972 40 Brunswick Vel
075 Gordon JOHNSON 1973 SCR Brunswick Vel
076 Ivan COLLINGS 1974 100 Brunswick Vel
077 Craig PRICE 1975 130 Northcote Vel
078 David ALLAN 1976 75 Northcote Vel
079 Danny CLARK 1977 SCR Northcote Vel
080 David SANDERS 1978 50 Coburg Vel
081 Laurie VENN 1979 SCR Coburg Vel
082 Daryl BENSON 1980 90 Coburg Vel
083 Laurie VENN 1981 SCR Coburg Vel
084 Steele BISHOP 1982 SCR Northcote Vel
085 Phil SAWYER 1983 SCR Northcote Vel
086 Terry SCHINTLER 1984 80 Northcote Vel
087 Alan RACKSTRAW 1985 80 Northcote Vel
088 Danny CLARK 1986 SCR Coburg Vel
089 Simon KING 1987 110 Northcote Vel
090 Stephen PATE 1988 SCR Coburg Vel
091 Grant REYNOLDS 1989 150 Northcote Vel
092 Danny CLARK 1990 SCR Northcote Vel
093 Stephen PATE 1991 -10 Northcote Vel
094 Bert GLENNON 1992 150 Northcote Vel
095 Stephen PATE 1993 -20 Northcote Vel
096 Ashley HARDING 1994 140 Northcote Vel
097 Tony HUGHES 1995 80 Northcote Vel
098 Troy CLARKE 1996 45 Northcote Vel
099 Matthew ATKINS 1997 100 Northcote Vel
100 Shane HODSKISS 1998 75 Northcote Vel
101 Stephen PATE 1999 SCR Northcote Vel
102 Gary NEIWAND 2000 70 Northcote Vel
103 Mark FRENCH 2001 80 Vodafone
104 Darren YOUNG 2002 SCR Vodafone
105 Darren YOUNG 2003 SCR Vodafone
106 Zak DEMPSTER 2004 90 Vodafone
107 Ben KERSTEN 2005 SCR Vodafone
108 Dean TAYLOR 2006 130 Vodafone
109 Joel STEWART 2007 110 Vodafone
110 Jackson-Leigh RATHBONE 2008 40 Vodafone
111 Shane PERKINS 2009 15 Hisense
112 Ben SANDERS 2010 80 Hisense
113 Luke OCKERBY 2011 60 DISC
114 Luke PARKER 2012 90 DISC
115 Jason NIBLETT 2013 90 DISC
116 Minori SHINMURA 2014 105 DISC
117 Zach WILLIAMS 2014 105 Hisense
118 Mitchell BULLEN 2015 50 Hisense
119 Stephen CUFF 2016 95 Hisense
120 Zachary MARSHALL 2017 80 Hisense
121 Sam GALLAGHER 2018 90 Hisense
122 Kelland O'BRIEN 2019 SCR Melb. Arena
123 Sam GALLAGHER 2021 SCR DISC
124 Dalton STRETTON 2022 105 DISC
125 Kelland O'BRIEN 2022 SCR DISC
126 Graeme FRISLIE 2023 SCR DISC
127 Noah BLANNIN 2024 210 DISC

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