Liam Anthony has claimed North Ballarat’s Allen L Stott Medal, as the club’s best and fairest player for 2014.

The midfielder shared the award with fellow on-baller Nick Peters – the pair 45 votes clear of their nearest rivals.

It was the first time North Ballarat had dual winners since 2008.

Anthony had a standout season, finishing second in the JJ Liston Medal despite playing just 15 games for the Roosters.

Along the way, he had some outstanding individual performances:
Round 3: 24 disposals, 5 tackles
Round 4: 33 disposals, 7 tackles, 1 goal
Round 5: 26 disposals 1 goal
Round 7: 30 disposals, 9 clearances, 11 tackles
Round 8: 21 disposals, 2 goals
Round 11: 32 disposals, 7 clearances
Round 14: 35 disposals, 8 clearances
Round 15: 28 disposals, 6 tackles, 11 clearances
Round 17: 36 disposals
Round 18: 25 disposals, 13 tackles, 10 clearances
Round 19: 31 disposals, 9 marks

Fellow Kangaroo Trent Dumont finished in seventh place, while Ben Jacobs finished in ninth and Max Warren tenth.

The final standings
Liam Anthony – 212 votes
Nick Peters – 212 votes
Tony Locker – 167 votes
Nick Rippon – 164 votes
Lachie George – 144