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Yes the Ching is back once again (for as long as we are playing).

In 2019, Marcus Bontempelli was victorious, preventing the Macrae 3peat, and Bailey Smith won the pups in his first year. In 2020, will we crown a new pups winner this year or will Bailey go bark to bark? Will the man, known as “The Bont” continue to hold off Macrae and Dunkley to go for the double? Hopefully the season goes long enough for us to find out.

As part of the BigFooty tradition for the Western Bulldogs forum we again continue with the Ching award, which you have the opportunity to vote for who you think were the best bulldogs players of the match for the week. The scoring for the Ching award is calculated on a weekly basis as an aggregate score over the season for which player accumulates the highest overall votes in the Senior and Pup category.

How the scoring works:

At the conclusion of each game a weekly Ching vote thread will be created and a call for votes for who you think were the better/best players on the day. Everyone can vote for the 2 categories of players that we have which are Seniors and Pups.

How do you vote?

Seniors
- your top 5 players for that game
5 (your BOG) -4 -3 -2 -1

Pups - your top 3 kids for that game

3 (your BOG pup)-2-1

What is a Senior player and what is a Pup player?

Seniors is anyone off of the list who played that day, Pups is restricted to voting for the junior players who are 21 or under at the start of the season. They can turn 22 during the season but must be 21 when it commences.

Each week the Ching vote thread will include the eligible Pup players for the game.

What is the "Ching" award?

William 'Ching' Harris

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The redoubtable William 'Ching' Harris was one of the greatest defenders of his time, and gave Footscray service of the highest order for almost twenty years. Always impeccably turned out, Harris was a great favourite among the Tricolours' female supporters, with his Chinese moustache and fringe conveying just the right intimation of exotic intrigue, besides giving rise to the 'Ching' nickname.

Harris made his VFA debut with Footscray in 1896, the last season before the VFL schism. The following year he was joined on the last line of defence by the equally talented 'Paddy' Hinch, and over the course of the next dozen years the pair developed an acute mutual understanding, providing the Tricolours with the best defensive partnership in the Association in the process. The familiar sight of 'Ching' Harris careering out of the backlines while Hinch dropped back to provide cover was one of which the Footscray supporters never tired; neither did they mind it when Harris, as was his wont, elected to 'mix it' with the opposition - football, after all, was a man's game. Nevertheless, Harris sometimes took his liking for a stoush too far, and on one occasion in 1903 he ended up in court charged with assaulting a Richmond opponent. Two years later he was rubbed out for the entire season after repeatedly falling foul of the umpires.

Somewhat ironically, given the often acrimonious nature of his dealings with officialdom, William Harris maintained his involvement in football after the Great War by serving as a VFL goal umpire.

William ‘Ching’ Harris
Fullback who played nearly 300 games over a record 20 seasons, including five premierships.

Inducted: 2010
Games: 296+ (1896–1904, 1906–15) Goals: 32+
Premierships: 1898, 1899, 1900, 1908, 1913

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Pioneers - Footscray-Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame

From the club’s beginnings and its first game in the VFA (1886), through nine VFA premierships and the establishment of the club’s red, white and blue colours and the hooped jumper, this era ended with the victory over Essendon in the 1924 Championship of Victoria game, paving the way for entry into the VFL.

Ching Harris was inducted as a member of the Thirteen ‘Pioneers’ which were inducted at the inaugural Hall of Fame in 2010, for contributions made from the club’s inception to the end of its time in the VFA.

In honor of William "Ching" Harris, we have dedicated the award in his name to Western Bulldogs players since 2002

The “Clay Smith”
The Clay Smith award is a new addition to the Ching this year. You may vote for one player each week who was the most courageous player of the week. This starts with Rd 2 and is calculated via a running total each week. You can only vote once each week and only for one player.
This award is to recognise a player that may not be the best player but the one who puts themselves in harms way or sacrifices their own game for the good of the team- not the one who is the first in to “fly the flag”.

Ching Honour Board
2002 - Luke Darcy
2003 - Scott West
2004 - Scott West
2005 - Scott West
2006 - Scott West
2007 - Matthew Boyd
2008 - Adam Cooney
2009 - Matthew Boyd
2010 - Ryan Griffen/Brian Lake
2011 - Ryan Griffen
2012 - Matthew Boyd
2013 - Thomas Liberatore
2014 - Thomas Liberatore
2015 - Mitch Wallis
2016 - Marcus Bontempelli
2017 - Jackson Macrae
2018 - Jackson Macrae
2019 - Marcus Bontempelli

Pups
2002 - Robert Murphy
2003 - Robert Murphy & Mitch Hahn
2004 - Adam Cooney
2005 - Daniel Cross
2006 - Adam Cooney
2007 - Adam Cooney
2008 - Ryan Griffen
2009 - Jarrod Harbrow
2010 - Jarrod Harbrow
2011 - Callan Ward
2012 - Mitch Wallis
2013 - Thomas Liberatore
2014 - Thomas Liberatore
2015 - Marcus Bontempelli
2016 - Marcus Bontempelli
2017 - Marcus Bontempelli
2018 - Josh Dunkley
2019 - Bailey Smith

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2019 Eligible Pup list (TBC)

27 Lipinski, Patrick 21yr - 17 Jul 1998
2 Young, Lewis 21yr - 20 Dec 1998
20 Ed Richards 20yr - 3rd July 1999
33 Aaron Naughton 20yr - 30 November 1999
24 Buku Khamis 19yr - 24 March 2000
23 Laitham Vandermeer 21yr - 3 February 1999
6 Bailey Smith 19yr - 7 December 2000
28 Callum Porter 21yr - 22 February 1999
14 Rhylee West 19yr - 12 July 2000
40 Lachie Young 20yr - 6 April 1999
18 Louis Butler 18yr - 26 August 2001
19 Cody Weightman 19yr - 15 January 2001
38 Riley Garcia 19yr - 30 January 2001
 
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Rd 1 results: vs Collingwood

Ching:
5 -
B Smith: 83 votes (11 BOG)
4 - Keath: 60 votes (5 BOG)
3 - Crozier: 29 votes (1 BOG)
1.5 - Wood: 23 votes
1.5 - Daniel: 23 votes

Others:
B Williams: 16 votes
Macrae: 11 votes (1 BOG)
Suckling: 4 votes
Cavarra: 1 vote

Pups:
3 -
B Smith: 33 votes (11 BOG)
2 - Le. Young: 4 votes
1 - Naughton: 1 vote.
 

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Rd 2 Ching results vs St Kilda

5 -
Bailey Smith: 91 votes (18 BOG)
4 - Josh Dunkley: 54 votes (1 BOG)
3 - Bailey Williams: 43 votes
2 - Patrick Lipinski: 30 votes
1 - Lin Jong: 25 votes

Others:
Wallis: 12 votes
Bontempelli: 11 votes
Macrae: 7 votes
Crozier: 6 votes
Daniel: 5 votes
Gardner: 1 vote

Pups Rd 2

3 -
Bailey Smith: 41 votes (13 BPOG)
2 - Patrick Lipinski: 23 votes (1 BPOG)
1 - Laitham Vandermeer: 7 votes

Others:
Naughton: 6 votes
Richards: 5 votes

The “Clay” raw votes

Jong: 5 votes
B.Smith: 5 votes
English: 1 vote
B.Williams: 1 vote

Thanks for playing all.
 
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Ching Rd 3 results:

5 -
Liberatore: 112 votes (12 BOG)
4 - B. Smith: 104 votes (11 BOG)
3 - Keath: 72 votes (4 BOG)
2 - Daniel: 66 votes (1 BOG)
1 - Macrae: 35 votes (2 BOG)
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Others:
Williams: 28 votes
Bontempelli: 14 votes
McLean: 9 votes
English: 5 votes
Richards: 3 votes
Crozier: 2 votes


Pups Rd 3.

3 -
B. Smith: 53 votes (17 BPOG)
2 - Richards: 21 votes
1 - Vandermeer: 4 votes

Others:
Naughton: 2 vote

*please note, Tim English is not eligible as a pup - apologies. He was born in 1997 and is therefore not eligible.

The “Clay” raw votes

Liberatore: 16
B. Smith: 1
 
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Rd 4 vs Swans- Ching

5 -
Bontempelli: 150 votes (27 BOG)
4 - English: 119 votes (3 BOG)
3 - B. Smith: 55 votes
2 - Macrae: 38 votes
1 - Daniel: 37 votes

Others:
Lipinski: 22 votes (1 BOG)
Cordy: 11 votes
Williams: 9 votes
Dale: 8 votes
Crozier: 5 votes
Liberatore: 3 votes
West: 2 votes

Pups Rd 4
(Tim English is NOT a pup- votes for him were discounted)

3 -
B. Smith: 52 votes (13 BPOG)
2 - Lipinski: 33 votes (6 BPOG)
1 - West: 21 votes

Others:
Vandermeer: 8 votes
Butler: 2 votes
Richards: 2 votes

Not included: English: 8 votes (2 BPOG)

The “Clay Smith”

Bontempelli: 10 votes - weekly winner
B. Smith: 2 votes
Macrae: 1 vote
West: 1 vote
Lipinski: 1 vote

Thanks for playing peeps. Go Dogs!!
 
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Results Rd 5 vs North

Ching
5 -
Bruce: 135 votes (16 BOG)
4 - Wood: 102 votes (5 BOG)
3 - Daniel: 90 votes (5 BOG)
2 - Liberatore: 50 votes (2 BOG)
1 - English: 28 votes (2 BOG)

Others:
Johannisen: 22 votes
Vandermeer: 10 votes (1 BOG)
McLean: 8 votes
West: 6 votes
Keath: 5 votes
Williams: 3 votes
Macrae: 3 votes
Schache: 2 votes
Crozier: 1 vote

Pups Rd 5:
3 -
Vandermeer: 51 votes (11 BPOG)
2 - West: 47 votes (8 BPOG)
1 - Lipinski: 20 votes (2 BPOG)

Other
Richards: 8 votes

The “Clay Smith”
West: 6 votes (weekly winner)
Jong: 5 votes
Liberatore: 2 votes
Vandermeer: 2 votes
Keath: 1 vote.

Thanks for playing all. Go Dogs!!
 
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Ching Rd 6 vs Carlton

5 -
Keath: 81 votes (10 BOG)
4 - B. Smith: 75 votes (6 BOG)
3 - Macrae: 52 votes (2 BOG)
2 - Hunter: 36 votes (2 BOG)
1 - Vandermeer: 33 votes

Others:
Liberatore: 25 votes (1 BOG)
Bontempelli: 8 votes
English: 2 votes
Wallis: 1 vote

Pups Rd 6

3 -
B. Smith: 37 votes (11 BPOG)
2 - Vandermeer: 28 votes (2 BPOG)
1 - Lipinski: 9 votes

The “Clay”

B. Smith: 3 votes (weekly winner)
Keath: 2 votes
Liberatore: 2 votes
Bontempelli: 1 vote

Thanks for playing people. Hoping for a better result tonight. Go Dogs
 
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Rd 7: Ching/Pups/Clay results - vs Essendon

Ching
5 -
English: 147 votes (28 BOG)
4 - Macrae: 87 votes (1 BOG)
3 - Liberatore: 67 votes (1 BOG)
2 - Bontempelli: 64 votes
1 - Wallis: 36 votes

Others:
Hunter: 16 votes
Daniel: 13 votes
B Smith: 9 votes
Weightman: 4 votes
Williams: 4 votes
Suckling: 2 votes
Keath: 1 vote

Pups
3 -
B Smith, 54 votes (12 BPOG)
2 - Lipinski: 38 votes (6 BPOG)
1 - Weightman: 31 votes (3 BPOG)

Other:
Vandermeer: 3 votes

The “Clay”
Wallis: 7 votes (weekly winner)
Liberatore: 5 votes
Weightman: 1 vote

Thanks for playing. Go Dogs!!
 

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Round 8 Ching vs Gold Coast

5 -
Crozier: 120 votes (11 BOG)
4 - Macrae: 114 votes (15 BOG)
3 - Daniel: 82 votes (2 BOG)
2 - Liberatore: 44 votes (1 BOG)
1 - Keath: 32 votes (1 BOG)

Others:
Williams: 18 votes
Johannisen: 15 votes
Wood: 14 votes
Bontempelli: 11 votes
B. Smith: 6 votes
Vandermeer: 5 votes (1 BOG)
Cordy: 4 votes

Pups Rd 8

3 -
B. Smith: 65 votes (21 BPOG)
2 - Vandermeer: 29 votes (1 BPOG)
1 - Lipinski: 25 votes

Others:
Richards: 12 votes
La. Young: 1 vote

The “Clay”

B. Smith: 1 vote
Liberatore: 7 votes (weekly winner)
Vandermeer: 1 vote
Wood: 4 votes
Crozier: 2 votes
La. Young: 1 vote
Bontempelli: 1 vote

Thanks for playing & Go Dogs!!!
 
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Ching vs Richmond - Rd 9

5 -
Macrae: 120 vote (24 BOG)
4 - Daniel: 72 votes
3 - Wallis: 67 votes
2 - Williams: 39 votes
1 - Liberatore: 26 votes

Others:
Crozier: 25 votes
Vandermeer: 4 votes
B. Smith: 3 votes
McLean: 3 votes
Bruce: 1 vote.

Pups vs Richmond

3 -
Vandermeer: 41 votes (10 BPOG)
2 - B. Smith: 39 votes (7 BPOG)
1 - Lipinski: 8 votes

Other:
Richards: 5 votes.

The “Clay Smith” raw votes

Macrae: 3 votes
Crozier: 4 votes (weekly winner)
McLean: 1 vote
Wallis: 2 votes
Liberatore: 1 vote

Thanks for playing everyone. Go Doggies!
 
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Ching Rd 10 vs Port Adelaide.

5 -
Liberatore: 119 votes (18 BOG)
4 - Wallis: 69 votes (3 BOG)
3 - Williams: 60 votes (1 BOG)
2 - Macrae: 58 votes
1 - Bontempelli: 45 votes (3 BOG)

Others:
McLean: 28 votes
Dunkley: 3 votes
Keath: 3 votes
Daniel: 2 votes
Richards: 1 vote
Cordy: 1 vote
B. Smith: 1 vote

Pups Rd 10

3 -
Lipinski: 42 votes (10 BPOG)
1.5 - Richards: 21 votes
1.5 - B. Smith: 21 (3 BPOG)

Other:
Vandermeer: 17 votes (4 BPOG)

The “Clay Smith” raw votes

Wallis: 11 votes (weekly winner)

Liberatore: 2 votes

Thanks for playing yet again people. Go Dogs!
 
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Ching results Rd 11 vs Lions

5 -
Macrae: 108 votes (20 BOG)
4 - Bontempelli: 72 votes (2 BOG)
3 - Wallis: 61 votes
2 - Vandermeer: 35 votes (1 BOG)
0.5 - Daniel: 24 votes
0.5 - Williams: 24 votes

Others:
Wood: 13 votes
Lipinski: 5 votes
Liberatore: 2 votes
Cordy: 1 vote
B. Smith: 1 vote

Pups Rd 11

3 -
Vandermeer: 45 votes (13 BPOG)
2 - Lipinski: 27 votes (3 BPOG)
1 - B. Smith: 16 votes

Other:
Richards: 4 votes

The “Clay Smith” raw votes

Macrae: 3 (weekly winner)

Vandermeer: 2
Wood: 1
Daniel: 1
Bontempelli: 1

Thanks for playing again people. Go Puppies!!!
 
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Ching Rd 12: vs Adelaide

5 -
Bontempelli: 138 votes (26 BOG)
4 - Naughton: 105 votes (2 BOG)
3 - B Smith: 85 votes
2 - Hunter: 45 votes
1 - Liberatore: 22 votes

Others
Williams: 18 votes
Macrae: 3 votes
Richards: 2 votes
Daniel: 2 votes

Most maligned on game day thread votes are as follows:
Gardner- 5, Dale- 4, Lloyd- 3, R Smith- 2, English- 1

Ooh and a 5 for worst/best on ground to Daniel Talia - keeping the family love at the bulldogs ;)


Pups Rd 12:

3 -
Naughton: 61 votes (19 BPOG)
2 - B Smith: 44 votes (2 BPOG)
1 - Richards: 19 votes

Other:
Lipinski: 2 votes

The “Clay Smith” raw votes

Liberatore: 1 vote
Macrae: 3 votes (weekly winner)
Bontempelli: 2 votes
Hunter: 2 votes
West: 1 vote
Williams: 1 vote
Wood: 1 vote (and mark of the year)
B Smith: 1 vote

Thanks for voting again people. Go Doggies!
 
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Ching Rd 13 results vs Melbourne

5 -
Bontempelli: 128 votes (17 BOG)
4 - Wallis: 115 votes (7 BOG)
3 - Liberatore: 67 votes (3 BOG)
2 - Williams: 65 votes (2 BOG)
1 - Macrae: 38 votes (1 BOG)

Others:
Johannisen: 15 votes
Hunter: 10 votes
Daniel: 5 votes
B. Smith: 4 votes
Vandermeer: 2 votes
Bruce: 1 vote

Pups Rd 13 vs Melbourne

3 -
B. Smith: 50 votes (15 BPOG)
2 - Vandermeer: 33 votes (3 BPOG)
1 - Lipinski: 23 votes

Other:
Naughton: 2 votes

The “Clay Smith” raw votes

Dunkley: 2 votes
Bontempelli: 2 votes
Liberatore: 4 votes (weekly winner)
Macrae: 1 vote
Wallis: 2 votes
Gardner: 1 vote.

Thanks for playing again. Go Doggies!!
 

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