With Richmond travelling to Bendigo and Echuca for its AFL Community Camp in February, Tony Greenberg has compiled a top team of Tigers, who at some stage played competition football in those respective leagues/towns.

B:  Andy Preston (Echuca) 18 games, 6 goals at Richmond 1982-83

Fred Swift (Sandhurst, Bendigo Football League) 146 games, 41 goals at Richmond 1958-67,      captain of the Tigers’ 1967 premiership team

Kevin O’Neill (Echuca) 209 games, 12 goals at Richmond 1930-41, member of the Tigers’ 1932 and   1934 premiership teams, Club Hall of Fame member

HB:  Basil McCormack (Rochester, Bendigo Football League) 199 games, 1 goal at Richmond 1925-36,     member of the Tigers’ 1932 and 1934 premiership teams, Club Best and Fairest winner 1927 and 1928, Richmond Hall of Fame member, Tigers’ Team of the Century member

 Joe Murdoch (Castlemaine/Castlemaine United) 180 games, 6 goals at Richmond 1927-36,  member of   the Tigers’ 1932 and 1934 premiership teams

Ian Owen (Echuca East) 33 games, 0 goals at Richmond 1969-72, member of the Tigers’ 1969   premiership team

C:  Bert Edwards (Sandhurst, BFL) 122 games, 22 goals at Richmond 1938-45, member of the Tigers’ 1943 premiership team

Wayne Campbell (Golden Square, BFL) 297 games, 172 goals at Richmond 1991-05, Club captain 2001-04, four-time winner of the Jack Dyer Medal, Tigers Hall of Fame member

Peter Francis (South Bendigo) 52 games, 22 goals at Richmond 1984-86

HF:  Graeme Landy (Echuca) 120 games, 38 goals at Richmond 1979-86, member of the Tigers’ 1982 Grand Final team

Brian Randall (Echuca) 54 games, 36 goals at Richmond 1941-45, member of the Tigers’ 1943 premiership team

Nathan Brown (Golden Square/Bendigo Pioneers TAC Cup team) 82 games, 143 goals at Richmond 2004-09

F:  Horace Edmonds (South Bendigo, BFL) 30 games, 20 goals at Richmond 1934-35, member of the Tigers’ 1934 premiership team

Percy Bentley (Castlemaine Tech. School) 263 games, 275 goals at Richmond 1925-40, Club captain 1932-40, Tigers’ premiership captain 1932, premiership captain-coach 1934, Club Hall of Fame member

Bert Foster (Echuca), 133 games, 65 goals at Richmond 1928-36, member of the Tigers’ 1934 premiership team

R:  Dan Minogue (St Killian’s Bendigo/California Gully) 94 games, 38 goals at Richmond 1920-25, Club’s premiership captain-coach 1920 and 1921, Best and Fairest winner 1920, Tigers Hall of Fame member

Dustin Martin (Castlemaine/Bendigo Pioneers) 178 games, 187 goals at Richmond 2010-17, member of the Tigers’ 2017 premiership team, Brownlow Medal winner 2017, Norm Smith Medal winner 2017, dual Jack Dyer Medal winner

Ron Branton (Maryborough, BFL) 170 games, 171 goals at Richmond 1953-62, Club captain 1960-62, Club leading goalkicker 1953, 1954, three-time Jack Dyer Medal winner, Tigers Hall of Fame member

IC:  Alan McDonald (premiership coach of South Bendigo, BFL) 49 games, 8 goals at Richmond 1939-41 and 1943, member of the Tigers’ 1940 Grand Final team, Richmond’s senior coach 1957-60

Frank Ford (Sandhurst, BFL) 16 games, 11 goals at Richmond 1931, member of the Tigers’ 1931 Grand Final team

Jack Fincher (Castlemaine) 69 games, 54 goals at Richmond 1927-30, member of the Tigers’ Grand Final teams 1927-29

Jack Quinn (Echuca) 19 games, 14 goals at Richmond 1940-41, member of the Tigers’ 1940 Grand Final team