Ian Richardson is an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er in the West Australian Football League

West Australian Football League

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 (WAFL). Richardson has played for the Claremont Tigers since his WAFL debut in 2008.

Career

Ian won the Jack Clarke Medal for the best and fairest player in the WAFL Colts competition in 2006 before his dreams of player AFL football were dealt a blow when he missed selection in the draft.
2007 was also frustrating for Richardson as he failed to break into Claremont’s strong league team despite strong form in the reserves.

2008

Debuting in Round 1 of the WAFL 2008 season against West Perth, Richardson managed to kick a goal in his first game. He went through the entire 2008 season managing to get a goal in every single match. The goalsneak was awarded the Simpson Medal for his best-on-ground display for Western Australia in their 73-point victory over Queensland in Townsville. The match was the first appearance for Ian in WA colours after he was overlooked for state junior representative teams.

2009

Ian missed the first round of the 2009 season, but returned after Claremont's bye to play in the third round.

Statistics

Statistics are correct as of Round 3, 2009 (April 6, 2009)

Season	Team	No.	Games	Goals	Behinds	Kicks	Marks Mark (Australian football) A mark is a skill in Australian rules football where a player cleanly catches a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it or the ball hitting the ground....	Handballs Handball (Australian rules football) Handball is a term in the sport of Australian rules football which describes a method of disposing of possession of the football by hand. It is the most frequently used alternative to kicking the ball...	Disp. Av
2008	Claremont	4	20	62	27	197	103	79	13.8
2009	Claremont	4	1	2	1	5	4	6	11
Totals			21	64	28	202	107	85	-