CLUB AWARDS
Celebrating our best
Outstanding individual performances and contributions to University Cricket Club are recognised through the Club’s major annual awards:
Club Champion Player
Le Couteur Medal
Best First Year Player
Richard Morgan Memorial Award
Club Person of the Year
Bauer-Meyer Perpetual Trophy
Batting and Bowling Awards
Batting Aggregate
First Grade · RJ Inverarity Trophy
Second Grade · JW Rutherford Trophy
Third Grade · JT Irvine Trophy
Fourth Grade · LM Sawle Trophy
Bowling Aggregate
First Grade · RB Strauss Trophy
Second Grade · RK Gray Trophy
Third Grade · AL Mann Trophy
Fourth Grade · RW Marsh Trophy
For full Club records and statistics, see our latest Year Book.
Club Champion Player
The Le Couteur Medal is awarded each season to the Club’s champion player, recognising the highest-performing player across all grades of Premier Cricket.
The medal honours Philip Le Couteur, UCC’s founder and first captain. A Victorian Rhodes Scholar, Oxford Blue and UWA’s first Lecturer in Philosophy, Le Couteur was also an extraordinary all-round cricketer. In UCC’s inaugural 1913–14 season, he scored 527 runs, took 84 wickets and made 18 catches. Under the Club Champion points system, his performance equates to 2,107 points, a tally unmatched by any UCC player in more than a century. A CLUB TRADITION The Club Champion award was formally introduced in 1974–75 and renamed the Le Couteur Medal in 2005, recognising Le Couteur’s unique contribution to UCC. To mark the occasion, previous Club Champions were invited to the 2005 end-of-season dinner and presented with retrospective Le Couteur Medals. The Club subsequently calculated retrospective winners for seasons dating back to its entry into the WACA competition in 1913. HOW THE MEDAL IS DECIDED The Le Couteur Medal is awarded to the player from any grade who records the highest points total across Premier Cricket grade matches during the season. 1 point per run 20 points per wicket 10 points per catch or stumping 20 bonus points for a century 20 bonus points for a five-wicket haul The weighting for wickets increased from 15 to 20 points from the 2020–21 season.
Le Couteur Medallists
Since 2000
2000/01 Matthew Healey
2001/02 Brett Jones
2002/03 Sam Smart
2003/04 Russell Hartley
2004/05 Paul St Quintin
2005/06 John Hilton
2006/07 Mark Penter
2007/08 Josh Mangan
2008/09 Patrick Molinari
2009/10 Patrick Molinari
2010/11 Cameron Huckett
2011/12 Cameron Huckett
2012/13 Anthony Joseph
2013/14 Will Bosisto
2014/15 Will Bosisto
2015/16 Nick Maiolo
2016/17 Tim Young
2017/18 David Aldridge
2018/19 Corey Rocchiccioli
2019/20 Chris Sabburg
2020/21 Chris Sabburg
2021/22 Jay Chislett
2022/23 Jay Chislett
2023/24 Will Bosisto
2024/25 Jay Chislett
2025/26 Will Bosisto
Philip Le Couteur
Le Couteur served as the inaugural philosophy lecturer when courses commenced at the University of Western Australia in 1913.
He was also the founder and first captain of the University of Western Australia Cricket Club during the 1913–14 season.
That season, Le Couteur took 84 wickets, scored 527 runs and took 18 catches, an extraordinary all-round performance that remains unmatched in UCC history.
Ray Strauss
Ray Strauss holds the record for the most Le Couteur Medals, winning the Club’s highest individual playing honour an extraordinary nine times.
Best First Year Player
The Richard Morgan Memorial Award is awarded to the best first year player at the club.
The Richard Morgan Memorial Award honours promising UCC fast bowler Richard Morgan, who tragically died during the 1991–92 season after an accidental fall from the tower of St George’s College.
The trophy features a cricket stump Richard broke while bowling at training, a lasting reminder of his speed and talent.
Originally from Northam and a former Aquinas College student, Richard Morgan made an immediate impression at UCC with his exceptional pace from a remarkably short run-up. In his final match for the Club, against Wanneroo at James Oval, he dismissed future Australian Test batsman Damien Martyn for a duck. Richard was also an outstanding student. He had topped his first year of Agricultural Science and was preparing to begin his honours year. Following his death, the Club established the Richard Morgan Memorial Award, presented each season to UCC’s Best First Year Player.
Best First Year Players
Since 2000
2000/01 David Penter
2001/02 Brett Jones
2002/03 Warwick Height
2003/04 Scott Marshall
2004/05 Stefan Gooch
2005/06 Sam Hogg
2006/07 Craig King
2007/08 Viv Paver
2008/09 Andrew Cameron
2009/10 Steven Lukan
2010/11 David MacLeay
2011/12 Andrew Holder
2012/13 Ashton Agar
2013/14 David Moody
2014/15 Josh Dallimore
2015/16 Nick Maiolo
2016/17 Matthew Christie
2017/18 Mitchell Drennan / Bailey Richards
2018/19 Chris Sabburg
2019/20 Jay Chislett
2020/21 Charles Stobo
2021/22 Tom Murray
2022/23 Jake Egan
2023/24 Arnav Pimple
2024/25 Josh Vernon
2025/26 Vivaan Wagh
Viv Paver presents Vivaan Wagh with the Richard Morgan Memorial Award for best first year player.
Honouring Service
The Bauer-Meyer Perpetual Trophy recognises outstanding service and contribution to UCC.
The award was renamed in 2021 in honour of Christian Bauer and John Meyer, two Club members whose extraordinary service to UCC spans several decades.
Christian Bauer joined UCC as a player in 1990 and has since served the Club as a captain, coach, selector, committee member, treasurer and WA Cricket delegate. His contribution to cricket administration has continued beyond UCC, including senior roles within WA cricket.
John Meyer has supported UCC for more than 40 years and is regarded as the Club’s authority on its history. A familiar presence at First Grade matches both home and away, his knowledge and long-standing support provide an important link between generations of UCC players.
Bauer-Meyer Perpetual Trophy Winners
2020/21 Mitchell Rosher
2021/22 Noel Raymond
2022/23 Josh Sharpe
2023/24 Tom Gosling
2024/25 Josh Sharpe
2025/26 Braydon Fernandes
John Meyer (left) and Christian Bauer (right) present Braydon Fernandes with the Bauer-Meyer Perpetual Trophy