University of Western Australia Cricket Club
Since 1913
Annual Awards
Richard Morgan Memorial Award:
Best First Year Player
Meaning of the Award
The Richard Morgan Memorial Award is awarded to the best first year player at the club and named after former University Cricketer Richard Morgan.
On the night before the second day’s play of the match against Wanneroo at
James Oval in 1991-92 University’s fast bowler Richard Morgan accidentally
fell from the tower of St George’s College and was fatally injured. He had
come to the club from Northam via Aquinas College and had made an immediate
impact with his pace bowling, achieving fearsome pace from a very short run
up. On the first day of the match against Wanneroo he had the outstanding
future WA and Test batsman Damien Martyn caught behind for a duck, which had
been his only wicket for the innings. He had been the top student in his
first year of Agricultural Science in 1989 and was about to start on his
honours year. At the end of the season the club’s committee decided to
present a memorial award in Richard Morgan’s name to the best first year
player. It is a perpetual trophy which features a stump that had been
broken by Morgan at training.
The first winner was leg-spinner Tim Silinger, and some other winners who
have had significant careers with the club include Brad Hart, Matthew
Healey, Chis Rogers, Paul St Quintin, David Penter, Brett Jones, Scott
Marshall, Craig King, Viv Paver, Ashton Agar, David Moody and Josh
Dallimore. The award was shared for the first time in 2017-18, with
Mitchell Drennan and Bailey Richards named as the joint winners.
Recent winners Chris Sabburg and Charles Stobo have played for the Perth Scorchers and/or WA Cricket Domestic sides.
Winners
1991-92 Tim Silinger
1992-93 Chris Ward
1993-94 David Else
1994-95 Brad Hart
1995-96 Matthew Healey
1996-97 Chris Rogers
1997-98 Paul St Quintin
1998-99 Don Monley
1999-2000 Adrian Marshall
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
Bauer-Meyer Perpetual Trophy
Clubman of the Year
Meaning of the Award
This award recognises the club's greatest servant throughout the year. The renaming of this award, the 'Bauer-Meyer Perpetual Trophy', was undertaken by the club committee in 2021 to honour the extraordinary and continuous service two giants of the cricket club have made over several consecutive decades.
Christian Bauer's service to UCC began as a player in 1990, broadening and morphing over the subsequent thirty years. Additional to a lengthy playing career across multiple grades was service as captain, committee member and treasurer, club coach, selector and delegate to the WACA. He remains in service today a committed steward of university's culture via positions on the committee and at the WADCC, where he also serves more broadly in the interest of Western Australian cricket. Christian is the Chairmen of the WADCC Board and is on the WACA board.
John Meyer's contribution is truly unique, not codified through formal title, though the consistency of his service has been felt and acknowledged by players and supporters alike for over 40 years. John is the undisputed authority on club history, and the embodiment of humble service to the club in sideline support. No-one has observed more A-grade cricket, home and away, for UCC, and he remains perhaps our most reliable conduit through which the university connects past, present and future.
In recognition of his enormous body of work in optimising the club's apparel operation, improving committee coordination, and leading the implementation of various policies to improve the club's operations sustainably, the deserving inaugural winner of the Bauer-Meyer Perpetual Trophy is Mitchell Rosher.
Winners
2020-21 Mitchell Rosher
2021-22 Noel Raymond
2022-23 Josh Sharpe
2023-2024 Tom Gosling
Annual Batting & Bowling
Aggregate Awards
The Club's annual Batting and Bowling Aggregate trophies are named after former significant cricketers who played at the club. The trophies have been named in this way since the 1970's and carry great prestige.
The award winners are announced at the club's annual awards night, which is typically held in April.
The Awards are named as follows:
Batting
First Grade RJ Inverarity;
Second Grade JW Rutherford;
Third Grade JT Irvine;
Fourth Grade LM Sawle
Bowling
First Grade RB Strauss;
Second Grade RK Gray;
Third Grade AL Mann;
Fourth Grade RW Marsh
John Inverarity:
First Grade Premiership Winning Captain and Club Legend
Other Annual Awards
Best Clubman Award
2017-18: Noel Raymond
2018-19: Mitchell Rosher
2019-20: Bernard Greyling
Other
2017-18 Coaches Award: Tom Balkwill
2017-18 Most Improved: David Aldridge