Celebrating UCC's best
Outstanding individual performances and contributions to University Cricket Club are recognised through the Club’s major annual awards:
Le Couteur Medal
Club Champion Player
Named after our clubs' founder and first captain of University (of Western Australia) Cricket Club.
Richard Morgan Memorial Award
Best First Year Player
Named in memory of Richard Morgan, who tragically died during his first season with UCC.
Bauer-Meyer Perpetual Trophy
Club Person of the Year
Named in honour of Christian Bauer and John Meyer, two Club members whose extraordinary service to UCC spans several decades.
Batting Aggregate
Batting awards
First Grade · RJ Inverarity Trophy
Second Grade · JW Rutherford Trophy
Third Grade · JT Irvine Trophy
Fourth Grade · LM Sawle Trophy
Bowling Aggregate
Bowling Awards
First Grade · RB Strauss Trophy
Second Grade · RK Gray Trophy
Third Grade · AL Mann Trophy
Fourth Grade · RW Marsh Trophy
Celebrating past seasons
Year Books
For detailed Club records, award winners 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
- 2025/26 Will Bosisto
- 2024/25 Jay Chislett
- 2023/24 Will Bosisto
- 2022/23 Jay Chislett
- 2021/22 Jay Chislett
- 2020/21 Chris Sabburg
- 2019/20 Chris Sabburg
- 2018/19 Corey Rocchiccioli
- 2017/18 David Aldridge
- 2016/17 Tim Young
- 2015/16 Nick Maiolo
- 2014/15 Will Bosisto
- 2013/14 Will Bosisto
- 2012/13 Anthony Joseph
- 2011/12 Cameron Huckett
- 2010/11 Cameron Huckett
- 2009/10 Patrick Molinari
- 2008/09 Patrick Molinari
- 2007/08 Josh Mangan
- 2006/07 Mark Penter
- 2005/06 John Hilton
- 2004/05 Paul St Quintin
- 2003/04 Russell Hartley
- 2002/03 Sam Smart
- 2001/02 Brett Jones
- 2000/01 Matthew Healey
- 1999/00 Paul Burren
- 1998/99 Nick Stagg
- 1997/98 Chris Rogers
- 1996/97 Paul Burren
- 1995/96 Rob Kelly
- 1994/95 Greg Gabbedy
- 1993/94 Rob Kelly
- 1992/93 Stuart Lampitt
- 1991/92 Steve Herzberg
- 1990/91 John Howieson
- 1989/90 Steve Leahy
- 1988/89 Rob Gartrell
- 1987/88 Steve Leahy
- 1986/87 Lee Bott
- 1985/86 Steve Leahy
- 1984/85 Rob Gartrell
- 1983/84 Rob Gartrell
- 1982/83 Leigh Robinson
- 1981/82 Phil Cooke & Craig Lubich
- 1980/81 Leigh Robinson
- 1979/80 Ken Macleay
- 1978/79 John Hearne
- 1977/78 Peter Green
- 1976/77 Chris Maher
- 1975/76 Paul Nicholls
- 1974/75 Earle Scarff
- 1973/74 Kevan Penter
- 1972/73 Jock Cameron
- 1971/72 Jock Cameron
- 1970/71 Paul Nicholls
- 1969/70 WJ ‘Bill’ Muller
- 1968/69 Kevin O’Keeffe
- 1967/68 Rod Marsh
- 1966/67 Tony Mann
- 1965/66 Tony Mann
- 1964/65 John Irvine
- 1963/64 Keith Punch
- 1962/63 John Irvine
- 1961/62 Brian Ray
- 1960/61 Keith Punch
- 1959/60 Cam Blakemore
- 1958/59 Brian Ray
- 1957/58 Norm Ashton
- 1956/57 Keith Punch
- 1955/56 Ray Strauss
- 1954/55 Ray Strauss
- 1953/54 John Rutherford
- 1952/53 Ray Strauss
- 1951/52 Ray Strauss
- 1950/51 Ray Strauss
- 1949/50 Ray Strauss
- 1948/49 Ray Strauss
- 1947/48 Ray Strauss
- 1946/47 Ray Strauss
- 1945/46 Cliff Fitzpatrick
- 1940/41 Peter Dunn
- 1939/40 L Parker
- 1938/39 Bill Byass
- 1937/38 Bill Byass
- 1936/37 Harry Giese
- 1935/36 George Gardiner
- 1934/35 George Gardiner
- 1933/34 Richard Roe
- 1932/33 George Gardiner
- 1931/32 Hugh Baird
- 1930/31 Percy Curtin
- 1929/30 Phil Roberts
- 1916/17 Philip Le Couteur
- 1914/15 Cyril Hoft
- 1913/14 Philip Le Couteur
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.
Richard Morgan Memorial Award
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.
Award Winners – Richard Morgan Memorial
- 2025/26 Vivaan Wagh
- 2024/25 Josh Vernon
- 2023/24 Arnav Pimple
- 2022/23 Jake Egan
- 2021/22 Tom Murray
- 2020/21 Charles Stobo
- 2019/20 Jay Chislett
- 2018/19 Chris Sabburg
- 2017/18 Mitchell Drennan and Baily Richards
- 2016/17 Matthew Christie
- 2015/16 Nick Maiolo
- 2014/15 Josh Dallimore
- 2013/14 David Moody
- 2012/13 Ashton Agar
- 2011/12 Andrew Holder
- 2010/11 David MacLeay
- 2009/10 Steven Lukan
- 2008/09 Andrew Cameron
- 2007/08 Viv Paver
- 2006/07 Craig King
- 2005/06 Sam Hogg
- 2004/05 Stefan Gooch
- 2003/04 Scott Marshall
- 2002/03 Warwick Height
- 2001/02 Brett Jones
- 2000/01 David Penter
- 1999/2000 Adrian Marshall
- 1998/99 Don Monley
- 1997/98 Paul St Quintin
- 1996/97 Chris Rogers
- 1995/96 Matthew Healey
- 1994/95 Brad Hart
- 1993/94 David Else
- 1992/93 Chris Ward
- 1991/92 Tim Silinger
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.
Award Winners – Bauer-Meyer Perpetual Trophy
- 2025/26 Braydon Fernandes
- 2024/25 Josh Sharpe
- 2023/24 Tom Gosling
- 2022/23 Josh Sharpe
- 2021/22 Noel Raymond
- 2020/21 Mitchell Rosher
