This page shows the names of those talented folk who have won the various
trophies presented by Badgers Cricket Club since the very first season.
Only the batting and bowling trophies date all the way back to 1959, with the
Captain’s Cup first being presented in 1961, a Fielding Award (now the
Mick Willmott Catching Cup) being introduced in 1964, and the single wicket
contested for the first time in 1965.
The batting and bowling cups are awarded to the club member that headed the
respective official averages in the given year. To qualify for the official
averages has always required five innings for batting and fifteen overs for
bowling, with an additional criterion being put in place in 2000 that those
fifteen overs must be spread over at least five games. The fielding trophy has
always been presented on the basis of catches taken, best as I can tell,
although I’m not sure at what point wicket-keepers became ineligible.
The Captain’s Cup winner is selected by the current captain on the basis
of a member’s overall contribution to the club, not just their on the
field performances. The winner or winners of the single/double wicket
competition receive the Brian Pitts Cup, but that particular event is no longer
as popular as it once was and the trophy has only occasionally been brought out
in the latter three decades of the club’s existence, and not at all
in recent times. The Frank Butt Cup is a double-edged sword, since it was
originally donated with the intention of being presented to the best performance
‘in relation to ability’. This definition has been stretched to its
limits on occasions in recent times but the spirit of the award has been
preserved as it continues to be used to encourage those who might struggle to
snare one of the three main performance related awards.
The Mike Law trophy was inaugurated when we first started playing an inter-club
match between the current team and a President’s XI and so was used as a
‘Player Of The Game’ award. This event has also atrophied over the
past couple of decades, as the playing membership became difficult to
distinguish from the old boys for a while and then those same old boys drifted
off, and the trophy has recently been reintroduced as a special award to
reflect some unusual aspect of the season just past or the folk participating in
it. Finally, we have the ‘Wang Fu’ award, so called because
that was the nickname of the original trophy – a sculpture of a coolie
sitting on a massive fish – sent back from Thailand by erstwhile skipper
Simon Fox. Wang Fu himself has been replaced by a metal cactus, also donated by
Simon once his peripatetic working life took him to Mexico, but it continued to
serve its original purpose as a recognition of the most significant
contribution, on or off the field, to each season’s tour. In those recent
seasons when no tour took place it was used to recognise contributions to the
spirit and general ethos of the club.
| Batting | Bowling | Fielding |
1959 | Brian Moore | Brian Moore |
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1960 | Brian Moore | Brian Moore |
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1961 | Brian Moore | Peter Legge |
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1962 | Albert Briscoe | Laurence Pitts |
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1963 | Brian Moore | Bob Edwards |
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1964 | Albert Briscoe | Bob Edwards |
Brent Noble |
1965 | Brent Noble | Bob Edwards |
Peter Legge |
1966 | Brian Moore | Brian Moore |
Brent Noble |
1967 | Peter Legge | Brian Moore |
Albert Briscoe |
1968 | Brian Moore | Brian Moore |
John Bailey & Steve Goldman |
1969 | Brent Noble | Brian Moore |
Dave Tickner |
1970 | Brent Noble | Brian Moore |
Peter Legge & Brent Noble |
1971 | Brian Moore | Brian Moore |
Dave Tickner |
1972 | Albert Briscoe | Brian Moore |
Brian Moore |
1973 | Brian Moore | Brian Moore |
Alan Tickner |
1974 | Brent Noble | Brian Moore |
Steve Goldman |
1975 | Brent Noble | Brian Moore |
Dave Tickner |
1976 | Brian Moore | Brian Moore |
Alan Tickner |
1977 | Brent Noble | Brent Noble |
Alan Tickner & Phil Walters |
1978 | Brent Noble | Brian Moore |
Phil Walters |
1979 | Brent Noble | Brian Moore |
Chris Morgan |
1980 | Chris Morgan | Brian Moore |
Dave Clark |
1981 | Brian Moore | Brian Moore |
Alan Tickner |
1982 | Chris Morgan | Steve Card |
Steve Card |
1983 | Greg Pynt | Brian Moore |
Steve Card |
1984 | Chris Morgan | Dave Clark |
Dave Tickner & Alan Tickner |
1985 | Chris Morgan | Brian Moore |
Alan Tickner & Dave Tickner |
1986 | Chris Morgan | Alan Tickner |
Adrian Cowell & Huw Campbell |
1987 | Alan Tickner | Alan Tickner |
Simon Fox |
1988 | Brian Moore | Brian Moore |
Alan Tickner |
1989 | Simon Fox | Alan Tickner |
Adrian Cowell |
1990 | Darren Hanley | Steve Ducker |
Mick Willmott & Andy Parker |
1991 | Darren Hanley | Alan Tickner |
Mark Gordon |
1992 | Andy Parker | David Aldwinckle |
Mark Gordon |
1993 | Darren Hanley | David Aldwinckle |
Darren Hanley |
1994 | David Aldwinckle | Allan Butt |
Mark Gordon |
1995 | Mark Gordon | Steve Pitts |
Mark Gordon |
1996 | David Aldwinckle | Alan Tickner |
Mark Gordon |
1997 | Mark Gordon | Mick Willmott |
Mark Gordon |
1998 | David Aldwinckle | David Aldwinckle |
Mark Gordon |
1999 | David Aldwinckle | Allan Butt |
Mark Gordon & Barry Davenport |
2000 | David Aldwinckle | Alan Wilkes |
Mark Gordon |
2001 | David Aldwinckle | David Aldwinckle |
Mark Gordon |
2002 | Alan Tickner | Alan Tickner |
Mark Gordon |
2003 | Mark Gordon | Alan Tickner |
Mark Gordon |
2004 | Patrick Redding | Alan Tickner |
Mark Gordon |
2005 | Mark Gordon | Allan Butt |
Mark Gordon |
2006 | Patrick Redding | Ian Gregg |
Mark Gordon |
2007 | Patrick Redding | Darrell Pitts |
Mark Gordon |
2008 | Patrick Redding | Graham Ward |
Mark Gordon |
2009 | Patrick Redding | Ian Gregg |
Mark Gordon |
2010 | Patrick Redding | Ben Valentine |
Mark Gordon |
2011 | Mark Gordon | Mark Gordon |
Mark Gordon |
2012 | Mark Gordon | Mark Gordon |
Mark Gordon |
2013 | Mark Gordon | Bill Jenkins |
Mark Gordon |
2014 | Mark Gordon | Bill Jenkins |
Mark Gordon |
2015 | Bill Jenkins | Rob Knew |
Mark Gordon |
2016 | Amy Gordon | Bill Jenkins |
Jake Gordon |
2017 | Mark Gordon | Ian Waldron |
Jake Gordon |
2018 | Jake Gordon | Mark Gordon |
Jake Gordon |
2019 | Bill Jenkins | Mark Gordon |
Mark Gordon |
2020 | Darrell Pitts | Jake Gordon |
Jake Gordon |
2021 | Jake Gordon | Mark Gordon |
Darrell Pitts |
2022 | Jake Gordon | Mark Goldfinch |
Jake Gordon |
Captain’s Cup | |
1961 | Laurence Pitts |
1992 | Lee Foster |
1962 | Allan Butt |
1993 | Mick Willmott |
1963 | Brian Moore |
1994 | Richard Kemp & Lee Foster |
1964 | Peter Ward |
1995 | Barry Forrester |
1965 | John Bailey |
1996 | Mark Gordon |
1966 | Barry Passmore |
1997 | Paul Wilson |
1967 | Roy Gordon |
1998 | Alan Tickner |
1968 | Chris Preston |
1999 | Keith Miller |
1969 | Roy Gordon |
2000 | Ian Gregg |
1970 | Mike Law |
2001 | Steve Pitts |
1971 | Dave Tickner |
2002 | Graham Davenport |
1972 | Alan Tickner |
2003 | Steve Pitts |
1973 | Chris Preston |
2004 | Mick Willmott |
1974 | Alan Tickner |
2005 | Graham Ward |
1975 | Richard Kemp |
2006 | David Aldwinckle |
1976 | Denis Hopkins |
2007 | Kay Ward & Ray Ward |
1977 | James Chignell |
2008 | Simon Fox |
1978 | Roy Gordon |
2009 | Allan Butt |
1979 | Dave Tickner |
2010 | Dawn Gordon |
1980 | Roger Phipps |
2011 | Pat Redding |
1981 | Steve Card |
2012 | Graham Ward |
1982 | Richard Kemp & Chris Morgan |
2013 | Steve Pitts |
1983 | Barry Passmore |
2014 | Jake Gordon |
1984 | Alan Tickner |
2015 | Mark Gordon |
1985 | Simon Fox |
2016 | Rob Knew |
1986 | Simon Fox? |
2017 | Jake Gordon |
1987 | Keith Miller? |
2018 | Vinny Cibardo |
1988 | Brian Moore? |
2019 | Vinny Cibardo |
1989 | Steve Pitts |
2020 | the whole club |
1990 | Richard Kemp |
2021 | Jacqueline Pitts |
1991 | Mick Willmott |
2022 | Rod Smith |
Brian Pitts Cup | |
1965 | Brian Moore |
1978 | Brian Moore |
1966 | Brian Moore |
1979 | Phil Walters |
1967 | Albert Briscoe |
1980 | Steve Card |
1968 | Peter Ward |
1981 | Dave Tickner |
1969 | Brian Moore |
1982 | Dave Clark |
1970 | Allan Butt |
1983 | Greg Pynt |
1971 | Peter Legge |
1984 | Chris Morgan |
1972 | Dave Tickner |
1987 | Adrian Cowell |
1973 | Albert Briscoe |
1988 | Steve Card & Dave Bowerman |
1974 | Brent Noble |
1989 | Robin Suggate & Jeremy Clayton |
1975 | Dave Tickner |
1995 | Andrew Baird & Alan Tickner |
1976 | Dave Tickner |
2000 | David Aldwinckle & Barry Davenport |
1977 | Barry Passmore |
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Frank Butt Cup | |
1976 | Brian Moore |
2000 | Graham Davenport |
1977 | Phil Walters |
2001 | Graham Davenport |
1978 | Steve Card |
2002 | Ian Gregg |
1979 | Steve Card |
2003 | Paul Little |
1980 | Richard Kemp |
2004 | Graham Ward |
1981 | Roy Gordon |
2005 | John Larkin |
1982 | Dave Pitts |
2006 | Darrell Pitts |
1983 | Dave Pitts |
2007 | Graham Davenport & Graham Ward |
1984 | Simon Fox |
2008 | Matt Mann |
1985 | Keith Miller |
2009 | Jake Gordon |
1986 | Huw Campbell |
2010 | Ben Valentine |
1987 | Keith Miller |
2011 | Darrell Pitts |
1988 | Andy Parker |
2012 | Peter Snook & Jake Gordon |
1989 | Alan Wilkes |
2013 | Ian Gregg |
1990 | Mark Gordon |
2014 | Rob Knew & Jake Gordon |
1991 | Brent Noble & Nick Williams |
2015 | Matt Smith |
1992 | Mick Willmott |
2016 | Darrell Pitts |
1993 | Mark Gordon |
2017 | Ricky Cibardo |
1994 | Barry Forrester |
2018 | Rod Smith |
1995 | Alan Wilkes |
2019 | Tom Mann |
1996 | Jules Lyon |
2020 | Nat Cibardo |
1997 | Barry Davenport |
2021 | Jon Stokes |
1998 | John Rourke |
2022 | Shaun Goldfinch |
1999 | Ian Gregg |
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Mike Law Trophy | |
1984 | Allan Butt |
1993 | Mike Jenkins |
1985 | Adrian Cowell |
1995 | John Rourke |
1986 | Alan Tickner |
1998 | Nick Gregg |
1987 | Terry Faires & Mick Willmott |
2015 | Alec Cochrane? |
1988 | Keith Miller |
2016 | Matt Mann |
1989 | Steve Card |
2017 | Bill Jenkins |
1990 | Robin Suggate |
2018 | Ian Gregg |
1991 | Brent Noble |
2019 | Daniel Ward |
1992 | David Aldwinckle |
2021 | Daniel Ward |
‘Wang Fu’ | |
1990 | Steve Pitts |
2006 | Simon Fox |
1991 | Darren Hanley |
2007 | John Larkin |
1992 | Richard & Ann Kemp |
2008 | Richard Ward |
1993 | Richard Kemp |
2009 | Paul Wilson |
1994 | Brent Noble |
2010 | Andy Iwanoczko |
1995 | Dave Tickner |
2011 | Katy & Rob Knew |
1996 | Lynne Noble |
2012 | Rob Knew |
1997 | Alan Wilkes |
2013 | Jake Gordon |
1998 | ?? not recorded |
2014 | Steve Pitts |
1999 | David Aldwinckle |
2015 | Lauren & Ben Valentine |
2000 | David Aldwinckle |
2016 | Darrell Pitts |
2001 | Steve Pitts |
2017 | Andy Curtis |
2002 | Barry Davenport |
2018 | Graham Ward |
2003 | Alan Tickner |
2019 | Rob Knew |
2004 | Graham Ward |
2021 | Rob Knew |
2005 | Ian Gregg |
2022 | Katy Knew |