The Dansie McCauley Medal Awards held at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night celebrated the conclusion of a successful 2024/25 season that included championship wins in both the One-Day Cup and Sheffield Shield.
First time winner and talented allrounder Liam Scott was awarded the Dansie Medal, acknowledging him as the South Australia Men’s best player for the season. Amanda-Jade Wellington received the McCauley Medal for the second consecutive year after achieving a significant milestone in reaching 150 WNCL wickets, becoming only the second player to do so and the first South Australian.
Scott’s consistent season throughout the first-class and one-day formats contributed greatly to his state taking out both the Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup championships. The 24-year-old enjoyed a breakout summer winning his first national accolade with Player of the Year in the One-Day Cup. He was also recognised as South Australia’s One-Day Cup MVP and awarded the Barry Jarman Trophy for most improved player under 25.
Scott took a total of 22 wickets in the Sheffield Shield at an average of 24.5. In the One-Day Cup, he was the third highest run-scorer with 196 runs, boasting a strike rate of 82.35 and an average of 65.3. Additionally, he made significant contributions with the ball, achieving best figures of 3-16.
Finishing the Dansie Medal with 120 votes, Scott edged out Alex Carey on 113 votes and Jason Sangha on 107.
The Lord Hampden Trophy for most votes in the Sheffield Shield season was much tighter with only one vote between the winner and runner-up. Brendan Doggett polled 99 votes and was declared the winner, followed by Jason Sangha on 98 votes. Doggett took a remarkable four five-wicket hauls and a total of 33 wickets for the season.
Amanda-Jade Wellington finished the WNCL season as the leading wicket-taker, claiming 29 wickets at an average of 20.48. Wellington, an allrounder, made significant contributions with both bat and ball. She had standout performances against Tasmania and Queensland, taking four wickets in each match and finishing with figures of 4-29 and 4-61, respectively.
During the final game of the season, Wellington took two wickets to bring up 150 WNCL wickets and became the second highest wicket taker in WNCL history, only 15 behind Lisa Sthalekar.
Wellington finished with 112 votes, narrowly edging out runner-up Courtney Webb, who finished with 111 votes. Webb excelled with the bat throughout the season, becoming the leading run-scorer for the South Australia Women with 572 runs.
Despite a season interrupted by injury, Captain Jemma Barsby placed an impressive third with 102 votes. Barsby also finished fourth on South Australia's overall leaderboard for runs scored (300) and wickets taken (13).
Alex Carey earned the Barry ‘Nugget’ Rees Award for his passion, humility, honesty, integrity, teamwork and respect for the game of cricket.
Vice-captain of the South Australian Women, Bridget Patterson, was awarded the Tegan McPharlin Award for her efforts demonstrating core values and positively contributing to team culture.
The Lauren Ebsary Award for a young player with strong cricket ability and notable team contributions was presented to Eleanor Larosa. When not representing Australia in the Under 19s, Larosa contributed with both bat and ball during the WNCL season, taking the third most wickets with a total of 14 at an average of 15.57. She was also awarded the inaugural Spring Challenge MVP, seven votes ahead of runner-up Katie Mack.
Alongside leading run scorer, Webb and leading wicket taker, Wellington, Nathan McAndrew dominated the Sheffield Shield by taking 40 wickets, the highest for the season.
In its second year, the Player Community Award which recognises a male or female player who has made an outstanding contribution to the community, external of the club’s existing programs during the year, was presented to Josie Dooley.
The Adelaide Strikers MVPs were also awarded, with Megan Schutt earning the WBBL MVP Award and Jamie Overton winning the BBL MVP.
See the full list of winners below:
Neil Dansie Award – Liam Scott
Andrea McCauley Medal – Amanda-Jade Wellington
Lord Hampden Trophy (Sheffield Shield Player of the Year) – Brendan Doggett
One-Day Cup MVP – Liam Scott
Strikers WBBL MVP – Megan Schutt
Strikers BBL MVP – Jamie Overton
Tegan McPharlin Award (team culture) – Bridget Patterson
Barry ‘Nugget’ Rees Award (team culture) – Alex Carey
Lauren Ebsary Award (best young player) – Eleanor Larosa
Barry Jarman Award (most improved) – Liam Scott
State Indigenous Female Player of the Year – Anne Dubois
State Indigenous Male Player of the Year – Jackson Gillespie
Peter Wang Award (best youth player) – Hayden Schiller
Under 19 Male Batting – Thomas Brown
Under 19 Male Bowling – Matthew LeRay
Under 19 Female Batting – Elizabeth Worthley
Under 19 Female Bowling – Matilda Maitland
Under 17 Male Batting – Hayden Barbulovic
Under 17 Male Bowling – Jack Appleton
Under 16 Female Batting – Ivy Hobbs
Under 16 Female Bowling – Makenzie Holy