• Hall of Fame

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    Walter Lawrence Trophy   |   Women’s Award   |   MCC Universities Award   |   Schools Award
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    Walter Lawrence Trophy

    Click on any name below to read more about the relevant player and their winning century, or view the slideshow of all past winners at the bottom of the page:


    2023     Sean Abbott
    2022     Paul Stirling
    2021     L S Livingstone
    2020     J M Clarke
    2019     C S Delport
    2018     M J Guptill
    2017     S Afridi
    2016     T Kohler-Cadmore
    2015     D J Willey
    2014=   S W Billings
    2014=   D T Christian
    2013     D I Stevens
    2012     S B Styris
    2011     K J O’Brien
    2010     A C Gilchrist
    2009     V S Solanki
    2008     G R Napier
    2007     M J North
    2006     M A Ealham
    2005     I D Blackwell
    2004     R Johnson
    2003     D R Martyn
    2002     M V Fleming
    2001     I J Harvey
    2000     D S Lehmann
    1999     A Flintoff
    1998=   C L Hooper
    1998=   A D Brown
    1997     G D Lloyd
    1996     G D Lloyd
    1995     C L Cairns
    1994     K R Rutherford
    1993=   P Johnson
    1993=   M P Maynard
    1992     M P Speight
    1991     I D Austin
    1990     T M Moody
    1989     D J Bicknell
    1988     G A Hick
    1987     R O Butcher
    1986     I V A Richards
    1985     I T Botham
    1984     M W Gatting
    1983     S J O’Shaughnessy
    1982     I T Botham
    1981     S T Clarke
    1980     I V A Richards
    1979     M J Procter
    1978     C G Greenidge
    1977     C M Old
    1976     A P E Knott
    1975     R N S Hobbs
    1974     G S Sobers
    1973     Asif Iqbal
    1972     Majid Khan
    1971     B F Davison
    1970     G Boycott
    1969     C Milburn
    1968     T W Graveney
    1967     B L D’Oliveira
    1966     K F Barrington

    34 balls
    46 balls
    42 balls
    44 balls
    38 balls
    35 balls
    42 balls
    43 balls
    40 balls
    46 balls
    46 balls
    44 balls
    37 balls
    44 balls
    47 balls
    47 balls
    44 balls
    73 balls
    45 balls
    67 balls
    63 balls
    65 balls
    66 balls
    61 balls
    89 balls
    61 balls
    72 balls
    72 balls
    73 balls
    70 balls
    65 balls
    71 balls
    73 balls
    73 balls
    62 balls
    61 balls
    36 balls
    69 balls
    79 balls
    73 balls
    48 balls
    50 balls
    79 minutes
    35 minutes
    52 minutes
    62 minutes
    66 minutes
    57 minutes
    82 minutes
    37 minutes
    70 minutes
    44 minutes
    83 minutes
    72 minutes
    70 minutes
    63 minutes
    222 balls*
    163 balls**
    174 balls**
    173 balls**
    122 balls**


    Between the Second World War and 1966 the Trophy was not presented.
    Click here to view the fastest centuries scored between 1946 and 1970


    1939     L E G Ames
    1938     H T Bartlett
    1937     J Hardstaff
    1936     L E G Ames
    1935     H Gimblett
    1934     F E Woolley

    67 minutes
    57 minutes
    51 minutes
    68 minutes
    63 minutes
    63 minutes

    * Awarded for the most meritorious innings of the series as opposed to the fastest century.
    ** Awarded for the fastest century in Test Cricket.


    Click here to view photographic acknowledgements


    Slideshow
    Click on the arrows to move forward or back a year; click on ‘Past Winners’ at the top to view and scroll faster through the years; and click on the image to ‘Read More’ about the relevant player.