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Damien Martyn, winner of the Walter Lawrence Trophy in 2003, received the Trophy and a cheque for £5,000 from Brian Thornton, Trustee of the award, at Headingley on the last day of the season, before Damien had to return to Australia the next day. On receiving the award, Damien said: "This was one of my best innings. Test Match hundreds are always special, but this one was definitely up there with them." Picture: Brian Thornton with the Winner: Damien Martyn 
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A glittering Presentation Dinner was held in The Long Room at Lord's on 30 September. Anthony McGrath, Captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, came down from Headingley with his Vice-Captain, Matthew Wood, to receive the Trophy on behalf of Damien Martyn from Matthew Fleming, last year's winner. Several past winners of the Trophy and many of the great and the good from the world of cricket attended the dinner, including; Charles Fry, President of MCC; Lord Alexander of Weedon, MCC Chairman; Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, a past President of MCC and scorer of the fastest hundred in 1958; to name but a few. Picture: Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, Charles Fry, Anthony McGrath Lord Alexander of Weedon and Roland Butcher
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