James Martin
Sapper James Martin
Sapper James Martin, a former cricketer at BCC, was deployed on his first operation in June 2012.
At 21 years old, he and two other soldiers were killed in Afghanistan in August that year.
James Played 27 games for our club from 2006/07 to 2008/09.
In honour of his memory, our club introduced the James Martin Highest Partnership Award in 2013/14. Each season the two players who shared the highest partnership for the club will see their names embroidered on the James Martin plaque that is on display in our clubrooms.
James’ high school John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School introduced The James Martin Scholarship for children of former and current Defence Force personnel on April 24, 2020.
The scholarship will be awarded to two prospective students enrolling in the school for Year 7, 2021, providing a 100 per cent remission of tuition fees until Year 12, 2026.
James Martin Highest Partnership Award
Winners
2013/14 - Gerald Gault & Brodie Fitzgerald 161 runs for the 6th wicket vs Whitfords (6th Grade Round 3)
2014/15 - Jamie Tulloch & Anil Sharma 131 runs for the 3rd wicket vs Swan Valley (3rd Grade Round 2)
2015/16 - Alister Lowes & Danny Davies 187 runs for the 2nd wicket vs Bentley (1st Grade Round 2)
2016/17 - Marcus Santarini & Ravi Kumar 146 runs for the 8th wicket vs Bedford Morley (7th Grade Round 10)
2017/18 - Ryan Jacobs & Adam Pesce 167 runs for the 7th wicket vs Curtin Victoria Park (2nd Grade Round 9)
2018/19 - Michael Seagar & Anthony Collopy 112 runs for the 4th wicket vs Doubleview Carine (8th Grade Round 4)
2019/20 - Matthew Hunt & Noel Seneque 126 runs for the 8th wicket vs Western Suburbs (4th Grade Round 11)
2020/21 - Pranav Kush & Jeff Carter 199 runs for the 3rd wicket vs North Perth (4th Grade Round 6)
2021/22 - Clint Dann & Ajay Sandhu 189* runs for the 4th wicket vs Nollamara AusInd (One Day Division 3 Gold Round 3)
2022/23 - Chathura Godakanda & Ryan Jacobs 168 runs for the 2nd wicket vs Nollamara AusInd (4th Grade Round 6)
2023/24 - Ryan Jacobs & Aashish Kumar 221 runs for for the 2nd wicket vs Murdoch University Melville (7th Grade Round 12)