Tom Jagot - 2020-21 O'Reilly Medallist

In 2020/21, Thomas Jagot was a joint winner of the O’Reilly Medal, sharing the award with Nick Stapleton of St George. He also received his second NSW Premier Cricket Merit Team cap. These were a fitting rewards for a remarkable and memorable season in which Tom racked up an even 1,000 First Grade runs.

Tom's incredible year was immortalised by Fisher Classics

Tom joined the Bears in 2015, having previously played for UNSW and Randwick-Petersham. Tom became First Grade cap number 644 before battling injury in the back end of his first season at the club. He cemented his place in the top grade the following season with a commanding hundred against Easts. From that point on, he relentlessly piled on the runs.

Tom scored over 600 runs in each of the four seasons up to 2020/21, with his 984 runs in 2018/19 earning him his first NSW Premier Cricket Merit Team cap, and the runner-up position in the O’Reilly Medal for that season. He made 10 First Grade hundreds and developed the habit of making them big ones – with scores over two seasons in his pomp of 156, 149* and 141.

En route to the O'Reilly Medal in 2020/21, Tom passed 100 First Grade matches for the Bears and also cruised past 4,000 first grade runs for the club.

In 2018/19, Tom hit an undefeated 125 as he and Adam Crosthwaite shared a club-record fourth wicket partnership of 261 and mowed down Sydney’s total of 380 at Drummoyne Oval. Tom has featured in six other partnerships in excess of 150, including 204 with Tim Reynolds against St George in Round 6 in 2020/21.

Tom was also rewarded with selection in NSW XIs across three seasons and represented the Sydney Sixers academy team. He was also selected in the Bears’ team of the decade for the 2010s and was of course also the 2020/21 Access RnD Bradman Medallist. 

At the time of writing in August 2025, Tom is 14th in the Bears' all-time First Grade run-scorers list with 4,904, having returned to the side after injury during the 2024/25 season.

About the O’Reilly Medal

 The O’Reilly Medal is awarded the best and fairest player(s) in the First Grade competition, based on points awarded each match by the umpires. Before Tom, only Trevor Chappell (1986/87) had won the award while playing for North Sydney. The medal is named after a Bears great, who took 962 wickets at 9.44 for a combination of North Sydney and St George, so it was apt that the medal “came home” in 2021 to be shared between the two clubs.

Clip from the Captains Circle on BeaconPoint Cricket with Paul Ryan - setting the field for left arm swing bowlers