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Lichfield Nomads Annual Awards Dinner 2005

Saturday 12th November 2005. The George Hotel, Lichfield.

Nomad of the Year.

The Doug Adam Trophy

 John Hoddy John Hoddy was voted the Nomad of the Year by the members.
Performance of the Year Richard Caygill Rich Caygill was awarded the Performance of the Year Trophy for his 85* against Bishop's Tachbrook.
Most Valuable Player Award
The Ridley Shield		 Pete Gardner Pete Gardner won the MVP Award. This award is voted by the players after each match.
Fielder of the Year Graeme Blackburn Graeme Blackburn won Fielder of the Year
Golden Gonad Guard Award Pete Blackburn. 3 Gonads  
Fantasy Cricket Mark Heslington
Captain's Speech Pete Blackburn Much hilarity about Mr Angry setting off the smoke alarm at Swynnerton with a particularly pungent dump.

 

Nomad of the Year. (Voted by the members)

There were good batting performances from the usual suspects of Gardner (607 runs @ 37.9) and Pinfield (307 runs @ 19.2). Caygill played more consistently and benefitted from extra time at the crease with 267 runs @ 29.67 including a personal best 85* and Moss scored 204 runs in just 7 innings, including a 60 at an average of over 40.
The all-rounders were well represented with Heslington scoring 292 runs @29.2 and taking 18 wickets. Fearon scored 161 @ 26.8 and took 11 wickets in 9 matches. Forster averaged 84, having been dismissed only once all season and took 11 wickets despite an injury affected season.
Of the specialist bowlers Hoddy (20 wkts @ 19.9 including a club record 7-4 against Revesby) and Greaves (15 @ 18.73) stood out but Pete Blackburn's 14 wickets and Ian Hughes 13 wickets were also satisfying returns. Worth mentioning Ted's contribution in organising the Lincolnshire tour and contributions with bat, ball and gloves and Pete Blackburn's successful captaincy.

The winner was John Hoddy
Performance of the Year. (Chosen by the committee)

The two standout individual performances were Rich Caygill's 85 not out and John Hoddy's 7 for 4. But there were several worthy partnership's to note including Dave Forster and Sos Hughes' unbeaten 93 at Bugbrooke.

Best Batting
 Richard Caygill 85* v Bishop's Tachbrook - 19/6/05
 Pete Gardner 77 v Beaudesert - 11/6/05
Pete Gardner 72 v Church Eaton - 31/7/05
Paul Fearon 70 v Alveley - 11/9/05
Dan Moss 60 v Sunseekers - 15/5/05
Dan Moss 59* v Harborne 24/4/05

Best Partnerships
120 v Beaudesert - 11/6/05  P. Gardner & A. Hussein
  96 v Sunseekers - 15/5/05 D. Moss and M. Heslington
  93* v Bugbrooke - 3/7/05 3/7/05 M. Hughes and D. Forster (8th Wicket)
  91 v Blythe Bridge - 18/9/05 P. Gardner and M. Pinfield
  82 v Alveley - 11/9/05 P. Fearon and D. Moss (4th Wicket)
  76* v Sutton on the Hill - 3/9/05 P. Gardner and J. Hoddy (7th Wicket)

Best Bowling
J. Hoddy 7-4 v Revesby 27/8/05 Club Record
Dave Forster (4-22 at Woore including Nick Hancock of 'They think it's all over fame) and Paul Fearon (4-31 at Friskney) were the only others to take 4 or more in an innings.
 
Fielder of the Year. (Chosen by the committee)
Graeme Blackburn won the Fielder of the Year.
 Some good candidates this year. Gardner (13 catches and 5 stumpings) and Osborn (3 catches and 4 stumpings) both kept well. Moss as ever was lively in the field. Caygill benefited from playing more games and was always alert. Hussein and Pinfield both took 6 catches. The biggest improvement was probably by the Blackburns. Pete took 5 catches and Graeme took 2 catches at Sutton on the Hill. Graeme's overall fielding and throwing has improved tremendously this season and he was rewarded with the Fielder of the year trophy.
Gonad of the year.
Pete Blackburn won the Gonad of the Year.
Pete and Graeme Blackburn both bagged 3 ducks but Snapper wins on the fewer runs scored rule. 2005 Gonads - Full Details
Most Valuable Player.
Pete Gardner was the clear winner with 42 points, Mark Heslington was second with 33 points and Paul Fearon was third with 25 points.

The full list was:

P Gardner 42, M Heslington 33, P Fearon 25, R Caygill 20, D Foster 18, J Hoddy 15, D Moss 15, T Osborne 9, J Waite 9, K Greaves 7, M Pinfield 6, P Blackburn 2, A Hussein 2, I Hughes 2, S Hughes 2, D Pickering 2, G Blackburn 2, F Weir 1.
Fantasy Cricket.
Mark Heslington won the trophy after a close battle with Paul Fearon and long time leader Ray Jennett, who finished third. Click here for further details
Debuts.
Mark Williamson, Sos Hughes, Sam Baraud, John Waite.
Personal Bests.

J. Hoddy 7-4 v Revesby - 27/8/05 (Club Record)
D. Forster 46* v v Bugbrooke - 3/7/05
I. Hughes 21 v Beaudesert - 16/7/05
Career Milestones.
P. Fearon 300 wickets, M. Heslington 5,000 runs, D. Forster 100 wickets, 1,000 runs.
John Hoddy is now 10 runs short of 1,000 runs.
Game of the Season.
Hard to call this one. There were battling draws away at Harborne and Sutton on the Hill. There were big wins against Beau and Woore (where the beer match returned!). But the season will probably be best remembered for the two hard fought victories on the Lincolnshire tour against Revesby and Friskney.

Author: Paul Fearon
Last Update 21/11/05

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