Uralla captain Jay Grills was named Walcha cricketer of the year and received the ER Brazel memorial trophy when presentations were held at the bowling Club last Sunday afternoon.
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He finished on 16 points followed by Round Swamp all-rounder Craig Lord 10 and Rugby league veteran Michael Boyd 9.
The 22-year-old scored 214 runs throughout the season leading his team from win-less wooden-spooners the previous season to runners-up in the Turton Cup and semi finalists in the Walcha News Cup.
Boyd scored the most runs during the season with 319, finishing ahead of Lord on 300 while Grills was third.
Positions were reversed for the Lloyd Levingston batting average trophy where Lord won with a neat 50 runs per innings ahead of Boyd on 45:47 with Rugby League stalwart Rob Laurie third on 30:66.
Another Rugby League player Mark Johnson won both the bowling aggregate and Denis Wall bowling average trophy after he claimed 14 wickets at cost of 11.0 runs each.
The Fleet Helicopter 0/35 batting prize went to Michael Boyd and the 0/35 bowling was won by Kentucky all-rounder Steph Sweeney after he took 10 wickets during the season at a price of 12:20 runs a piece. Kentucky also supplied the wicket keeper of the year after Bob Jex polled 22 points - five points ahead of Uralla gloveman Nathan Swann.
The Viv Partridge memorial trophy for most catches went to Kentucky’s Justin Gibson fowling his seven successful grabs, just ahead of Uralla’s Sam Press and Rugby League’s Wayne Boyd both on six. The two Bob Bowden U21 trophies went to Uralla players Cameron Kelly (batting) 12:8 runs per innings and Ben Hamilton (bowling) 11 wickets at 18:45 runs per wicket.
Swamp skipper Barry Hoy collected the Walcha News Cup after his team finished major premiers, League boss Peter Mooney picked up the Yalgoo Shield for the minor premiership and Sam Martin received the Turton Cup on behalf of Colts.
The Jim Fletcher memorial trophy for best bowling performance in the grand final went to Craig Lord after he snared 4/28 and he also shared the player of the match in the decider with his team mate all-rounder Lachie Fletcher.
A modest crowd was in attendance for the presentations but the players and supporters who were there had an enjoyable afternoon.