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Lichfield Nomads Annual Awards Dinner 2002

8th November 2002. The Park Gate Inn, Gentleshaw.

Nomad of the Year.

The Doug Adam Trophy

 Pete Gardner
Performance of the Year John Hoddy
Fielder of the Year Keith Greaves
Golden Gonad Guard Award Dave Pickering. 3 Gonads
Fantasy Cricket Pete Gardner
Most Valuable Player Award Phil Higginson

 

Nomad of the Year. (Voted by the members)
Batting
It was business as usual for Pete Gardner as he retook the highest run scorer crown with an excellent 760 runs. He top scored with 156*, a new personal best, in the record breaking match against Church Eaton and he scored 4 more half-centuries including 81 against Mechelen CC. Mal Pinfield was runner-up this year with 327 runs. His best score was 62 against Great Barr Unity and he scored one more half-century, 55 not out against Bugbrooke.
Three other batsmen passed 200 runs with Ross Heslington on 289, Dan Moss on 239 and Phil Higginson on 236. Ross scored one half-century, 55 against Swynnerton in the first match of the season. Dan improved his personal best to 62 not out against Trentside, in his second season, and scored two other 50s. Phil improved his personal best to 43 in the last match of the season at Blythe Bridge. Hussein had one of his best years with the bat and scored 188, including a personal best 63 against Church Eaton. He also scored a half century in the Nomads Anniversary match, which was not included in the averages. The others to  pass 100 runs were Paul Fearon (130) and John Hoddy (113).
In the anniversary match, Darren Cartwright scored a debut 50, Fearon scored 36 to add to his 130 as his batting improved late in the season with the help of a new bat and Higginson scored 31 to add to his 236.

Bowling
With the ball, it was close once again, with Ross Heslington, Paul Fearon and John Hoddy all on 21 wickets going into the final match of the season. Ross came out on top with 23 wickets, with Paul second on 22. Fearon took 2 wickets in the anniverary match but these were not included in the averages.
John Hoddy produced the best individual performance with 6-26 against M&T.  Ross' best figures, of 4 for 36, came against Church Eaton and Paul's best was 4 for 24 against Beaudesert. Keith Greaves took the only other five wicket haul, 5-34 against Great Barr Unity.
Paul Fearon topped the averages taking 22 wickets at an average of 15.18, Dave Forster took 16 wickets at 18.06, Dan Moss took 15 wickets at 19.40, John Hoddy took 21 at 20.38, Keith Greaves took 17 at 20.76, Ross Heslington took 23 at 20.78 and Phil Higginson took 14 at 35.29. Worth noting also is Pete Blackburn's 5 wickets at just 11.80 as he restricted his appearances this season and Darren Cartwright's 5 wickets at 26.80 as he struggled with an injury for much of the year.

Fielding.
Keith Greaves took an outstanding 15 catches at mid-on/mid-off. Pete Gardner also had a good year taking 13 catches and 6 stumpings.

Off the field.
Special mention to Ray Jennett and Pete Willis. Ray was again a major contributor off the field with regular umpiring sessions and scoring duties and even came out of retirement to don the whites. Pete administered the Fantasy Cricket as efficiently as ever, despite not being in contention for the prizes for the first time.

Pete Gardner was voted Nomad of the Year by the members ...
 
Performance of the Year. (Chosen by the committee)
Best Batting
Pete Gardner 156*  v Church Eaton
Pete Gardner 81 v Mechelen CC

Best Partnerships
Pete Gardner and Akin Hussein. 186 v Church Eaton
Dan Moss and Akin Hussein. 103 v Trentside
P. Higginson and D. Forster. 48 not out v Cannock Wood (All time record for the 8th wicket)
Pete Blackburn and Pete Willis. 11 not out v Friary Grange

Best Bowling
John Hoddy 6 for 26 v M&T.
Keith Greaves 5 for 22. v Great Barr Unity.

Best Fielding
Keith Greaves 15 catches.
Pete Gardner 13 catches and 6 stumpings.

John Hoddy was awarded Performance of the Year for Captaining the team to 12 wins and only 3 defeats.

2002 Averages Details  2002 Records Details
 
Fielder of the Year. (Chosen by the committee)
Overall, with the exception of the match against Highcroft, the fielding has improved again.
Keith Greaves catching has been outstanding and he pouched 15 catches in a remarkable year.
Gardner performed the keeper's duties with aplomb and this was especially impressive given his injury while standing up in the first match of the season.
There weren't many run outs this year with Hussein, Weir and Hemmings all claiming one each.
The ground fielding has improved with Dan Moss teaching the older players how it should be done.

Keith Greaves was awarded the Fielder of the Year trophy.
 
Gonad of the year.
Dave Pickering won the Gonad of the Year. Two Gonads from Fearon set the early pace but the purchase of a new bat stopped the rot. Greaves, Pickering and Hoddy then joined him on 2 Gonads. The coup de grace came at Highcroft where Greaves scored valuable runs and Pickering batting with a runner was run out by Greaves for his third Gonad and no runs. Full Details
 
Most Valuable Player.
With a hint of irony the trophy suggested by Phil Higginson was deservedly won by Phil Higginson. Some excellent all-round performances that often tipped the balance in favour of the Nomads.

Phil Higginson 41 points
Keith Greaves 28 Points
Pete Gardner 27 Points
Paul Fearon 26  Points
 
Fantasy Cricket.
Pete Willis' dominance of the fantasy league came to an end as Pete Gardner won the title this year. It was a close run thing with Akin Hussein leading for most of the year and the two of them having opened up a sizeable gap from the rest of the pack. Chris Rowland came with a late run to finish third. Full Details
 
Debuts.
Dave Pickering
G Coleman
Fuzz Weir
Phil Moore
Saj (some bloke from Belgium)
 
Personal Bests.
Pete Gardner 156*. v Church Eaton
Phil Higginson 43. v Blythe Bridge Vikings.
Akin Hussein 63. v Church Eaton.
Dan Moss 62* v Trentside. 4-34 v Swynnerton.
 
Career Milestones.
Mal Pinfield reached 5,000 runs for the Nomads.
Ross Heslington reached 4,000 runs and 400 wickets for the Nomads.
Keith Greaves reached 100 wickets for the Nomads.
 
Game of the Season.
Some excellent matches this year. In no particular order!

1. Nomads XI v President's XI. A celebration of all that is good about the Nomads.
2. Victory over Beaudesert, a superb bowling performance defending a low total.
3. Victory over Church Eaton by 1 run, a surreal match where over 550 runs flowed and all 3 results were possible off the last ball.
4. Nomads v Friary Grange. The Nomads retained the Stuart Ellison trophy by 1 wicket in a nail biting finish.

Author: Paul Fearon
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