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Lichfield Nomads Annual Awards Dinner 2008

Saturday 1st November 2008. The George Hotel, Lichfield.

Nomad of the Year.

The Doug Adam Trophy

Pete Gardner Voted by the players
Performance of the Year Ian Hughes Chosen by the committee
Most Valuable Player Award
The Ridley Shield

Pete Gardner

Voted by the players after each match
Fielder of the Year Dan Moss Chosen by the committee
Golden Gonad Guard Award Nigel Edwards. 2 Gonads
Fantasy Cricket Mark Heslington  
Captain's Speech Ian Hughes  

 

Nomad of the Year. (Voted by the members).

Once again Pete Gardner starred with the bat. Scoring one century and six fifties and a total of 733 runs at an average of 52.4 from 14 innings.
Pete was the leading scorer by over 400 runs.
Mal Pinfield finished the season strongly and scored 283 runs at 23.6 and Paul Fearon scored 241 runs at an average of 30.1.
Mark Heslington averaged over 40 thanks to 5 not outs and there were useful contributions from Ian  Hughes(139), Dan Moss(129), Stanley(124) and Fuzz Weir (116) and Dan Brannigan (98).

The leading wicket taker was Ian Hughes with 21 wickets at 20.1.
Keith Greaves took 15 wickets at 16.9. Pete Blackburn and John Hoddy took 10 wickets each and Dan Brannigan topped the bowling averages with 9 wickets at 13.8.
Fearon (7), Forster (6) and Heslington(5) also chipped in.

Improvements were noted for both Fuzz Weir and Dave Pickering who recorded PBs with the bat

The winner was Pete Gardner.

Performance of the Year. (Chosen by the committee). New Trophy for 2007

Best Batting
P. Gardner's 101 v Highcroft and Great Barr Unity
P. Gardner scored 1 century and six half centuries
P. Fearon's 80 v Shugborough
M. Pinfield 62 v Sutton on the Hill
I. Hughes 50 v WT Parker

Best Partnerships
97 for the 1st wkt. P. Gardner & P. Fearon v Sunseekers
93 for the 2nd wkt. P. Gardner & N. Weir v D2CC (Sutton Police)
80 for the 2nd wkt. P. Gardner & P. Fearon v Blythe Bridge

Best Bowling
S. George 4-27 v Buxton
I. Hughes 4-35 v Etwall
I. Hughes 4-39 v Shugborough

Ian Hughes was the winner and was rewarded for his 21 wickets for the season and his
excellent match performance against WT Parker. Where he scored a debut 50 with the bat and took 3-18

Fielder of the Year. (Chosen by the committee). New Trophy for 2007

Catches:
Foster, Gardner 6.
Moss 5
I. Hughes, G. Blackburn 4
P. Fearon, N. Edwards, M. Heslington, K. Greaves 3

Stumpings:
P. Gardner 7

Run Outs:
P. Fearon 2
G. Blackburn, J. Hoddy 1
The winner was Dan Moss. 5 catches and excellent all round displays in the field.

Gonad of the year.
Nigel Edwards won the Gonad of the Year.
Nige picked up 2 ducks.
2008 Gonads - Full Details
Most Valuable Player.
Pete Gardner was the winner with 52 points.
The full list of players with 10 or more points was as follows:

Pete Gardner       52
Paul Fearon        27
Malcolm Pinfield  15
Dan Brannigan    13
Dan Moss           10
F Weir               10
Fantasy Cricket.
Mark Heslington won the trophy after a close battle with Pete Willis. Click here for further details
Debuts.
Keith Stanley, Nick George
Personal Bests.

I. Hughes 4-35 v Etwall
I. Hughes 50 v WT Parker
N. (Fuzz) Weir 38 v D2 (Sutton Police)
K. Stanley 24 v Great Barr
D. Pickering 11* v Blythe Bridge

Career Milestones.
Ian Hughes and Dan Moss both passed 50 wickets for the club.
Game(s) of the Season.
The win against Shugborough by 3 runs was the closest match of the season.
The win against a strong Buxton side by 14 runs was also an excellent achievement.

Author: Paul Fearon
Last Update 7/11/08

See Also...

Nomads Award Winners Hall of Fame
Nomads Awards 2007
Nomads Awards 2006
Nomads Awards 2005
Nomads Awards 2004
Nomads Awards 2003

Nomads Awards 2002
Nomads Awards 2001

Nomads Awards 2000
Nomads Awards 1999
Nomads Awards 1998


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