Saturday October 21st 2006

Lionel Cooke presents David Ormerod with the mounted ball

David Ormerod swept the board at Accrington's Presentation Night, picking up no fewer than five trophies to crown a successful season on his return to the club where he played as a junior.

David's total of 62 wickets, which earned him the Boardwell Cup, was the best by an Accrington amateur since Alan Worsick took 75 in 1971 and he is the first Accrington bowler since Worsick claimed 59 victims in 1984 to be the league's leading amateur wicket-taker. David also picked up the Chairman's Cup for Player of the Year, the Players Player of the Year, the Heavenly Choir Trophy for Supporters Player of the Year and a special award, the mounted ball with which he took his 900th Lancashire League wicket.

Lionel with David Ormerod and Mat Wilson

Lionel with Toc, Zed, Sagawat, Nasser and Waheed Hussain

It was also a good night for the Hussains. Nasser Hussain won the Bruce Francis Cup for hitting most runs in the seconds, his total of 618 runs has only been bettered by Geoff Hayhurst's record 701. Nasser also picked up the Duncan Warburton Trophy for best performance, his 125 at Todmorden. Sagawat Hussain picked up the cup for best batting average in the seconds and Waheed Hussain was named 'Player of the Year.' Len Dewhurst had most wickets and Matt Donnelly qualified for the best bowling average

Lionel with Matt Schofield and Simon Hanson

The Jack Douthwaite Trophy for the Under 19 Player of the Year in the first team went to Simon Hanson who showed tremendous promise in his first season in the senior side and Simon also picked up the Edwin Airey Trophy for Junior Player of the Year.

Third team skipper Zed Hussain won the Alven Burrows Cup for scoring most runs and Waqas Ahmed won the Wilkinson Cup for best batting average. Zafar Aslam won the Peter Westwell Cup for best bowling average and Zed Hussain picked up the Wilkinson Cup for best bowling average. Matthew Schofield won the Ashwell Trophy for Most Improved Player and Toc Hussain picked up the Thompson and Partners Trophy for 3rd XI Player of the Year.

Lionel with wicketkeeper James Ormerod

Wicketkeeper James Ormerod, who bagged 29 victims which was a remarkable achievement in his first season in senior cricket and with little previous experience with the gloves, won the Leslie Martin Trophy for Wickekeeper of the Year.

The Michael Rigby Award for Supporter of the year went to Bert Ormerod for his work around the ground this year.

The Champagne Men Mick Horsfield and Ian Wilson

This year the accringtoncc.co.uk Website Player of the Year Award was not presented to a player. Nigel Stockley explained: "Since going on line in 2002 the website has featured some excellent support from contributors such as Richard Burrows (during his World Tour), Saf Ali, Mick and Matthew Donnelly, Andrew Greenwood and Damian Clarke from the Junior Section. Of course there is also the infamous and ground breaking Zed's Diary, but this year I asked our Groundsman Ian McCrae if he would consider writing a Ground Diary, logging his work on the ground during the summer.

"Happily Ian agreed to do this and what we finished up with far exceded my expectations. Not only did we learn of the technicalities of maintaining the field, but we also had a running commentary on the behind the scenes work that goes on at the club.

"All summer we followed the adventures of Bert and his brilliant white paint, heard about the day the Chairman spent rolling the wrong wicket, learnt what size spuds make the best potato pies, what you do when the 'big end' goes on the mower, and we also found out how many pairs of shorts that a groundsman goes through in a season. For an outstanding contribution to the website the 2006 award goes to Ian McCrae. "

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