Seaxe Club
1968-2008
2007 Award Winners
Receiving their awards from Middlesex vice-captain Ed Joyce:
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Bradley Erasmus won the David Newton Memorial Trophy for the 2nd year running. After another outstanding summer Bradley became the first player to retain one of the individual Seaxe Awards. Playing for both the Under Ten and Eleven squads, Bradley accumulated 773 runs, his average for the Under 10’s an astonishing 258! Bradley’s two standout performances came at the Taunton Festivals where he made an unbeaten 161 against Somerset Under Tens and 148 against The Channel Island Under Elevens. Half centuries against Surrey and Essex Under Elevens demonstrated Bradley’s consistency and his 78 against Sussex Under Ten’s, took him to 1000 runs for this age group over three seasons.
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Hamzah
Khan won the Gerry Lillie award for
his bowling in the Under 13 squad.
In a summer dominated by wet weather, it was somewhat surprising that
the contenders for this award were all slow bowlers. Hamzah emerged from
the Under Thirteen squad with some phenomenal figures for a young leg
spinner. He finished the season with 22 wickets at an incredible eight
runs apiece, had it not been for the abandonment of several fixtures he
would surely have threatened Phil Tufnell’s record of 30 wickets at this
age group. Hamzah took five wickets against Kent and Cambridgeshire. He
also performed well against Bedfordshire (3 for 8) and Essex (3 for 16).
To cap a fine summer, Hamzah was selected in the South of England Under
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David Nash received the Rynhold family trophy on behalf of another
wicketkeeper Stuart Poynter.
Stuart took on an enormous amount of responsibility this summer, not
only behind the stumps, but also as a middle-order batsman and captain
of the side. With a big squad and a number of new players, Stuart was
the only ever present in the eleven games played and made significant
contributions in most of them. He led the side to the Under 16 South of
England Championship with five wins from six matches. Half-centuries
against Essex and Surrey reflected Stuart’s improvement with the bat and
his glovework was exemplary throughout the campaign. Stuart played in
the second eleven against Essex at the end of the season and announced
his arrival with five catches, he has been awarded a place on this
winter’s Academy squad. |
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Michael Payne won the John Piddington all rounder
award.
In his first season as a Middlesex player, Michael made a huge impact
with both bat and ball. Essex bore the brunt of Michael’s two
outstanding innings, in his very first game he helped himself to 180 and
in the return game he reached three figures again with a chanceless
124*. To rub salt into the Essex wounds, he also helped himself to a
handful of wickets with his off-spin. Michael bowled well in both
defensive and attacking situations and struck up a fine partnership with
England Under 16 spinner Ravi Patel.Sadly Michael produced a match-winning performance for Berkshire (his
home county) against Middlesex at the Jersey festival, but the Middlesex
boys were able to exact some revenge, dismissing him for nought in the
final game of the festival. |
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Tom Edrich won the Richard Davis fair play award. Tom was a member of the Under Fourteen squad that reached the ECB National Final this summer. His performances were consistently outstanding throughout the squad’s ‘cup run’, as he bowled the side back into games that appeared to be running away from them. Richard would have marvelled at the control Tom showed with his off-spin and his ability to slip in a quicker ball when the batsman least expected. Despite not taking the wickets that his performances deserved, Tom held his nerve under pressure and set a fantastic example to his team-mates. | ||
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Middlesex
Under 10s who won the Seaxe sponsored Uxbridge festival.