Coen Marwick claims three separate A-grade trophies at Albany & Districts Cricket Association awards night

Railways all-rounder Coen Marwick claimed two of the major Albany and Districts Cricket Association A-grade awards at the annual presentation night on Saturday. The Tigers’ captain was a shining light in a disappointing season for his side and won the cricketer of the year and captains’ player of the year trophies. Marwick made 597 runs and took 18 wickets across the 50-over and T20 formats. The Tigers won only two matches during the season, against Manypeaks in rounds 10 and 15. The 26-year old won the captains’ player of the year award by a margin of two votes, polling 30 ahead of Mt Barker’s Alex Fergie (28 votes) and Nathan Crudeli (27). Royals’ Lincoln Joy (25) and Collingwood Park’s Oliver Davidson (23) rounded out the top five. In the Mike Storm Memorial cricketer of the year, Marwick finished with 977 points to top the A-grade standings. Davidson and Fergie were named joint winners of the umpires’ player of the year award with 22 votes each, while Crudeli (21), Marwick (18) and Joy (16) finished inside the top five. Marwick said it was an honour to be recognised. “It’s not why you play cricket, to win awards like this, but having said that, it’s really nice to be recognised,” he said. “On a personal level coming into the year, I sort of felt I had a bit of a disappointing season last year with the bat. “I put it on myself to really bounce back.” “We’re a really young group so I wanted to lead by example and set the tone for the group. “I’d trade them (awards) all in a heartbeat for a few more wins but that’s cricket.” Marwick’s strongest performance was in the Tigers’ 19-run win over Peaks in round 10, hitting 91 runs and taking 3-25 to break a nine-game losing streak. “It’s probably why it’s such an honour, getting the nod over guys like Nath (Crudeli), Oliver Davidson and Lincoln Joy from Royals,” Marwick said. “I was probably a little bit fortunate at times, I think they missed a few games, which might have helped me out a little bit but to win over the likes of players like that makes it an extra bit more special. “I’d like to continue having seasons like this and hopefully some of the younger guys can have big seasons themselves. “I’d love for one of these young guys to be standing up there and holding these trophies soon.” “If that happens, it will go a long way towards us hopefully getting back to the top where we want to be.” Marwick claimed a third award, the A-grade batting aggregate, after leading the competition for runs scored. Crudeli won the A-grade batting average for the season with 72.71 from his 509 runs. Davidson claimed the bowling aggregate gong with 27 wickets, while young Lions quick Teague Valli won the bowling average award with 22 wickets at 10.55. The prestigious Syd Harper award for the best under-21 cricketer in the ADCA went to Davidson. Denmark’s Matt Burton was the B-grade cricketer of the year with 607 points and also took home the captains’ player of the year trophy along with the batting aggregate gong (482 runs). Manypeaks’ Brent Sheridan was the umpires’ player of the year with 17 votes, and Magpies’ Campbell Robertson had the best batting average of 68.83. Park’s Jaymon Spaanderman won the bowling average with 10.50 and shared bowling aggregate with Lions’ Tyler Crommelin after each snared 22 wickets. In the C-grade, Narrikup’s James Morris swept the major awards, claiming the cricketer of the year (655 points), the captains’ player of the year (28 votes) and the umpires’ player of the year (18 votes). He won the batting aggregate with 470 runs, Magpies’ Damien Schwarzbach won the batting average award with 143.5, and Peaks’ Peter Owen claimed the bowling aggregate and average with 19 wickets at 7.58. ALBANY AND DISTRICTS CRICKET ASSOCIATION SEASON AWARDS A-Grade Captains Player of the Year: Coen Marwick (30 votes) Umpires Player of the Year: Oliver Davidson & Alex Fergie (22 votes) Cricketer of the Year: Coen Marwick (977 points) Syd Harper Under-21 Cricketer of the Year: Oliver Davidson Batting aggregate: Coen Marwick (597 runs) Batting average: Nathan Crudeli (509 runs at 72.71) Bowling aggregate: Oliver Davidson (27 wickets) Bowling average: Teague Valli (22 wickets at 10.55) B-Grade Captains Player of the Year: Matt Burton Umpires Player of the Year: Brent Sheridan (17 votes) Cricketer of the Year: Matt Burton (607 points) Batting aggregate: Matt Burton (482 runs) Batting average: Campbell Robertson (413 runs at 68.83) Bowling aggregate: Jaymon Spaanderman & Tyler Crommelin (22 wickets) Bowling average: Jaymon Spaanderman (22 wickets at 10.5) C-Grade Captains Player of the Year: James Morris (28 votes) Umpires Player of the Year: James Morris (18 votes) Cricketer of the Year: James Morris (655 points) Batting aggregate: James Morris (470 runs) Batting average: Damien Schwarzbach (287 runs at 143.5) Bowling aggregate: Peter Owen (19 wickets) Bowling average: Peter Owen (19 wickets at 7.58)