2005-2006 - Queensland Cricket

REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS.
HONOUR BOARD
Queensland selection: Chris Simpson, Ryan Broad.
Queensland Fire selection. Julia Price, Trish Brown, Megan White.
Under 19 Queensland selection: Natalia Banks, Laura Kidd, Zoe Springate.
Under 17 Queensland selection: Alice Nicklin, Nicole Quinn.
QUEENSLAND CRICKET AWARDS:
Two of our players, in Ben Laughlin and Trish Brown, won the individual trophies for the best and
fairest players in the mens’ and womens’ competitions at the Grade Trophy night on 21 April.
Laughlin capped off a fine season where he took a hat trick against Northern Suburbs and a best
7 for 44 against South Brisbane by winning the Peter Burge Medal by three votes from North’s
Bulls off spinner Nathan Hauritz and University’s Bulls allrounder Lachlan Stevens. Laughlin joins
previous Club winners Adam Dale in 1993-94 and 1995-96 and Scott Prestwidge in 1994-95.
Interestingly his father Trevor, the former Victorian and Australian player, won the corresponding
Melbourne award, the Jack Ryder Medal, in 1983-84 while captaining Collingwood. Dale has
since won the Ryder medal in 2003-04 playing for North Melbourne.
Queensland Fire player, Brown, with a season of 646 runs at 58.72, won the Kath Smith Medal in
the Katherine Raymont Shield competition by seven points from Beenleigh Logan allrounder
Delissa Kimmince and Wests’ Fire allrounder Louise Broadfoot. She has now won the medal for
each of the four seasons it has been presented. She has now scored 2060 runs at 58.85 for the
Club in three seasons.
Other Queensland Cricket award winners on the night were David Humphries for the best bowling
average in fifth grade with 40 wickets at 8.92 and Trish Brown the first grade best batting average
with 580 runs at 58.00.
Other award winners sponsored by Gabba Sporting Products were -
Ryan Broad first grade highest score 241.
Ben Laughlin most wickets in first grade 42.
Ryan Poole most dismissals in first grade 29.
Dane Hutchinson most wickets in second grade 37.
Matt Myers most dismissals in second grade 32.
Craig Thomas fourth grade highest score - 197*.
Matt Conwell most wickets in Under 18’s 34.
Gavin Young most dismissals in Under 18’s 15.
Trish Brown most runs in first grade 580
Julia Price first grade highest score 159.
Alice Nicklin most wickets in first grade 20.
Julia Price most dismissals in first grade15.
With two best player awards and fourteen individual awards this was the Club’s best
representation at any Trophy presentation.
Our premiership winning under 18’s and under 19’s also received their awards on the night.
PETER BURGE MEDAL
The Peter Burge Medal is awarded each season to the best and fairest Brisbane first grade
cricketer, as judged by the first grade umpires. The award is named in honour of Peter Burge,
widely regarded as Queensland's finest home-grown batsman. He had a 15-year Shield career,
scoring 7627 runs at an average of 56.08, including 24 centuries, in 91 matches. He captained
Queensland on 29 occasions. He played 42 Test matches for Australia scoring 2290 runs at
38.16, including four centuries.
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