Graham Napier guest speaker at Tees Herts & Essex Border Cricket League annual presentation evening

michael.vaughton@iliffemedia.co.uk

Published: 11:47, 30 October 2023

| Updated: 16:41, 30 October 2023

Top teams and talented individuals were hailed at the Tees Herts & Essex Border League’s annual presentation evening.

Matching Green, Willingale, Thaxted and Stansted Hall & Elsenham II got their hands on the league trophies after winning Premier Division, Division One, Division Two and Division Three respectively.

Matching Green also got to celebrate their League Cup triumph again while Bishop’s Stortford IV earned praise for their League Shield success.

From left, Fred Hussain (Bishop’s Stortford IV), Riz Akram (Matching Green), guest speaker Graham Napier, Andrew MacKinlay (Stansted Hall & Elsenham), Andrew Yeldham (Thaxted) and Paul Dawson (Willingale)

Farnham were the first recipients of the league’s Coronation Fair Play Shield.

There were 116 guests in attendance at Bishop’s Stortford Golf Club and the guest speaker was Essex legend Graham Napier.

PREMIER DIVISION - Winners: Matching Green; Runners-up: Stansted Hall & Elsenham; Most individual runs: Riz Akram (Matching Green) 1,000; Most individual wickets: Ed Taylor (Nazeing Common) 33; Most wicketkeeper dismissals: Steve Ward (Matching Green) 22; Highest individual score: Riz Akram (Matching Green) 188no; Best bowling figures: Dave Milson (Bengeo) 6-38; Under-18 player of the year: Nathan Piquito (Abridge).

Matching Green chairman Simon Hartnell, left, with Tees group managing director Ashton Hunt

DIVISION ONE - Winners: Willingale; Runners-up: Little Hallingbury; Most individual runs: Kautilya Reddy (Nazeing Common II) 660; Most individual wickets: Paul Dawson (Wiilingale) 44; Most wicketkeeper dismissals: Steve Corner (Willingale) 14; Highest individual score: Nas Kuttiyan (Stansted) 211no; Best bowling figures: Chris Wearden (Hatfield Heath) 7-35; U18 player of the year: Josh Scott (Braughing); Female player of the year: Lotty Hobson (Braughing).

DIVISION TWO - Winners: Thaxted; Runners-up: Bishop’s Stortford IV; Most individual runs: Umar Afzal (Ardeley Walkern) 878; Most individual wickets: Fahim Akbar (Essendon) 31; Most wicketkeeper dismissals: John Lyle (Bishop’s Stortford IV) 11; Highest individual score: Toby Warnes (Bishop’s Stortford IV) 204no; Best bowling figures: Graeme Sumner (Bishop’s Stortford IV), 6-5; U18 player of the year: Harrison Thake (Takeley II).

DIVISION THREE - Winners: Stansted Hall & Elsenham II; Runners-up: Hockerill II; Most individual runs: Paul Pearce (Hockerill II) 653; Most individual wickets: Alfie Willison (Hockerill II) 21; Most wicketkeeper dismissals: Cameron Vernon (Hockerill II) 8; Highest individual score: Harry Picton-Turbervill (Hockerill II) 187no; Best bowling figures: Arif Rubell (Thorley II) 7-26; U18 player of the year: Fred Mackenzie (Stansted Hall & Elsenham II); Female player of the year: Emilia Allen (Harlow V).

League Cup winners: Matching Green; League Shield winners: Bishop’s Stortford IV. Coronation Fair Play Shield winners: Farnham.

Cricket Michael Vaughton