Achievements recognised at the NDCA presentation

Narrabri District Cricket Association’s 2022/23 season awards presentation event was held in the Collins Park grandstand on Saturday after the two grand finals had been abandoned due to wet weather.

A full list of the award winners is as follows:

Club championship – Narrabri RSL Cricket Club.

Junior cricketer of the year – Gabe O’Connor (RSL).

First grade under-21 player of the year – Bernard O’Connor (RSL).

Districts representative player of the year – Matt Conroy (Tourist Hotel).

Cricketer of the year – Sid Harvey (Tatts).

First grade awards:

Best and fairest – Jake Brayshaw (RSL).

Batting average – Nick Tomlinson (Tourist Hotel) with 168 runs at 28.

Batting aggregate – Nick Tomlinson (Tourist Hotel) and Bernard O’Connor (RSL) with 168 runs.

Bowling average – Cooper Brayshaw (RSL) with 15 wickets at 6.73.

Bowling aggregate – Nathan Trindall (RSL) with 16 wickets.

Most improved first grade player – Nick Tomlinson (Tourist Hotel).

Premiers – RSL.

Grand final player-of-the-match – Cooper Brayshaw (RSL) who took a game-best 4-16 from nine overs in the game’s first innings, which included two wicket-maidens.

Second grade awards:

Best and fairest – Mick Dowdell (RSL).

Batting aggregate – Mick Dowdell (RSL) with 256 runs.

Batting average – Chris Hartnett (Tatts) with 226 runs at 113.

Bowling aggregate – Mick Dowdell (RSL), Chris Hartnett (Tatts), Kaleb Mowle and Scott Smith (both Tourist Hotel) all with seven wickets.

Bowling average – Mick Dowdell (RSL) with seven wickets at 9.71.

Most improved second grade player – Mitchell Foster (Tourist Hotel).

Premiers – RSL.

Grand final player-of-the-match – Chris Hartnett (Tatts) who scored a game-best 30 from 40 deliveries in the match’s only innings.

Districts representative player of the year - Tourist Hotel’s Matt Conroy. Districts representative player of the year - Tourist Hotel’s Matt Conroy.

First grade under-21 player of the year and batting aggregate winner - RSL’s Bernard O’Connor. First grade under-21 player of the year and batting aggregate winner - RSL’s Bernard O’Connor.

Junior cricketer of the year - RSL’s Gabe O’Connor. Junior cricketer of the year - RSL’s Gabe O’Connor.

First grade most improved and batting average and aggregate winner - Tourist Hotel’s Nick Tomlinson. First grade most improved and batting average and aggregate winner - Tourist Hotel’s Nick Tomlinson.

First grade best and fairest winner - RSL’s Jake Brayshaw. First grade best and fairest winner - RSL’s Jake Brayshaw.

First grade bowling aggregate winner - RSL’s Nathan Trindall. First grade bowling aggregate winner - RSL’s Nathan Trindall.

First grade bowling average winner and player-of-the-final - RSL’s Cooper Brayshaw. First grade bowling average winner and player-of-the-final - RSL’s Cooper Brayshaw.

Second grade batting average and bowling aggregate winner and player-of-the-final - Tatts’ Chris Hartnett. Second grade batting average and bowling aggregate winner and player-of-the-final - Tatts’ Chris Hartnett.

Second grade best and fairest, batting aggregate and bowling aggregate and average winner - RSL’s Mick Dowdell. Second grade best and fairest, batting aggregate and bowling aggregate and average winner - RSL’s Mick Dowdell.

Second grade bowling aggregate winner - Tourist Hotel’s Kaleb Mowle. Second grade bowling aggregate winner - Tourist Hotel’s Kaleb Mowle.