Another hugely successful season on and off the pitch has come and gone for Essex County Cricket Club, and the best of the 2019 campaign was celebrated last Friday in the Club’s on-pitch marquee as the End of Season Gala Dinner took place.
Players from the First Team squad were in attendance, as were sponsors, supporters and staff who have given their all for Essex over the last 12 months.
Essex legend Graham Gooch hosted the event and Simon Harmer scooped several of the big awards, taking the Player of the Year, Players’ Player of the Year and the Bowler of the Year after taking 83 County Championship wickets.
After an exceptional T20 campaign with several match-winning performances, Ravi Bopara was named the Eagle of the Year, whilst Dan Lawrence claimed Batsman of the Year having averaged 38.16 in the County Championship and Sam Cook deservedly won First XI Young Player of the Year after claiming 32 County Championship wickets at an average of 21.03.
Aron Nijjar, Robin Das, Derek Harding, Kelly Castle, Liam McFall and Hayden Davies also collected awards over the course of the night, with the full list of winners shown below.
WINNERS:
Player of the Year (sponsored by DeVines Accountants): Simon Harmer
Players’ Player of the Year (sponsored by Weston Homes): Simon Harmer
Batsman of the Year: Dan Lawrence
Bowler of the Year: Simon Harmer
Eagles Player of the Year (sponsored by Woodland Ground): Ravi Bopara
First XI Young Player of the Year (sponsored by Felsted School): Sam Cook
Performance of the Year: Sam Cook vs Kent
Second XI Player of the Year (Sponsored by Greene King): Aron Nijjar
Academy Player of the Year (sponsored by Allen Ford): Robin Das
Club Person of the Year: Derek Harding
Women’s Player of the Year (in partnership with Newham Council): Kelly Castle
Ability Player of the Year (sponsored by Seetec): Liam McFall
Club to County Award (sponsored by the Hamro Foundation): Haydn Davies
A huge thank you must go to the Club’s on-pitch marquee sponsors, D&A Media, Grant Thornton, Greene King IPA, R&D Consulting, Weston Homes and Woodland Group as well as A1 Trophies for making last night possible.
