Jim McDermott Award winners

In 1992-93, to perpetuate the memory of two of the greatest cricketers to have played turf cricket for the club, the Jim McDermott (batting) and Don Johnston (bowling) Awards were inaugurated. Both are life members of the club Jim first played for Beena in the U16 in 1951-52 as a 12yo and by 1956-57 was a permanent fixture in the first XI where he remained for the next 20 years. Jim then played in the lower XIs until his premature death in 1992. During this time, he amassed 8814 runs and until recently held the clubs highest score in the 1st eleven (149). Jim captained all 5 XIs including the First XI premiership winning team of 1966-67. Jim also represented the VJCA (VTCA) in many games, both at home and on tour. Widely respected for his approach to the game, he was an inspiration to many a player and will always be remembered for his flowing cover drives. The pavilion at Beena is named after Jim.

select p.full_name as name,a.pkey, sum(bat_runs) as tot,sum(inns) as inns,sum(games) as games, CAST(sum(bat_runs) as FLOAT)/(sum(inns)-sum(no)) as avge from df_averages a, df_players p where year=2021 and team in ('1','2','3','4','5') and a.pkey!='TOTAL' and a.pkey!='EXTRAS' and a.pkey=p.pkey group by name, a.pkey having sum(bat_runs)>= 200 and sum(inns) >= 7 order by avge desc limit 4

Season	Player	Runs	Avge
1992-93	John Bailes	333	41.62
1993-94	Brad Nash	300	60.00
1994-95	David Hardham	345	34.50
1995-96	Rohan Paulpillai	394	39.40
1996-97	Peter Way	515	57.22
1997-98	Peter Way	556	55.60
1998-99	Kapila Jayasuriya	302	43.14
1999-00	Kapila Jayasuriya	309	44.14
2000-01	Leigh Hardham	318	35.33
2001-02	Indika Konara	365	36.50
2002-03	Leigh Hardham	334	33.40
2003-04	Leigh Hardham	417	46.33
2004-05	James Ivory	262	32.75
2005-06	Troy Lamb	475	47.50
2006-07	Troy Lamb	615	47.31
2007-08	Ross Symons	251	35.86
2008-09	John Bailes	417	59.57
2009-10	Ross Symons	347	38.56
2010-11	Leigh Hardham	209	69.67
2011-12	Troy Lamb	464	42.18
2012-13	Troy Lamb	760	50.67
2013-14	Jonathon Atkinson	439	43.90
2014-15	Troy Lamb	500	38.46
2015-16	Dan Parkinson	212	53.00
2016-17	Romain Grenville	337	30.64
2017-18	Brad Kruger	735	81.67
2018-19	Brad Kruger	778	64.83
2019-20	Deepak Prasad	377	53.86
2020-21	Jared Williams	353	35.30
2021-22	Leigh Hardham	213	35.50
2022-23	Tej Gandhi	359	39.89
2023-24	Leigh Hardham	296	42.29

Don Johnston Award winners