WHAT'S THIS ABOUT
- Revise Reg 40 Awards.
- To make some improvements to the awards list.
- To fix some things which are not making sense.
PROPOSAL
- Reword the regulations to suit. Details of proposals added below.
DISCUSSION
- Add the names of the awards.
- An effort was made in 2024/25 to update the trophy naming.
- This can be added formally to each regulation.
- This post lists trophies awarded for the 2024/25 season. https://qsdca.com.au/list-of-award-winners-2024-25/
- So add Reg 40.1.3 to 40.1.16
- Formalise CCC Awards - starting with the CCC premiership(s).
- This is very overdue.
- First two seasons Coorparoo won in CCC1 and they received the Chatsworth Shield.
- In 23/24 it was Peninsula and in 24/25 it was Gold Crest. These are both Warehouse aligned clubs.
- So last two seasons the runners up got the Chatsworth Shield... and the winners get caps and a firm handshake. (I presume...)
- This is nuts.
- QSDCA offers awards for averages, aggregates and outstanding performance in CCC on a legacy basis (as if it was their A grade) but has a (non-official) policy of excluding winners from Warehouse aligned clubs.
- So the best bowler/bowler gets skipped in favour of some 2nd or 3rd ranked player who plays for some other club (sometimes).
- This is also nuts.
- This might need CCC to make some proposals and decisions.
- Reg 41.1.1 and 41.1.2 have been written carefully to allow CCC to make the choice.
- If CCC is agreeable then QSDCA can simply declare any club 'affiliated to QSDCA' in order to receive the trophy.
- Until that decision is made, the state of affairs will remain where it is now.
- Make the qualifications for certain awards make more sense.
- eg. Batting
Average trophy is awarded for minimum 200 runs and minimum 9 innings.
- In 2024/25 this meant that in B1 there were 3 batters on 6, 7 or 8 innings with averages which exceeded the winner's average by as much as 28 (!) were disregarded in favour of a winner who scored 120 less runs in aggregate, much fewer 100's and 50's, and had 1 boundary six compared to another guy who (apart from having a very good season) hit 22 (!) sixes for the season.
- If the qualification conditions were changed from
- 200 runs AND 9 innings to
- 200 runs OR 9 innings
- this award might be made much more sensibly.
- Mark Irwin made the point that using "200 runs OR 9 innings" as a qualifier means the winner might be anyone who batted once and scored a double hundred. This is not desirable at all.
- So that supports Jim Noble's suggestion of making the batting award based on AGGREGATE rather than AVERAGE.
- For the new version of Reg 40.6 and 40.7 which will be based on average scores, the original qualification criteria will be added.
- Reg 40.30 remains unchanged. This allows some discretion to be used when qualifications are not met.
- So change Reg 40.2 and 40.4 to be based on aggregates and change Reg 40.6 and 40.7 to be based on averages.
- Include finals scores in any trophy for averages or aggregates.
- This applies to a brace of awards in every grade
- When finals were introduced everyone thought that that would be unfair to include the finals scores. (To be fair this may have been in an age when fast reporting of scores and data management was less computerised. That data is much easier to examine and analyse in PlayHQ.)
- But why should a guy who gets 100 in a semi final not have that included in his average? (Yeah... the finals performances are as much a part of the season as any other...)
- So, repeal Reg 40.29
- Add a new award for finals performances
- For outstanding performances, one for semi finals and one for grand finals.
- Is this one trophy per grade? (A1, A2, B1-B3, C1-C4) or one trophy per division (A's, B's, C's)
- What about Sunday competitions too? (MLC A, MLC B, O40 A O40 B, Super 20 A, Super 20 B etc)
- That's a lotta trophies.... or is it?
- Are there any trophy budget issues? The trophy list (and Premiership caps) is funded largely by affiliation fees. The total Trophy budget is limited by this.
- If we want more finals trophies we can choose 'em in future.
- Reg 40.11 added for a single trophy for the best performance in a Grand Final only.
- Discontinue the Mallory trophy for the most points in a season.
- Too often this trophy seems to be won by the team which was under-graded the most, so is able to smash a stack of relatively easy outright wins.
- So this trophy rewards a statistical anomaly, nothing more.
- So, repeal Reg 40.17
Thanks to Mark Irwin and other members of the management committee for quite a few of these suggestions.
PROPOSAL
| OLD REGULATIONS | What does this mean?/Why does it need change? | PROPOSED NEW REGULATION |
| 40 SEASON’S AWARDS Applies to All Competitions |
40 SEASON’S AWARDS |
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| 40.1 Premierships – All grades will compete for a shield as an award for winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH. | This clause remains so that any additional grades can have an additional premiership trophy awarded. |
40.1 Premierships – All grades will compete for a shield as an award for winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH. |
| This wording allows the award to be denied to a team winning a CCC grand final which is not affiliated. See discussion above. | 40.1.1 The Chatsworth Shield will be awarded to the highest placed QSDCA affiliated team in A1 grade. | |
| The Kevin Haley Shield was not awarded in 2024/25 due to absence of the grade. | 40.1.2 The Kevin Haley Shield will be awarded to the highest placed QSDCA affiliated team team in A2 grade. | |
Each Premiership award consists of a perpetual shield or trophy and a memento award. |
40.1.3 The Paul Stafford Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in B1 grade. | |
All changed to add trophy names. |
40.1.4 The Bruce Lawson Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in B2 grade. | |
| 40.1.5 The Denis Golinski Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in B3 grade. | ||
| 40.1.6 The Mark Irwin Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in C1 grade. | ||
| 40.1.7 The Adam Brady Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in C2 grade. | ||
| 40.1.8 The Doug Litchfield Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in C3 grade. | ||
| 40.1.9 The Greg Rogers Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in C4 grade. | ||
| 40.1.10 Corrected to read "Sat 1d only grade", 16-Jul-2025 | 40.1.10 The Andy Bichel Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in Saturday 1 Day Only grade. | |
| 40.1.11 The Mel Lowings Cup will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in Sunday 50 Over A grade. | ||
| 40.1.12 The Mel Lowings Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in Sunday 50 Over B grade. | ||
| 40.1.13 The Geoff Doyle Cup will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in Over 40 A grade. | ||
| 40.1.14 The Geoff Doyle Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in Over 40 B grade. | ||
| 40.1.15 The Kookaburra Cup will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in Super 20 A grade. | ||
| 40.1.16 The Kookaburra Shield will be awarded to the team winning the GRAND FINAL MATCH in Super 20 B grade. | ||
| 40.2 Batting Awards There will be a batting award for best average in each separate grade. | Changed to add trophy name and make this an aggregate award. Repeal of Reg 40.29 means SF & GF will be considered. | 40.2 Batting Aggregate Awards - The Bob Kille Award will be awarded to the player scoring the highest number of runs in each Saturday competition grade. |
| 40.3 To qualify for the batting award, the winner must have scored at least 200 runs and have batted in at least nine innings in the preliminary rounds of the season. | This is no longer needed. | 40.3 Nil |
| 40.4 Bowling Awards There will be a bowling award for best average in each separate grade. | Changed to add trophy name. Changed to an aggregate award. Repeal of Reg 40.29 means SF & GF will be considered. | 40.4 Bowling Aggregate Awards - The Herb Kellermeir Award will be awarded to the player taking the highest number of wickets in each Saturday competition grade. |
| 40.5 To qualify for the bowling award, the winner must have taken at least 25 wickets and bowled at least 360 balls in the preliminary rounds of the season. | This is no longer needed. | 40.5 Nil |
| 40.6 Batting Aggregate – There will be an award for the player who scores the most number of runs for the season including SEMI FINAL MATCH and GRAND FINAL MATCHES, regardless of grade. | TThis is the inverse law of old version Reg 40.2.Plus NEW trophy name. Repeal of Reg 40.29 means SF & GF will be considered. | 40.6 Batting Average – The John Speare Award will be awarded for the player who achieves the best batting average for the season, regardless of grade. |
| This adds minimum qualifications for the award. | 40.6.1 To qualify for this batting award, the winner must have scored at least 200 runs and have batted in at least nine innings in the preliminary rounds of the season. | |
| 40.7 Bowling Aggregate – There will be an award for the player who takes the most number of wickets for the season including SEMI FINAL MATCH and GRAND FINAL MATCHES, regardless of grade. | This is the inverse law of old version Reg 40.4.Plus NEW trophy name. Repeal of Reg 40.29 means SF & GF will be considered. | 40.7 Bowling Average – The Jim Noble Award will be awarded to the player who achieves the best bowling average for the season, regardless of grade. |
| This adds minimum qualifications for the award. | 40.7.1 To qualify for this bowling award, the winner must have taken at least 25 wickets and bowled at least 360 balls in the preliminary rounds of the season. | |
| 40.8 Wicket-keeping Award – There will be an award for the player who makes the highest number of dismissals regardless of grade. | Changed to add trophy name. | 40.8 Wicket-keeping Award – The Ken Thompson Award will be awarded to the wicketkeeper who makes the highest number of dismissals, regardless of grade. |
| 40.9 Best Performance in a 2 Day match – There will be an award for the best performance in a 2 Day match in each combined grade (A, B and C). | Changed to add trophy name.. | 40.9 Best Performance in a 2 Day match – The Roy Dunn Award will be an awarded for the best performance in a 2 Day match in combined Saturday A grades. |
| 40.9.1 The Bill Coleman Award will be an awarded for the best performance in a 2 Day match in combined Saturday B grades. | ||
| 40.9.2 The Jack Curry Award will be an awarded for the best performance in a 2 Day match in combined Saturday C grades. | ||
| 40.10 Best Performance in a match selection will be decided by the Management Committee. | Reworded to describe the award better. | 40.9.3 Best Performance in a 2 Day Match selection will be decided by the Management Committee. |
| 40.11 Best Performance in a 1 Day match – There will be an award for the best performance in a 1 Day match in each combined grade (A, B and C). | Changed to add trophy name. | 40.10 Best Performance in a 1 Day match – The Harold Swinburn Award will be awarded for the best performance in a 1 Day match in combined Saturday A grades. |
| 40.10.1 The Len Saunders Award will be awarded for the best performance in a 1 Day match in combined Saturday B grades. | ||
| 40.10.2 The Tom Elder Award will be awarded for the best performance in a 1 Day match in combined Saturday C grades. | ||
| Added performance award for Sat 1d Comp, 19-Jul-2025 | 40.10.3 There will be an award for the best performance in a 1 Day match in combined Saturday 1 Day only competition grade(s). | |
| 40.12 Best Performance in a 1 day match selection will be decided by the Management Committee. | Renumbered. | 40.10.4 Best Performance in a 1 day match selection will be decided by the Management Committee. |
NEW finals awards. No naming has been chosen yet. |
40.11 There will be an award for the best performance by a player in any Grand Final match. | |
| 40.11.1 Best Performance in a Grand Final final match selection will be decided by the Management Committee. | ||
| 40.12 Nil | ||
| 40.13 Best Under 21 player – There will be an award for the best player under 21 years of age at 1st October that season. | Changed to add trophy name. | 40.13 Best Under 21 player – The Nick Pitt Trophy will be awarded for the best player under 21 years of age at 1st October of that season. |
| 40.14 Best Under 21 player selection will be decided by the Management Committee. | Reworded to describe the award better. |
40.14 Best Under 21 Player Award selection will be decided by the Management Committee. |
| 40.15 Representative Player of the Year – There will be an award for the Representative Player of the Year. | Changed to add trophy name. | 40.15 Representative Player of the Year – The Don Astill Trophy will be an awarded for the Representative Player of the Year. |
| 40.16 Representative Player of the Year selection will be decided by the Management Committee. | Reworded to describe the award better. |
40.16 Representative Player of the Year Award selection will be decided by the Management Committee. |
| 40.17 Most Points in a Season – There will be an award for the Saturday team achieving the most points in the season. | This will be repealed. (Was the John Mallory Award.) | 40.17 Nil |
| 40.18 Spirit of Cricket Award – There will be a Spirit of Cricket Award. | Reworded to describe the award better. | 40.18 The Spirit of Cricket Award will be awarded to the team with the best Spirit of Cricket record during the season. |
| 40.19 Spirit of Cricket Award team selection will be decided by the Management Committee. | Reworded to describe the award better. | 40.19 Spirit of Cricket Award selection will be decided by the Management Committee. |
| 40.20 Best Umpire Award – There will be an award for best umpire. | Changed to add trophy name. | 40.20 Best Umpire Award – The Mel Johnson Award will be awarded for the best umpire during the season. |
| 40.21 Most Improved Umpire Award – There will be an award for most improved umpire. | Changed to add trophy name. Reworded to describe the award better. | 40.21 Most Improved Umpire Award – The Anthony Martin Award will be an awarded for the most improved or most outstanding newcomer umpire. |
| 40.22 Umpires Award selection will be determined by the Management Committee. | Reworded to describe the award better. |
40.22 Umpires Award selection will be decided by the Management Committee. |
| 40.23 Batting Aggregate in Sunday 50 Over Cricket – There will be an award for the player who scores the most number of runs for the season in each grade. | Reworded to describe the award better. | 40.23 Batting Aggregate in Sunday 50 Over Cricket – There will be an award for the player who scores the most number of runs for the season in each Sunday 50 over grade. |
| 40.24 Bowling Aggregate in Sunday 50 Over Cricket – There will be an award for the player who takes the most number of wickets for the season in each grade. | Reworded to describe the award better. | 40.24 Bowling Aggregate in Sunday 50 Over Cricket – There will be an award for the player who takes the most number of wickets for the season in each Sunday 50 over grade. |
| 40.25 Batting Aggregate in Over 40’s – 40 Over Cricket – There will be an award for the player who scores the most number of runs for the season in each grade. | Reworded to describe the award better. | 40.25 Batting Aggregate in Over 40’s – 40 Over Cricket – There will be an award for the player who scores the most number of runs for the season in each Over 40’s grade. |
| 40.26 Bowling Aggregate in Over 40’s – 40 Over Cricket – There will be an award for the player who takes the most number of wickets for the season in each grade. | Reworded to describe the award better. | 40.26 Bowling Aggregate in Over 40’s – 40 Over Cricket – There will be an award for the player who takes the most number of wickets for the season in each Over 40’s grade. |
| 40.27 President’s Achievement Award – There will be an award recognising long term achievement by an individual. | Reworded to describe the award better. | 40.27 President’s Achievement Award – There will be a single award recognising long term achievement for the association by an individual. |
| 40.28 President’s Achievement Award selection will be determined by the Management Committee. | 40.28 President’s Achievement Award selection will be determined by the Management Committee. | |
| 40.29 Except where indicated SEMI FINAL MATCH and GRAND FINAL MATCH performances will not be considered in determining any award. | This will be repealed. All matches played will be considered for awards. | 40.29 Nil |
| 40.30 The Management Committee will have the right to vary the conditions of any award should circumstances prevent the qualification for any award being met. | 40.30 The Management Committee will have the right to vary the conditions of any award should circumstances prevent the qualification for any award being met.. |
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| Some numbering might be re- done. | ||
Thanks to trophy night "champ" Jim Noble for final comments on the outcome.
ABM 15-Apr-2025
(Updated 16-Apr-2025,
25-Jun-2025, 1-Jul-2025,
2-Jul-2025, 5-Jul-2025,
16-Jul-2025)
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