PAOCCC Prince Alfred Old Collegians Cricket Club Est. 1932
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Redman Award

Redman Trophy

The original concept behind the Redman Award was founded by the A Grade Captain/Coach, Dennis Murcott, towards the end of the 1980/81 season. The back pages of the A Grade scorebook from that season is covered with calculations, which totalled points for runs and wickets, however it seems that despite a winner being found (Jack Prest with 769 points), the decision was made … “No premierships, no Redman”!

Thus the first official winners were announced at the end of the 1981/82 season and the picture below shows the first version of the award being presented. The award continued to be presented annually and in 1985/86 the perpetual trophy (photo above) was created and presented for the first time.

Over the years the calculation method to establish a winner has gone through a number of changes, with various points systems covering; runs, wickets, fielding, training attendance and even social attendance. With the introduction of the Limited Overs Competition, for a brief period the Club presented separate awards for 2-day and 1-day players.

Today, the Redman Award is awarded based on points allocated by the captains after every minor round game. Captains vote 3-2-1 for 2-day grades and 1.5-1.0-0.5 for 1-day games. Points awarded take into account influence on game, game statistics, attitude and behaviour on the field and temperament and sportsmanship. Previous winners of this award are:

Redman Trophy

1981/1982

Michael R. Arnoul / Dennis R. Murcott

1982/1983

John S. "Jack" Prest

1983/1984

John S. "Jack" Prest

1984/1985

John S. "Jack" Prest

1985/1986

Dennis R. Murcott

1986/1987

Anthony B. "Tony" Draper / Greg D. Sanders

1987/1988

Geoffrey N. Pearce

1988/1989

Geoffrey N. Pearce

1989/1990

Peter L. Sobels

1990/1991

Andrew N. Winter

1991/1992

Anthony B. "Tony" Draper

1992/1993

Samuel R. Pontifex

1993/1994

Samuel R. Pontifex

Greig P. Graham (1-day)

1994/1995

Andrew K. Olsson

Robert O. Bean (1-day)

1995/1996

Samuel R. Pontifex

Phillip C. Glatz (1-day)

1996/1997

Samuel R. Pontifex

John A. Turner (1-day)

1997/1998

Benn Cadd

Greig P. Graham (1-day)

1998/1999

William M. Rayner

1999/2000

Benn Cadd

2000/2001

Marcus O. Wills

2001/2002

Christopher R. Drew

2002/2003

Benjamin D. Allen

2003/2004

Marcus O. Wills

2004/2005

Simon T. Butler / Matthew G. Christophers

2005/2006

Simon T. Butler / Gregory P. Carmody

2006/2007

Christopher R. Drew

2007/2008

Christopher R. Drew

2008/2009

Matthew D. Thomas

2009/2010

Christopher R. Drew

2010/2011

Ryan J. Winter

2011/2012

Jack A. Zacker

2012/2013

Benjamin N. Lobban

2013/2014

David J. Larkins

2014/2015

Jack A. Zacker

2015/2016

Jack Dent / Hamish I. Latchford / Alexander Marantos / Jack A. Zacker

2016/2017

Jack Dent / Alexander Marantos

2017/2018

Jack Dent

2018/2019

Jack G. Latchford

2019/2020

Maximillian T. Clarke

2020/2021

Nicholas J. Clayfield

2021/2022

Gary J. Branford

2022/2023

Nick Brown

2023/2024

Nicholas J. Clayfield