Grimsby and District Cricket League Annual Dinners 2011-2022

Marshall Brewson Grimsby & District League Annual Dinner & Presentation 2016 (Established 1921) Friday 14th October2016 Grimsby Golf Club Guest Speaker - Angus Fraser Middlesex & England Sunday 25 Over League Curry Cup (Champions) Clee Town Laportes Brocklesby Cup (Runners up) Phoenix Falconer Cup (Batting) - Indy Sandhu (Clee Town Laportes) Curry Cup (Bowling) - Waheed (Phoenix) Ashridge Cup (Most Runs) - Gareth Cook (Phoenix) Franklin Cup (Most Wickets) - Indy Sandhu (Clee Town Laportes) Sheckell Cup (Best Wkt Keeper) - Chris Jordan (Phoenix) Haddelsey Cup (Most Catches) - Indy Sandhu (Clee Town Laportes) Sunday League Cup Winners - Clee Town Laportes Angus Fraser MBE- The ‘Gentle Giant’ Standing at an intimidating 6’7” , simp- ly put his height to physical use; he rarely showed any anger, almost never had a go at the batsman, and was almost poker- faced throughout his career. Instead he relied on unwavering accuracy, once saying, “I spent 95 per cent of my career bowling the same ball.” He also said that the wickets column was not in a bowler’s control, but the runs column was. Fraser showed a sign of things to come on Test debut, against Australia at Edgbaston in 1989. While Graham Dilley, Paul Jarvis, and even Ian Botham were taken for runs, he bowled a terrific spell of 33-8-63-4, including the wickets of Dean Jones (157), Steve Waugh (43), Ian Healy (2), and Geoff Lawson (12). The match ended in a draw, but Fraser had giv- en the world a glimpse of his impeccable line and length that was to be a permanent arrow in his arsenal. Against the West Indies brought out the best in Fraser. In 17 Tests against them he took 70 wickets at 23.70 with five fifers and a 10-for. His record in West Indies is even better: 54 wickets in 12 matches at 20.29. His top two spells in Test cricket — 8 for 53 and 8 for 75 — came at Port of Spain and Bridgetown respectively.away. It was said that Fraser and Ray Illingworth — then chief se- lector — did not see eye to eye. That, coupled with a few injury concerns, saw Fraser play a mere 46 Tests in a decade- long career. In an ironic twist of fate, having been kept out of the team due to selection discrepancies for much of his playing career, Fraser was later made one of England’s selectors in 2014 and still performs that role. After retiring from First-Class cricket, Fraser became a jour- nalist with The Independent , and later served as Middlesex’s Managing Director of Cricket, a post he still holds as of 2015. Fraser was named one of Wisden’s cricketers of the year in 1996, and received an MBE for his contribution to cricket in 1998.