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1996-97 Season - Year In Review
The 1996-97 season will be remembered for ....


1996-97 Season - Top Teams
Winning teams in the 1996-97 season were ....
  • Saturday League Champions - Merchants
  • Sunday League Champions - Optimists
  • Saturday Cup Winner - Hong Kong University
  • Saturday Plate Winner - Nomads
  • Laisun Sunday Cup Winner - Optimists
  • Laisun Sunday Plate - Wasps
  • Summer Eights - Kowloon Cricket Club
  • Fincher Shield - Hong Kong Cricket Club


1996-97 Season - HKCA Annual Awards
The following awards were given at the HKCA Annual Awards Dinner held at the Kowloon Cricket Club:
  • Sporting Captain - Jim Cannell
  • Sporting Cricketer - Trupty Nimkar
  • Hiram Walker Prize for First Batsman to 500 Runs (Saturday League) - Martin Sabine (9th Nov.)
  • Hiram Walker Prize for First Bowler to 25 Wickets (Saturday League) - Andy Steward (18th Jan.)
  • Hiram Walker Prize for First Batsman to 500 Runs (Sunday League) - Mark Eames (8th Dec.)
  • Hiram Walker Prize for First Bowler to 30 Wickets (Sunday League) - Rahul Sharma
  • Jungu Vachha Umpire of the Year - Herb Whitlock
  • Best Bowling Performance of Season - Steve Duckworth (8-49)
  • Highest Sunday League Score of the Season - Rahul Sharma (194*)
  • Special Prize for Services to Cricket - Mike Speak
  • Price Waterhouse Young Cricketer of the Year - Alex French
  • Gunn & Moore Young Dragon of the Year - Jignesh Tailor
  • Gunn & Moore Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year - Roy Lamsam
  • Junior Tuanku Ja'afar Champions 1997 - Hong Kong U18 Team
  • JKN Hong Kong Player of ICC Trophy Tournament - Riaz Farcy
  • JKN Hong Kong Young Player of ICC Trophy Tournament - Kamran Raza
  • Saturday League Batsman of the Year - Rahul Sharma
  • Saturday League Bowler of the Year - Steve Ward
  • Saturday League Wicketkeeper of the Year - Rob Gill
  • Sunday League Batsman of the Year - Rahul Sharma
  • Sunday League Bowler of the Year - Ben Hall
  • Sunday League Wicketkeeper of the Year - Pat Fordham
  • Hong Kong Player of the Sixes - Stewart Brew
  • Gunn & Moore Hong Kong Cricketer of the Year - Patrick Fordham