MACQUARIE duo Jason Green and Ben Taylor both left with trophies aplenty, but it was South Dubbo's Mitch Bower who took home the main prize from Friday night's Dubbo District Cricket Association presentation dinner.
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With guest speaker Doug Walters watching on, Bower was named Cricketer of the Year after a stellar season that saw him score 684 runs and play in a grand final with the Hornets, lead Dubbo and Western Zone, represent NSW Country and play with the Orana Outlaws on the hallowed turf of the SCG.
The hard-hitting all-rounder, who joined Souths from Rugby prior to the 2015/16 season, thanked his new club and teammates for an enjoyable season, admitting the only thing missing was the Whitney Cup title denied to them by Macquarie.
A big reason behind the Blues' success this season was the form of Green and Taylor, and they dominated the first grade awards.
Green's haul of 744 runs prior to the finals, which included four centuries and two 50s, saw him win the batting aggregate award however his average (93) was miraculously not enough to see him win the best average prize.
Rugby skipper Jordan Moran took out that title, with his 466 runs coming at an average of 93.2.
Green, who won his maiden top grade title after more than two decades of trying, made up for it though by winning the best and fairest gong, as well as his second Barry Hildebrandt Medal as Daily Liberal Cricketer of the Year.
With 38 wickets prior to finals, Taylor took out the bowling aggregate by one wicket from Rugby leg-spinner Adrian Carey, while he also bagged the bowling average title with those scalps costing just 11.79 runs each.
The left-armer's four-wicket haul in his side's grand final win also saw him claim the player of the finals title.
Macquarie's success wasn't restricted to the top grade though, with the Blues also claiming the Dawson Cup and the all-important club championship.
Second grade all-rounder Joe Haylock won the best and fairest in the Pinnington Cup while youngster Emma Hughes received the honour of being the inaugural winner of the Jaspal Bansal Award for female player of the year.
Newtown's Steve Skinner won the all-rounder of the year award, while Cricketers Arms Journeymen's Wes Giddings was awarded night cricketer of the year.
Marty Jeffrey was crowned the under-16 player of the year while CYMS youngster Tom Nelson, who impressed all in his maiden year of first grade, was named the rookie of the year.
John Perkins, better known as 'Polly', was a deserved winner of the Dennis Cox Presidents Award which is presented each year to a person who gives outstanding service to Dubbo cricket.
