The Herb Whitney Memorial Shield has been won by some fabulous cricketers over many years and Quilter’s performances during the past season were worthy of the award.

The annual presentation dinner was held at the Dubbo RSL Club on Friday night.

Quilter said he was satisfied with his performances with both the ball during the past six months.

“Undoubtedly making the Country side for the Australian Championships was the highlight for me,” he said.

“It was a great honour to be in that company and I would certainly be doing my best to keep my name up there for selection again next season.

“The only disappointing aspect of the season was Souths missing out on the Whitney Cup premiership. We gave it or best shot but Colts were too good in the grand final.

“But to win the Dubbo association’s major award is an honour.”

The Souths bowling all rounder boosted his chances for the top award by claiming both the bowling awards.

He took 30 wickets to top the aggregates in front of Josh Smith (Colts) with 28 and CYMS quick Ben Strachan (24).

Quilter (16.63 runs per wicket) also finished in front of Smith (18.10) and Souths team-mate Tim Berry (20.36) for the bowling average award.

Batting in a strong Souths outfit limited Quilter’s time at the crease but when he was needed he dug in and really valued his wicket.

That was obvious in the final series.

While Quilter was a popular winner of the Herb Whitney Memorial Shield, RSL-Colts all rounder Brad Cox would easily have been second choice.

He dominated the batting crease scoring 612 runs to finish in front of Jason Green from Macquarie with 577 and John Colwell (Souths) 566.

Cox also claimed the best and fairest award winning with 14 points, narrowly from Berry (13) and Colwell (12).

Congratulations also to Rugby skipper Nathan Munro who won the batting average with 491 runs at 61.37.

1ST GRADE

Best and Fairest:

1st Brad Cox 14, 2nd Tim Berry 13, 3rd John Colwell 12.

Batting Aggregate:

1st Brad Cox 612, 2nd Jason Green 577, 3rd John Colwell 566.

Batting Average:

1st Nathan Munro (491) ave 61.37; 2nd John Colwell (566) 56.6; 3rd Brad Cox (612) 55.63.

Bowling Aggregate:

1st Tom Quilter 30, 2nd Josh Smith 28, 3rd Ben Strachan 24.

Bowling Average:

1st Tom Quilter (30 wkts) av 16.63; 2nd Josh Smith (28) 18.10; 3rd Tim Berry (22) 20.36.

Club Championship:

Souths 791.03, RSL-Colts 723.19, Rugby 668.76, CYMS 553.88, Newtown 545.39, Macquarie 531.71.

2ND GRADE

Best and Fairest:

1st Nathan Finlay 15, 2nd S Fitzpatrick 11, 3rd Brett Paul 9.

Batting Aggregate:

1st Nathan Finlay 562, 2nd Brett Paul 480, 3rd Bill North 421.

Bowling Aggregate:

1st Geoff Wheeler 32 wkts (for 348) and S Fitzpatrick 32 (483), 3rd Brett Wrigley 21 (287) and Al Munro 21 (290).

3RD GRADE

Best and Fairest:

1st John Byrne 13, 2nd Craig Pettit 12, 3rd S Hughes 11.

Batting Aggregate:

1st Dale Watmore 523, 2nd John Byrne 488, 3rd Jon Fuller 403.

Bowling Aggregate:

1st Ben Bunt 30 (378), 2nd Jon Fuller 28 (375), 3rd B Harvey 21 (88).

ALL ROUNDER AWARDS

250 runs; 15 wickets to qualify.

Tim Berry 436 runs (ave 33.53); 22 wickets (for 448, ave 20.36);

Jarrod Simpson 460 (ave 41.81); 16 (350 ave 21.87);

Dan Medway 369 (ave 33.54); 19 (456 ave 24).

200 runs: 15 wickets to qualify.

Tom Quilter 209 (ave 26.12); 30 (499 ave 16.63);

Tim Cox 208 (ave 34.66); 17 (196 ave 11.52);

Wes Giddings 236 (ave 18.15); 19 (257 ave 13.36);

Josh Smith 224 (ave 22.4); 28 (507 ave 18.10);

Steve Skinner 227 (ave 15.13); 22 (729 ave 33.13).