University’s strength in depth again proved costly on Ryder Medal night with Brendan Joseland and Greg Kennedy narrowly missing out on the awards.
Joseland (pictured) polled 35 votes to finish third in the Ryder Medal, but with coach Shawn Flegler finishing 11th with 23 votes and former coach Dan Lowery getting 16, there just weren’t enough votes left for BJ.
It was a similar story in the 2s for all-rounder Kennedy who finished fourth with 18 votes. GK had batsman Brett Murphy (with 14), all-rounder Scott Sanders (13), off-spinner Daniel Hibbert (13), State under-17 player Anthony Barton (11) and regular 1s opener Pat O’Beirne (11) also dragging votes away.
Thirds captain Gareth Haeberle topped the voting in the 3s while fellow off-spinner Mark Bhattacharyya came ninth in the 4s count with 12 votes. Sixteen players in the 4s polled votes with batsman Tom Trumble only a vote behind Bhattacharyya.
The club came third overall in votes received with the 1s and 2s both finishing second overall.
Andrew Martel’s performances in the 5s, where he scored 426 runs at 71, have been recognised with an invite to the association awards at the end of the month.