Fantasy by Division - 14

• Division 14
• Champions – Castleknock 3
• League MVP – T. Mount [Mullingar]

Firstly congratulations must go to Castleknock 3’s on winning this league. Losing only one game out of fourteen and with one no result is a fine season by any standards.

On an individual level however, it is a player from third placed Mullingar who wins the league’s MVP award. T. Mount played in all 11 of Mullingar’s actual games, although they did receive 3 walkovers also. He was 87^th in the overall list, but in just Division 14 games his total of 915 points saw him lead by 106 points.

The top ten point scorers were:

1. 915 – T. Mount [Mullingar]
2. 809 – R. Abbasi [Castleknock]
3. 706 – P. Jonkers [Greystones]
4. 700 – Colm Reilly [Balbriggan]
5. 627 – S. Haider [Castleknock]
6. 610 – S. Gopalakrishan [Adamstown]
7. 600 – J. Joyce [Wicklow County]
8. 577 – J. Stewart [Greystones]
9. 570 – C. Nulty [Balbriggan]
10. 533 – Q. Hussain [Castleknock]

261 players appeared in Division 14, with 80 making but one appearance. Leading the appearances with the maximum possible 14 games were two players, W. Barr [Castleknock] and J. Kelly [Clontarf].

Colm Reilly [Balbriggan] was the only player to pass 400 runs. He went on to score 510 and lead the run scorers by 141 runs. The top five run scorers were:

1. 510 - Colm Reilly [Balbriggan]
2. 369 - R. Abbasi [Castleknock]
3. 346 - P. Jonkers [Greystones]
4. 270 - J. Joyce [Wicklow County]
5. 228 - A. Rajagoplalan [Adamstown]

Four centuries were scored with no one player managing to do so more than once. The four players were: J. Quinlan [Merrion] (168), Colm Reilly [Balbriggan] (159*), P. Jonkers [Greystones] (106*), and Nabeel Khan [Castleknock] (104).

53 half centuries were recorded with eight players making more than one. They were:

• 3 – P. Jonkers [Greystones], R. Abbasi [Castleknock]
• 2 – Colm Reilly [Balbriggan], J. Joyce [Wicklow County], A. Saini [Merrion], LJ Matthew [Balbriggan], K. Raza [Castleknock] and M. Sisley [Wicklow County].
• 1 – 35 players

J. Quinlan’s one knock of 168 ensures he tops the batting average, although he did only play once. The top 5 batting averages (with no qualifications, but innings shown in brackets) were:

1. 168.00 – J. Quinlan [Merrion] (1)
2. 111.00 – S. Rahim [Adamstown] (2)
3. 104.00 – Nabeel Khan [Castleknock] (1)
4. 86.50 – P. Jonkers [Greystones] (7)
5. 63.75 – Colm Reilly [Balbriggan] (9)

T. Nolan (52*/1 game)[Merrion], S. Khatri [Castleknock] (33*/1), S. Malone [Balbriggan] (28*/1), L. Erskine [Clontarf] (10*/1), N. Abbas [Mullingar] (4*/1) and T. Waldrop [Halverstown] (3*/1) all technically have an average of infinity.

T. Mount [Mullingar] was the leading wicket taker with 28, a full 11 ahead of the field. The top 5 wicket takers were:

• 28 – T. Mount [Mullingar]
• 17 – C. Nulty [Balbriggan], S. Gopalakrishnan [Adamstown]
• 14 – S. Haider [Castleknock], K. Chaudary [Wicklow County]

P. Donoghue’s devastating spell of three balls two wickets sees him top the bowling averages. The top five (and ties) averages were:

1. 0.00 – P. Donoghue [Balbriggan]
2. 2.50 – S. Larkin [Balbriggan]
3. 3.50 – R. Jaffer [Mullingar]
4. 5.43 – K. Raza [Castleknock]
5. 5.67 – A. Ajmi {Castleknock], Hamza Mann [Adamstown]

Six players took five wicket hauls once and therefore also have the best bowling analyses:

1. 6/26 – J. Watson [Clontarf]
2. 6/27 – M. Zeeshan-Ul-Haq [Castleknock]
3. 5/16 – D. Cavanagh [Greystones]
4. 5/36 – A. Vincent [Clontarf]
5. 5/39 T. Mount [Mullingar]
6. 5/46 – S. Farrar [Greystones]

T. Mount was also the most worked bowler, sending down 73.4 overs. The top five were:

1. 73.4 – T. Mount [Mullingar]
2. 66.2 - C. Nulty [Balbriggan]
3. 62.0 - A. Matharoo [Adamstown]
4. 61.0 - P. Mount [Mullingar]
5. 59.5 - J. Stewart [Greystones]

97 players held at least one catch this season in Division 14. Two players held 6 apiece and so can claim to be the safest hands, although no record is kept of dropped catches.

• 6 – A. Gilbride [Clontarf], Colm Reilly [Balbriggan]
• 5 – S. Anderson [Balbriggan], H. Imtiaz [Castleknock].
• 4 – Seven players.

There were only four stumpings all season and A. Gilbride took two of them.

1. 2 – A. Gilbride [Clontarf]
2. 1 – N. Clifton [Wicklow County], C. McCarthy [Greystones]

N. Carré [Greystones] played in 9 games, batted twice and did not score a run. W. Barr [Castleknock] and M. Sisley [Wicklow County] both bowled 20 overs without taking a wicket. S. Haider [Castleknock] played the most games – 12 - without taking a catch. Player Unregistered played three times for Balbriggan, Adamstown and Merrion, scoring a total of 27 runs and taking 1 wicket.

In terms of players used (including Player Unregistered), the league looks like this:

• 35 – Adamstown
• 34 – Clontarf
• 32 – Greystones, Mullingar
• 30 – Castleknock, Merrion, Wicklow County
• 26 – Balbriggan.

Halverstown played only one game and withdrew from the league.