The night belonged to Ingram, Johnson LORENZO Ingram of William Knibb High and St. George's College's Richard Johnson were named the top allrounders for the 2001 schoolboy cricket season at the Grace Shield, WILCO/Headley Cup awards held on Tuesday evening at the Kingston Cricket Club, Sabina Park. Ingram who played in the rural WILCO/Headley Cup competition scored 547 runs at an average of 77.85 and took 34 wickets at 7.90 runs apiece. St. George's Johnson bagged 19 wickets at 13.60 runs each and scored 170 runs with an average of 42.50. Awards were also presented for the leading wicket-takers and rungetters in both competitions. Old Harbour's Maurice Kepple compiled a massive aggregate of 626 with a top score of 251 not out in the WILCO/Headley Cup. The leading bowler was Jowaine Robinson of Vere Technical with 39 scalps. In the Grace Shield Premier League, Kingston College copped both batting and bowling awards while Campion did the same in the A League. Sheldon Allman of KC scored most runs, 337, while his teammate Craig Lynch bagged 30 for most wickets. Campion's Andrew Jarrett whose 135 was the highest score in the Grace Shield, had an aggregate of 325 while Ratesh Jaghai took 20 wickets. The Carlton Alexander Award for sportsmanship, leadership and discipline in the Corporate Area went to Richard Gordon of St. George's College while the corresponding trophy for the rural area, the Ken Williams Award, went to Brenton Parchment of Headley Cup and Spalding Cup champions St. Elizabeth Technical. Glowing reports on the high level of discipline in both competitions were presented by Lt. Col. Errol Johnson, the rural chairman and urban chairman Samuel Thompson. Johnson, the principal of St. Mary High, and DunoonTechnical's Thompson said no disciplinary action was taken against any player during the just concluded season. Johnson said for the first time in five years he did not have to activate his disciplinary committee. In the urban area Thompson said they had a problem with Waterford High after several team members were found to be ineligible. He commended the school for withdrawing from the competition 'gracefully' after the problem was identified. Guest speaker, Jamaica Cricket Association second vice president George Sterling, in congratulating the sponsors for supporting cricket at the schoolboy level, called on the schoolboys to work hard to improve their standard of play as the present level was relatively poor. Don Wehby, finance director, represented Grace Kennedy while director Charles Simpson spoke on behalf of WILCO Sports.
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