THE stranglehold of all-rounders dominating the BDCA's Cricketer of the Year award has been broken by not one, but two batsmen.

Strathdale-Maristians' Jack Neylon and Sandhurst captain Joel Murphy tied for the BDCA's top honour on Wednesday night, each polling 17 votes in the season of all one-day matches.

Neylon and Murphy - both 23 - are the first pure batsmen to have won the award since Sandhurst's Nick Scullie in 2006-07.

For Suns' No.4 batsman Neylon, his win caps a fairytale season in which he was a key member of Strathdale-Maristians' undefeated premiership team.

The hard-hitting Neylon amassed 577 runs at an average of 38.4 in the home and away season and later smashed a quickfire 43 off just 30 balls in the Suns' grand final win over Kangaroo Flat.

Meanwhile, Murphy was rewarded for a season in which he was the BDCA's leading run-scorer.

Murphy revelled in his first season as Dragons' captain, with the opening batsman compiling 697 runs at an average of 46.4, including six scores above 50 from his 15 hits.

Murphy polled votes in six games and Neylon seven games, with the pair having played plenty of previous Northern Rivers representative cricket together.

Huntly-North Epsom's Sandun Ranathunga was one vote back on 16.

Cricketer of Year - Jack Neylon (Strathdale-Maristians), Joel Murphy (Sandhurst), 17 votes.

Champion player - Kyle Humphrys (Bendigo), 759 points.

Batting average - Grant Waldron (Strathdale-Maristians), 592 runs @ 65.7.

Bowling average - Brent Hamblin (Kangaroo Flat), 32 wickets @ 13.4.

Batting aggregate - Joel Murphy (Sandhurst), 697 runs.

Bowling aggregate - Brent Hamblin (Kangaroo Flat), 32 wickets.

Fielding award - Sandun Ranathunga (Huntly-North Epsom), 12 dismissals.

Wicket-keeping award - Xav Ryan (Bendigo) - 24 dismissals.

Under-18 Player of Year - Angus Chisholm (Eaglehawk), 352 points.

Under-21 Player of Year - James Vlaeminck (Strathdale-Maristians), 629 points.

Jim Styles Under-18 Player - Darcy Hunter (Strathfieldsaye).

Cricketer of Year - Craig Howard (Sandhurst), 15 votes.

Champion player - Craig Howard (Sandhurst), 668 points.

Batting average - Caelan Smith (Sandhurst), 412 runs @ 45.7.

Bowling average - Nick Crawford (Bendigo United), 22 wickets @ 12.1.

Batting aggregate - Craig Howard (Sandhurst), 468 runs.

Bowling aggregate - Tom Schultz (White Hills), 26 wickets.

Fielding award - Mitch Kemp (Golden Square), 12 dismissals.

Wicket-keeping award - Darcy Bakes (Strathdale-Maristians), 22 dismissals.

Cricketer of Year - Ben Barras (Kangaroo Flat), 18 votes.

Champion player - Ben Barras (Kangaroo Flat), 597 points.

Batting average - Jason Abbott (Eaglehawk), 452 runs @ 34.7.

Bowling average - Ben Barras (Kangaroo Flat), 25 wickets @ 8.04.

Batting aggregate - Jason Abbott (Eaglehawk), 452 runs.

Bowling aggregate - Ben Barras (Kangaroo Flat), Tim Elliott (Bendigo United), 25 wickets.

Fielding award - Jordan Lea (White Hills), 10 dismissals.

Wicket-keeping award - Wayne Fidler (Bendigo United), 18 dismissals.

Champion player - John Wilson (Huntly-North Epsom), 458 points.

Batting average - Josh Simpson (Huntly-North Epsom), 290 runs @ 145.0.

Bowling average - Andrew Kelly (Strathfieldsaye), 15 wickets @ 9.4.

Batting aggregate - Reece Yarwood (Bendigo), 319 runs.

Bowling aggregate - John Wilson (Huntly-North Epsom), 21 wickets.

Fielding award - Simon Horne (Strathfieldsaye), 11 catches.

Wicket-keeping award - Mason Horne (Strathfieldsaye), 9 dismissals.

Champion player - Paige Conder (Emu Creek), 331 points.

Batting aggregate - Sarah Perry (Kangaroo Flat), 249 runs.

Bowling aggregate - Paige Conder (Emu Creek), Megan Baird (Kangaroo Flat), 12 wickets.

Fielding award - Megan Baird (Kangaroo Flat), Crystal West (California Gully), 5 dismissals.

Wicket-keeping Award - Yasmin Colley (Sandhurst), 2 dismissals.

Champion club - Strathdale-Maristians.

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FIRST IX:

1. Joel Murphy

2. Ryan Grundy

3. Grant Waldron

4. Jack Neylon

5. Kyle Humphrys

6. Gavin Bowles

7. Cameron Taylor

8. Xavier Ryan

9. Brent Hamblin

10. Sam Johnston

11. Scott Trollope

12. Malan Madusanka

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WOMEN'S

1. Kate Shallard

2. Ren Doyle

3. Sarah Perry

4. Maree Pearce

5. Laurel Prowse

6. Jayne Demeo

7. Crystal West

8. Yasmin Colley

9. Megan Baird

10. Paige Conder

11. Olivia McEvoy

12. Emily Leach

BENDIGO - Kyle Humphrys (10), Declan Slingo (5), Dylan Johnstone (4), Nathan Fitzpatrick (4), Matthew Gray (3), Bailey George (2), Shane Koop (1), William Collicoat (1), Xav Ryan (1).

BENDIGO UNITED - Miggy Podosky (7), Tom Batters (5), Jake Thrum (5), Xavier Austin (3), Josh Thurston (1), Riley Treloar (1), Billy Quirk (1), Scott Harper (1).

EAGLEHAWK - Russell Stockdale (11), Nick Farley (7), Aaron Monro (6), Richard Tibbett (6), Cory Jacobs (4), Angus Chisholm (4), Anthony West (3), Ben Williams (3), Nash Viney (2), Brendan Archbold (2), Josh Williams (1).

GOLDEN SQUARE - Scott Trollope (10), Liam Smith (9), Scott Johnson (2), Jake Higgins (2), Tom Campbell (2), Max Grant (1), Riley Hocking (1).

HUNTLY-NORTH EPSOM - Sandun Ranathunga (16), Adam Ward (13), Ryan Grundy (9), Danushka Wijemanna (7), Elliott Massina (5), Brett Elvey (3), Malan Mudasanka (3), Cameron Berry (2).

KANGAROO FLAT - Brent Hamblin (14), Lewis Stabler (10), Jake Klemm (9), Adam Burns (8), Chris Barber (6), Kenny Beith (3), Josh Collinson (3), Nathan Stubbings (2), Ryan Harling (2).

SANDHURST - Joel Murphy (17), Dylan Gibson (7), Anthony McMahon (5), Shane Robinson (2), Nick Gladman (2), Ben Evans (2), Jack Ryan (1), Liam Bowe (1), Braydon Vaz (1), Reilley Porter (1).

STRATHDALE-MARISTIANS - Jack Neylon (17), Grant Waldron (12), Cameron Taylor (10), Sam Johnston (10), James Vlaeminck (10), Ben DeAraugo (4), Chris Sole (4), James Barri (2), Jacob DeAraugo (1).

STRATHFIELDSAYE - Ben Devanny (12), Pat Felmingham (7), Savith Priyan (7), Mitchell Cheesman (6), Callum McCarty (4), Nayana Fernando (3), Darcy Hunter (3), Chathura Damith (3), Jed Rodda (1).

WHITE HILLS - Rhys Irwin (9), Gavin Bowles (8), Caleb Barras (7), Mitch Winter-Irving (6), Linc Jacobs (6), Ollie Geary (5), Hamish Richards (2).

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