KILLYCLOONEY (League position 6th: Senior Cup 1st round)

Killyclooney were one of the success stories of the season, challenging for the title right up to the final weeks before tailing off. If Blayde Capell had been around for those last few matches, then who knows what might have transpired? The South African was a revelation as he looked on course to shatter all records before the weather broke and his early return. They lost a first-round thriller against Ardmore in the cup, while they lost out to Brigade when they reached the Faughan Valley Cup final.



Capell led the scoring aggregates and averages in the North West, hitting a record eight centuries and six fifties in his haul of 1788 runs at a Bradmanesque average of 99.33. Others chipped in with Mark Gordon hitting two half centuries in his 403 runs at 19.19, William Finlay 375 at 16.30, Kenzie Hall 339 at 16.14, and skipper Tim Dougherty 336 at 18.37.



The surprise package in the bowling was 19 year-old Kenzie Hall, who Dougherty gave an opportunity to when Capell took the wicket-keeping gloves from him. The move proved a masterstroke with his spin claiming 40 wickets at 18.25, to finish in third place overall in the region. Jason Wallace had two five-wicket hauls in his 32 at 26.84, while opening partner Jordan Nelson and Dougherty had identical figures of 25 at 27.20. Jordan Connor (18 wkts) and Mark Gordon (15) both provided good back-up options.



The challenge now will be how Killyclooney cope in the Premiership without Capell who won’t be at Ballyheather Road in 2024. That’s a lot of runs to replace!

TOP BATTING

# Name Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s
1 B Capell 24 23 5 1788 176* 99.33 1153 155.07 8 6 186 110
2 M Gordon 26 22 1 403 69 19.19 517 77.37 - 2 43 14
3 W Finlay 24 23 - 375 99 16.30 443 84.65 - 1 43 23
4 Kenzie Hall 25 24 3 339 78* 16.14 402 84.33 - 2 45 7
5 T Dougherty 25 23 5 336 62 18.67 349 96.28 - 1 43 9
6 A Colhoun 21 19 3 162 41 10.12 202 80.20 - - 15 11
7 A Neil 20 18 1 158 29 9.29 228 66.67 - - 18 5
8 Jordan Nelson 24 16 3 137 29 10.54 139 84.17 - - 16 6
9 J Connor 23 15 3 86 15 7.17 192 44.79 - - 7 1
10 J Wallace 26 14 6 65 17 8.12 75 86.67 - - 8 1
11 M Campbell 23 12 6 62 20 10.33 108 57.41 - - 3 4
12 G Moan 5 3 - 53 25 17.67 83 57.83 - - 2 3
13 R McMorris 6 4 - 35 27 8.75 26 111.54 - - - 3
14 JM Dougherty 2 2 1 21 18 21.00 2 150.00 - - 1 1
15 C Mehaffey 4 2 - 18 18 9.00 39 46.15 - - 3 -
16 A Lynch 2 1 - 14 14 14.00 19 73.68 - - - 1
17 Z Taggart 3 2 1 7 6 7.00 4 25.00 - - 1 -
18 Craig Campbell 1 1 1 2 2* - - - - - - -

TOP WICKET TAKERS

# Name Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5WI wds nbs
1 Kenzie Hall 25 136.4 11 730 40 4-22 18.25 5.34 20.50 - 21 1
2 J Wallace 26 126.3 6 859 32 5-31 26.84 6.79 23.72 2 38 3
3 Jordan Nelson 24 132 15 680 25 4-29 27.20 5.15 31.68 - 22 2
4 T Dougherty 25 107.2 4 680 25 3-20 27.20 6.34 25.76 - 26 3
5 M Campbell 23 104.3 6 655 24 4-47 27.29 6.27 26.12 - 43 8
6 J Connor 23 43.3 1 379 18 4-45 21.06 8.71 14.50 - 6 3
7 M Gordon 26 62.1 2 432 15 3-23 28.80 6.95 24.87 - 14 3
8 G Moan 5 10 - 37 5 4-20 7.40 3.70 12.00 - - -
9 C Mehaffey 4 4 - 25 1 1-25 25.00 6.25 24.00 - - -
10 W Finlay 24 2 - 13 - 0-13 - 6.50 - - - -
11 J McDermott 1 1 - 16 - 0-16 - 16.00 - - - -
12 Z Taggart 3 1.2 - 17 - 0-17 - 12.75 - - - -
13 B Capell 24 5 - 29 - 0-29 - 5.80 - - 7 -
14 A Neil 20 4.2 - 36 - 0-10 - 8.31 - - 1 -