Tre Manders of Somerset has been named the Warrington “Soup” Zuill Sportsmanship Award winner for his conduct in Cup Match when he walked after being given out caught behind in the Somerset second innings.

Manders attempted to hook a head-high delivery from Stefan Kelly and got an edge and was caught by wicketkeeper Christian Burgess for seven. Manders walked off immediately.

Kelly was the other contender for the award, which is named in memory of Cup Match historian Warrington “Soup” Zuill. The St George’s fielders appealed for a catch down the legside off Kelly’s bowling but the bowler immediately indicated he did not think it was a catch.

“It was tight between Tre and Stefan but because of situations with players questioning umpires’ decisions and not walking we decided to give it to Tre,” said Hoyt Zuill, son of Warrington Zuill.

The award was introduced in 2010 and has been won four times by St George’s players and now twice by Somerset, following Terryn Fray in 2013. Jason Anderson was last year’s winner.

The nomination committee consists of three members of the Bermuda Masters cricket team and the two standing umpires for Cup Match who are able to observe players’ behaviour up close.

Meanwhile, Kyle Hodsoll, the St George’s bowler, has been awarded the The Bermuda Friendly Societies Association Sportsmanship Award.

According to the seven member Lodges, Hodsoll “best exemplified the principles of good sportsmanship and fair play throughout the 2015 Annual Cricket Classic”.

The award will be presented tomorrow at Manchester Unity Hall, with Randy Horton as guest speaker, and Wilbur Pitcher, the former St George’s Cup Match player and umpire, as the guest presenter.

“It will be recalled that the precursor to Cup Match followed the abolition of slavery here in Bermuda. People in Bermuda began to take an ‘unauthorised’ day off from work to celebrate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery, better known as Emancipation Day.

“It became customary to hold annual picnics all over the island to mark the occasion,” the BFSA said.

“One of the highlights of the picnics was a friendly cricket match played between the Lodges from the East and West ends of the Island.

“This award was instituted in 2003 by the Bermuda Friendly Societies Association to recognise and perpetuate the link of OddFellows with the origin of the Classic.”

n Mystery surrounds the Cup Match MVP award with no official word on this year’s winner almost two weeks after the match at Wellington Oval. Yesterday, postings on social media congratulated Derrick Brangman on winning the award but The Royal Gazette understands the three judges had still not met collectively to decide on this year’s winner.

Brangman, who won the Safe Hands award for best catch during the match, is the leading candidate for the award after his outstanding all-round performance helped Somerset complete an eight-wicket victory, their first win at Wellington Oval for 34 years.