If it was any consolation for dethroned Cup Match champions Somerset, Jacobi Robinson became the seventh West End cricketer to receive the Calvin (Bummy) Symonds Cup yesterday.

The 20-year-old Western Stars allrounder followed in the footsteps of team-mate and last year?s recipient Jermaine Postlethwaite in winning this year?s award for an outstanding second innings catch at short square leg to dismiss Charlie Marshall, new Cup Match record holder for most runs.

It was catch that drew widespread praise around the ground and acknowledgement even from Marshall himself as he made his way to the pavilion.

?I saw the ball come off the bat and I just dived to my left and caught it with my left hand. It was a reflex catch and I was just glad that it stuck,? Robinson told

Since the Safe Hands award inception in 1998, Clay Smith remains the only East Ender to win the trophy which is presented in honour of former St.George?s skipper Symonds who held 24 catches between 1950 and 1969.

Somerset skipper Janeiro Tucker ? a cousin of Symonds ? was the award?s inaugural winner and is the only two-time winner of the cup presented to the classic?s best fielder over the two-day holiday event.

Robinson, who made his Cup Match debut in 2004, also claimed match figures of eight for 118 in a losing cause.

?I found the going a bit difficult on the first day,? said Robinson, guilty of 14 no ball calls. ?I figured it was just one of those days when it all seemed to go wrong. I still managed to get three wickets (three for 68) but I had like 13 or 14 no balls.?

However, Robinson elevated his game on the second day, snaring five St.George?s wickets during a tormenting 11-over spell which gave up 50 runs.

?I sat in the hotel room that night (last Thursday) and talked to Kevin Hurdle and Saleem (Mukuddem) about certain things,? he added. ?I just needed to adjust my run-up slightly, regather my thoughts and turn my negatives into positives. And I guess coming out with five wickets was my reward.?

The son of former Stars leg spinner Wayne (Spike) Richardson, Robinson has represented Bermuda at both youth and senior national levels and last year attended University of Port Elizabeth International Cricket Academy in South Africa with Stars team-mate, Jekon Edness.

The talented all-rounder claimed the prized wicket of legendary figure Brian Lara during the West Indies ICC Champions Cup warm-up on local soil last fall.

For his efforts in the field during last week?s classic in the East End, Robinson received a travel voucher, cash and other various prizes at an award ceremony held at the BIU building on Union Street.

? I would just like to thank everyone for selecting me for this award and it was just one of those catches you only dream of taking in a match,? Robinson noted.

Also present for the ceremony were Black Star Communications president Rolfe Commissiong, Bank Of Bermuda Chief Executive Officer Phillip Butterfield and Symonds.

Meanwhile, there was no word from either St.George?s or Somerset yesterday over the winner of this year?s Cup Match Most Valuable Player Award.

Leading candidates this year are St.George?s colt George O?Brien jr who grabbed 11 for 120 and Chris Foggo who scored 59 while Somerset?s Robinson, Hurdle (seven for 68) and skipper Tucker?s first innings knock of 72 also place them among the favourites.

Somerset?s Mukuddem has won the award for the past two years after scoring back-to-back centuries in 2003 and 2004.

St.George?s won last week?s emotionally-charged match by 27 runs at Wellington Oval to put an end to Somerset?s five-year stranglehold of the coveted showpiece.