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The 76-year-old, who has served Rastrick for over 47 years, admitted: “ I am very pleased and surprised to win the award.
“Winning it has been my proudest achievement over that time.
“This was my 50th year of involvement with the club, but I haven’t done much this year because I was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in March.”
The citation called Edge “solid and reliable as a player”, and among the roles he has fulfilled at his club have been secretary, groundsman, treasurer and safeguarding officer, as well as generally encouraging junior players.
A pivotal figure at his club, Edge said: “I started in 1976. The main changes since then are better wickets and it is a different game now to what it used to be as scores have gone up and up and up, with bigger bats as the grounds are just the same size.”
A PE and maths teacher at Fartown High School before working for the Royal Mail for 13 years, Edge added: “I have done the (Rastrick) ground for over 20 years until Matthew Lambert, who lives two minutes from the ground, took over.
“I have been retired quite a long time, but you are working with the weather a lot of the time.”
Rastrick picked up two other awards on the night, with Jacob Waterson taking the Cyril Thorpe Cup for being the leading keeper in the Premiership with 33 victims.
Clubmate Haydn Charlton, of their second XI, won the Vernon Oldfield Trophy for being the best bowler in Alliance Division Three with 30 wickets at an average of 8.07.
Wasim Qasim, of Moorlands, lifted the Tom Oldham Trophy for being the best bowler in the Premiership with 55 wickets at an average of 14.13, while Rizwan Malik (Mirfield Parish Cavaliers) took the Ron Tindall Cup for bowling in the Championship Division with 46 wickets at an average of 11.07.
Cumberworth United were named as the most sporting team of the year, taking the David Boulton Award; Thongsbridge won the FE Greenwood Trophy for the most improved ground, and Armitage Bridge’s Mark Roberts lifted the Tom Walker Trophy as groundsman of the year, also receiving £500 from Battersby Sports Ground Supplies.
Skelmanthorpe, who were runners-up, received £100.
Hall Bower took the Tim Sugden Administration Award, and John Wood received the Bob Stewart Award for distinguished service by an umpire.
Timmy Taylor (Honley) collected the Jack Gledhill Memorial Trophy as all-rounder of the year, while Harry Finch (Barkisland) received the Reg Haigh Trophy as the most promising young cricketer.
The Lady Sykes Candlesticks – for players who have given outstanding service to their club and the game in general – went to Tim Jones (Shelley) and Simon Kelly (Honley).
