<page_title> Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year </page_title> <section_title> Winners </section_title> <table> <cell> 1986 <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> Tests </col_header> </cell> <cell> Ashley Metcalfe <col_header> Player </col_header> <col_header> ODIs </col_header> <col_header> Roy Tattersall </col_header> <col_header> Peter May </col_header> <col_header> Fred Trueman </col_header> <col_header> Colin Cowdrey </col_header> <col_header> Peter Loader </col_header> <col_header> Ken Barrington </col_header> <col_header> Brian Taylor </col_header> <col_header> Micky Stewart </col_header> <col_header> Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie </col_header> <col_header> Geoff Pullar </col_header> <col_header> David Allen </col_header> <col_header> Peter Parfitt </col_header> <col_header> Phil Sharpe </col_header> <col_header> Geoffrey Boycott </col_header> <col_header> Mike Brearley </col_header> <col_header> Alan Knott </col_header> <col_header> Derek Underwood </col_header> <col_header> Tony Greig </col_header> <col_header> Bob Cottam </col_header> <col_header> Alan Ward </col_header> <col_header> Chris Old </col_header> <col_header> John Whitehouse </col_header> <col_header> Dudley Owen-Thomas </col_header> <col_header> Mike Hendrick </col_header> <col_header> Phil Edmonds </col_header> <col_header> Andrew Kennedy </col_header> <col_header> Geoff Miller </col_header> <col_header> Ian Botham </col_header> <col_header> David Gower </col_header> <col_header> Paul Parker </col_header> <col_header> Graham Dilley </col_header> <col_header> Mike Gatting </col_header> <col_header> Norman Cowans </col_header> <col_header> Neil Foster </col_header> <col_header> Rob Bailey </col_header> <col_header> David Lawrence </col_header> </cell> <cell> James Whitaker <col_header> Year </col_header> <col_header> Tests </col_header> </cell> <cell> Leicestershire <col_header> Player </col_header> <col_header> ODIs </col_header> <col_header> Roy Tattersall </col_header> <col_header> Peter May </col_header> <col_header> Fred Trueman </col_header> <col_header> Colin Cowdrey </col_header> <col_header> Peter Loader </col_header> <col_header> Ken Barrington </col_header> <col_header> Brian Taylor </col_header> <col_header> Micky Stewart </col_header> <col_header> Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie </col_header> <col_header> Geoff Pullar </col_header> <col_header> David Allen </col_header> <col_header> Peter Parfitt </col_header> <col_header> Phil Sharpe </col_header> <col_header> Geoffrey Boycott </col_header> <col_header> Mike Brearley </col_header> <col_header> Alan Knott </col_header> <col_header> Derek Underwood </col_header> <col_header> Tony Greig </col_header> <col_header> Bob Cottam </col_header> <col_header> Alan Ward </col_header> <col_header> Chris Old </col_header> <col_header> John Whitehouse </col_header> <col_header> Dudley Owen-Thomas </col_header> <col_header> Mike Hendrick </col_header> <col_header> Phil Edmonds </col_header> <col_header> Andrew Kennedy </col_header> <col_header> Geoff Miller </col_header> <col_header> Ian Botham </col_header> <col_header> David Gower </col_header> <col_header> Paul Parker </col_header> <col_header> Graham Dilley </col_header> <col_header> Mike Gatting </col_header> <col_header> Norman Cowans </col_header> <col_header> Neil Foster </col_header> <col_header> Rob Bailey </col_header> <col_header> David Lawrence </col_header> <col_header> Ashley Metcalfe </col_header> <row_header> James Whitaker </row_header> </cell> </table>
In 1986, the award was made jointly to Ashley Metcalfe and James Whitaker of Leicestershire.