Dumfries Sports Club

Last Saturday’s Guid Nychbur day match for APD Dumfries against Renfrew was not immune to the weather in the rest of Dumfries and was abandoned without a ball being bowled and with several paddling pools accumulating on the ground.

It was the same around Scotland and only one game in the SNCL Division 2 was completed. Unfortunately for Dumfries this resulted in a win for Stoneywood which meant them jumping to the top of the division.

The league is now at the stage of half the games having been played. On Saturday the top four sides play each other. Dumfries play RH Corstorphine in Edinburgh and Stoneywood play Dunfermline. Read the rest of this entry »

Match is now off! Kelso have scratched from the competition.

The Murgatroyd Borders 20/20 Cricket Cup is a knockout competition and thanks to the bye Dumfries are now in the Borders final.

Dumfries won to the semi-final through by winning against Langholm and will be keen to win the final of the Borders section of this new national 20/20 Cup competition. The other semi-final is between St Boswells and Gala.

The winners from the Borders will receive prize money and a place in the four team national finals day at Poloc’s ground in Glasgow on Sunday August the 3rd.

Stuart Alexander was definitely the APD Dumfries man of the match in the away National League Division 2 game on Saturday for a five wicket opening burst that destroyed Edinburgh. Read the rest of this entry »

The cricket match scheduled for Sunday between Scotland Women and Cumbria has been moved to Stirling so that this fixture AND a separate match between development sides can be accommodated.