Dumfries Sports Club

APD Dumfries won convincingly in Sunday’s warm-up against First Division Ferguslie as did JMS Nunholm who also played a friendly at Hawick. The firsts start their National League campaign at Nunholm this Saturday with a Division 2 fixture against Weirs.

The first eleven side beat Ferguslie by 99 runs. The seconds won by a wider margin of 155.

At Nunholm Dumfries opted to bat first but suffered early setbacks against the Ferguslie SNCL opening attack. Davie Davidson and Geary had revived the innings with a fifty partnership when Davidson was out caught for 38. Stuart Corbett-Byers and Geary carried on with another fifty partnership until Geary was bowled for a valuable 42. Then Byers fell LBW for 33 at the same score. Read the rest of this entry »