Cricket: Representative call-ups for McBride

8 09 2010

Tom McBride batting for Western Warriors © Cricket Scotland

Dumfries’s Tom McBride has been rewarded for being the top home grown run scorer in National League Division 2, by being picked for the Western Warriors versus the East last Sunday in the Scottish Regional Series.

He was also named named as twelfth man for the three day match between Scotland Lions, the Scotland 2nd XI, and Durham County 2nd XI at Morpeth which commenced on Monday.

After a win against Leicestershire and a draw against Warwickshire the Scots are seeking to maintain an undefeated record at this level.

Dumfries Juniors v Ferguslie


Dumfries Juniors

The fixtures at Nunholm finished on Sunday with a junior match against Ferguslie U13s. The last home game of the season was played in sunny conditions and a fast outfield.

Ferguslie proved more effective with the bat but the Dumfries batsmen resisted in a time match to hold onto a draw for a good day of junior cricket which was spiced by a post match barbeque to round off the Nunholm season.

This weekend the Dumfries Kwik cricket team travel to Perth for the National Clubs Kwik Cricket Festival and Dumfries play a friendly at Gatehouse in the last match of the season.


Comments : Comments Off on Cricket: Representative call-ups for McBride
Tags:
Categories : Cricket, Juniors, Sports Club

Cricket: Youth wins end of season encounter for Dumfries

8 09 2010

On the last home Saturday of the season Site Electrical Dumfries beat Windyedge, the visitors from Glasgow Accies, by 34 runs in a friendly match thoroughly enjoyed by both sides to round off the senior season at Nunholm.

However it was youth to the fore as the younger members of the side were set the task of winning the game. The Dumfries side were put in and eleven year old Chris McBride and Adam Elliott opened the innings.

With Elliott hitting the loose deliveries for four and McBride looking entirely comfortable the pair passed a fifty opening partnership and had reached 68 when Elliott was unlucky to be bowled for forty, in just under fifty balls, by a distinctly high full toss.

Todd Rafferty partnered McBride in a forty run partnership before falling to a close run out decision for an assured fifteen with the side just past a hundred. Read the rest of this entry »


Comments : Comments Off on Cricket: Youth wins end of season encounter for Dumfries
Tags:
Categories : Cricket, Sports Club


Design a site like this with WordPress.com
Get started