Dumfries Sports Club

Bellwood hits out in his man of the match innings of 93 not out

Despite the wettest August on record APD Dumfries did play their league showdown against second placed RH Corstorphine in National League Division 2 at Nunholm. The prize for the winner was the place in the promotion play-off match for Division 1.

Dumfries won convincingly by 87 runs, thanks to a match winning 93 not out from Chris Bellwood. He joined Davie Davidson after an early wicket to put together a partnership of just under a century which ended when Davidson was out for 29. Two more wickets fell rapidly and, at 115 for 4, three wickets had gone for twelve runs with 35 overs already bowled.

Dawson holds on to the winning catch

The squeeze was being applied by the spinners Holstein and Mommsen. Already a rain interruption had reduced the match to 48 overs a side and when another came after 40 overs Dumfries were just on 132.

Tea was taken during the rain break and eight overs still remained. Stuart Corbett-Byers hit a crucial run-a-ball 37 including two sixes to produce a more testing total of 190 for 5. Bellwood finished on 93 not out having picked off runs all round the wicket in another classy innings. Read the rest of this entry »