Dumfries Sports Club

APD Dumfries registered their second comprehensive win in the new Western Premier Division on Saturday to stay top after week two of the league.

They beat Clydesdale, one of the pre-season favourites, by 98 runs at Benfield Park Nunholm thanks to a batting performance in bowler friendly conditions by opener Chris Bellwood that earned him the Manson Associates Man of the Match award.

Dumfries were put in and after twenty overs needed to recover from 61 for 4 with the top order gone. Drew Dawson importantly shared a near fifty run partnership with Bellwood to bolster the innings as did Stuart Corbett-Byers to take the score past 150.

However it was Bellwood that gave the side a total of 168 for 7 to defend by dominating the Dumfries run scoring. He was unlucky to be stumped off the last ball for 99 after needing nine runs off the last over for a deserved century.

Skipper Byers said “It was as if Chris was playing on a different wicket to everyone else. He timed his innings perfectly in really testing conditions and it’s a shame he didn’t reach three figures.”

With that target Clydesdale were in pole position but they were rapidly in trouble losing two wickets in the first two overs, one to Pat Druce in the first and one to Alan Davidson in the second. Druce then claimed two lbws, including Scotland all-rounder Haq, to leave Clydesdale four down for 17 after 5 overs.

Awais played freely but was the fourth Druce victim caught for 21. Five down rapidly become more down as the left-arm spin of Scott Beveridge picked up the next four wickets and the last wicket fell with Clydesdale on just 70, two runs shy of a hundred run win for the league newcomers.

In the league this Saturday Dumfries are away at Stirling. The Nunholm club’s junior coaching sessions run on Mondays from 6:15 to 8 at Dumfries Sports Club. These are open to non-members, boys and girls. For more details on junior, senior, and women’s cricket contact Trefor Williams (01387 256455), dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com, or see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.

APD Dumfries started out in the new look Western Premier League on Saturday with a decisive 111 run win at Greenock.

From a precarious position of 4 for 2, Dumfries rallied with a seventy run partnership between Scott Beveridge and Josh Geary. Geary had just reached his fifty when he was bowled sweeping with the total just past the hundred and it required another partnership between Joe Clarke and Pat Druce to restore fortunes again from seven down for 143. With only a handful of overs left Clarke was run out for an important 54, as was Druce for 20, and the final wicket fell on 199.

Then opening bowlers Pat Druce and Alan Davidson combined dramatically to decide the run chase. Each took four wickets with Greenock unable to recover from 28 for 4. Keeper Stuart Corbett-Byers took a great catch off the Lochmaben Accounting Man of the Match Pat Druce to remove danger man Scotland’s Berrington, He then got South African pro Sekhoto lbw and Greenock were bundled out for just 88.

On Saturday at Nunholm (from 12) the side face a tough test in their first home league encounter against one of the league favourites, Clydesdale.

CWE Nunholm completed the double with their 101 run win over Glenpark, Greenock seconds, at Benfield Park Nunholm.

The Johnstone and Clark Man of the Match, Jim Patterson, led the way with the season’s first century scoring 110 not out in the Nunholm total of 269 for 5.

He shared a match winning fifth wicket partnership of 184 with Chris McCutcheon who was caught on 86, in the penultimate over, trying for his sixth six and a century.

Greenock totalled 168 in reply with Patterson again to the fore with three wickets in three overs. Davidson and Kyle took two each.

The Nunholm club’s junior coaching sessions run on Monday evenings from 6:15 to 8 at Dumfries Sports Club. These are also open to non-members, boys and girls. For more details on these and senior, junior and women’s cricket contact Trefor Williams (01387 256455), email dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com, or visit http://www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.

APD Dumfries had a comprehensive victory at Penicuik in the Scottish Cup on Saturday winning by nine wickets. Dumfries’s Scott Beveridge spun his way to five wickets to dismiss Penicuik for just 78.

Pat Druce and Alan Davidson each set the ball rolling with a wicket in their first over. Then from 44 for 2 Beveridge ran through the middle order to earn his Lakeland Fluid Power Man of the Match award taking 5 for 25. Goodin and Geary each took a wicket with the latter conceding just seven runs in his eight overs.

Dumfries skipper Stuart Corbett-Byers made short work of the target hitting 38 off 24 balls before he was the only wicket to fall stumped. The winning boundary was hit by Bellwood in just the twelfth over. The side sit second to Watsonians with two wins out of three with the three remaining Cup group games played in July.

APD Dumfries start their campaign in a new look league structure on Saturday away at Greenock in an eight team Western Premier Division where Clydesdale and Uddingston who featured in last season’s top ten Scottsh sides, will start as favourites.

Meanwhile CWE Nunholm beat Galloway in the Western Cup by 127 runs at home. Nunholm totalled 209 for 4 in their forty overs with Farries top scoring with 87 not out and Chris McCutcheon hitting a rapid 47 not out to push the score past two hundred. Niall Alexander and Allan Maskrey each took three wickets, and James Cox two, to bowl Galloway out for 82. CWE Nunholm play Glenpark at home in the West Premier Reserve league on Saturday.

The Nunholm club’s junior coaching sessions run on Monday evenings from 6:15 to 8 at the Dumfries Sports Club. These are also open to non-members, boys and girls. For more details on these and senior, junior and women’s cricket contact Trefor Williams (01387 256455), email dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com, or visit www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.

APD Dumfries overcame Weirs, and the weather, to claim a resounding win in their Scottish Cup match on Saturday at Benfield Park Nunholm.

The Dumfries side amassed 318 for 5 wickets in their 50 overs with all the top five making scores with fifties by Scott Beveridge and Tom McBride and 47 to Chris Bellwood.

The Eco-genics Man of the Match went to Josh Geary who top scored with 76 and he was involved in a display of powerful hitting of the format’s new pink ball with fellow Aussie Joe Clarke, who scored 60 not out, that raised the total by a hundred in just the last 8 overs.

A prolonged rain interruption early in the Weirs reply threatened an abandoned match but the innings was reduced to 27 overs and they finished well short of a revised target, scoring 100 for 5. Dumfries play their second Scottish Cup group game next Saturday also at Nunholm when they face strong Edinburgh side Watsonians with their crop of past and present Scotland players.

On Sunday CWE Nunholm beat Hillhead in a friendly after scoring 172 for 8 at Nunholm. ParkGate Man of the Match Russell Johnston was the mainstay scoring 66.

Hillhead reached 107 for 8 in reply after a fine opening spell of three wickets from Allan Maskrey. The 2nds start their competitive fixtures back at Hillhead on Saturday.

Also on Sunday, Tom McBride was picked for Western Warriors and was at the crease for their exciting last ball win in the Scottish Regional Series.

Dumfries Women’s training starts at Nunholm at 6pm this Friday. Newcomers to the sport are encouraged to come along. For more details about this, or about the junior or senior cricket at Nunholm, contact dumfriescricketclub@gmail.com or see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.