Dumfries Sports Club

Peter Lojszczyk featured for the Border Reivers in their 3-day match against the Highlanders at Stirling at the beginning of last week, a match which ended in a draw.

Border Reivers with the Pro Series Trophy in Aberdeen

Seventeen year old Niall Alexander received a late call-up for the Reivers after playing at Nunholm on Sunday and found himself with Scott Beveridge in Aberdeen on Monday playing in their one-day match in the LiveSport.co.uk Pro Series.

There he acquitted himself well taking two wickets and was a factor in a late innings slump that saw the Highlanders only squeeze home by one wicket.

Nevertheless the Reivers claimed the Trophy for their Pro Series victories over the Highlanders side.

Dumfries’s Chris McBride captained the Cumbria U14s side to creditable performances in their five days of cricket at the Scarborough Cricket Festival last week with his best performance in their eight wicket win over Durham where he took three wickets and finished on 38 not out.

Al took 7 wickets for just 9 runs

In the Western Premier League on Saturday it was a case of ball over bat at Nunholm as APD Dumfries beat West of Scotland to move past them into third spot.

Dumfries could only muster a score of 73 on a day when the bowlers found plenty of swing combined with movement off the seam. However that proved enough, just, when after Niall Alexander took two early wickets, in-swing bowler Alan Davidson replaced him and aptly swung the match and the Roger Lever Photography Man of the Match award. He produced the leagues’ best bowling figures of the season by taking seven West of Scotland wickets for just nine runs in six devastating overs for a remarkable victory by just six runs.

On Saturday the top four play each other in the matches which will decide which of the two sides level on points, Uddingston or Clydesdale, will claim the trophy from holders Dumfries. APD Dumfries play at marginal leaders Uddingston and West of Scotland play at second placed Clydesdale.

Niall hit 90 not out on Sunday

It was an even closer win for Eco-Genics Nunholm at West of Scotland 2nds, Partick, at Hamilton Crescent in the CSL Premier Reserve League. With runs also at a premium Nunholm scored 114 all out with Chris Brockwell top scoring with 24. Then the Solarae Man of the Match spinner Jerry Goodin took four wickets and Stuart Alexander and Brockwell two each with the winning catch taken off Brockwell to complete a four run win. On Saturday, Nunholm play Uddingston 2nds at home.

The Sunday XI, Good Man Dumfries, won their friendly at Nunholm against Galloway by six wickets. Galloway amassed 239 for six with Vosloo top scoring with 70 and Conn hitting a fifty. However the RF Angus Man of the Match, Niall Alexander, was there at the finish, the top scorer with 90 not out. Peter Lojszczyk scored 58 opening and Marcus Richardson, with 52, shared the big match winning partnership with Alexander.

For more information about the club at Nunholm, contact 07799 856094 or email dumfriescricketclub:gmail.com.

Captain’s innings from Bevo

On Saturday, APD Dumfries overtook their opponents, Drumpellier, to move into fourth place in the CSL Western Premier League after a 23 run win.

Dumfries posted 177 all out with the Dupont Teijin Films Man of the Match, Scott Beveridge, providing the crucial innings, top scoring with 58.

He arrived at the crease with Dumfries in difficulties at 68 for 5 but when he was out Dumfries had boosted the score past one hundred and fifty.

Then opening bowler Chris McCutcheon took the first four wickets to fall to take the heart out of the Drumpellier line-up at 35 for 4. Their innings also revived but Alan Davidson continued his wicket-taking run with another four wickets as Drumpellier were bowled out for 154 with six overs left.

APD Dumfries next play at Ayr on Saturday in the league and are lined up against Edinburgh side Grange in the semi-final of the Murgitroyd Scottish Twenty20 at Poloc CC on Sunday.

Eco-Genics Nunholm lost a low scoring match at home against Drumpellier 2nds, Langloan, in the Western Premier Reserve League. Jerry Goodin took four wickets for the Barbours’ Man of the Match award as Langloan were dismissed for eighty nine but Nunholm fell fifteen runs short, all out for seventy five.

The Scotland U19 Squad who qualified for the U19 World Cup ©Cricket Scotland/Ian Potts

After being part of the Scotland U19 squad in the Netherlands that qualified for the U19 World Cup last week, Dumfries’s Niall Alexander toured this week with Scotland U17s in 2-day encounters against U17 County sides.

Kirsty batting for Scotland Women’s Dev XI

The Scotland Womens’ Development side, including Dumfries player Kirsty Strachan, played Lancashire U19s in three games at Nunholm last week with the County side coming out on top in a series of well contested games.

Junior Cricket:

Junior coaching sessions continue at Dumfries Sports Club, Nunholm, on Mondays from 6:15-8.

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