Dumfries Sports Club

It took a captain’s innings from Scott Beveridge on Saturday for second placed APD Dumfries to beat fourth placed Edinburgh at Nunholm in National League Division 2.

The match was reduced to 42 overs a side and Dumfries saved their best till first when a disciplined bowling and fielding effort constrained the Edinburgh innings to just 102 all out after 37 overs. Chris McCutcheon and Jim Patterson each took three wickets.

However, in contrast, the wheels fell off when Dumfries batted. Drew Dawson played positively hitting five fours which was the same as hit in the entire first innings. However he was out for 26 to Imran and he then continued to consign Dumfries to 37 for 5 having taken all five wickets with, it seemed, one happening every over. Read the rest of this entry »

Man of the Match: Chris Bellwood who scored 93 not out for APD Dumfries

APD Dumfries moved back into second place in National League Division 2 with a 26 run win against West Lothian at Nunholm on Saturday to keep up promotion hopes.

The Dumfries side owed their victory to a fine 93 not out from Chris Bellwood after he came in with the side in trouble and to the two final wickets he took to end West Lothian’s run chase.

Dumfries opted to bat and as in the previous fixture at West Lothian the top order went cheaply with Van Wyk (C) taking two wickets. At 23 for 3, with the top run scorers for the season Corbett-Byers and Geary already gone, Bellwood came out to join Alan Davidson.

They took the innings past the twenty over mark and to a score of 66 when Davidson fell to another LBW for 22. Skipper Beveridge with 26 stabilised the innings with a partnership that moved the total to 110 when he was caught. With five wickets down and in the 33rd over a reasonable total was looking uncertain.

However the experienced head of Davie Davidson joined Bellwood to define the course of the match. Together they nursed the total along to 134 with ten overs to go and in those closing overs Bellwood took the opportunity to accelerate and display his array of attacking shots. Read the rest of this entry »

APD Dumfries notched up another win in their trip to Renfrew on Saturday in National League Division 2. Renfrew were restricted to 164 all out after being put in to bat. That total was reached by Dumfries comfortably with the loss of just four wickets.

APD Dumfries's Josh Geary bowls his effort ball. Copyright Donald MacLeod

Skipper Beveridge won the toss and unusually for the side opted to bowl first on what proved to be a good wicket with bounce.

It was Geary, in the Flintoff role of bowling the bouncers, and Patterson who made the early inroads dismissing numbers 2 and 3 for single figures as the score moved into the forties. However the danger man was the Renfrew professional Said, batting at 1, who was playing comfortably and controlling the innings.

He shared partnerships with Ul-Haq and Shakoor but with the score at 120 for 3 came the innings changing and probably game changing moment when Beveridge ‘struck-out’ Said. A drive to mid-on was stopped by a full length dive by Beveridge and wrong handed flick to the bowler’s end sent Said back to the pavilion run out by a good ten feet for 67.

With eighteen overs left the prospect of well over two hundred to chase changed drastically as Dumfries made inroads into the Renfrew batting line-up. Read the rest of this entry »

JMS Nunholm controlled their home fixture against league leaders Titwood in Westen Union Division 2 on Saturday. They took the bulk of the points on offer but were just unable to force the win when the visitors were 69 for 6 chasing 230 to win.

The Dumfries side were put in on a softer wicket due to heavy downpours during the week. With the full complement not present Titwood opened effectively with the left arm spin of M. Ali bowling over the wicket and he produced a series of five maidens in an extremely tight spell. However the openers of Russell Johnston and Tommy McBride had still given the side a solid start with a stand of 67 at just over three an over when Johnston was bowled for 30 trying to whip one through the leg side.

Gary Dalziel continued the support of McBride until the latter was out stumped trying to force the pace having scored a composed 56 including some flashing boundaries. At 107 for 2 and in the thirtieth over the innings was then given the necessary impetus with the arrival of skipper Chris McCutcheon. Read the rest of this entry »