Dumfries Sports Club

In their first competitive outing the Dumfries Cricket Club Women’s team registered a win over Galloway in their Scottish Cup match at Nunholm on Tuesday.

Dumfries posted a challenging 139 for 2 in their twenty overs and it was that total that presented a problem with Galloway finishing on 79 for 1.

Dumfries were put in to bat and openers Kirsty Strachan and Rachel Howard set up the win for their side with an eighty run opening partnership. That only came to an end in the 13th over when Howard was bowled for 17 and, one brings two, Strachan was also bowled five short of a first fifty.

Rosy Ryan and Sue Strachan steadied the innings and accelerated in the last couple of overs with Strachan hitting three successive fours. They finished not out on 24 and 32 respectively for a good total of 139 for 2 in the twenty overs.

Hamblin and Maxwell batted well for Galloway but it was the weight of runs that was the problem with the Dumfries side fielding well to stop the runs and bowling effectively. The pair had almost batted right through when Howard hit the top of off stump to bowl Hamblin for 19 in the very last over. Galloway finished on 79 for 1 with Kate Maxwell undefeated on 30 to back up her good bowling in the first innings.

Kirsty Strachan took the Parkdale Garage Dumfries Player of the Match award for putting her side on course with her innings of 45 to make it a good week after she, and Rachel Howard, were both picked for Scotland U17s for their away matches in the ECB Championship next week starting with a match against Leicestershire.

The game was a credit to both sides who are both in the early stages of playing. It was the first such game for the Dumfries side and a first for the club since Dumfriesshire Ladies were recorded playing at Nunholm in the 1890s. Dumfries will play at either Ayr or Glasgow Accies in the semi-final.

The club at Nunholm are keen to introduce more girl and women players to the game, with beginners most welcome. Those interested can contact the club through dumfriescricketclub@gmail com, or contact Trefor Williams (01387 256455) to find out about the weekly coaching sessions for women and girls running throughout the summer.

Scoreboard: Women’s Scottish Cup Quarter-final at Benfield Park Nunholm
Match sponsored by Parkdale Garage
Dumfries Women beat Galloway Ladies by 60 runs
Dumfries Women 139 for 2 (20 overs) K Strachan 45, S Strachan 32no,
R Ryan 24no, R Howard 17, N Hamblin 4 overs 1 for 30
Galloway Ladies 79 for 1 (20 overs)
K Maxwell 30no, N Hamblin 19, R Howard 4 overs 1 for 5
Parkdale Garage Dumfries Player of the Match: K Strachan

APD Dumfries beat St Boswells in the Twenty20 Borders Murgitroyd Cup on Sunday. This was the only weekend outing with Saturday’s league matches victims of the rain.

The game at Benfield Park Nunholm went ahead in good conditions and Dumfries were immediately in trouble losing two wickets in eight balls for zero runs. However Chris McCutcheon and Scott Beveridge recovered with eighty runs over the next ten overs. McCutcheon took the opportunity to improvise until he was caught for 43. Chris Bellwood was Beveridge’s next partner as the latter reached his fifty with a couple of sixes despite being hampered by injury. Both were out looking for runs in the last couple of overs, Beveridge for 55 and Bellwood for 34.

St Boswells had a difficult start chasing the Dumfries total of 157 for 6 when Alan Davison snared two wickets in his second over and McCutcheon bowled another. St Lucian Mathurin was the mainstay of the St Boswells innings with 30 when a skier was caught off Goodin with the Borders side at 46 for 4 off ten overs. Young batted well for 46 not out as wickets fell at the other end but the opposition finished 37 runs short losing eight wickets for 121. Dumfries play at Gala next in the Borders semi-final. This Saturday, in the league, they play at top placed West of Scotland.

Dumfries tried coloured kit for the first time in a competitive match at Nunholm and appropriately Newbie sponsors APD Ltd had been at the club to receive their shirts and to mark the seventh year of their Club sponsorship. Elliott Graham from APD said “we are pleased to support a local community club like Dumfries CC and to see the firsts, APD Dumfries, challenging at the top of the Western Premier League”.

Meanwhile Tom McBride has been named in the provisional Scotland U19 squad for the U19 World Cup in Australia in August and Kirsty Strachan, and Rachel Howard, for Scotland Women’s U17s for their away matches in the ECB Championship next week. The Nunholm club’s junior coaching sessions continue on Mondays and over the summer from 6:15 to 8 at Dumfries Sports Club, contact Trefor Williams (01387 256455).

In the Western Premier League on Saturday APD Dumfries lost their unbeaten record to Uddingston at Benfield Park Nunholm when they were unable to chase a revised target of 182 to win off 40 overs.

Dumfries had a good start taking three Uddingston wickets for just five runs with Chris McCutcheon dismissing both openers in his first over and Drew Dawson taking a brilliant diving catch at cover. However the Uddingston Sri Lankan professional Priyadashrana set a target with his fine innings of 80 and Uddingston finished on 189 for 9.

Dumfries then lost their top order cheaply with Scotland player Calum McLeod taking four wickets and it required 51 not out by Davie Davidson for Dumfries to reach 157 for 7 some twenty five runs short. Dumfries now lie second to West of Scotland with each having four wins but with the Glasgow side ahead with extra bonus points. Davidson took the Roger Lever Photography Dumfries Man of the Match award for his fighting innings.

In the CWE Nunholm fixture away against Uddingston 2nds, Bothwell, Nunholm won by 83 runs after a fine team batting effort reached 244 for 8 with Kingmoor Training Man of the Match Farries top scoring with 60. Bothwell were all out for 161 in reply. Niall Alexander and Allan Maskrey were unlucky not to claim more early wickets and young Chris McBride took four wickets with his leg spin. The Nunholm side also sit second due to bonus points in the Western Premier Reserve League.

In the Sunday league at Nunholm, Brammer Dumfries came a distinct second to Glasgow University Staff. It took a partnership from Dave Strachan (39) and Glasgow Uni (Crichton) Man of the Match Mat Williams (41) to recover from 70 for 6 to 161 all out.

Jack Barnes took two wickets to dent the opposition progression to a seven wicket win reached in the closing overs.

Junior cricket: The Nunholm club’s Monday junior coaching sessions run 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 maintained their top of the table position in the Western Premier league with their fourth victory on Saturday at Ayr when they won by six wickets thanks to an outstanding innings of one hundred and thirty not out from Josh Geary.

In the Ayr innings there was another century with opener Neil Smith scoring 105 not out. Spinner Scott Beveridge took three of the five wickets to fall including Ayr professional Thyssen who was stumped for 61 when Ayr were well positioned at 151 for 1.

Dumfries faced a total of 234 for 5 and had a bad start losing both openers inside four overs. However Tom McBride and Josh Geary then recovered the situation with a match winning 150 run partnership. McBride was caught for 51 and Joe Clarke (30no) then helped Complete Engineering Man of the Match Geary guide his side home in the second last over.

Dumfries remain the only undefeated side in the league after West of Scotland lost to Stirling and next face Uddingston at home at Benfield Park Nunholm on Saturday.

Meanwhile CWE Solutions Nunholm had a decisive ten wicket win against Cambusdoon, Ayr seconds at home. Davie Davidson and the Stevenson McConnel Man of the Match, Chris McCutcheon, each took three wickets in a Cambusdoon total of 93 all out. The Nunholm side took just 13 overs to finish the game with youngster Niall Alexander hitting 51no and Farries 42no.

Ayr were also the visitors in the Sunday league and it was Marcus Richardson who claimed the Web Engineering Man of the match award with the second century of the weekend ending on exactly 100 not out for an eight wicket win for Brammer Dumfries chasing an Ayr total of 181 for 9. Ben Walker and Jack Barnes took three wickets and Todd Rafferty partnered Richardson to his century with 37 not out.

Juniors: 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 http://www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.

APD Dumfries maintained top spot in the Western Premier League in a dramatic finish at Stirling on Saturday.

Chasing a big total of 265, Dumfries got the winning run off the last ball with one wicket left. Captain Stuart Corbett-Byers hit a match winning 72 not out and opener Chris Bellwood contributed another fifty in a successful run chase, just.

Stirling, at 25 overs, were just under a hundred for the loss of three wickets but a 150 partnership between Reddy (74) and Farrar (53) set up a challenging total of 265 for 5. Spinners Beveridge and Bellwood each took two wickets.

Similarly Dumfries were just past a hundred at half-way, for 2 wickets, but at 6 wickets down for 157 and just 12 overs left it required a crucial sixty run partnership between Corbett-Byers and Robert McBride to keep the side in the chase. At the last over the scoreboard showed 13 runs to win. Byers hit two fours, then a leg-bye and a well placed edged four by last-man Goodin off the second last ball saw that target reached.

However the electronic runs countdown had been one short. So the stumps were replaced, celebrations cut short, and for a second time Goodin hit the winning runs taking a single off the last ball with the John Henderson & Sons Dumfries Man of the Match Corbett-Byers undefeated on 72 after one of his best innings for the club.

The result leaves the side just ahead of West of Scotland on run rate with both sides played three, won three. This Saturday in the league Dumfries play away at Ayr.

CWE Nunholm were unable to post a large enough total at Benfield Park Nunholm against Stirling 2nds. Youngster Todd Rafferty top scored for Nunholm with 35 to get his side back into the game from a position of 59 for 5 to end up 177 all out.

Despite being 47 for 4 the visitors reached their target for the loss of just one more wicket. The club’s junior sessions continue to run on Mondays from 6:15-8 at Nunholm, see www.dumfriescricketclub.co.uk.

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.