Last of the Summer… Whisky!
Freuchie Cricket Club will be producing a video interview series that we’re going to call, “The Auld Players”. In this series we’ll interview the past heroes of Freuchie and Scottish cricket. The first interview happened during the tea break at Sponsors’ Day a few weeks ago. While going around the field chatting to people, John A Thomson of Roundtrip Solutions pointed a video camera at Peter McKinlay and Jim Grieve and this is what happened….
A higher quality version is available for viewing and downloading.
This video is also available in two parts from YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2. Sorry, it is in two parts due to YouTube only allowing videos to be 10 minutes or less in duration.
If you are an auld player and would like to be interviewed then please get in touch by sending us a message or by letting one of the club officials know.
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Most Important Delivery of All?
For anyone who missed the Reporting Scotland news report last night, we’ll go into some of the highlights.
The strength and enthusiasm of the Sussex Ladies shines through in an interview with their Captain, Alexia Walker.
Dave Christie reminisces on what is unarguably Freuchie’s (if not Scotland’s) finest cricketing moment, the National Village Cup win in 1985.
Our new signing, a Mr Andy Goram, seemed to be attracting a fair amount of media attention for some reason! Welcome to the club Andy. We’ll have more about and from the new signing in due course.
… and finally….
According to the reporter, John Anderson may be “the most important delivery of all”.
Or maybe it was the barrel of beer he had in tow at the time. Decide for yourself.
[Updated: BBC Reporting Scotland don't appear to keep news reports online. The link to the news report was removed from this original blog post as it is used for the most recent show.]
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Sussex Ladies Hold Nothing Back
The all conquering Sussex Ladies came along today to play our first XI. They held nothing back and left nothing in reserve, not even during warm up after tea! But don’t take our word for it, watch this video of their practice.
A higher quality video is available on the Freuchie Cricket Club TV channel. You can also download it for offline viewing if you so wish from there.
YouTube fans can view it here if that is your preference.
Keep checking the blog over the coming days for more photos and videos from this match.
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Centenary Cricket Festival
Come to Freuchie for Day Two – Sussex Ladies are here! Game starts at one o’clock, with barbecue starting in the afternoon (I think – don’t hold my feet to the fire) and the Milenberg Jazz Band in the evening. As I write, the sun is shining. Let’s hope it keeps it up. Roll Up! Roll Up!
In the meantime, a little about Day One: We had a pretty wet day here for yesterday’s match against the Scottish President’s XI, but we got through 40 overs apiece with some really entertaining cricket along the way. The President’s men’s 225 was a bit much for us, but we got to a creditable 175 in reply, with some sterling efforts from Arun Trivedi and Duffer, to name but two.
A few pics from visiting photographer Alan Richardson -
A moment of success for the fielding side, with Arun, Duffer, Robbie Birrell and guest star Andy Goram in shot.
When you see the determination on Kenny Crichton’s face, it’s no surprise that we had some successes.
While Andy shows that Kenny’s not the only determined guy on the park.
Just to show that we had at least some sunny moments – anxious Freuchie players and supporters look on.
Gour keeps his eye on the ball, with partner Stevie Rowley poised for a run.
And a heart-in-mouth moment as Gour looks on from the other end.
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Amazing Skill But Is It Cricket?
There is no doubting the skill involved in the batting performance of England’s Kevin Pietersen during the recent match against New Zealand, but is it cricket? Look at the coverage and share your thoughts.
An MCC cricket rules committee has decided the “switch-hit” stroke, a term borrowed from American baseball, is within the rules of the game. The International Herald Tribune has an interesting article that discusses the differing views on this batting stroke.
How long will it be before we see the “switch-hit” being used on the field of Freuchie Cricket Club? Perhaps we’ll see it tomorrow from one of the ladies from Sussex.
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Forfarshire Writeup
For those brave enough, or with a strong constitution, you may like to take a look over on the Forfarshire Cricket Club website for a round up and video footage of the XI match held on Saturday 7th June 2008.
Unfortunately for us, Forfarshire Cricket Club was by far the stronger team and played exceedingly well on the day.
Cricket Scotland also has the official scorecard for this match available for your perusal.
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Sponsors Day 2008 in Pictures
Photo: Alan Duncan , President of Freuchie Cricket Club, welcomes the sponsors
Photo: The sponsors tuck into a delicious lunch
Photo: The local support was out in strength
Photo: Fans watch on from their cars
Photo: A fine day for cricket
Photo: But, alas wickets were lost too cheaply by Freuchie
Photo: Forfarshire congratulate themselves
Photo: Freuchie batsman puts some runs on the scoreboard
Photo: Forfarshire retrieve the ball from a nearby garden
Photo: The rowdy Freuchie fans cheer on their team
Photo: Forfarshire kept the pressure coming
Photo: Is someone lying down on the job?
Photo: Freuchie kept plugging away
Photo: That’ll be another run on the scoreboard
Photo: … and another
Photo: Run, run and keep running
Photo: “Quick! Get this mess cleaned up before Dave Christie sees it!”
Photo: “Dave will never know we touched his stuff!”
Photo: The onslot begins by the Forfarshire batsmen
Photo: Forfarshire batsman returns to the Pavilion after playing his part
Photo: Forfarshire put more and more runs onto the scoreboard
Photo: Is that a four then?
Photo: Is that a cricket bat or a light saber?
Photo: Even a break for orange squash didn’t affect the end result!
Photo: The winning post get closer with every ball
Photo: Freuchie Pele?
Photo: The Four Amigos enjoy the refreshments
Photo: A thorn between two roses!
Photo: “The Happy Couple” would like to announce….
Photo: Most stylish shoes of the day?
Photo: Is Neil taking his Juniors’ duties too far?
Photo: The post match analysis goes on well into the evening!
If anyone would like a hi quality version of any photo then send an email to John over at Roundtrip Solutions.
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Roll Up! Roll Up!
Our Centenary Year Cricket Festival starts on 17th June with a match against a Scottish President’s XI, with some of the Scottish stars of yesterday (yet to be named) playing against us.
Wednesday is really special – our match against a Sussex Ladies’ team, which includes a number of the England players. There’ll be a barbecue in the evening, with the Milenberg Jazz Band providing gentle background music. (Aye, right! The Milenberg? Gentle?)
Thursday sees us face a Falkland Select, so there’s three days of varied and entertaining cricket in store. All three games start at 1 pm.
Roll Up! Roll Up!