Team Selections
The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.
| COMPETITON | 1st XI Fife Cup |
| DATE | Thu 25th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Dunfermline Knights |
| VENUE | McKane Park |
- R Birrell (Capt)
- D Cowan (Snr)
- S Gourlay
- S Galloway
- S Birrell
- M Jackson
- S Kennedy
- S Gibson
- R Wright
- J Wallace
- A Sutherland
Players meet 5:20pm at Freuchie Cricket Club or 5:50pm at Dunfermline for 6pm start.
Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.
| COMPETITON | 1st XI League |
| DATE | Sat 27th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Edinburgh Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Edinburgh |
- R Birrell (Capt)
- D Cowan (Snr)
- S Gourlay
- S Galloway
- S Birrell
- A Duncan
- S Rowley
- S Gibson
- D Cowan (Jnr)
- J Wallace
- D Harper
- Res – n/a
Players meet 10:45am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Edinburgh.
Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.
| COMPETITON | 2nd XI League |
| DATE | Sat 27th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Edinburgh Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- S Kennedy (Capt)
- C Balfour
- R Blanchfield
- R Wright
- K Crichton
- M Jackson
- G Christie
- G Morris
- B Forrester
- S Munro
- A Sutherland
- Res – K Khalill
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:15am for 1pm start.
Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.
| COMPETITON | 1st XI Fife Cup |
| DATE | Thu 25th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Dunfermline Knights |
| VENUE | McKane Park |
- R Birrell (Capt)
- D Cowan (Snr)
- S Gourlay
- S Galloway
- S Birrell
- M Jackson
- S Kennedy
- S Gibson
- R Wright
- J Wallace
- A Sutherland
Players meet 5:20pm at Freuchie Cricket Club or 5:50pm at Dunfermline.
Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.
Good luck once again to both teams.
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Captain’s Corner
Unfortunately we were undone on Saturday by a very controversial Umpiring decision which cost us the game! Scorecard is here.
Renfrew batted first and scored 219 on a very good batting track. Some wayward bowling and fielding again gave them at least 30 runs more than they should have gotten. Myself and Stevie Rowley got off to a great start putting on 70+ for the first wicket, Stevie went on to make over 70 runs himself. However once again our batting failed to dominate the bowlers until Dave Cowan came in to change the game, very nearly taking us all the way to victory. That was until he was given a very dubious LBW with 6 runs left to win the game, well within his capability as there were 8 balls remaining.
This week will be another very hard game as we are in the capital playing Edinburgh who’s batsmen are renowned for going for their shots. Should be an interesting day!
Sunday we were on Scottish Cup duty at Dunfermline Knights, once again we came up short. Dunfermline’s professional, Alistair Gray, was a quality player and took the game away from us with an accomplished innings of 80+ not out. Freuchie won the toss and chose to bat first, we managed to make 196 in the 50 overs, probably 40 runs short of a competitive total, on a very good wicket. On the plus side the young lads, Dale Cowan and Robbie Wright, came into the side and did very well. Both bowling pretty tight spells against quality batsmen. A big learning curve for both of them. Hopefully we can get our revenge on Thursday night in the Fife Cup, which is being played again at Dunfermline.
Well done to the 2nd’s, who won their league game on Saturday against Leith. The boys are steadily climbing up the league and will be hoping for another win on Saturday against Edinburgh 2nd XI.
A wee mention to Greg Birrell, Ross McMurdo and Grant Horsburgh who will be representing Fife & Tayside under 12’s on Sunday at Freuchie, please come along and support them if you can.
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Team Selections
The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.
| COMPETITON | 1st XI League |
| DATE | Sat 20th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Renfrew Cricket Club |
| VENUE | King George V Playing Field |
- R Birrell (Capt)
- D Cowan (Snr)
- S Gourlay
- S Galloway
- S Birrell
- A Duncan
- S Rowley
- S Gibson
- A Sutherland
- J Wallace
- D Harper
- Res – n/a
Players meet 10:00am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Renfrew.
Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.
| COMPETITON | 2nd XI League |
| DATE | Sat 20th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Leith Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- S Kennedy (Capt)
- A Leckie
- D Cowan (Jnr)
- R Wright
- K Crichton
- M Jackson
- G Christie
- K Khalil
- B Forrester
- S Munro
- I Patterson
- Res – L Kelly, C Balfour
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:30am for 1pm start.
Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.
| COMPETITON | 1st XI Scottish Cup |
| DATE | Sun 21st June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Dunfermline Knights Cricket Club |
| VENUE | McKane Park |
- R Birrell (Capt)
- D Cowan (Snr)
- S Gourlay
- S Galloway
- S Birrell
- A Duncan
- S Rowley
- S Gibson
- A Sutherland
- J Wallace
- D Harper
- Res – n/a
Players meet 11:30am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Dunfermline.
Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.
Good luck once again to both teams.
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Captain’s Corner
I’m very pleased to say that we got our 2nd win of the season on Saturday with a fairly comfortable win over Weirs. Scorecard is here.
The day got off to a good start when Weirs lost the toss so I had the choice to bat or bowl, so bat I did choose. In the end it proved to be the right choice as Freuchie posted a very good total of 249, a total that is well within our grasp if we put our minds to it. The key to this total was a good start by myself and Steve Rowley, putting on 80+ for the first wicket, a great platform for the rest of the guys coming in to play their shots. Big Dave Cowan pressed the accelerator at the right time with a quick fire 30+ to push us up to 249 as well as very useful contributions from the rest of the guys.
Once again we got off to a great start in the bowling with a good opening spell from Scott Gourlay and Dave Cowan. Stewart Gibson on his debut for the 1st XI this year did very well under the circumstances as we were under the cosh for a while when Razza Butt as he was dispatching the ball to all parts of the ground. We eventually got him out on 80 and effectively that was their run chase over. Once again Steve Rowley was the pick of the bowlers with 5 wickets.
As for this weekend, its another big game for us as Renfrew are below us in the league so we really need to make this game count. On Sunday we are relieved by the pressures of league cricket as we are playing in the Scottish Cup against Dunfermline Knights who are doing very well since being promoted to the first division, it will be a very big test for us.
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Team Selections
The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.
| COMPETITON | 1st XI League |
| DATE | Sat 13th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Weirs Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- R Birrell (Capt)
- D Cowan (Snr)
- S Gourlay
- S Galloway
- S Birrell
- A Duncan
- S Rowley
- S Gibson
- A Sutherland
- J Wallace
- D Harper
- Res – n/a
Players meet 11:30am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start.
Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.
| COMPETITON | 2nd XI League |
| DATE | Sun 14th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Grange Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Grange Cricket Ground |
- S Kennedy (Capt)
- A Leckie
- D Cowan (Jnr)
- R Wright
- K Crichton
- M Jackson
- G Christie
- G Morris
- K Glen
- S Munro
- I Patterson
- Res – L Kelly
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 10:30am for 1pm start at Grange.
Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.
Good luck once again to both teams
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Captain’s Corner
Sorry to say we were totally outplayed by Dumfries on Saturday, unfortunately it was the same as most games lost this season, not enough runs on the board and wayward bowling. The scorecard on the Cricket Scotland website says it all! There’s nothing more to say on this subject, we will now look ahead to this Saturday’s game against Weirs, which is a must win as they are currently below us in the league. We had to make a few changes this week again, Stewart Gibson and Alan Duncan make their debut for the 1st XI this year, we’ve brought them in for their vast experience. Andy Sutherland comes back in after having a good weekend with 2nd’s last week.
Well done to the 2nd XI who had another good win again on Saturday against Marchmont. The highlight of the day was Blair Forrester scoring the first century for the club this season. Keep up the good work lads.
They play Grange this week which will be another tough challenge for them, but once again they have a very strong side to travel to Edinburgh.
And finally, well done to the Under 11’s who beat Dunfermline last night. They played very well with all of them contributing to the win. Friday nights coaching is really starting to pay off and we are noticing a great improvement in the kids.
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Seniors Team Selection
The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.
| COMPETITON | 1st XI League |
| DATE | Sat 6th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Dumfries Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Dumfries Sports Club |
- R Birrell (Capt)
- D Cowan (Snr)
- S Gourlay
- S Galloway
- S Birrell
- M Jackson
- S Rowley
- G Christie
- D Cowan (Jnr)
- K Crichton
- D Harper
- Res – n/a
Players meet 8:30am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Dumfries. .
Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.
| COMPETITON | 2nd XI League |
| DATE | Sat 6th June 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Marchmont Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- S Kennedy (Capt)
- A Leckie
- J Wallace
- R Wright
- B Forrester
- A Sutherland
- R Blanchfield
- G Morris
- L Kelly
- K Glen
- S Munro
- Res – Ian Patterson and Gordon Mutch
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:00am for 1pm start.
Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.
The 2nd XI have a game against Stenhousemuir in the Plate Trophy on Sunday 7th June, the team will be finalised on Saturday night pending availability.
Good luck to both teams.
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Captain’s Corner
Another bad day for Freuchie Cricket Club on Saturday, another average display in all departments! We probably gave West Lothian an extra 30 runs due to some errors in the field, but at half time we were still confident of chasing down their score of 196. Scott Galloway once again was our main runs scorer, but even he will feel disappointed at not finishing off the job in hand, going for 64. With plenty of batting still to come, we needed somebody to take responsibility to win the game for us, sadly there was no one up to the challenge and we fell agonisingly short by 3 runs.
The scorecard is available for inspection from the Cricket Scotland website.
This week we have the long journey to Dumfries, where we will find another tough test of our resilience. Its been a few years since we played them but history tells us that these games are usually tight affairs.
Due to work commitments, Jock Wallace has dropped down to the 2nds as has Andy Sutherland. Their replacements are Dale Cowan and Graeme Christie, who makes his 1st XI debut this season.
Congratulations to the 2nds who won their game against Livingston on Saturday.
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