Teams for 22/23 May
Saturday 22nd, First XI at home Corstorphine – meet at 11.15
Scott Galloway, Dave Cowan, Scott Birrell, Robbie Birrell, Scott Gourlay, Dale Cowan, Steve Rowley, Jock Wallace, Mike Jackson, Liam Kelly, Stewart Gibson
Saturday 22nd, Seconds away to Marchmont, meet at 10.30
Blair Forrester, Alan Wallace, Robbie Wright, Shane Munro, Lee Duncan, Grant Horsburgh, Ross McMurdo, Rory Brown, Chris Hunt, Blair Lawrie, AN Other
Sunday 23rd, Third XI at home to Kinross, meet at 11.30
Dave Cowan, Scott Galloway, Greg Birrell, James Fretwell, Shane Munro, Robbie Wright, Rory Brown, Grant Horsburgh, Max Brown, Liam Kelly, Ross McMurdo
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Three Out Of Three
I like to think that my personal outlook is ‘generally optimistic.’ However, when it comes to matches – of any kind – where I have any sort of interest in the outcome, my hopes for success for a given side or player seem often to be the kiss of death.
But this weekend? Wow! On Saturday, Galzo and his men beat SMRH by three wickets. Kenny and his crew beat Corstorphine and Galzo and his lads beat Breadalbane on Sunday. It would be hard to say which of these results gives most satisfaction, but I’ll have a go at that in a minute.
A ‘five for’ for Steve Rowley – 5 for 20, no less, plus 3 for 16 for Scottie Birrell led to SMRH all out for 114. Stevo was also top scorer with 33 not out, Galzo close behind him with 32. It would have been good to have lost fewer than 7 wickets, but there was a lot of criticism of the pitch. Max points for the lads, though, and Stevo has to be man of he match.
Meantime, at home, Corstorphine had compiled 233 for 6 off 50 overs, a pretty daunting target. However, Jock Wallace got 52, Lee Duncan a magnificent 108 not out (his first century) while Robbie Wright weighed in with 26. We finished with 234 for 6 of 40.2 overs. The only downside was that Alan Duncan – Lee’s dad – retired hurt. Speedy recovery, Duffer.
On Sunday a mixed team visited Breadalbane. We would have had more young lads in the side had there not been a U15 match scheduled for the day (which in the end did not take place). Our aim in seeking entry to the Strathmore Union is to get more competitive cricket for our younger players, and on this showing, it’s going to work out really well. Everyone had a good time (well, almost everyone) while the like of Liam Kelly and Chris Hunt got a chance to show what they are made of. “I didn’t realise how good these guys are!” said Galzo. May be too soon to say that this is a plan that will deliver what we are after, but so far, so good.
Tough to pick what has pleased me most, but my pick is the Third XI outcome – not just the result, but the involvement for our promising juniors.
RESOURCE
Cricket Scotland result service for the SMRH v Freuchie match.
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Year-End News
Two bits of good news. First, Galzo, Allan Baxter and I attended last night’s Strathmore Union AGM, where Freuchie was elected to join the Union. Second, we know that we are entered for the Indoor Sixes starting in January.
Strathmore Union first: We applied to join Division III of the Union with the aim of getting Sunday games giving more development opportunities for our juniors. We have a lot of promising juniors who are not quite at the stage of a guaranteed place in the Second XI and they need competitive matches to keep them involved and develop their playing skills. We’ll be aiming to field as many as possible of our older juniors, with a sprinkling of senior players to give the team some weight. Three clubs had applied to join the Union, Gordonians seeking to get back into the Union, ourselves and Stenhousemuir keen to get into Division III. Gordonians will go back into Division II; the vote went against Stenhousemuir, leaving the three of us biting our nails for a few minutes, but we were delighted to see a near-unanimous vote in our favour. We’ll report further as plans develop.
Indoor Sixes: We were bitterly disappointed not to participate in this tournament in 2009; invitations were sent by e-mail, and for some reason, we never received ours. By the time we realised that the draw had been made, it was too late for any adjustments. However, Cricket Scotland confirmed today that we are indeed in the draw for the 2010 competition. More to come on that one too.
AND THE AGM! Don’t forget that this is in the clubhouse at 2.30 pm on Sunday 6th December. All members – players especially – are urged to come, members of the public cordially invited.
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Trophy Winners
Congratulations to all the Freuchie Cricket Club trophy winners this year.
1st X1 Winners 2009
Strathie Cup-Batting Average. Robbie Birrell
Freuchie CC Cup-Batting Aggregate. Robbie Birrell
Dryden Trophy-Bowling Average. David Cowan
David Smart Memorial Cup-Best Fielder. John Wallace
McHugh Trophy-Most Vital Innings. Robbie Birrell 95 not out V Dumfries
Andrew Grant Trophy-Best Catch. John Wallace
G.D Crichton Cup-Players Player Of The Year. Scott Galloway
2nd X1 Winners 2009
Freuchie CC Cup-Batting Average. Blair Forrester
Ceilidh Cup-Batting Aggregate. Blair Forrester
Freuchie CC Cup-Bowling Average. Graham Christie
Christie Trophy-Best Fielder. Shane Munro
Dick Morrison Memorial Cup Player’s Player of the Year Blair Forrester
Juniors 2009-09-07
David Robertson Cup Best Bat Shane Munro
Coughlan Trophy Best Bowler Liam Kelly
Christie Trophy Best Fielder Ross McMurdo
Nett Cowan Best Fielder Chris Hunt
Melville Cup Most Promising Junior Corey Bridgeford
Best Performance of the Season 5 wickets for 6 runs from 4 overs Greg Birrell
Fraser Irvine Shield Under 13 Player Ross McMurdo
Edmonds Shield Under 15 Player Liam Kelly
Roy Irvine Shield Under 17 Player Shane Munro
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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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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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U13s Rescheduled Cup Match
Our wonderful Scottish weather got the better of the U13 Scottish Cup match last Tuesday. Fingers crossed the weather is better this coming week for the rescheduled match – details below.
| COMPETITON | U13s Scottish Cup |
| DATE | Wed 13th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Dunfermline Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Ross McMurdo
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Euan Muir
- Chris Hunt
- Jack Tuft
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Calum Guiney
- Cory Bridgeford
- Jack Gourley
- Ryan Grant
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
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Juniors Team Selection
Three matches over the coming days for the juniors. The fixture information and team selections are listed below.
| COMPETITON | U11s League |
| DATE | Sun 3rd May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Largo Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Jack Gourley
- Callum Guiney
- Greig Birrell
- Finlay Haig
- Ryan Grant
- Ashleigh Houston
- Sarah Paterson
- Cory Bridgeford
- Taylor Cox
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 9:30am.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
| COMPETITON | U13s Scottish Cup |
| DATE | Tue 5th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Dunfermline Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Ross McMurdo
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Euan Muir
- Chris Hunt
- Jack Tuft
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Calum Guiney
- Cory Bridgeford
- Jack Gourley
- Ryan Grant
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
| COMPETITON | U15s Scottish Cup |
| DATE | Thu 7th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Falkland Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Falkland Cricket Ground |
- Andrew Mackie
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Cameron Millar
- Chris Hunt
- Blair Lawrie
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Rory Brown
- Liam Kelly
- Shane Munro
- Lewis Pour
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
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Juniors Team Selection – U15
| COMPETITON | U15 League |
| DATE | 29th April 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Strathearn Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Ross McMurdo
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Cameron Millar
- Chris Hunt
- Blair Lawrie
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Rory Brown
- Liam Kelly
- Shane Munro
- Lewis Pour
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar – 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
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Junior Training
Summer is here, well almost, and it is time for you to break out your bat and pads and head back to Friday night training sessions. They start this Friday at the park at Freuchie Cricket Club, Muirs Road, Freuchie at the usual time of 6:30pm until 8:00pm. The first night will be mostly taken up with registration and other administrative issues but if there is time we will try and do some training, This year the Club has decided that junior membership will be £6 for primary school age children and £12 for secondary school children and is due on registration. Please bring along your plastic membership card issued last year as this will be validated for 2009 .
Children interested in playing cricket are very welcome to come along to join in the fun. More information and details from Neil Millar.
To help parents and children to get to know each other the club is running a disco in the function suite using recently purchased equipment for all until 10:00pm. So I hope you will manage to stay for a short time and enjoy some time at the club. (The function suite is also available for function for club members so ask if you feel you would like to use the facility – donation welcome for its use).
The Club has also decided to get additional help with coaching and playing cricket from an overseas professional and an overseas amateur cricketer. This is a big financial commitment for the club but for the future of Freuchie Cricket Club players it is felt the best way forward. While no additional charges have been put in place to cover this cost it is hoped Junior well help with fund raising over the playing year. One way is to take part in the lucky number sheet every Friday. This will cost 50p per line where you pick 2 numbers from 20. If you get the correct numbers in the correct order you win at least a share of the money. If no one wins it rolls over to the next week. The current prize money is standing at £60 for this week. The draw is due to be done on Friday night. You got to be in it to win it so please take the opportunity by buying a line and also help the club fund the additional coaching staff.
The junior members were not able to take part in the sponsored cycle race between Christmas and New Year for club funds, Some members have asked to get involved in some way and so it has been decided to organise a sponsored cycle race of our own in June. This will involve all ages doing their own cycle race round the pitch or the cricket square depending on age. The plan for this is to take place in June more information will be posted on the blog and notice board.
Contact details
Neil Millar 07860864850
neilmillar@csccrop.co.uk
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