Round the Wicket

Congratulations to all the Freuchie Cricket Club trophy winners this year.

1^st 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

2^nd 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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We seem to have kept the best performance of the season until the last the game! We beat Edinburgh in extra quick time, I won the toss and put them into bat. Through some great bowling and some rash shots we had them all out for 48 only an hour and a half into the innings. Freuchie went out and knocked off the runs with a loss of only one wicket. A very satisfying end to the season.

A good time was had by all at the end of season disco, with the great win during the day spirits were high. It was good to see so many juniors there to collect their trophies. It was also a chance to say goodbye to Dan Harper who was heading back home on the following Tuesday, we wished him all the best and a safe journey home.

Many thanks to everyone who contributed baking, raffle and tombola prizes to our coffee evening. It was very successful and we managed to raise the grand total of £540.00. Thanks again for all your hard work.

Hard luck to the 6 players who were pipped at the post at the Falkland Sixes on Saturday, unfortunately they were beaten in the final by the host team. It was very encouraging however as Freuchie had the youngest side in the competition.

A big thank you to all who contributed throughout the season to help the club run smoothly. It takes a big team effort to keep everything going. Preparations for next season have already started!

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The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.

1. R Birrell (Capt)
2. S Birrell
3. D Cowan (Snr)
4. D Cowan (Jnr) 
5. A Duncan
6. S Galloway
7. S Gibson 
8. S Gourlay   
9. S Rowley
10. J Wallace 
11. J McIntosh 
12. Res – A N Other 

Players meet 10am (prompt) at Freuchie Cricket Club due to team participation in preparing teas. 12 noon match start.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

1. K Crichton (Capt)
2. C Balfour 
3. B Forrester
4. D Harper
5. G Horsburgh
6. M Jackson
7. L Kelly 
8. C Millar 
9. S Munro 
10. A Paterson
11. R Wright 
12. Res – n/a

Players meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 10:45am.

Start time at Edinburgh still to be decided. Confirmation on Friday night.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376

A final good luck to both teams.

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Another dismal batting display and some very dodgy umpiring decisions led to yet another crushing defeat for us on Saturday! We will try and recoup some pride this weekend when our opponents are Edinburgh, but at the time of writing this the prospects of play on Saturday are not looking good as the rain is currently battering off the window!

I’m looking forward to Saturday night’s presentation disco to bring to a close what has been another very difficult year and hope to see you all there for a drink, players and social members alike.

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The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.

1. R Birrell (Capt)
2. S Birrell
3. C Balfour 
4. D Cowan (Snr)
5. D Cowan (Jnr) 
6. A Duncan
7. S Galloway
8. S Gourlay   
9. S Rowley
10. J Wallace
11. Res – A N Other 

Players meet 10am (prompt) at Freuchie Cricket Club due to team participation in preparing teas. 1pm match start.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

1. S Kennedy (Capt)
2. M Brown 
3. R Brown 
4. K Crichton 
5. S Gibson 
6. D Harper
7. L Kelly 
8. J McIntosh
9. S Munro 
10. A Sutherland
11. R Wright 
12. Res – n/a

Players meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:00am for 1pm start at Leith.

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

Good luck once again to both teams.

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Unfortunately no play last week due to rain and no training this week due to rain!

We only have two more games to go now, so we’re hoping for two victories to finish on a high. We have Renfrew this week who we were narrowly defeated by earlier in the season, with all the rain this week it looks to be a game which will be won on the toss once again!

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The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.

1. R Birrell (Capt)
2. S Birrell
3. F Black 
4. D Cowan (Snr)
5. D Cowan (Jnr) 
6. S Galloway
7. S Gibson
8. S Gourlay
9. M Jackson
10. J McIntosh 
11. S Rowley
12. Res – n/a

Players meet 10am (prompt) at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Weirs.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

1. S Kennedy (Capt)
2. M Brown 
3. K Crichton 
4. B Forrester
5. D Harper
6. G Horsburgh 
7. L Kelly 
8. S Munro 
9. A Sutherland
10. J Wallace
11. R Wright 
12. Res – n/a

Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:30am for 1pm start.

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

Good luck once again to both teams.

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We won!! Well done to the lads on Saturday, despite rain and Duckworth Lewis we managed a good win against Dumfries – scorecard here. This goes a long way to helping secure our stay in SNCL Division 2. We look forward to Weirs on Saturday and hopefully another win, well done again.

Only 3 games left of the season so lets just get our heads down and do our very best to finish in the highest possible position.

I’d like to mention Fergus Black who makes his debut for the 1st XI on Saturday, he has looked very good at training so deserves his chance in the team.

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The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.

1. R Birrell (Capt)
2. S Birrell
3. D Cowan (Snr)
4. D Cowan (Jnr) 
5. S Galloway
6. S Gibson
7. S Gourlay
8. M Jackson
9. S Rowley
10. A Sutherland
11. J Wallace
12. Res – n/a

Players meet 11:45am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Falkland Cricket Club.

Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.

1. S Kennedy (Capt)
2. F Black
3. G Christie 
4. K Crichton 
5. B Forrester
6. D Harper 
7. L Kelly 
8. J McIntosh 
9. A Paterson
10. R Wright
11. To be confirmed
12. Res – n/a

Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:15am for 1pm start.

Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.

Good luck once again to both teams.

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Firstly my apologies for not providing a Captain’s Corner last week, things were very hectic. Very briefly on last week’s games, we were beaten in the league by Corstorphine  and unfortunately were also beaten by Falkland in the last over of the Fife Cup Final. The scorecard from the Corstorphine game is here.

The very good news from Saturday last week was we won against Prestwick in a bottom of the league clash! Scorecard here.  It was very fitting due to it also being our Sponsor’s Day which was a great success. Thanks to everyone who made it possible and helped out on the day.

Everyone contributed to the game and if we can keep playing to this standard I’m sure we can survive in SNCL Division 2.

Onto Saturday this week and we’re at Falkland, we will be hoping to avenge the early season loss against them, in which Duckworth Lewis played a major part in this defeat!

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