St Michael's Cricket Club

Dumfries Timber Company Sunday XI

Match Reports 2010

Frimley Take Friendly Spoils

St Michael's Dumfries Timber Company Sunday XI had their first home game of the season against tourists Frimley Green from surrey. With a very young team, Saints skipper Chris Brockwell won the toss and decided to bat.

But it was two of the older statesmen of the team, Colin Taylor and John Mutthiah who opened the batting with good effect, racing to 80 from 18 over before Mutthiah retired for a well played 28. His fellow opener Taylor went on to score his 50 in the 21st over before he also retired, bringing Ahsanul Alam to the crease. Alam guided a couple of the Saints Timber Company uoungsters through the innings scoring a quick 25 runs with the support of Andrew Geddes who was solid at the other end. After some quick hitting by Brockwell, the innings ended on 143 for the loss of 2 wickets off 30 overs

Colin Taylor rues dropped catch v Frimley Saints went out to bowl thinking that 143 was a defendable score, which was backed up by good opening spells from Kieran Moore and Connor Bowie. Connor picked up the first wicket of the inniings in his first over. Then the opposition batsmen settled in and started to played a few more shot until Chris Brockwell bowled the opposition Captain out with the score on 50.

Then some loose bowling and good batting from Frimley Green, especially their Number 3 started to take the game away from the home team. Colin Taylor came on to bowl and tightened things up with a good line and length, also taking a wicket in his six overs. Unfortunately the bowlers at the other end couldn’t quite keep it as tight with the opposition getting to the total with two overs to spare with the Number 3 batsman scoring a very impressive 90 not out.

Saints would like to thank Frimley Green for coming to the Kingholm and playing a good and friendly game. It was a very good experience for the young players of saints but the Dumfries Timber Company Man of the Match went to Colin Taylor for rolling back the years and giving a very good all round performance.

03/05/10

Wet Start for Young Saints

A youthful Dumfries Timber Co. Sunday XI kicked off their season with a trip to Dalton on a very rainy day. After a two hour wait for the conditions to ease, during which tea was taken in the local village hall, the game finally got under way at 4.00 p.m., having been reduced to a 20 over thrash. So many enthusiastic juniors were in attendance that they were relocated equally between the two teams, replacing some adults who had neglected to bring adequate rainwear.

Dalton won the toss and raced to 122 off their 20 overs with good contributions right through the line up. Dylan Muir smashed 25 at the top of the order and the three Steeles all did well. Best bowling for the Saints Dumfries Timber Co. squad came from guest Dumfries CC player Todd Rafferty and veteran Colin Taylor.

As the rain continued to flow, scoring became more difficult and Saints openers Bowie and Crawford started cautiously. Bowie was bowled by a peach from John Woodhouse, who was playing his first senior game.

Although Saints fell 20 short of the target young Ross Crawford from Lockerbie batted resolutely and shared a fifty partnership with Colin Taylor who went for 27, undone by a vicious turning ball fron Muir. Thanks to some tidy bowling from John Whitehouse, the Saints innings fell short but the talented Rafferty carried his bat until retiring shortly before the end for his maximum 30.

Dalton's ground is improving steadily and will be an excellent venue for cricket in future. Saints would like to thank Anthony Steele for giving the kids a game in difficult conditions when many other captains would have gone home. The Dumfries Timber Company Man of the Match was Ross Crawford for his unbeaten thirty runs scored in difficult conditions.

20/04/10