Dumfries Under-16s had an impressive win to reach the semi-finals of the U16 Scottish Cup for the first time with an exciting 9-run victory over Glasgow side Clydesdale at Nunholm on Friday. In the T20 match Lachlan Osmond top scored with 44 and Munro Cubbon hit the stumps for each of his four wickets to help seal the spot at the Scottish Finals Day as Dumfries successfully defended their total of 114.
Both Dumfries Saturday sides maintained their league top spots with two further wins. For the Dumfries 1st team that win meant that promotion to Western Premiership 1 was secured through the top two promotion places and with three games left.
In that match, Your Move Dumfries opted to bat first at third placed Irvine and good contributions from the top three, with 62 from the M Devlin Decorating Player of the Match Jono Van Zyl, 23 runs from Chris Bellwood, and then 46 by Chris Brockwell who was out at 180 for 5. That helped get Dumfries to 215 for 8. Alan Davidson boosted that final total with 35 not out from the middle order.
James Hobman then made an early wicket but at around fifty Alan Davidson took two breakthrough wickets for Dumfries to start to work their way through the Irvine batting order. Chris Brockwell bowled tightly and picked up two further wickets and then more spin from Callum Reynolds-Lewis with three wickets and one from Vaughn Staples ended the Irvine reply on 111 all out for a convincing 104 run win.
In Western Championship 2, top placed Dumfries 2nd XI, Nunholm, won by 3 wickets at home after dismissing East Kilbride 2s for 169. Ross Lamb was the pick of the bowlers with four wickets along with two taken by Cory Dawson. After a middle order partnership between Scott Muir (25) and Andrew Reed (30), Captain Scott Beveridge saw his side home with 45 not out as part of a further 55 run seventh wicket partnership with Lamb, who was the AXL Menlove Roofing Player of the Match.
It was a Friday of junior cricket with Dumfries Under-13s playing Lanercost after the Under-16s win. Thanks to middle order runs with 25 by Cory Dawson and 19 not out from Danny Allsop, Dumfries reached 91 for 7. Macey Corbett-Byers then took a crucial wicket and Danny followed up with three wickets and Reiff Colchester with two in two to bowl Lanercost out for 48 for victory.
In the Sunday League, Dumfries had a good win at Appleby after dismissing the home side for 130. Ajith Vadakkoott took three wickets and Lachlan Osmond two, plus, on a good debut, juniors Finley and Dashiel Trigg each claimed a wicket. That total was rapidly surpassed with 50 retired by opener Wahid Jabarkhil followed by family runs with 31 by Lachlan and 22 from Winston Osmond.
This Saturday, Your Move Dumfries play Renfrew at home in Western Premiership 2 and Nunholm play at third placed GHK Strathclyde with one more win required to ensure promotion from Western Championship 2. For details of the club’s weekly senior, women’s and junior sessions at Nunholm visit www.dumfriescricketclub.com.
Photo: Dumfries Under-16s after their win took them to a Scottish Cup Semi-Final.
