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Weekend Sport – Sat 7th July. Cricket

Heriot’s CC    346 for 2 (50 overs);    Stewart’s Melville CC    48 all out  (20.2 overs) On the hottest day for playing cricket likely ever experienced by the sixteen non South Africans in this match a make shift Stew Mel bowling attack were put to the sword by the four South Africans in the Heriot’s side […]

Weekend Sport – Sat 30th June. 1st XI Cricket

  Stewart’s Melville CC     180 all out   (47.5 overs);    Arbroath    183 for 6  (45.3 overs). The second half of this year’s league programme opened with a visit from Arbroath who have a strong all round side and have been among the honours in recent seasons.   Arbroath won the toss […]

Weekend Sport Sat 23 June – Cricket

Not a great day in terms of results for the Cricket Club – all four teams lost.   The 1st XI hosted unbeaten Grange who had five current or recent internationalists in their side in the East Premier League and without four regulars we chose to bat when the toss was won.    After reaching […]

Weekend Sport – Sat 9th June 2018. 3 Scotland Tries for George Turner

  George Turner (SMC 2010) a member of the Scottish Rugby party touring the Americas at the moment not only came on as a 30th minute substitute at hooker for Scotland in Saturday’s (local time) international against Canada but scored three second half tries in an outstanding performance.   Scotland went on to win 48-10. […]

Weekend Sport – Cricket / Golf

Cricket:   RH Corstorphine   289 f0r 6;    Stew Mel   86 all out Altogether a comprehensive loss for the 1sts on Saturday when on a hard pitch and fast outfield RHC responded to captain Greg Ruthven’s invitation to bat by putting on a huge score at almost a run a ball.  Pakistani professional […]

Cricket Club – 1st XI at Aberdeenshire Sat 19th May

Stew Mel  103 all out;   Aberdeenshire  104-2. Following a good performance at Ferguslie last Sunday and a T20 win over Edinburgh Accies on Thursday evening the 1st XI travelled to Aberdeen hopeful of a strong performance.   Theses hopes were rather undone when Hayden Sweet was caught behind first ball of the match and […]