Kelso vs Royal High Corstorphine – Shedden Park 13/05/2023
Battle of the Bowling Attacks
Hosting Royal High Corstorphine 2nd XI on Ladies Day at a glorious Shedden Park Kelso sadly lost out in what was a low scoring thriller.
Loosing the toss and being put into bat Kelso were hoping for a good opening stand. Sadly however Kelso captain G. Davidson could not build on last weekend’s performance with the bat being caught and bowled in the second over by R.J. Clarkson for 1 leaving Kelso 4-1. Another looking to continue his fine form with the bat was J. Recourt. J. Frame and Recourt managed to see away the new ball and with very little risk moved the score to 24-1 before J. Recourt was cleaned bowled by D.R. Graveling for 7. J. Dickson came and went shortly after being cleaned bowled by RHC leg-spinner J. West. With the score at 31-3 from 14 overs Kelso batsman J. Frame and C. Davidson went on the attack, J. Frame dug in deep and played some classy strokes before he fell for 23 leaving Kelso 48-4 in the 21st over.
The RHC bowling continued to be very tight giving very little for the Kelso batsman to capitalise on. The partnership between D. Stewart and C. Davidson added 13 before Stewart was cleaned bowled by West for 3. C. Dedekind went for 2 to give West his third wicket of the afternoon before I. Worth bowled J. Connelly for 0. C. Davidson pushed hard to find the boundary a couple of times on his way to 30 before he fell with the score at 86-8. Some valuable runs from the lower order gave Kelso a sub-par total of 89.
With only 89 on the board, it was crucial that Kelso went hunting for wickets early and that is exactly what happened. Young opening bowler C. Pollhammer picked up a wicket with his first ball of the day as he dismissed P. Cusick for 2. With the score 29-1 and RHC looking in relative comfort, C. Davidson was brought into the attack to try and swing the game back into Kelso’s favour. That is exactly what he did picking up not one, not two, but three wickets in his first over. Dismissing A. Abid for 13 and I. Worth and F. King for 0 respectively the game was brought back to life as RHC ended the 7th over 29-4. A series of tight bowling and excellent fielding from this young Kelso side managed to restrict RHC to 34-4 as we entered the 12th over. G. Davidson then got his first wicket of the afternoon dismissing N. Murray for 1 and the visitors were struggling at 34-5.
C. Davidson then dismissed H. Waterston for 5 and Kelso were 4 wickets away from victory with the score at 45-6. Kelso brought J. Frame into the attack hoping he could emulate his bowling performance at Carlton last week and that he did picking up a wicket in his first over dismissing J. Joseph for 13. Frame then got his second with a lovely delivery that trapped J. West in-front of the stumps for 28. Kelso only needed 2 more wickets and with the score 75-8 it was going to be a tight finish. J. Connelly was re-introduced into the attack and got the wicket of R.J. Clarkson for 7 and Kelso were nearly there. Unfortunately, Kelso could not get the final RHC wicket in what was an agonisingly close game.
Kelso look to bounce back next weekend as the play Tranent and Preston Village in Prestonpans.
Ladies Day - 13th May 2023
The sun shone brightly on Saturday and a fantastic day was had by all who attended 'Hoedown themed' Ladies Day at Kelso Cricket Club. Thank you to everyone who supported the event. Special thanks to Park Motors for their continued support of the club. We were delighted that could be with us on Saturday to be photographed with the team and the ladies sporting their best cowgirl outfits! A special mention also to Julie Dickson for sponsoring the match and Susan Holmes for sponsoring the match ball. Julie had the honour of choosing the Player of the Match and this deservedly went to Callum Davidson who had a great day with the ball and the bat, he was the top scorer with 30 runs and took 4 wickets for 12 runs off 8 overs. Congratulations Callum!
Thank you also to the wonderful Pat and Alan Hirst for catering the event, and to Linda Frame and Susan Holmes for their brilliant organisation, thinking of every detail.
Thanks again to everyone who made Ladies Day a great success. We are looking forward to the season ahead and many more sunny days at Kelso Cricket Club.