May News

Saturday 31st May 1st XI V Holy Cross 2 at Arboretum, Clackmannan 260 ish Holy Cross about 200'ish scorecard . report. . 2nd XI v Kirk Brae 2 at the Arns. Kirk Brae 135 ao ( Araja 42 G Futcher 21, P Mitchell 6 for 23) Clackmannan 136 for 5 ( D Smith 28, G C Oliver 23, S Malcolmson 22) scorecard . report

Friday 30th May CCCC U13 v Strathearn U13 at the Arns. Cancelled

Thursday 29th May Primary Schools Cricket day at the Arns from 11 am till 2 pm. The Primary Schools day was a great success. The club would like to thank all the schools, teachers, helpers, coaches and the 350 primary pupils who attended. A special thanks to Kari Anderson and Ryan Martin for their organisation of the event. photos & details later. Evening CCCC U15 v Fruechie U15 at the Arns in the Scottish cup. Win for Clackmannan, details and scorecard soon.

Wednesday 28th May CCCC U15 v Stenhousemuir U15 at the Arns Cancelled due to gungy weather.

Tuesday 27th May Essential maintenance work (spraying weedkiller) is being done on the ground at 8pm. The senior practice will be run, but will finish at 7.45pm. No play will be possible at the ground on the Wednesday, until the chemicals dry into the grass. Rescheduled into the next weather window due to high winds.

Monday 26th May. Thanks Steve

Sunday 25th May 1st XI travel to the Polwarth Oval to play Preston Village in the Small Clubs Cup. Playing with 10 men (half of them juniors) the ones scored 61. Preston Village scored 63 for 5. report . scorecard The 3rd XI have no game this week. Just as well considering the problems we have had getting one team!!!

Saturday 24th May 1st XI played Musselburgh at the Arns. Musselburgh 212 for 7 .M Tucker 48, K Dilley 47, A Tufial 41. Clackmannan 97 ao. G Anderson 34. scorecard. report. The 2nd XI played Edinburgh South at the Inch, Edinburgh. Clackmannan 170 ao (A Band 42), Edinburgh South 159 ao ( M Chapmen 34, N Ramsay 4 for 30) scorecard . Report

Friday 23rd May Under 15's play Largo U15's at the Arns. Game Cancelled.

Friday 23rd May Private party in the lounge, including an inservice on how to fill in your bus pass and accountancy in the twighlight years.

Thursday 22nd May A Surprise Under 13 game against Dunfermline U 13's

Wednesday 21st May Clackmannan County host the Kwik Cricket Forth Valley league. Cancelled, not enough Kwik cricketrs available.

Monday 19th May U13's v Falkland in Scottish Cup. Cancelled AGAIN!

Sunday 18th May. An adjusted 3rd XI played a Largo Development XI at the Arns. Clackmannan batted first and scored 209 for 8, Largo replied with 163 for 6. scorecard.

Saturday 17th May. The 1st XI travel to Double Hedges to play Kirk Brae. Clackmannan batted first and scored 198 for 9 ( K Hutchison 64, G Anderson 31, A Oliver 31, Hallett 4 for 36). Kirk Brae 163 ao ( Sangster 57, Frederick 40, A Oliver 5 for 45, C Black 4 for 12.) scorecard. report. The 2nd XI were at home to Preston Village 2. Preston Village scored 147 for 4 (K Black 40, A Grieve 37, N Bryant-Nicholls 2 for 27) Clackmannan 149 for 6 (N Jhangir 32, N Ramsay 31, D Smith 26, E Smith 4 for 29).. scorecard . report

Friday 16th May The under 13's played Broomhall at Broomhall. In a close game Clackmannan's young team scored 117 for 4 (Sandy Cunningham 25 ret., Ralph Watson 25 ret. Robbie Cunningham 18). Broomhall replied with 118 for 3.

Thursday 15 May sees the first games in the preliminary round of the club pairs knockout competition. First two games are Graham Oliver & Graham Fraser v Craig Black & James Cox (6.30 start) and Riswan Ashraf & Blair Campbell v Neil Ramsay & Kash Ali.

Monday 12th May The under 15's travelled to Doo'cot Park, Perth to play Strathearn. Strathearn batted first and scored 48 a.o. .( B Campbell 5 for 9, G McPhail 2 for 23.) Clackmannan scored 49 for 6. scorecard The under 13s game at the Arns against Falkland in the Scottish Cup was cancelled Falkland couldn't raise a team.

Sunday 11th May The 3rds travelled to Perth to play Almond Valley. Clackmannan 143 for 4 (C Black 45, N Ramsay 44, G C Oliver 42), Almond Valley 124 ao (J Anderson 25, C McNish 4 for 12, J McCann 3 for 19) scorecard . report

Saturday 10th May. The 1st XI played Kismet at the Arns, Kismet scored 199 for 7 in 39 overs (M Sharif 85,A Ali 63, M Booth 5 for 45), when the rains came again to wipe out the game. scorecard report The 2nds XI travelled to Edinburgh to play Leith FAB 3. Leith 81 ao (G Fraser 31, N Ramsay 4 for 16, A Band 3 for 10). Clackmannan 82 for 1 ( N Ramsay 43 no, D Smith 28) A workmanlike win for the two's. scorecard . report

Friday 9th May U13's v Kinross U13's. After a period of excellent sunny weather, wouldn't you know it drizzled all the way through this encounter. Kinross 140 for 2. Clackmannan 113 for 8 (R Watson 28 ret. S Cunningham 20). Mr Extras scored heavily for both teams.

Sunday 4th May the 3rd XI home game against Meigle 2nd XI in a S&PCU league has been cancelled, Meigle can't raise a team.

Saturday 3rd May The 1st team game against Edinburgh University Staff at the Arns, has been cancelled. The Arns has not recovered from the hail & rain yesterday which only seemed to affect Clackmannanshire - shades of 2003 all over again! The 2nd team travelled to Townhill to play on grass against Dunfermline 3rds. Clackmannan batted first and scored 236 for 7, D Smith 46, N Ramsay 45, A A Alamgir 38 N Bryant-Nicholls 31 - Dunfermline 3, 38 ao. N Ramsay 5 for 9 Report, scorecard

Friday 2nd May the Junior game against ????? was cancelled due to weather conditions. Our spy's are everywhere!!!