Saturday 25th July

Carlton 219-8 (50 overs AB Wise 4-49, A Wilson 3-32)
Grange 220-4 (49.2 overs, S Patel 78, C Coles 58)

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Carlton have come out on top in the recent meetings between the 2 clubs, and given the wet conditions in the run up to the match, there was always a chance that winning the toss decided the game. As it turned out, that wasn't the case. The wicket resembled a Neopolitan slice, dry at both ends with a damp patch in the middle, but played pretty well all the way through, so top marks to the Carlton staff for their efforts in the run up to the game. Top marks to Grange for a decent fielding performance and a couple of great catches during the innigs (Patel & Chalmers). Bowling was good in parts, a few too many slot & short balls. The run was just about perfectly executed, a good start, got ahead of the run rate and consolidated, Patel & Coles ran well. started to lag before and after drinks, whcih caused myself and Davidson some concern, it looked pretty simple to us walking round the boundary edge. A few wickets fell until International Rugbyist Stuart 'Dolph' Moffat came to the crease and swatted a couple of balls and all looked pretty easy (as myself and Davidson said so all along). The best bit of the game, no song afterwards.

Here's a far better match report from Gary Heatly in the Edinburgh Evening News.

Grange 2nd XI beat Leith by 6 wickets
Portgower Place

Leith 145 for 9  - B Powell 3 for 18, Hearn 3 for 27
Grange 151 for 4 – Heathcote 39, Rankin 39, Hearn 37 not out
 
Sunny day but a wet week meant only a 30 over game was possible and a potential banana skin awaited. James Hearn, before representing Scotland in the European U17 championships, impressed the skipper (who’d never seen him bowl in anger but relied on his scouting network) by knocking over two left-handers with his fast in-swing while Powell, allegedly unable to bowl, took his league victims to 21.  However, 77 for 6 off 20 overs somehow became 147 for 9 off 30 overs.  Any concern was heightened when we were 64 for 3 off 16 overs but Chris Rankin and James Hearn, combined age 35, showed their youthful 20/20 skills by slowly cranking it up, first with quick singles then with lusty blows. 84 runs came off the next 9 overs and we’d won with 5 overs to spare.  Nae sweat, never in doubt.  Epilogues – well done to Tam Heinitz, the Leith skipper who, as the non-striker, told his fellow batsman to get off after he had refused to walk, the umpire being unsure if there had been a nick. And to the Leith scorer who spells bowled as “bold”.

TheMighty3s ™ v Stenhousemuir 2nd XI - Awaiting Score
Stenhousemuir

Saturday 18th July

Grange 208-7 (40 overs, S Patel 65, C Coles 55, S Moffat 47)
Greenock 125 all out (S Davidson 4-23, N McCallum 3-8) Greenock set a target of 211 in 40 overs

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Grange 2nd XI v Westquarter & Redding - Match Cancelled Due To Rain
Fettes School

TheMighty3s ™ v Murrayfield DAFS 2nd XI - Match Abandoned Due To Rain
Murrayfield DAFS

Grant McCulloch £100.00

Bobby Peacock £25.00

Saturday 11th July

Goldenacre, Heriot's

Grange 303-7 (50 overs, C Coles 102, OJ Hairs 117)
Heriots 222 all out (49 overs, SJ Chalmers 4-50)

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Better.

Grange 2nd XI beat v Marchmont by 9 wickets
Marchmont

Marchmont 111 all out
Grange 115 for 1 - Heathcote 81 not out
     
A clinical professional victory. They chose to bat on a sunny breezy day where no one was keen to bowl upwind except for Lieutenant Vila who showed his army backbone with a seven over spell.  Yet 7 of the 10 wickets fell from that end. Discuss. ‘Good areas’ (yuk) from everyone meant five bowlers took two wickets each and wickets fell steadily. Then Tim Heathcote drove and pulled powerfully to dominate our 22 over reply supported latterly by the debutant Ken Rae who, in less than a month, has achieved the rare distinction of playing for all three league sides.  Short report says it all. More of the same next week please.

TheMighty3s ™ lost to Musselburgh
Portgower Place

Awaiting details