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AFTER a gap 119 years, Selkirk Cricket Club is once again preparing to play a fixture at Philiphaugh against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the world’s most active cricket club. The previous match took place in 1904, when the Souters faced an MCC XI captained by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous writer and creator ofContinue reading “MCC TEAM TO MAKE HISTORIC SECOND VISIT TO PHILIPHAUGH”

THE dark clouds that hung over Tranent & Preston Village’s Polwarth Oval ground on Saturday matched the Selkirk players’ mood after the visitors crashed to a seven-wicket defeat. ESCA Division 2 title contenders Tranent took a stranglehold on the match from the word go, with Dom Da Silva (2-25) and Gregor Brunton (2-10) proving difficultContinue reading “NO SILVER LINING FOR BELOW PAR SELKIRK AS TRANENT CALL ALL THE SHOTS”

Dunfermline and Carnegie turned up with 10 players for their visit to Philiphaugh and not convinced that the game would survive the forecast thunder storms. However, the visitors prospered either side of a downpour to head back to Fife with full points. They can thank their hosts for the determination shown by home players toContinue reading “Selkirk succumb to Fifers”

A barn storming century from captain Greg Fenton and a top performance in the field and with the ball earned Selkirk a bounce back league victory in Edinburgh against Kirk Brae on Saturday. Travelling up minus 2 of their top three bowlers, Selkirk were expecting a tough challenge but batting first Selkirk made steady progress.Continue reading “Bounce back victory for Selkirk at Kirk Brae”

Selkirk got back to winning ways in tonight’s Border T20 Cup match at The Green, defeating St Boswells by six wickets to maintain their unbeaten record in the competition. The home team won the toss and decided to bat, but might well have been regretting that decision after being reduced to 19-5 after eight overs.Continue reading “T20 VICTORY FOR SELKIRK AT ST BOSWELLS”