Good weekend for both teams.
1s scored their 1st win of the season with 8 wickets win over Watsonian 3s. 2s scored their 2nd win in 2 games; beating SMRH 3s by 28 runs in a hard fought game. [Saturday 03/05/2008] (Back To Top)
1s tied against kirkbrae, 2s won...
1s started their season with an amazing tied vs Kirkbrae. 2s beat Murrayfield DAFS by 2 wickets in a close game. [Sunday 27/04/2008] (Back To Top)
Weekends results...
This weekends friendlies were played in nice sunshine. Check out the 2008 season for scorecards & results. [Sunday 20/04/2008] (Back To Top)
Friendlies cancelled
Season has started, well almost. This weekend, 1st XI's game against Preston Village at PV and 2nd XI's game against Carlton at Grange Loan were called off because of rain. Next weekend 1s are off to Northumberland & 2s are hosting RHC. [Saturday 12/04/2008] (Back To Top)
Monday nets going well & update on Super Sixes
With the 2008 season fast approaching, attendances at Monday night nets have been excellent. The only fly in the ointment is the ongoing lack of progress with the changing faciltiies at Lewisvale. Mark, Kevin and Chris have a meeting with East Lothian Council on Wednesday, fingers crossed. The Indoor Sixes campaign was disappointing this year, with defeats to Morton and SMRH on the first group night effectively ending hopes of a place in finals night. Victories over the same teams saw us lose out to SMRH for the finals night place by virtue of them defeating Morton in the final group game. If you're not yet registered yet for the forums, follow this link to get signed up - Musselburgh players only through:
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[Tuesday 11/03/2008] (Back To Top)
1s finish top, 2s enjoy mid-table glory
So little cricket, so much glory. Despite enduring the worst weather in East League history, Burgh finished the season with 3 games bathed in sun at the weekend. And the results fitted the weather - the 1st XI beat Marchmont 2nds by 8 wickets as they finished 2008 as Division 5 champions. The 2nd XI defeated Holy Cross 3s by 106 runs at Lewisvale, finally finishing 5th in Division 7 having flirted with relegation for most of the season. And on Sunday the Village XI defeated North Berwick in a very enjoyable game to go 8 for 8 in the Village League and maintain our 100% record in 2008. Mini write-ups on the few games in July and August coming soon... match reports uploaded in the 2008 season area. [Thursday 30/08/2007] (Back To Top)
1s gain 100% record, but rain spoils the fun
First up, Burgh 1st XI are celebrating the return of their 100% record. Dunfermline CC were found guilty of playing 2 incorrectly-registered players against us in the defeat on June the 9th, and have had the game awarded against them. Slightly more mysteriously, they do hold on to their bonus points which the aforementioned players helped them achieve. They have also been docked 10 points for the registration errors.
Saturday saw more miserable weather, with both teams scoring decent totals but having no chance to defend them. Leith 2nd XI restricted the 1s to 209 all out before the abandonment, with the 2nd XI stopping mid-innings on 188-2 as Drummond Trinity 2nd XI looked to be beyond redemption. Well done to Raja Tufail, who hit 7 6s (including 5 in one over!) in his 69*, and to Vik who rediscovered his bat (if not his calling and running skills) in his 61*. [Tuesday 10/07/2007] (Back To Top)
CT is back
Yes, had a lovely holiday thanks. June the 2nd saw CT celebrate a 2nd XI victory over Penicuik 3rd XI, perfect tonic before abandoning his team to take a holiday. The 1s had a good day too, eating and drinking for about 8 hours solid as Tucker's stag do got the weather it needed. Congratulations to Mark and Caroline who are now hitched - now get her told, YOU decide when you play cricket!
The following weekend was fairly abysmal, with Queensland bowling guru Steve Fryer orchestrating a heavy defeat for the 1st XI by Dunfermline 2nd XI. The 2s fared no better, losing by 7 wickets to Dunfermline Wanderers after posting only 43. A Parks Trophy defeat to Division 1 Murrayfield DAFS was no disgrace, but Saturday cricket has been washed out up till now. The 1s missed games against Edinburgh Accies and Marchmont 2nd XIs, with the 2s idle for the Edinburgh and Holy Cross 3rd XI fixtures.
The Village League team has fared well so far, with victories over Dunbar, Haddington, Preston Village and Stenton showing Burgh's strength in depth. So far we've managed to give at least 4 places in each Village team to juniors or players not getting regular Saturday cricket - the decision to go with as many juniors as possible has been undermined by transport difficulties with 3 games being away from home. [Thursday 28/06/2007] (Back To Top)