The club book on the history of Dumfries Cricket Club is now part of the MCC Library collection at the famous Lords Cricket Ground in London and which is also the home of the MCC.

The book is titled "Ghosts in White Flannels" and was published by Mac Creedon and Solway Print in 2015 and details the history of the club from its inception in 1853 (the club's formation birthday is the 10th June!) to the then present day of the 2014 season. The book was authored by the club's Honorary President, Bill Sturgeon, with the help of a industrious small group in researching the history and also contributing material (Trefor, Hugh, Bob, Rory, Jimmy (x2), Mike, Mac).

The book was launched on Friday the 29th May 2015 at the Nunholm clubhouse.

The "marvellous book on Dumfries CC" has had other reviews - an "excellent book" and "the best Scottish Club history book".

"this is a volume to dip into rather than to read as a continuous narrative. Excellently produced by Solway Print, it is beautifully illustrated, particularly for the earlier years, with a collection of atmospheric photographs from a bygone age. The Nunholm club remains one of the most attractive cricketing venues in the whole of Scotland. This book is an appropriate tribute to those who created and developed that club and to those who ensure its continuing vitality in the very different circumstances of the twenty-first century."

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Summary
The book describes the different eras of the Club and tells the story of cricket at the Club as part of the sporting and social history of Dumfries, and of Dumfries and Galloway, and of the sport in Scotland and the United Kingdom.

The topics covered in the book range from the first Club ground at Milldamhead in Dumfries before the Club, and its pavilion, moved to its second, and current home, at Nunholm, to the Club’s greatest achievement of winning the Western Premier League for the first time in 2012.

The present day multi-sport nature of Dumfries Sports Club, with cricket, tennis and squash, is reflected in the Cricket Club’s association through the years with a range of sports including the beginnings of Queen of the South football club, Scotland’s first ever lacrosse match (played at Nunholm by Canadian Indians), the Dumfries Annual Games, and why Quoits was banned.

The history of Cricket itself is also touched upon with the exploits of Club Captain A.G. Steel whose name is on the Ashes Urn that is fought over in England Australia Test series. The Wisden article about him in 1915 described him thus "Taken all together in his prime as an all-round cricketer AG Steel had good claims to be considered the best in England, always excepting W.G. Grace".

It describes the tribulations and triumphs of a local club continuing through the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, and two World Wars, from the death of a 19 year old player a month into WW1 to the Club hosting India in an international match against Scotland.

However the book also describes the many individuals, players, and characters, who have sustained the Club beyond 160 years with many now long gone, the “Ghosts in White Flannels”.