Saturday's league games for Dumfries Cricket Club were dominated by two individual high scoring innings for the Club, and which both resulted in wins.

The 1st team, Vigilant Dumfries, won their away match with Mearns by 114 runs to remain unbeaten in Western Premiership 2, and in second place. The M Devlin Decorating Player of the Match, sixteen-year-old opener Munro Cubbon, led the way with his first ever century and was the last player out for an impressive score of 130. Dumfries set a total of 307 all out with further contributions from Max Corbett-Byers, with 32, Callum Reynolds-Lewis, with 45, and a cameo 25 by Richard Rennie.

Despite an innings of 76 by opener Sharma, that proved too much and Mearns were ultimately dismissed for 193. Munro took the first wicket as he also claimed three victims. Harrison Angel took two and each of the other bowlers took a wicket each.

In Western Championship 2, Ronan Dunbar was almost the other century maker of the day as he hit 95 for Nunholm at home against Hamilton Crescent before he was caught on the boundary attempting his fifth boundary six. Nunholm scored 242 for 6 batting first as the Dumfries Doggy Day Care Player of the Match Ronan was backed up by scores in the twenties from Woodhouse, Renou, and Cory Dawson.

Hamilton Crescent then looked as though they might knock off the runs with a big opening partnership, but Sultan Kamran took the first wicket with his first ball as he took two. Ross Lamb added his two wickets, plus there were two sharp run-out dismissals in the field, and then youngster Finley Trigg came back on to snuff out the visitors' lingering hopes by taking the final three wickets for Nunholm to win by 39 runs. That victory moved Nunholm up into second spot in the table.

On Sunday, it was another close finish in a cup competition. In the Scottish Challenge Cup, a young Vigilant Dumfries team lost at Kilmarnock by just one wicket and on the second last ball. Munro Cubbon was in the runs again with 59. Nairn Cubbon hit 45 and there were key lower order partnership by them, and with Scott Beveridge who hit 37, in the Dumfries total of 211 for 9 wickets.

The R Lamb Timber Harvesting Player of the Match, Callum Reynolds-Lewis, then took 5 wickets for 36 in his 8 overs to put Dumfries in the game but they were unable to end a fruitful and frustrating 10th wicket partnership which won the game for Kilmarnock.

Also at the weekend, Cory Dawson and Edward Ellicott were selected for Western Warriors U15s in a narrow defeat to the Caledonian Highlanders in Perth and Macey Corbett-Byers helped maintain the unbeaten record of the Cricket Scotland U16 Girls Eagles in the pathway regional series at Strathallan.

On Saturday, Vigilant Dumfries play at East Kilbride in Western Premiership 2 and the second team, Nunholm, play at home against the Est Kilbride 2nd team in Western Championship 2. Those interested in being involved in some cricket over the summer are encouraged to contact the club via www.dumfriescricketclub.com .