Welcome to the Western District Cricket Union website. The Union organises and promotes cricket to half the population of Scotland, from Dumfries & Galloway in the south-west, up the west coast, and across the central belt to the Forth Valley. We co-ordinate with the West District Junior Cricket Union, local authorities and Cricket Scotland to encourage youth development and provide a structured developmental pathway with the aim of allowing the game to flourish and grow at all levels. From the Premier Division to the Greenwood Trophy, the Union provides competitions for all its member clubs, from 50-over Saturday cricket to competitive T20 competitions.
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Latest news and notices
The Cricket Society of Scotland has published their winter programme for 2018/19. All members and new members welcome. Subscriptions remain the same as last year, i.e. £35 for a single membership and £50 for a family membership. Cost of attendance at a single meeting is £10 which is deductible from the cost of any subsequent annual membership.
Please see the link below for more details.
Hillhead CC are holding the Craik Cup dinner in November this year. There are two great speakers lined up to entertain you. Click on the link for more details.
Please contact Richard Bond for tickets.
The first forum of the close season will take place on Sunday 7th of October at Shawholm. This will provide clubs with an opportunity to reflect on things that have gone well or not so well in the season. It will also give us all a chance to consider how we can make our cricket better for the season ahead.
The Disciplinary and appeals page of the website has now been expanded to contain information on club appeals against CMC decisions. New to the page today is information on appeals made this season by Dumfries CC, Glasgow Accies CC and Galloway CC.
Ferguslie CC, the 2018 Western District Champions failed in their bid to be crowned Scottish champions in the final against Grange CC at Lochlands, home of Arbroath CC. Despite restricting Grange to a total of 184 for 8 in their 50 overs, the Ferguslie innings never got going and they slumped to 58 all out. Chief destroyer for the Edinburgh club was former Scottish internationalist John Blain with fine figures of 5 for 20 from his allotted ten overs. Congratulations to Grange……well done!!
Congratulations to all the teams that came out on top of their leagues this year. The list is below, and also a picture of the First Division champions Drumpellier receiving their trophy.
| Premier Division | Ferguslie CC |
| First Division | Drumpellier CC |
| Second Division | RWS Forestry St. Michael’s CC |
| Third Division | Motherwell CC |
| Fourth Division | Vale of Leven CC |
| Premier Division Reserve | Partick |
Last evening another entertaining nights cricket in gloomy overhead conditions resulted in Ferguslie winning the PlayerReg McCulloch Cup. The game, against a competitive Ayr side, was played at Glenpark and the Greenock club did a great job getting the game on.
Congratulations on yet another success for the Ferguslie club this season.
Just a quick reminder that the Scottish Cup Final is on this Sunday at Meikleriggs in Paisley. Please be aware that there is a 10k road race and fun run on in Paisley that day and some roads will be closed. Give yourself plenty of time to get there!!
Partick’s tremendous season continued apace at the weekend when they became the 2018 Premier Reserve League champions. Many congratulations for the remarkable effort to go through the season undefeated.
They had to wait a mammoth 51 years for this success but it was worth it. Congratulations to Ferguslie CC on winning the 2018 Premier Division. A tremendous team performance, and thoroughly well deserved!!
