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amassed 247 for 3, and made a league century rattling up an unbeaten 112 against Mannofield.

Eddie Steinson also made regular runs, scoring 514 at 34, and he will be missed having moved back down south. His replacement Fraser Proud, recruited from Mannofield, will hopefully fill the void. As skipper, Rob Swiergon led the side well and made 364 at 24 and unbelievably picked up 11 wickets with his golden arm. There were also strong contributions from newcomer Connor McKinney, Geoff Morrison, Arul Senthil and Harry Mapplebeck with the bat.

With the ball Harry Mapplebeck showed his true prowess and that six months of military training can really make you fitter! His efforts opening the bowling made sure that teams were restricted at the start and he regularly returned to clean up the tail. He took 30 wickets overall at 13.6. He was ably supported by Prashanth Poosappadi, a new comer to the club. Bowling medium/fast away swingers, he took just 16 wickets but promised much more and became a very popular member of the team. Stalwarts John Thomson and Roland Knudson weighed in with 30 and 24 wickets respectively and showed that accurate bowling has huge merits in Grade cricket.

Behind the stumps Chris Clelland had a fantastic season, and proved to be the best around. His keeping to spin bowlers Roland Knudson and Callum Herd was particularly impressive.

Throughout the season we faced some tough matches home and away and I was impressed by our resilience. At home against Knightriders was one of those games where we had it lost until some fireworks by Karan. We were heavy scorers in many games which allowed us to take control of a lot of matches.

In the Aberdeenshire Cup we made it all the way final against Inverurie at Methlick but unfortunately we were on the wrong end of the result and, yes, it does give me nightmares but it was a great experience for my team who haven’t been to many finals and I know next time we will be better prepared to triumph. In the Scottish Cup we once again came unstuck against the professional and overseas amateur, this time defeated by St Michaels but we acquitted ourselves well.

Going forward, having University captain Conner McKinney in the side will add some real quality with the bat and he is an exceptional fielder. We hope to attract more players of this calibre as we look to try and claim more silverware going forward. Of course none of our success would be possible without the hard work of the committee who continue to play an active part at the club.

2nd XI

AGSFPs Cricket Section 2nd XI began their season with a sense of optimism having been promoted back to Grade 2. It wasn’t to last. 54