Gala were well beaten by 134 runs at Linlithgow to suffer their first defeat of the season.

The visitors produced an all-round poor performance, with some lack bowling allowing Linlithgow to reach an imposing 215, before Gala slumped to 81 all out in Division One.

Gala captain Dinesh Tharanga had no hesitation in bowling when he won the toss on a damp wicket after a week of rain.

A sloppy start allowed Linlithgow to get off to a fast start on a difficult pitch until Duncan Millar brilliantly stumped in-form Gregor Thomson for 10 off the bowling of Rory Hancock.

Brookes and Stump rebuild the innings before the latter was given out lbw, but Brookes proved key to the Linlithgow innings as he batted sensibly while his team-mates attacked at the other end.

With a number of boundaries being hit on the small Boghall pitch, there were also some decent catches from Hancock, Finlay Rutherford and Jamie Crooks but Brookes finished not out for 75 to guide Linlithgow past 200.

Hancock took 3 for 39 while Scott Evans (2 for 41) was unlucky not to claim more wickets from his nine over spell.

Millar and Rutherford started off positively with both openers hitting a big six each, but when both fell in quick succession, it made a difficult task even tougher.

In the end, Gala slumped to 81 all out, with Hamilton claiming a 4 for 5 in a superb spell as Linlithgow claimed a deserved win to leave the West Lothian side as the only team in Division One with a 100 per cent record.

Linlithgow

P. Brookes not out 76

G. Thomson st D. Millar b R. Hancock 10

K. Stump lbw D. Tharanga 23

C. Black ct J. Crooks b G. Ormiston 15

R. Saunders ct K. Paterson b J. Crooks 30

A. Napoli ct F. Rutherford b R. Hancock 19

G. Blackwell ct R. Hancock b D. Moir 2

A. Newman lbw R. Hancock 1

G. Raven b S. Evans 8

J. Hamilton ct F. Rutherford b N. McIntyre 4

G. Kellet b S. Evans 1

Extras – 27

Total – 215 for ten wickets

N. McIntyre 8-0-22-1; R. Hancock 6-0-39-3; S. Evans 9-1-41-2; D. Tharanga 9-1-21-1; G. Ormiston 6-0-40-1; D. Moir 5-0-28-1; J. Crooks 1-0-17-1.

Gala

F. Rutherford b G. Blackwell 23

D. Millar lbw P. Brookes 17

J. Crooks ct A. Napoli b G. Blackwell 0

G. Ormiston ct P. Brookes b J. Hamilton 7

D. Tharanga b C. Black 10

S. Evans lbw J. Hamilton 0

R. Hancock ct P. Brookes b J. Hamilton 0

M. Hastings b G. Thomson 1

N. McIntyre b J. Hamilton 1

K. Paterson lbw G. Raven 4

D. Moir not out 6

Extras – 12

Total – 81 for ten wickets

G. Thomson 9-0-28-1; G. Blackwell 8-0-31-2; P. Brookes 9-6-7-1; J. Hamilton 9-6-5-4; G. Raven 2.5-1-3-1; C. Black 2-1-5-1.

Gala Rugby Club claimed the Galapate Social Sixes on Sunday.The rugby club defeated Ross Playfair’s All Stars in the final.

The Cricket Club thanks Galapate who sponsored the tournament, organiser Gregor Mein and everyone else who contributed on the day.

The rugby club winning side was, left to right, Simon Fairburn, Alan Emond, Rex Jeffrey, Steve Cairns, Gavin Hamilton and Ross Cooke. 

Another youthful Gala/Hawick Development team suffered defeat to table toppers Drummond Trinity by 144 runs.

With heavy rain in Edinburgh during the week, the match was switched to Meigle Park but the hosts were under the cosh early on as openers Gurjeet (87) and Pradeep (82) put on 164 for the first wicket.

Gala/Hawick did well to claw themselves back into the game however, as the returning pair Craig Thomson (2 for 39) and Alex Hastings (2 for 44) pegged back the visitors, with the aid of two catches by Maisie Maceira who also bowled well alongside Fergus Hastings.

The homesters got off to a solid start with Stuart Skeldon (14) and Jamie Bell (10).

But a succession of wickets fell before Paul Cowan (21) top scored to help Gala/Hawick finish on 86 all out.

Drummond Trinity 4s

A. Gurjeet ct N. Dobbie b L. Skeldon 87

A. Pradeep b A. Hastings 82

A. Puli run out (A. Hastings) 6

A. Naresh b A. Hastings 0

A. Jaykrishna ct M. Maceira b C. Thomson 11

A. Uday ct M. Maceira b C. Thomson 4

A. Mahesh not out 7

A. Logem ct C. Thomson b B. Johnston 11

A. Sai not out 1

Extras – 21

Total – 230 for seven wickets

C. Thomson 8-0-39-2; L. Skeldon 7-0-40-1; B. Johnston 7-0-50-1; A. Hastings 8-0-44-2; M. Maceira 3-0-17-0; F. Hastings 6-0-40-0.

Gala/Hawick Development team

S. Skeldon ct A. Mahesh b A. Uday 14

J. Bell b A. Sai 10

M. Maceira ct & b A. Uday 3

S. Lindores b A. Mahesh 0

C. Thomson ct & b A. Gurjeet 5

P. Cowan ct & b A. Puli 21

A. Hastings run out (A. Gurjeet) 0

F. Hastings run out (A. Gurjeet) 0

B. Johnston b A. Mahesh 6

N. Dobbie not out 1

L. Skeldon b A. Puli 0

Extras – 27

Total – 86 for ten wickets

A. Naresh 7-2-18-0; A. Logesh 4-2-5-0; A. Uday 3-1-3-2; A. Sai 5-0-17-1; A Ravi 3-1-3-0; A. Mahesh 7-1-13-2; A. Gurjeet 3-0-11-2; A. Puli 0.5-0-2-2.

Gala Under 14s made the last 16 of the Scottish Cup with a fine win at Penicuik.

The young side scored 133 from their 20 overs, with the hosts finishing on 92 to give Gala a win at Kirkhill to ensure a round two trip to Watsonians.

Gala lost Sam Lindores and Jamie early doors but Fraser Wilson (25) and Robbie Paterson (33 not out) put together an excellent partnership.

John Ingram then added 27 as Gala ended on 133 for six.

Penicuik were always struggling to keep up with the Gala total with Maisie Maciera and Paterson in particular keeping the home team in check while taking wickets.

Wylie scored 30 not out but the home team finished 41 runs short of Gala’s total.

Thank you to Penicuik for hosting the team.

Gala U14s

F. Wilson b H. Fishkin 25

S. Lindores b T. Wylie 2

L. Skeldon run out 4

R. Paterson retired 33

J. Bell bowled B. Gray 1

J. Ingram ct Ferguson b C. Hynd 27

M. Maceira not out 1

M. Lindores b R. Dougeledy 0

E. Wilkie not out 0

Extras – 40

Total – 133 for six wickets

F. Ingram 4-0-16-0; T. Wylie 4-0-26-1; T. Fishkin 3-0-16-1; S. Longcroft 3-0-16-0; B. Gray 2-0-25-1; F. Ferguson 1-0-4-0; C. Hynd 1-0-6-1; L. Cairns 1-0-3-0; R. Dougeledy 1-1-0-1.

Penicuik Under 14s

B. Gray b M. Maceira 1

R. Dougeledy b L. Skeldon 4

F. Ingram ct J Ingram b R. Paterson 9

H. Fishkin run out J. Ingram 15

T. Wylie retired 30

S. Wichell run out 0

S. Longcroft b R. Paterson 1

C. Hynd run out 3

F. Ferguson not out 3

Extras – 26

Total – 92 for seven wickets

F. Wilson 4-0-9-0; M. Maceira 4-0-18-1; L. Skeldon 4-1-16-1; R. Paterson 4-0-15-2; J. Ingram 3-0-13-1; M. Lindores 1-0-3-0.

Gala’s cricketers endured a frustrating weekend as the weather resulted in both games being abandoned on Saturday.

The first team hosted Stewart’s Melville 2nds at Meigle Park aiming to make it four wins out of four in ESCA Division One.

And they got off to another excellent start with openers Sid Siddhu (26 not out) and Finlay Rutherford (28 not out) sharing their third consecutive 50 partnership.

After negotiating a difficult opening spell by South African Ralph Giraudeaux and Australian Sam Langley, the opening pair began to open up, taking 16 off two overs by David Sharkey.

With Gala looking good at 53 off 13 overs, Stewart’s Melville left the pitch claiming the light rain was presenting a health and safety issue for their players. Gala disagreed but with no umpires present, and the light rain not relenting, the game was eventually abandoned leaving the Braw Lads frustrated.

Down the A7 at Hawick, Gala/Hawick Development team’s game with Leith FAB 3rds in Division Seven was reduced to 30 overs each to try to get a game in before the scheduled rain arrived.

The home side reduced the visitors to 54 for 5 but John Ingram’s 53 helped Leith to a highly competitive 167 for 7. Fergus Hastings led the way for the development team, with 3 for 22 while Scott Paterson took 2 for 21 and Brian Johnson was unlucky to finish wicketless from his six over spell.

But with the latter part of the innings played in heavy rain and with the weather not easing off, both captains took the sensible decision to abandon the match at the halfway point.

Gala v Stewart’s Melville 2nds

S. Siddhu not out 26

F. Rutherford not out 28

Extras – 4

Total – 53 for 0 wickets

R. Giraudeaux 5-0-16-0; S. Langley 6-0-24-0; D. Sharkey 2-0-16-0.

Gala/Hawick v Leith FAB 3rds

Z. Siddiqui b S. Paterson 9

B. Bhandari b S. Paterson 0

M. Parekh st M. Hastings b F. Hastings 21

V. Rajendran ct S. Lindores b F. Hastings 18

I. Fareed run out (C. Fernandes) 21

M. Lasure ct M. Hastings b F. Hastings 0

E. Caan ct J. Boyle b L. Skeldon 19

J. Ingram not out 53

N. Mehta not out 8

Extras – 18

Total – 167 for seven wickets

S. Paterson 6-2-21-2; L. Skeldon 6-1-35-1; B. Johnson 6-1-11-0; F. Hastings 4-0-22-3; R. Paterson 2-0-21-0; J. Boyle 5-0-34-0; P. Mactaggart 1-0-17-0.