Edinburgh South cricket club, playing under the guise of Inch Park CC as their players were drawn from 2nd and 3rd teams, captured the prized Terry Newcombe Trophy with a four wicket win over holder Kirkbrae at Newfield.
It was the first time the trophy, originally played for by public parks teams in memory of a late East League stalwart but now expanded to include those who own their own grounds, had gone to Inch Park since 2021.
Batting first Kirkbrae used their alloted 20 overs to compile 125-6 with Gajander Singh making 33 supported by Sharez Khan (31).
For Inch Park Sriran Govindan took three wickets at a cost of 21 runs.
In surpassing their target with two overs to spare Inch Park were indebted to Harry Barrett whose innings of 51 from 26 balls earned him the player of the match quaich.
Pictured celebrating are: P Reddish, R Dsouza, B Polson (scorer), D Penrose, D Saunders, H Barratt, C Barratt (wicket keeper), G O’Neill (captain), D Vithlani, O Henderson, S Govindan, N Gulia. Photo credit: Edinburgh South cricket club.
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