HAWICK travelled to Langholm on Saturday with a hope of reversing their fortunes, but with two late call offs from both openers it was always going to be a hard task.
On losing the toss Hawick were asked to bat and were soon in trouble as Richard Common was run out.
That brought William Rodger to the crease and along with Doug Welsh they started to score freely especially Welsh who rattled the boundary until he
was undone by Elliot for a well deserved 27.
Allan Moffat joined Rodger and both played safe and kept scoring until Moffat was adjudged lbw by Elliot. That brought in in-form Phil Mactaggart and along with Rodger they took the score past 100 until Rodger got a riser, which took his glove for a gritty knock of 54, soon followed by Mactaggart who was clean bowled.
After that Bruce Mactaggart came to the crease and scored a quick 15 in typical fashion. No other batsman went on to score double figures and Hawick can be thankful for wides to take the score up to 179 all out.
Langholm started their innings in a positive manner with Park punishing anything loose, while at the other end Wilson was clean bowled by Moffat.
Bell joined Park and took the score to 64 before Benny Hartop removed Park.
Younger Park joined the action and took the score on to 100 before
Rodger had Park lbw soon followed by Bell in the same fashion leaving Hawick in with a small chance.
Elliot and Maxwell took the score to 144 with some caution until Elliot was out to a well taken catch by Neil Storey off the bowling of Hartop.
Stewart joined Maxwell and guided Langholm close to victory until he fell, giving Hartop his fourth wicket with only two runs needed.
The umpire finished the game with a catch behind but instead signalled a wide, much to the amusement of the players who were getting bitten to pieces by the midges.
HAWICK and Wilton 2nd XI hosted Gala 2nd XI on Sunday, and upon winning the toss, skipper Phil Mactaggart elected to bat.
Hawick were off to a poor start when Jeff Thomson was caught behind for five and Tony Randall went soon after for 13. This brought Richard Common to the crease who batted exceptionally well scoring 100, before lashing out at one too many and was caught at square leg.
Gavin Watson batted alongside Common, and scored 24 before being clean bowled.
After losing another two wickets Phil Mactaggart came to the crease with Greg Cunningham, but Cunningham came and went for eight. With a few overs left Mactaggart pushed the score with Baillie, and ended on 45 not out and Baillie two not out. This left Gala chasing a total of 221-8.
The Hawick bowling attack was looking sharp but some good batting and missed chances in the field saw R. Hancock score 35 before being clean bowled by Baillie.
G. Ormiston was next to go when James Boyle caught him off the bowling of Pierce Solley. D. Hancock soon followed when Cunningham caught him on the boundary off Declan Solley.
K. Paterson was the only other batsman who put up any resistance but he was stumped off Allan Moffat, and Thomson was given the last few overs to clean up the Gala attack as he picked up five wickets. This left Gala on 127 all out, Hawick winning by 94 runs.
