A dramatic game at Kintore, where eighteen wickets fell for less than 90 runs, was the main feature of a generally low-scoring day in the Thistle Sports Grades on Saturday.

Having dismissed Stonehaven, leaders of the table for the first six weeks of the season for just 43, Kintore must have felt that victory – and consolidation of second place in Grade 1 – would be just a formality.  However, in a game where the bowlers were on top throughout on a damp pitch, Kintore equally struggled themselves, only Dave Grayson and Russell Balsillie getting into double figures, as the home side squeezed home by just two wickets.