Meigle will take on Kinloch CC in a friendly twenty20 match on the evening of Thursday 4th July to honour
Jack Hirst aka 'Mr Kinloch', who has passed away after a short illness, at Ninewells Hospital. Kinloch CC, formerly of Lochee Park, now play out of the University of St Andrews grounds.
4th July 1953 saw Jack Hirst make his debut for Kinloch at Victory Park. By several quirks of fate Meigle played a major part in his cricket career. In 1979 Kinloch won the old Strathmore Union Division 2 title after drawing a match against Meigle. Jack was captain of that side. Two years later his last match as skipper of the club came at Lochee Park against Meigle XI. Down the years Kinloch v Meigle has been the most played fixture in Kinloch's history - even now, when the two clubs have played each other just once in over a decade.
With an ironic twist of fate the last match Jack would watch Kinloch play in came in September 2011 at Meigle when Kinloch played Huntly in the Three Counties Cup Final. With cricket no longer played at Lochee Park, and with Jack never having played at Kinloch CC's new home ground at St Andrews, it is Victory Park that will act as the backdrop to honour the man who took Kinloch from a social side in Dundee local competitions such as the Caird Park Cricket Association and Lochee Park Championship to gaining entry to the Strathmore Union in 1970.