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I tS.c;N 0790 3131 Pnc · £2 o • FULL REVIEW OF THE 1984 SEASON STAR INTERVIEWS & SPECIAL FEATURES Hardings 30 BACHELORS WALK, DUBLIN 1. Phone Dublin 101 I 732455 CYCI.ES FROM £100 to £ tOCO. ARAYA, ELSWICK. FALLON, DAWES, PEUGEOT, MOTOBECANe, HARDING, CLAUD BUTLER, HOlOSWORTHY etc. VAST RANGE OF SPARES. ACCESSORIES AND COMPONENTS. FULL WORKSHOP & REPAIR FACILITIES. RACING. TOURING ANO TRIATHLON OUA SPECIALITY. IRELAND'S LEADING BIKE SHOP. Best wishes to Irish Cricket Magazine for 1985.... If Masood UCD PRESENTS FRIDAY 7th DECEMBER 1984 FROM JAMAiCA ..... Boutique BLACK NOW OPEN IN SWAN ROOTS CENTRE, RATHMINES. pluS SPECIAL GUESTS Exclusive Makes from Paris, London ..... Sasparilla, Caroils, Gee Bee Jeans, Exclusive knitwear from Italy tv club __~1O~pm~ to~2=.m • Jewellery S. Fashion accessories TICKETS IN ADVANCE - £:3.50 OPEN DAilY 'til 6.30 pm £: 4.00 at DOOR KEEP AN EYE POSTED FOR OUR EVENTS DURING 1985 LATE OPENING THURSDAY & FRIDAY 'til9 pm. IRISH CRICKET ANNUAL Page Two Irish rnrn~rnITmTI ANNUAL EDITOR : GERARD SIGGINS BUSINESS MANAGER Paul Geraghty STAFF REVI EW OF THE 1984 SEASON: Colin Kerr 8 INTERNATIONAL REVI EW - Full scorecards from Ireland's 5 games, Dermot O'Brien 11 GUINNESS cup · Review of the Interprovincial tournament. Andrew Deacon 12 TEAM OF THE SEASON - A panel of judges selects the best XI from David Metcalf Leinster in 1984. Stephen Forster 15 STATE OF THE ART · Andrew Deacon pUls Leinster cricket under the microscope. 21 LEINSTER SENIOR LEAGUE· Full rev iew of the season, with club CONT RI BUTORS: by club analyses and statistical tables. Niall Morrissey 43 THE SEASON IN MUNSTER & ULSTER Morgan Dockrell 26 CENTURIONS - Who seoret! a hundred in '84 7 They're all here! Edward Liddle 32 PHOTOS OF THE SEASON - The most memorable moments of 1984. Corm Magee 38 WOMEN'S CRICKET - Tables & Averages from the LWCU season. Gerry Byrne 40 IRELAND II. YOUNG ENGLAND -International photo special ClLJentin letts 42 SCHOOLBOYS CRICKET : William Davies MEATH, GALWAY & LIMERICK· The year at some cricketing outpost• . Ian Devine 44 54 LEINSTER JUNIOR LEAGUES · Ten Pages of Tables, featuring the STA TISTICAL TABLES averages of every cricketer in Leinster. Dermot O'Brien 7 WHO WON WHAT - The Roll of Honourfor 1984. Eoin McGann Joe Harvey David Finlay STAR INTERVI EWS:- Derek Scott 16 JACK SHORT - The Ireland opener talks to Colin Kerr about his career Murray Power as it comes to a temporary halt... F.X.Carty 18 JOHN PRIOR· A hard·hitting an·:; incisive interview with the enigmatic David Griffin Prior ... Gerard Siggins 39 MARY PAT MOORE & CAROL HODGES · The Irish and England Brian Jackson Ladies Captains talk to Colin Kerr. Keith Lewis 47 ALAN LEWIS - The 1984 record breaker talks to Gerard Siggins. Neville Neill 53 GREG SCENEY· O'Grady cupwinner talks to Niall Morrissey. Anne O'Brien Michael Sharp SPECI A L FEA TURES : Mary Sharp 14 OPINION POLL· Voice your views on the state of Irish cricket· and PHOTOGRAPHERS select YOUR team of the season. Bi lly Stickland 30 "IF I WERE ED ITOR OF WI SDE N" by Morgan Dockrell Godfrey Graham 45 JACK HOBBS' BOX · Morgan Dockrell confesses .... Heather Davis 49 SIR T IMOTHY O'BR IEN· Edwarc.J Liddle writes about the only man Fergal Keane ever to captain Ireland AND Englan~ at cricket. Gerard Siggins 50 SHORT STORY · "Getting a grip" by Ouentin Letts. 51 WHEN TWO TRIBES GO TO WAR - David Metcalf goes on safar i to the TYPESETTING; North County. Gerard Siggins LAYOUT & DESIGN REG ULAR FEATURES: Gerard Siggins 4 NEWS MISCELLANY - All the winter news, with details of elections, Conor Brennan cup draws etc. Paul Geraghty 27 BOOK REVIEWS · "ARchie's Last Stand", "Cricket Herocs", "Tales Brian S. Jackson from the Far Pavilions" and "Stumped", 38 CROSSWORD · A bumper puzzle to last you the winter I I RISH CR ICKET ANNUAL Page 3 NEWS MISCELLANY The draw for the 1985 Sports The MacC&bea Games. the In Ireland's five internationals gear Cup is as follows ;- "Jewish Olympics", are held in in 1984, captain Dermott Mont· ROUND ONE: Clontarf v. Mala Israel every four years. In 1980 eith failed to win the toss even hide;; The Hills y. YMCA; Rail Irel and sent a cricket team, but once. way Union v. Trinity; Old Belv· this year the cost prevents the ................ edere Y. Pembroke; C.Y.M. v. players from Carlisle C.C. going Carlisle. Ties to be playe~ June 8 out. Instead some players have August 1.· 16th 1985 sees the ROUN 0 TWO: Clontarf/Malahide made themselves available for sel· AII·lreland Under-15 championship v. Merrion; Hills/YMCA Y. ection for the British team. and in the NOl1h West. Munster afe RailwaylTIinity; Old Belvedere! either Stephen or Rodney Molin5, to be allowed field over·age Pembroke Y. Phoenix; Leinster and Colin Walters will go. players next season. Y. CYM/Carlisle. (June 22ndl. ................ ••••••••••• • •• Ireland has been awarded the The Jraw for the Scweppes 19B7 Youths I nternationalCham Cup is 85 follows:- pionship, which will be staged in ROUND ONE: the NOl1h. The 19B5 evenl is (AI NiCe v. Phoeni)( to be held in Bermuda, and (8) Waringstown Y. Foxlodgc a preliminary squad of 18, later (e) Downpatrick Y. Leinster to be trimmed to 13. have been ROUND TWO: selected to attend sp8(:ial train Winner of (8) Y. CYM ing sessions. Managers of thc Bangor v., YMCA; limerick Y. party are to Jimmy Boyce of The Hills; Clontarf Y. Sian Mills; Baitymena and Dennis Ryan of Limavady v. Cork Church of Ire Cork Wanderers. The panel is land; Malahide v. Lurgan; Merrion as follows: v. North Down; Donemana v. Colin Walters B.Millar, M. Rea, P.McCait (Ban Railway Union; St.Johnston v. ................ gor). K.Finlay, J.Callaghan (Stra· Woodvale; Brigade v. Ballymena; banel. J.O'Hara (Muckamorel, Winner of fe) v. Holywood; Alf Mascod became the quickest P.O'Hiordan, J.McGrath (Old Bel Eglinton v. Pembroke; Waterford batsman to reach the 3,000 runs in lIedere), S.Redpath (Academy), v. Winner of (A); Lisburn v. Leinster cricket milestone elaring the K.McGrory (Creevedonnelll. A. Strabane; Carlisle v. North Ferm· 1994 season. The Phoenix opener Rutherford (Bready), M.Kilgore anagh; Coleraine v. Old Belvedere. took just 68 knocks to reach the (Brigade), D.Curry (Donemana), R.JumL Two is to take place on target, nine I!'~s than the previous LHastie (Church of Ireland)' May 25th. record held by Eddie Ingram of A.Dunlop (YMCA). W.Dwyer .................. Lcinster. (The Hills!. J.V.Byrne (Leinsterl, Masood's progress from 2,000 to and John HOC'( (C.Y.M.). International fixtures so far con· 3,000 took only 14 innings. which 'irmet! for 1985 are as follows: beat another record held by Ingram, 15th,16th.17th June Ireland v. who had taken 16 innings to move Scotland. 3td July . Sussex v. from 1,000 to 2,000 in 1933. Ireland (NatWest 1st Rd.) Have. Masood finished the season with 8th August . Ireland v. Australia 3,748 runs in 86 innings, and seems at Downpatrick. August 20-30th set fair to smash Jim Ganly's record Irish tour to Wales anJ England. of being first to reach 4,000 runs .............. ... in 123 innings . C.Y.M.'s opening match in def .............. ence of the Alan Murray Cup is The draw for the 1005 Fingal at Merrion. Full draw is as foil· Championship was made recently. ows;. The first round ties will take place Malahide v. Fingal league; on Sunday May 26th and are as Pembroke v. Clontarf; Leinster v. follows - The Hills II v. Balrothery; Midland league; The Hills v. Rush v. Knockharley; Ba lb riggan v. Willie Dwyer (The Hills) Rush; YMCA v. Railway Un IOn; Knockbrack; Man·o·War v, Ring .............. Merrion v. CYM; Carlisle v. Old Commons. The Semi· Finals wiil take Belvedere; Phoenix v. Man O'War. place on June 30th and the Final on Clontarf C.C. hope to open their Round 1 May 2Bth. Final, at AUgust 4th in Rush C.C. new pavilion before Christmas. Pemlxoke C.C., is on July 23rd. ................. .. ............. •...•.•..••....• IRISH CRICKET ANNUAL Page 4 TREASURER :- Although some clubs hal/e yet The race to be first to 2,000 Leinster - M.McLeman; CYM· to hold their A.G.M.s, the follow runs in the Guinness CuP was E.Murray; The Hills - D.Burke; ing people were elected to posit won by Brendan O'Brien of YMCA . T.A.Dunlop; Merrion - ions by their clubs at recent South Leinster, who finished the B.McDonald; Carlisle . E.Essei. meetings. 1984 season with 2,161 runs. Trinity· P.Meehan FIRST XI CAPTAIN S:- Ivan Andtrson also reached 2,000 Old Belvedere - J.A.Prior, Leinster CHAIRMAN of SELECTORS: in 1984, and now has 2,020. C.Kent; CYM - P.Farrell; YM Leinster - G.Delany. O'Brien has scored most fifties C.W.L.Cal/is; Pembroke· G.Mellon; LIFE MEMBERS ELECTED :. (thirteen) in the Guinness Cup The Hills . P.Byrne; Carlisle . Pembroke - C.A.lrwin, F.Malin. Ginger has played more matches M.F .Cohen; Malahide . G.P.O'Brion; VICE·PRESIDENTS ELECTED:· (85) than anyone else in the Trinity - M.J.Solomons; Merrion . Railway· D.O.Tipping, D.F.Byrne 19 year history of the competit· S.Parkinson; Railway Union . J.A ion, and has also held more cat O'Meara Knockbrack . Tommy .. ........ .... "hes in the field (45) . McConnell. Of the players that played in the FIRST XI VICE-CAPTAINS: Although it is still a bit early original Guinness Cup in 1966, YMCA - C.A.Lewis; CYM . C.Pre· to assess the playing strengths of only O'Brien, Anderson, Roy Tor ndergast; Pembro~~e .