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Merrion Cc Newsletter MERRION CC NEWSLETTER June 2019 Dear Merrion Cricket Club members, Welcome to the June edition of the club’s newsletter. We have had some excellent efforts on the field, and it’s great to see some of our talented youth members coming through to the senior teams, which is a credit to the hard work of our youth section, coaches and parents. We also had a memorable Curry Night and we are looking forward to further club social events this season. In this edition we run through how all of our teams fared last month and have a special section from the club’s archives where we bookend our club’s highest-ever appearance maker with those who have made the debuts for the 1sts in recent times, and some of those in-between who have made memorable records along the way. Also, you may have seen that we are raising money for the Club through the YOUR CLUB, YOUR PROVINCE CRICKET LEINSTER DRAW. I encourage all members to support this. All funds raised go to Merrion CC, and will help fund the development of the new cricket nets that we have planned. Good luck to all our teams in the coming weeks, including the men’s 1sts in the semi-final of the League Cup. Having topped Group B we qualify for the Premier League, which starts on June 9 away to Leinster. I hope to see you all at Anglesea Road soon. Kind regards, Andrew Kay President Women’s Cricket The women got off to a great start to the season, winning two out of our first three matches. First up we overcame Malahide in a 50-over game, where we posted a big score of 290 after being put into bat. In the second innings we managed to bowl Malahide out for 59, with Rachel Delaney taking four wickets. Next up was Clontarf which was a tighter game. We batted first and set a good total of 148, while in the second innings managed to bowl Clontarf out for 88. We then came up against Leinster, which provided a bit more of a challenge for us. We fielded first and managed to restrict Leinster to 137. However, in the second innings we came close but ended up 7 runs short, in what was a very tight and exciting game of cricket. The main positive from our first three matches is the development of some of our younger players. Niamh MacNulty, Annabel Squires and Isabel Light have all made their debuts in the women’s competition, with Isabel notably bowling a tidy first over against Leinster. Hopefully in the next few games we can continue to see improvements as a team and come out with some more wins. Eyes are firmly set on securing some silverware this summer! Isabel and Annabel versus Clontarf Isabel and Niamh versus Malahide Youth Cricket Juniors: The Junior Boys and Girls have got the season off to a good start in May, with both teams displaying solid bowling and batting skills. On Saturday 18th, Merrion Jnr Boys A started off the season with a convincing win over Rush. Good tight bowling and ground fielding restricted Rush to 103 with wickets shared evenly around the team, while Merrion knocked off the runs with seven overs to spare, with Oisin Bhoja retiring on 34. On Saturday 11th, The Merrion Junior Girls had a convincing win over Rush, with Merrion securing 73 for 6 off 14 overs while Rush were all out for 72, in a game where great sportsmanship was shown by both teams. Major contributors in batting came from Isabel Light with 23 and Alice Kelly with 11. Bowling contributors were Caoimhe Byrne with 2 for 3, Niamh MacNulty with 2 for 2 and Maria Kay with 2 for 7. The Clontarf vs Merrion game on the 18th was convincingly won by Clontarf, with their exceptional bowling too much for the Merrion team who were all bowled out for 32. However, Caoimhe Byrne, Lucy Kay and Clara Brigg batted well against the strong bowling side; there was some great play moments by the team with opportunity to build on these for their next match. The development of our junior section is at the very heart of what the club looks to achieve. A highlight for our Junior Girls was having Isabel Light, Annabel Squires and Niamh MacNulty making their debut for the Women's 1sts, with wins in two of the three games this month against Malahide, Leinster and Clontarf. Congratulations to all these talented younger cricketers in what was no doubt a great experience for them and well done to all the teams on a great start. Junior Girls Minors: The Minor Boys started the season with a convincing win against Balbriggan, showing great promise for the season ahead. Merrion managed a convincing score of 111 for 9, with notable batting contributors including Simon Kelly with 21 runs and Jan Dijkstra with 12. Balbriggan, in reply, were restricted to 72 for 7, with Tom Squires a notable contributor on the bowling front with an impressive 2 for 10, with Merrion winning by 39 runs. All in all, a great win with everyone contributing, heralding a promising season and future ahead with some talented youngsters. Remember to join our Youth Membership Facebook page which has updates on Youth fixtures and training as well as the updates on each weekend’s Youth Cricket games. We are running our highly popular Summer Camps – please contact [email protected] to register: o Secondary school camp – June 10-14 and June 17-21 o Primary and secondary school camp – from June 24 for six weeks Men’s Cricket 1sts: The 1sts started May off playing Balbriggan at home, with their opponents put into bat. Balbriggan were all out for 250 after 50 overs, with the lads generously spreading out the wickets, with Max Sorensen picking up three, Oliver Newton three and John Anderson also with two, while Tom Stanton and James Groom picked up one apiece. Merrion, in response, easily reached the total with over 10 overs to spare, with John Anderson following up his impressive bowling display by scoring 80 not out, supported by Max Sorensen who picked up 45, Dominick Joyce with 40 and Michael Lewis with 31. Next up, on the 12th of May, was the long and arduous trip to Pembroke, where Merrion were this time put into bat first, bowled out for 272 with three balls of the innings remaining. John Anderson once again was the pick of the batters with 79 which included three sixes, with Michael Lewis with 56 (and two sixes) and Tyrone Kane with 34 (also with two sixes) contributing to the total. Pembroke, in response, could only manage 133 before being bowled all out in the thirty-seventh over, with Niranjan Shankar impressively picking up three wickets in just seven overs, while Hugh Kennedy and John Anderson also got two wickets each, with other wickets coming from Oliver Newton, Tyrone Kane and Tom Stanton. The final game of May came on the 18th, in another long commute, this time against Leinster. Leinster batted first and were bowled out for 103 in the thirtieth over, with Peter Forkin marking a memorable debut with just the five wickets from just the six overs, for just 15 runs. Elsewhere, James Groom and Tom Stanton chipped in with two wickets each, with Tom’s final wicket marking the end of Leinster’s innings. In reply, Merrion made light work of the total, reaching 104 in less than 19 overs, with John Anderson continuing what was now officially a trend, again the highest scorer, as he was in each of Merrion’s games for the month. Max Sorensen came in at the end with 23 as the second-highest scorer, with him and Anderson seeing Merrion home. 2nds: The 2nds started the month at home to Malahide, however were met with stiff opposition as they were bowled out for 146 in 37 overs, with Peter Saville of Malahide considerably impressive with five wickets from eight overs. Malahide reached 147 in 28 overs, but Beant Bhathal raged against the light until it went out, with one wicket in his four overs and giving away just fifteen runs in the process. But the 2nds were back to winning ways just five days later, with another home game against North County. The batting woes of five days’ previous were a thing of the past, with Merrion batting first and posting a total of 325 for 4, with James Groom getting 152 not out with a tasty variety of fourteen fours and three sixes. An impressive batting performance was followed up by a disciplined bowling version, with Merrion restricting North County to 241 for 8 off 50 overs; Richard Bisgood particularly impressed with three wickets, supported by Nitin Sharma with two and Beant Bathal likewise, the latter following up his aforementioned performance from the previous match. The final three games of May saw the 2nds lose a nail-biter against Pembroke away, impressively restricting the opposition to 164 and bowling them out in 43 overs, with James Groom deciding that runs were not enough for him, following up his 152 from the last game with four wickets in just eight overs, supported by Nitin Sharm who did likewise. However, Pembroke were unfortunately as tigerish (and a little more) in the field, with Merrion coming up short by just six runs. Two further losses followed, both at home, to Clontarf in the Tillain Cup and Leinster in Division 3.
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