Railway Union Cricket annual 2020
RAILWAY UNION CRICKET ANNUAL 2020 Willow Lodge, Park Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin 4, + 353 1 2691783 Website www.railwaycricket.com @railwaycricket Railway Union Cricket Club Editor: Francis Xavier Carty Published by Railway Union Cricket Club Printers: Donegal Printing Company, Letterkenny, 074 9121710
CONTENTS
Messages, RUCC president, Cricket Leinster president 2 Vice presidents 4 General Committee 2020 5 Club captains 2020 6 Sandymount – truly the home of cricket in Ireland, by Gerard Siggins 8 Annual Awards and Dinner Night 2019 13 Irish National Cup Final, 1st September 2019 19 Welcome and enjoyable return for women’s team, by Ali Nolan 23 Celebrations for Des Stirrat’s 90th 25 Another landmark year for youth cricket, by Ciaran Divney 26 Youth Awards and Honours Day 2019 30 Youths in Action 34 Railway Union Fixtures 2020 37 Golf Classic 2020 44 Railway men and women hockey are national indoor champions 48 Tribute to Gavin Ralston, Jr, by Gavin Ralston 49 Remembering Jim McNally, by Shevaun McNally 50 Derek Scott Archive 52 Statistics and highlights 2019 54
Cover photo: Railway Union CC 1st XI squad, Irish National Cup Final 2019 Back, from left: Andy Jackson, Ciaran Divney, Hashir Sultan, Shariq Khan, Mark Canniffe, Saad Ullah, Alex Stiles, Hamza Maan, Prabhandu Kamal, Digamber Mishra, Judy Cohen (scorer); front: Philippe le Roux, Eoghan Grehan, Glenn Querl (captain), Kenny Carroll, Kevin O’Brien with daughter, Eleanor (3) (courtesy CricketEurope)
Thank you to researchers, historians, photographers and other copyright holders including: Derek Scott, Gerry Byrne, John Boomer, Paul Reynolds, Eddie Lewis, Judy Cohen, Simon Grehan, David Penney, CricketLeinster, CricketEurope, CricketIreland, Northern Cricket Union, Gerard Siggins, Derek Carroll, David Carroll, Stephen Findlater and others.
Cover sponsored by Martin Coonan
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Francis Xavier Carty, RUCC president
Easter Sunday, as I write, is the time to welcome you to another season of cricket at Park Avenue. This, however, is a year without precedent. The entire globe has been engulfed by the terrible Covid-19 virus, a silent enemy that knows no borders, makes no distinction between the races, rich and poor, good and bad, young and old. There is definitely no cricket in Leinster before 28 May, but the entire season could be cancelled.
Cheers for the doctors, nurses and all front-line professionals and volunteers who bravely and generously put their lives at risk for the sick and the dying. Cheers also for those working in the essential industries and services. Cheers from my cocoon for all who are trying to follow the government safety advice. Nobody knows when the pestilence will pass but there will be life after it. We hope that lessons are being learnt – enhancement of loving communities, reduction of cruelty and injustice in the world, narrowing of the national gap between rich and poor and the recognition of the need to protect and save our planet.
This Annual, our 13th, reviews the 2019 season and the support we have received from the entire Railway Union family – members, players, officers, committees, vice presidents, parents, coaches, umpires, scorers, grounds and bar staff. We thank the wider community, schools, churches, advertisers, sponsors and the media and acknowledge the continuing support of CricketIreland, CricketEurope and CricketLeinster.
Congratulations to the 1st XI on winning the Irish National Cup, the Women’s team who made a welcome return to league and cup cricket and the tremendous enthusiasm of the youth teams ranging in age from eight to senior who created such fun in the club.
We may lose the entire 2020 season but that has been dwarfed by Covid-19. We are all in this together and the message must be - do not fear, have hope, take care, be safe and pray. There is life and cricket after it and the world may be a wiser and a better place.
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Stella Downes, Cricket Leinster president
I am delighted to welcome the members and friends of Railway Union to this shortened cricket season 2020. The financial effects of COVID-19 will be felt for the next few years so it is of vital importance that we all do as much as we can to support our local cricket clubs. I would also urge all members to support those who have advertised in this publication.
Railway has a long and proud history in Cricket Leinster as one of the original founding clubs. A lot of hard work and money has gone into the improvements in the square and the facilities and the Club is to be commended for this. I look forward to my visits this season and to the warm welcome I always receive.
I am particularly pleased to see the re-emergence of women’s cricket at Park Avenue. Railway was a powerhouse in women’s cricket for many years so I’m delighted to see women and girls wearing the green and yellow again. Cricket Leinster is doing everything possible to increase participation in our great sport and is a proud supporter of the 20 by 20 initiative.
At time of going to print we are unsure what our 2020 season will look like. Leagues will inevitably be shortened and competitions may follow different formats to the traditional ones. Please be assured that Cricket Leinster is committed to doing whatever is necessary to ensure that we get the maximum possible amount of cricket. I commend Philip Smith and his various committees for the work they have put in to make the best of a very trying situation.
When we DO manage to get out on the cricket field again, I wish you all a great season, filled with sunshine, camaraderie and sportsmanship.
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Railway Union Cricket Club Founded in 1904
President 2020: Francis Xavier Carty
Vice-presidents Rangan Arulchelvan Jim Mackenzie Fred Austin Rodney Molins Paul Barry Ted Mullen Kevin Brennan Arthur L Noone Paul Byrne Brendan A O’Brien Brian Carpenter Camilla O’Brien David P Carroll Dermot O’Brien Gareth Carroll Gerard F O’Brien Kenny Carroll Paul O’Brien Graham Chisholm Valerie O’Meara Neville Clarke Frank O’Neill Elaine Coburn David Robb Judy Cohen Hilary O’Reilly Garry Connolly Gordon Penney Brian Donnelly Jack Phelan Des Donnelly Franz Savino John Donnelly Gerard Siggins Molly Flanagan Brendan Smyth Rodney Green Desmond J Stirrat Brian Grehan J Cyril Stirrat Peter Grehan Mohammad Tariq Simon Grehan Eddie Tillain Graeme S Guthrie Crawford H Tipping Linda Ingram Denzil O Tipping Nicholas Jagoe Frank O Whelan Gillian Johnston Maurice Whelan Victor Keeley
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General Committee 2020
Francis Xavier Carty, President 35 Sandymount Avenue, Dublin DO4 PT78, 01 2692803; [email protected]; [email protected]
Simon Grehan, Chairman 3 Loretto Villas, Sidmonton Road, Bray, Co Wicklow; 01 2860839; 086 8725271; [email protected]
Gerard F O’Brien, Hon Treasurer 4 College Park, Terenure, Dublin 6w; 01 4928068; 086 3232566; [email protected]
Stephen Noone, Honorary Secretary 087 2133841; [email protected]
Glenn Querl, 1st XI captain 083 0667339; [email protected]
Upender Reddy Singi Reddy, Team Secretary 32 The Courtyard, Hill Street, Dublin 1; 086 7915410; [email protected]
Kenny Carroll, Youth Development 13 Trimleston Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin; 01 2691480; 087 2757486; [email protected]
Vanessa O’Reilly, Youth Chair 086 8387148; [email protected]
Jennifer le Roux, Women’s Cricket Rep 42 Dundela Park, Sandycove, Co Dublin; 086 6629954; [email protected]
Shariq Khan 083 1201992; [email protected]
Ashish Bharvirkar [email protected]
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Child Protection, Designated Liaison Person: Aedamar Howlett, 10 Villiers Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6; 086 8147505; [email protected]
Child Protection Officer Ciaran Divney:086 3066040; [email protected] The cricket club is affiliated to CricketIreland, whose child safeguarding policy is at: http://www.cricketireland.ie/about/child-safeguarding/ As part of affiliation we adopt the manual and its policies.
Club captains 2020
1st XI: Glenn Querl, 083 0667339; [email protected] 2nd XI: Eoghan Connolly [email protected] 3rd XI: Ashish Bharvirkar [email protected] 4th XI: Adam Benson 083 1778022; [email protected] 5th XI: Dave Riseborough 087 1799282; [email protected] Women’s XI: Ciara O’Brien 087 1190152; [email protected]
David Penney, brother of Gordon, is doing research into the pre-1919 newspapers for Railway Union games and news. For instance, Irish Independent, 3 June 1907: Burglary at Sandymount: ”On Friday night or Saturday morning the pavilion of the Railway and Steampacket Athletic Union at Park Avenue, Sandymount, was broken into. Clothing, cricket balls, pads, gloves, etc, were stolen, as also several quarts of whiskey, some cigars, cigarettes”.
In the same year, Railway (R and SPU) Married XI played the Singles XI, the Singles winning by 100 all out to 85 all out, as reported in the Irish Times, 17 August. L Sully top scored for the Singles with 40 and R Molloy was best for the Married with 29. JKC Edwards took 7 wickets for the Singles and Magill was best for the Married with 4 wickets.
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Sandymount - truly the home of cricket in Ireland by Gerard Siggins
There are currently three senior clubs based around Sandymount village, and a fourth is barely a Max Sorensen six hit away from the parish boundary.
There have been others too – Monkstown CC played for a time in the old Irish Hockey Union grounds on Londonbridge Road, now Lansdowne LTC. Monkstown CC had no connection with the hockey or rugby clubs of the same name. In fact, none of the three were based in Monkstown!
3RD OBU was a very strong junior club who played a couple of times in the Leinster Senior Cup, their members included Arthur Vincent and Michael Halliday and they played up to the late 1960s in what is now Pembroke Wanderers HC. Pembroke Wanderers also had a junior cricket club once upon a time.
Sandymount CC were also a strong club, dating back into the 1860s. In fact, the very first double century recorded in Irish cricket was by James Gilligan of Sandymount CC in 1864, at home to County Wicklow, who featured one Charles Stuart Parnell.
Sandymount played right around the district up to 1930s before their final ground – known locally as Horan’s Field – was taken over for housing. It is roughly north of what is now Marine Drive.
CUS had a cricket ground in Bath Avenue, and there was also a cricket club called Tritonville but their base is unrecorded. In fact there was a soccer club of the same name who played in the Irish League – the pre-independence one that also featured Bohemians and Shelbourne. It is not known if they were linked to the cricket club.
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But besides YMCA, Pembroke and Railway Union, there was another club that had a ground of its own for many years and is still known the world over.
It is better known now for the epic rugby and soccer contests that have graced its turf, they aren’t the only sports to be featured at Lansdowne Road. American football, lacrosse, baseball, tennis, hockey, athletics and pigeon shooting were among the games played in the stadium, which was originally conceived as a multi-sports club.
In fact, for the first 20 years cricket was a vital part of the mix.
Back in August 1874 cricket was still the most widely played game in the land. Henry Dunlop had ambitions to challenge the supremacy of the Trinity club in its staging of lucrative annual matches against touring sides and English counties, and teamed up with publisher and sports goods seller John Lawrence to invite over the London Imperial Clowns for games against Eleven Gentlemen of Ireland.
It was a raucous Victorian version of Twenty20, with the Clowns being actual circus performers, augmented by some useful professionals. The Gentlemen of Ireland was a strong selection, with several of the best players of the day, including celebrated scholar and wit JP Mahaffy, who taught Oscar Wilde; and Leland Hone, who later played test matches for England. The play was interspersed with musical interludes while the Clowns entertained the audience with acrobatic fielding.
The Irish Times man was unimpressed: ‘Many lovers of cricket objected to their game being burlesqued, and consequently absented themselves from a match where they expected nothing but buffoonery.’ Not quite so generous was the man from Saunders Newsletter, who thought ‘We may content ourselves now by hoping we ne’er may look upon its like again. Buffoonery, through the medium of cricket, may amuse the village Yokels, or create a laugh in the circus, but we doubt much whether Irish gentlemen will again be found arrayed against such competitors in such costume.’
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Sadly for Lawrence, there was little spectator interest in such frivolity either, and the weather was no help: the attendance was described as ‘wretched’. He lost £100 on his promotion, which was not repeated. Ironically, Dunlop’s rivals at the Leinster club put up a purse to attract the greatest cricketer of the age, W.G. Grace, who brought a huge crowd to Rathmines for a proper match a few weeks later.
Dunlop made strong efforts to establish a permanent cricket club at the ground. Lansdowne CC lasted several years but never reached the front rank in Dublin circles.
The stars of the early sides were the Exham brothers from Cork, who later found sporting fame in England. Arthur Exham took an impressive seventy-five wickets in the 1876 season, while Percy made one of only two centuries scored for Lansdowne, against Leinster at Rathmines. Percy was an excellent all-round sportsman who played football for Derby County and cricket for Derbyshire. Other notable members were internationals Horace Hamilton from Carlow and Freddie Lambkin from Cork.
Lansdowne were not immediately granted fixtures by the leading local sides - Leinster, Phoenix and the University - but eventually worked their way up the pecking order. By 1879 they were heavily praised in Lawrence’s annual for becoming competitive and having a good crease and abundant room. The pitches played better too, with more scores over a hundred, including one of 225 made against the leading Phoenix club.
However, within a couple of years it was struggling, having lost ‘its oldest and best members’. By 1881 the club was only able to play five games, compared to twenty-seven the year before, and all of them ‘away’ games. The committee complained it was ‘unable to get use of the ground as in the past’, and that the wickets were in a very bad state.
In 1884 Jack Hynes scored the only century recorded at the ground. Hynes also played for Trinity and Phoenix and won twenty-seven caps for Ireland. He was the most significant player of his day, labelled ‘the champion bat of Ireland’ by Wisden after scoring 113 for MCC.
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The club fell away in the 1890s, but the ground continued to be used for cricket, with Sandymount CC establishing a home there before it moved to Horan’s Field around 1907, while schools and junior clubs also hired it out.
Lansdowne CC was revived around 1910 – as a Ladies club. They played a handful of matches and rented out Railway Union for their practices.
The Irish Times staff XI played its junior league games on the Lansdowne back pitch throughout the twenties, but the last cricket match was played there in 1930.
Now Sandymount is down to a “mere” three grounds and the chances of a new one are slim – so let’s treasure what we have.
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Annual awards and dinner night 2019 Photos courtesy Hadley Southall
HIGHLIGHTS
Centurions: Kenny Carroll (1st XI – 145* & 108), Fakhar Zaman (2nd XI - 138), Ash Bhavirkar (3rd XI – 106*), Ciaran Kenny (3rd XI – 125), Ajay Kumar Yadav (4th XI - 118 & 99) Best bowling: Shariq Khan (1st XI - 6-42), Sudheer Bommala (5th XI - 5-39) Team distinctions: 1st XI, winners of Irish National Cup
CRICKET LEINSTER Webster Cup for All-rounder (Division 3): Fakhar Zaman Sharp Cup for Batting, Women (Division 3): Ciara O’Brien
REPRESENTATIVE Senior International and Test Matches: Kevin O’Brien Senior Interprovincial: Kevin O’Brien Irish Colleges: Ciaran Divney Under 17s/19s Interprovincial: Alex Stiles Under 15s Interprovincial: Mark Canniffe & Philippe le Roux Under 13s Interprovincial: Rory Honan Under 11s Interprovincial: Peter le Roux, Robert O’Brien & Johnny Woods
CLUB Ernie Banks Cup for Outstanding Achievement: Graham Chisholm Carlisle Centenary Cup for Young Player of the Year: Philippe le Roux President’s Cup for Most Wickets: Hamza Maan Joey O’Meara Cup for Most Sixes: Hashir Sultan Mary McDermott Perpetual Cup for Bowling, Women: Ciara O’Brien Karen Eppel Perpetual Cup for Batting, Women: Ciara O’Brien Ricky Ponting Cup for Young Fielder of the Year: Johnny Woods
PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 1st XI: Hashir Sultan 2nd XI: Hamza Maan 3rd XI: Ciaran Kenny 4th XI: Abhilash Rathi 5th XI: Ajith Ravi Women’s XI: Samantha Bevis
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ANNUAL AWARDS AND DINNER NIGHT
Abhilash Rathi, Player of the Year 4th XI Hashir Sultan, Player of the Year 1st XI
Ciaran Kenny, Centurion and Player of Kenny Carroll, two centuries for 1st XI the Year 3rd XI,
Graham Chisholm, Winner of the Ernie Banks Cup for Outstanding Achievement
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ANNUAL AWARDS AND DINNER NIGHT
Gordon Penney, Francis X Carty, Pat Banahan, Jack Phelan, Brian Grehan, Deirdre Grehan, Camilla O’Brien, Brendan O’Brien
Dave Riseborough, Paul Byrne, Hilary O’Reilly, Judy Cohen, Sioban McBennett, Elaine Coburn, Simon Grehan
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ANNUAL AWARDS AND DINNER NIGHT
Andrew Jackson, Eoghan Connolly, Eoghan Grehan, Ciaran Divney, Kenny Carroll, Paddy Duffy, Ross Wynne, Hashir Sultan
Hashir Sultan, Joey O’Meara Cup for Most Sixes
Ciara O’Brien, Mary McDermott Cup for Best Bowling, Karen Eppel Cup for Best Batting and Cricket Leinster Sharp Cup
Samantha Bevis, Player of the Year, Women’s XI
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ANNUAL AWARDS AND DINNER NIGHT
Upender Reddy, Adam Benson, Ciaran Kenny, Stephen Noone, Gerard O’Brien, Ciaran O’Brien, Maureen Robb, David Robb
Samantha Bevis, Liam Emery, Ciara O’Brien, Aoife O’Brien, Eimear Linehan, Claire Byrne, Meriel McClathie, Ali Nolan
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ANNUAL AWARDS AND DINNER NIGHT
1st XI, Winners of the Irish National Cup: Eoghan Grehan, Hashir Sultan, Andrew Jackson, Ciaran Divney, Judy Cohen (scorer), Kenny Carroll
5th XI presentation to Graham Chisholm to mark his retirement after 39 seasons: Hadley Southall, Dave Riseborough, Graham, Paul Byrne, Neville Clarke, Nick Jagoe
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National Cup Final 1st September 2019
Railway Union v Ardmore, at Inch Railway Union by 19 runs Man of the Match: Hashir Sultan
Ardmore came up agonisingly short losing by just 19 runs. Railway opted to bat first but struggled to cope with the Bleachgreen side’s attack early on. Conor Brolly (3-31) and Gary Neely (3-35) had Ardmore well in the hunt as only Glenn Querl (21) offered much with the bat. Railway managed to rally late on and after Saad Ullah Khan made 38, the last two wickets crucially put on an additional 39 runs with Digamber Mishra making 16 and Andy Jackson 15 not out. The final total was 159 with Jared Wilson adding 2-30 for Peter Harrigan’s men.
Ardmore’s reply started slowly as well with Peet Pienaar’s 15 the best of the top order before Wilson made a timely 40 that included 4 sixes. At 91-4 in reply the North Western side were marginal favourites. However, Hashir Sultan (3-20), Prabhandu Kamal (2-22) and Kevin O’Brien (2-29) opened the game back up. Despite a gutsy 31 from Ciaran Curley and 17 from skipper Harrigan, Ardmore just couldn’t get over the line as the relieved Leinster outfit narrowly held on. (Courtesy CricketEurope)
Railway Union innings Batting How out R B 4s 6s Rate Kenny Carroll ct Pienaar b Neely 7 12 1 0 58.33 *+Glenn Querl ct C Brolly b Wilson 21 33 2 0 63.64 Alex Stiles lbw C Brolly 4 8 0 0 50.00 Kevin O’Brien ct & b C Brolly 16 11 3 0 145.45 Hashir Sultan c Pienaar b L Brolly 15 20 2 0 75.00 Prabhan.Kamal b Neely 7 24 0 0 29.17 Saad Ullah Khan ct Pienaar b C Brolly 38 32 5 0 118.75 Hamza Maan lbw Neely 0 1 0 0 0.00 DigamberMishra ct Pienaar b Wilson 16 28 2 0 57.14 Andy Jackson not out 15 22 1 0 68.18 Eoghan Grehan c C Brolly b Curry 9 31 0 0 29.03 Extras b0, lb2, w8, nb1 11 Total 36.5 overs 159
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Fall of wickets: 1-10 Carroll, 2-17 Stiles, 3-37 O’Brien, 4-70 Sultan, 5-70 Querl, 6-115 Kamal, 7-115 Maan, 8-120 Ullah, 9-138 Mishra, 10-159 Grehan
Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ. Gary Neely 8 0 35 3 4.38 Conor Brolly 8 0 31 3 3.88 Jared Wilson 7 1 30 2 4.29 Lee Brolly 7 0 31 1 4.43 Decker Curry 6.5 0 30 1 4.39
Ardmore innings Batting How out R B 4s 6s Rate Peet Pienaar ct O’Brien b Sultan 15 31 3 0 48.39 Paul Mcdowell ct Stiles b Ullah 0 2 0 0 0.00 Ryan Brolly ct Carroll b Jackson 7 18 1 0 38.89 Decker Curry ct Querl b Sultan 2 17 0 0 11.76 Jared Wilson ct Mishra b Kamal 40 43 1 4 93.02 *+Peter Harrigan ct & b Maan 17 29 2 0 58.62 Ciaran Curley ct Mishra b Kamal 31 37 2 1 83.78 Mark Chambers b O’Brien 3 13 0 0 23.08 Gary Neely ct Carroll b O’Brien 2 5 0 0 40.00 Conor Brolly not out 13 22 2 0 59.09 Lee Brolly ct Carroll b Sultan 0 3 0 0 0.00 Extras b0, lb 8, w 2, nb 0 10 Total 36.4 overs 140
Fall of wickets: 1-4 Mcdowell, 2-18 R Brolly, 3-29 Pienaar, 4-31 Curry, 5-91 Wilson, 6-92 Harrigan, 7-115 Chambers, 8-123 Neely, 9-136 Curley, 10-140 L Brolly
Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ. Andy Jackson 6 0 12 1 2.00 Saad Ullah Khan 4 0 14 1 3.50 Hashir Sultan 7.4 2 20 3 2.61 Kevin O’Brien 8 0 29 2 3.62 Hamza Maan 5 0 35 1 7.00 Prabhanshu Kamal 6 1 22 2 3.67
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IRISH NATIONAL CUP FINAL 2019
Railway captain, Glenn Querl, receives the Irish National Cup (Simon Grehan) Man-of-the-Match Hashir Sultan receives the Award from Joey Mooney, President, North County Cricket Club (courtesy Cricket Europe)
Prabhandu Kamal and Saad Ullah
Prabhandu Kamal, Alex Stiles, Hashir Sultan, Glenn Querl, Hamza Maan, Kenny Carroll
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THE ROAD TO THE FINAL
Round 1: Won against Cork Harlequins, by 7 wickets, Park Avenue, 25 May Cork Harlequins 111-9, S Jones 36, A Stiles 4-15, H Sultan 2-8, E Grehan 2-34 Railway Union 113-3, K Carroll 54*, K O’Reilly 2-42
Round 2: Won against Limerick, by 88 runs, Adare, 16 June Railway 301-3, K Carroll 145*, C Laycock 77, G Querl 36 Limerick 204-8, Arslan Anwar 108*, Azeem Khan 25, C Laycock 3-28, E Grehan 3-41 (DLR par score was 292 in 38 overs)
Round 3: Won against Templepatrick by 9 runs, Park Avenue, 14 July Railway Union 236, G Querl 47, K Carroll 43, A Stiles 38, C Weir 4-37, P Kernaghan 2-29, E Wilson 2-31 Templepatrick 227-9, A Smith 114*, M Thompson 33, R Greer 25, Hamza Maan 5-41
Semi-final: Won against Derriaghy by 8 wickets, Queensway, 4 August Derriaghy 83, Hamza Maan 4-12, P Kamal 2-6, C Laycock 2-18 Railway Union 84-2, K O’Brien 32*, C Moorehead 2-27
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Welcome and enjoyable return for Railway women’s team by Ali Nolan
2019 saw a welcome return to Cricket Leinster league and cup competitions for our women’s team. A nervous start away to Trinity saw the team record their first defeat but offered plenty of promise with the majority of the squad having never taken to a cricket field before. An away day victory against an equally-matched Greystones team saw the girls to their first win. The season took shape with the official unveiling of Brendan O’Brien and Hilary O’Reilly as team coaches.
A gritty team performance saw a home victory against a youthful Rush side looking to usurp their elders, with the Railway bowlers holding their nerve to keep the youngsters to just 49 runs and winning by 24. The squad of 18 kicked on from here, finishing the season with a five- out-of-six win rate with prodigious batting and bowling throughout the season from captain Ciara O’Brien the on-field highlight. Sam Bevis and Eimear Linehan struck up a successful partnership with Kate Dillon cleaning up around the field during the sweet away victory against our neighbours, Pembroke. The women finished the season in a very respectable fifth position, recording victories against three of the top four teams during the campaign.
Recruitment was key to the team’s success with a mix of cricket club members, crossover athletes from other sports within RU, external recruitment and support from our very young members proving key. The women had the side-line and on-field support of Peter le Roux, Toby O’Connell and Rob O’Brien with the boys lining out in pairs alongside their mums Jenny, Evelyn and Aoife and sister Meadh on a particularly special occasion during a friendly against Terenure.
The season was made possible with the unending support of Railway Union stalwarts Judy Cohen, Camilla O’Brien, Gillian Johnston and Elaine Coburn providing scoring, teas, advise and support. A sincere thank you to our sponsor, GH Letts & Co, who generously sponsored
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Back row, from left: Brendan (Ginger) O’Brien, Judy Cohen, Jenny le Roux, Eimear Linehan, Grainne Grehan, Sam Bevis, Meriel McClatchie, Ali Nolan, Ruth Ann O’Brien, Hilary O’Reilly and Gillian Johnston. Front row, Nina Blaauw, Evelyn Slye, Ciara O’Brien, Aoife O’Brien and Claire Byrne
the jerseys and gear and to the Railway Union staff, particularly Emma Taylor and Dave Cunningham, for supporting the team with Emma even lining out for a game.
Thank you to all our umpires who gave so generously of their time and offered insight and support during and after games. The coaching team proved to be an invaluable asset which aided the genuine on- field improvement of all players, so thank you to Ginger and Hilary for stepping up.
A very special thank you must go to the men’s captain, Ciaran Divney who spent so much of the summer of 2018 coaching and coaxing the women along to competing this year. He managed to stay cool and encouraging when things might have turned to frustration and offered plenty of support throughout the first full season, Thank you, Divo.
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Celebrations for Des Stirrat’s 90th There was a mighty dinner at Killiney Golf Club for family and friends of Des Stirrat, one of Railway Union’s great and loyal stalwarts. He joined the club in 1940 and is the longest serving member. His brother Cyril, older by one year, joined in 1941.
Back, from left: Francis X Carty, Brendan O’Brien, Frank Whelan, Front: Camilla O’Brien, Des Stirrat, Cyril Stirrat, Frances Whelan
Railway Union 2nd XI in 1967, Winners of the Leinster Senior 2 League: Back, from left: Frank Whelan, John Donnelly, Jack Tanham, Terry Behan, Jim Mackenzie, Peter Grehan; front: Jack Phelan, Frank Cheatle, Des Stirrat (captain), Garry Connolly, Gerry Culliton
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Another landmark year for youth cricket by Ciaran Divney, 1st XI captain
IT WAS another landmark year for youth cricket at Park Avenue with increased numbers, a full academy system in operation and plenty of fun along the way. There was a large increase in participation with our Under 8 team, whose enthusiasm was infectious all season, and their numbers grew impressively to 20 boys and girls aged between four and eight who all began to learn the basic skills of the sport through enjoyment-based games.
Honourable mention to our cubs team who won eleven out of eleven games played! In this case it is safe to say that our future is in safe hands! Our Under 11 team, captained by Rob O’Brien, just lost narrowly to neighbours Pembroke in the cup final in the final over in Park Avenue.
This was a special day for the club with hosting a cup final at home and also a 10 team Under 8 blitz simultaneously. The tea was put on by helpful parents and enjoyed by all. The kids trained particularly hard in the build-up to the cup and showed a lot of courage in a two-run semi- final win over Merrion. We have no doubt they will dust themselves off and come back stronger in 2020, and we look forward to watching them develop into fine cricketers.
Our Gerry Duffy Cup side qualified out of a difficult group to play Malahide in the semi-final on a sweltering day in Park Ave. They managed to win and with the help of parents travelled straight up to Leinster CC to play Merrion in the final. Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of the result falling nine runs short of the target that was set for us. This group of young men have many promising days in the green and yellow ahead of them. The Under 15s unfortunately lost in the first round to a strong YMCA team. However, it marked the first of, hopefully, many 100s for Philippe le Roux.
2019 also marked another year of our academy system allowing players to train like professionals throughout the summer with morning academy sessions available before team sessions or matches in the afternoon. Our revamped structure from the previous year allowed
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U11: Peter le Roux, Robert O’Brien & Johnny Woods
U13: Rory Honan
U15: Philippe le Roux, Mark Canniffe
U17/U19: Alex Stiles
Alex was also a member of the Ireland Under 19 squad to participate in the Under 19 cricket world cup qualifiers and he put in some great performances including a 50 with the bat. It would be hard to talk about 2019 without mentioning Chad Laycock, the South African exchange student who was brought to Railway through the Cricket Leinster scheme. He was an outstanding addition to the club. His feats included two youth level centuries, more than 300 runs for our 1st XI and taking the new ball bagging some priceless scalps along the way. We are thankful to have had Chad with us over the season and happy to have helped aid his development as a man and a cricketer. Special thanks to the le Roux family for hosting him during his visit.
Finally, a thank you to all parents, players, supporters and the youth committee for helping to grow the infectious sport that we all love to the next generation to ensure that Railway will have a big part to say in Irish cricket in the years to come. Look forward to seeing all existing members and hopefully some new ones down in ‘the patch’ throughout 2020.
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Railway Union 2nd XI in 1958: Back, from left: Brian Grehan, Frank Miller, Jack Tanham, John Ryan, Kevin Brennan; front: Des Louth, Leonard Amoroso Jr, Leonard Amoroso Sr, (president), Wesley Burrows (captain), Joey O’Meara, Des Stirrat, Jack Phelan. Seated on ground: Maurice Whelan, left, and Frank Whelan.
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Youth awards and honours 2019
Carlisle Cup for Overall Club Player of the Year Philippe le Roux Ricky Ponting Club for Best Fielder Johnny Woods
Under 17/19 Award Winner Prize Player of the year Chad Laycock Voucher + certificate Most improved Roshan Gomes Voucher + certificate Outstanding performance Chad Laycock Voucher + certificate
Juniors Award Winner Prize Player of the year Mark Canniffe Voucher + certificate Most improved Mark Walsh Voucher + certificate Outstanding performance Sean O’Brien Voucher + certificate
Minors Award Winner Prize Player of the Year Rory Honan Voucher + certificate Most improved Conor Canniffe Voucher + certificate Outstanding performance Jude Barrett Voucher + certificate
Cubs Award Winner Prize Player of the year Peter le Roux Voucher + certificate Most improved Matthew Holland & Voucher + certificate Toby O’Connell
Miscellaneous Award Winner Prize Hatricks Rob, Jude, Sean Plaque + certificate First 100 runs Philippe le Roux Plaque + certificate 2 x 100s/ 6 sixes in over Chad Laycock Plaque + certificate Most effort in training Hugo Fitzgerald Batting gloves
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Youth awards day 2019
All photos courtesy Tom Honan
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Youth awards day 2019
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Youth awards day 2019
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Youths in action
Photos courtesy Tom Honan
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Youths in action
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Youths in action
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APRIL Sat 18th: 12.00: 1sts v YMCA 1, Senior League Cup B, Claremont Road Sun 19th: 13.00: 4ths v Merrion 6, Division 10, Park Avenue Sat 25th: 13.00: 4ths v Malahide 4, Division 10, Park Avenue Sun 26th: 12.00: 1sts v Balbriggan 1, Senior League Cup B, Jack Harper Memorial Ground Sun 26th: 13.00: 5ths v Knockharley 3, Division 15, Park Avenue
MAY Sat 2nd: 12.00: 1sts v Malahide 1, Senior League Cup B, Malahide Sat 2nd: 13.00: 3rds v Adamstown 2, Division 6, Adamstown Sat 2nd: 13.00: 5ths v Leinster 6, Division 15, Park Avenue Sun 3rd: 12.30: 2nds v Clontarf 3, Division 4, Park Avenue Mon 4th: 12.00: 1sts v Terenure 1, Senior League Cup B, Terenure Mon 4th: 13.00: 4ths v North County 3, Division 10, Park Avenue Sat 9th: 12.00: 1sts v North County 1, Senior League Cup B, Park Avenue Sat 9th: 13.00: 4ths v Slieve Bloom 1, Division 10, Slieve Bloom Sun 10th: 13.00: 3rds v Bagenalstown 1, Division 6, Park Avenue Sun 10th: 10.00: Women v Rush W2, WDivision 3, Kenure Park Wed 13th:18.00: Women v The Hills W2, WDivision 3, Park Avenue Sat 16th: 13.00: 2nds v Phoenix 2, Senior 2 Cup 1st round, Park Avenue Sun 17th: 12.00: 1sts v Clontarf 1, Senior League Cup B, Park Avenue Tues 19th: 18.00: 2nds v Leinster 2, prelim round Tillain Cup, Park Avenue Fri 22nd: 18.00: Women v Leinster W3, WDivision 3, Park Avenue Sat 23rd: Irish National Cup - bye to 1st round 28th June) Sat 23rd:13.00: 3rds v Mullingar 1, Middle Cup 1st round, Park Avenue Sat 23rd: 13.00: 5ths v Adamstown 6, Division 15, Adamstown Sun 24th: 12.00: 1sts v The Hills 1, Senior League Cup B, Park Avenue Sun 24th: 13.00: 4ths v Merrion 6, Division 10, Park Avenue Mon 25th: 18.00 : 3rds v Greystones 1, YMCA Salver Prelim round, Greystones Sat 30th: 13.00: 2nds v Rush 2, Division 4, Park Avenue Sun 31st: 12.00: 1sts v North Kildare, Championship, The Maws Sun 31st: 13.00: 5ths v Adamstown 6, Division 15, Park Avenue
JUNE Mon 1st:13.00: 2nds v DLR County 1, Division 4, Park Avenue Mon 1st:13.00: 4ths v Lucan 1, 1st round Intermediate Cup, Lucan Sat 6th: 13.00: 2nds v YMCA 3, Division 4, Park Avenue Sun 7th: 12.00: 1sts v North County, Championship, Park Avenue Sun 7th: 13.00: 3rds v Mullingar 1, Division 6, St Finian’s College (Tues 9th: Tillain Cup 1st round) (Wed 10th, YMCA Salver 1st round) Thurs 11th: 18.30: Women v Leinster W3, WDivision 3, Observatory Lane
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JUNE Sat 13th: 12.00: 1sts v Cork County, Championship, The Mardyke Sat 13th: 13.00: 3rds v Malahide 3, Division 6, Park Avenue Sun 14th: 13.00: 2nds v Phoenix 2, Division 4, Phoenix Park Sun 14th: 14.00: 4ths v Lucan 1, Whelan Cup 1st round, Ringcommons Sun 14th:17.30: 4ths v Ringcommons 1, Whelan Cup 1st round, Ringcommons Sun 14th: 5ths v Clondalkin 2, Division 15, Park Avenue Fri 19th: 18.30: Women v Rush W2, WDivision 3, Park Avenue Sat 20th: 13.00: 3rds v Phoenix 3, Division 6, Park Avenue Sun 21st: 13.00: 5ths v Bagenalstown, Minor 2 Cup 1st round, McGrath Park Sun 21st: 10.15: 1sts v Clontarf 1, Alan Murray Cup, Park Avenue Sun 21st: 17.25: 1sts v Balbriggan 1, Alan Murray Cup, Park Avenue Sun 21st: 13.00: 4ths v Castleknock 2, Division 10, Porterstown Park Wed 24th: 18.30: Women v Pembroke W3, WDivision 3, Sydney Parade 1 Sat 27th: 13.50: 1sts v Leinster 1, Alan Murray Cup, Kenure Park Sat 27th: 17.25: 1sts v Rush 1, Alan Murray Cup, Kenure Park Sat 27th: 13.00: 3rds v Phoenix 3, Division 6, Phoenix Park Sat 27th: 13.00: 5ths v Knockharley 3, Division 15, Kentstown (Sun 28th: Irish National Cup 2nd round) Sun 28th: 13.00: 4ths v YMCA 4, Division 10, Claremont Road Sun 28th:10.30:5ths v Adamstown 6 or Leinster 7, Adamstown Cup 1st round, Park Avenue Sun 28th: 17.30: 5ths v Swords 3, Adamstown Cup 1st round, Park Avenue
LEO BEHAN’S MEDALS PRESENTED TO CLUB
In memory of Leo Behan who died in August 2018, his brothers have given to the Club the medals he won as a member of the Railway winning teams of the Senior League in 1960 and the Leinster Senior Cup in 1967. From left: Eamonn Behan, FX Carty (president), Terry Behan and John Behan
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JULY Wed 1st: 18.30: Women v North Kildare W1, WDivision 3, Park Avenue Sat 4th: 12.00: 1sts v Terenure 1, Championship, Terenure Sat 4th: 13.00: 3rds v Sandyford 1, Division 6, Park Avenue Sun 5th: 13.00: 2nds v YMCA 3, Division 4, Claremont Road (Sun 5th: Alan Murray Cup semi-finals and final, Sydney Parade) Sun 5th: 13.00: 5ths v North Kildare 4, Division 15, Park Avenue Thurs 9th: 18.30: Women v Clontarf W2, WDivision 3, Castle Avenue Sat 11th: 12.00: 1sts v Balbriggan 1, Championship, Park Avenue Sun 12th: 13.00: 3rds v Laois 1, Division 6, Stradbally Sun 12th: 13.00: 4ths v Clontarf 5, Division 10, Park Avenue Sun 12th: 10.00: Women v The Hills W2, WDivision 3, The Vineyard Fri 17th:18.30: Women v Leinster W3/Phoenix W2, Minor Cup Q-final, Park Ave Sat 18th: 12.00: 1sts v Rush 1, Championship, Park Avenue Sun 19th: 13.00: 2nds v Phoenix 2, Division 4, Park Avenue Sun 19th: 13.00: 5ths v Leinster 6, Division 15, St Columba’s Coll 2 Fri 24th: 18.30: Women v Pembroke W2, WDivision 3, Park Avenue Sat 25th: 12.00: 1sts v North Kildare 1, Championship, Park Avenue Sat 25th: 13.00: 3rds v Malahide 3, Division 6, Malahide 1 Sun 26th: 13.00: 2nds v Knockharley 1, Division 4, Kentstown Sun 26th: 13.00: 4ths v YMCA 4, Division 10, Park Avenue (Sun 26th: YMCA Salver final, Claremont Road) Sat 30th:13.00: 5ths v Naas 1, Division 15, Park Avenue
AUGUST Sat 1st: 13.00: 5ths v Naas 1, Division 15, Park Avenue Sun 2nd: 13.00: 4ths v Castleknock 2, Division 6, Park Avenue Mon 3rd: 13.00: 2nds v DLR County 1, Division 4, St Columba’s Coll 2 Mon 3rd: 13.00: 4ths v Clontarf 5, Division 10, Castle Avenue (Mon 3rd: Intermediate Cup final, Ringcommons) Wed 5th: 18.00: Women v Clontarf W2, WDivision 3, Park Avenue Sat 8th: 12.00: 1sts v North County 1, Championship, Inch Sat 8th: 13.00: 3rds v Mullingar 1, Division 6, Park Avenue Sun 9th: 12.30: 2nds v Merrion 3, Division 4, Park Avenue Sun 9th: 13.00: 4ths v Malahide 4, Division 10, Malahide 1 Sat 15th: 12.00: 1sts v Cork County 1, Championship, Park Avenue Sat 15th: 13.00: 5ths v Laois 2, Division 15, Stradbally Sat 15th: 10.00: Women v North Kildare W2, WDivision 3, The Maws Sat 15th: 13.00: 3rds v Sandyford 1, Division 6, Marlay Park (Sun 16th: Whelan Cup final, Park Avenue) (Sun 16th: Russell Court Hotel Trophy final, Park Avenue) Sat 22nd: 12.00: 1sts v Terenure 1, Championship, Park Avenue Sat 22nd: 12.30: 4ths v North County 3, Division 10, Inch Sun 23rd: 12.30: 3rds v Bagenalstown 1, Division 6, McGrath Park Sun 23rd: 12.30: 5ths v Laois 2, Division 15, Park Avenue
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AUGUST Sat 29th:12.00: 1sts v Balbriggan 1, Championship, Jack Harper Memorial Ground Sat 29th:12.30: 4ths v Slieve Bloom 1, Division 10, Park Avenue Sun 30th: 12.00: 2nds v Clontarf 3, Division 4, Castle Avenue Sun 30th: 12.30: 3rds v Laois 1, Division 6, Park Avenue Sun 30th: 12.30: 5ths v Clondalkin 2, Division 15, Tymon Park
SEPTEMBER Sat 5th: 12.30: 3rds v Adamstown 2, Division 6, Park Avenue Sun 6th: 12.00: 1sts v Rush 1, Championship, Kenure Park Sun 6th: 12.00: 2nds v Knockharley 1, Division 4, Park Avenue Sun 6th: 12.30: 5ths v North Kildare 4, Division 15, The Maws Sat 12th: 11.30: 2nds v Rush 2, Division 4, Kenure Park Sat 19th: 11.30: 2nds v Merrion 3, Division 4, Anglesea Road
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Wishing all teams well for the season – Hilary O’Reilly
Best wishes for 2020 – Maurice Whelan
The O’Meara family
Boundaries only – Eddie English
Dermot O’Brien
Cyril and Des Stirrat
Best of luck to all at RUCC in 2020 - Crawford Tipping
Brendan & Camilla O’Brien
Tom Honan Photography
Best wishes for 2020 to RUCC from Andy O’Neill in New Zealand
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Best of luck for the 2020 season – Judy Cohen
Dave Robb
Green and Gold for ever – Brendan & Siobhan Smyth
Best wishes for 2020 – Gordon Penney
Kevin Conliffe – Best wishes for the cricket season – if there is one!
Toni & Archie Noone
All the best for the 2020 season – Franz Savino
Wishing the cricket club a successful season -Gillian Johnston
Denzil Tipping
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Congratulations to Railway Union women’s rugby – all Ireland champions
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Best wishes to Railway Union Cricket Club from Rasam
18 - 19 Glasthule Road Dun Laoghaire
Tel.: 230 0600
PAUL GUINEE Hygiene and Catering Supplies
Phone 087-2582935 [email protected]
Best Wishes to RAILWAY UNION CRICKET CLUB For the 2020 season
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Railway Union men and ladies win national indoor hockey finals to qualify for Europe in 2021
The finals, played in Galway’s Kingfisher Hall, resulted in contrasting fashions with the women always in control against Muckross and experienced campaigners Hannah de Burgh White and Emma Smyth striking in the second half for a 2-0 win. The men’s final against Three Rock Rovers was a different matter for Railway as they trailed 3-0 inside the first 12 minutes before Bjorn Daase, a German guest for Railway, who plays outdoor for Pembroke, not only netted a hat-trick in normal time to force a 3-3 draw, but lobbed in the only goal of the shoot-out for 1-0 success which, in tandem with Stephen O’Keeffe’s three saves, saw the Sandymount club stun their fellow Dubliners. (source Stephen Findlater, Hook Hockey)
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Tribute to Gavin Ralston, Jr
“The one thing I really miss is cricket”, he said once. That was said in the context of Gavin’s decision at the age of 21 to give up playing sport to follow his passion in life, music. Unfortunately the demands of a guitar teacher took over Saturdays and Sundays. Cricket to Gavin meant Railway Union. Gavin loved cricket and as soon as he was big enough, a pair of whites and a bat were acquired. As the son of an active member, himself and his brother Aongus spent many happy hours at Park Avenue. It was in truth a second home. When I suggested at one stage that I might give up cricket to spend more time with the family, it was met with a howl of protest and was soon dropped. He had many happy memories of Railway, captaining the Under 13 and Under 15 XIs. Railway was always a source of fun and entertainment to him and by Gavin Ralston Jr, watching Ireland v him. He happily chatted away to wives Australia at Clontarf or girlfriends of players, or anyone else who would listen, walking around the boundary. Letting children off on their own for extended periods would probably be frowned upon today, but he loved it and everybody connected with cricket in Railway. And Railway taught him to be a team player, which he never forgot. Could I conclude by thanking all those kind members who have sent messages of support. Although this is not a job I ever contemplated doing, the fact that he is so well remembered amongst his former club mates is a tribute in itself.
GAVIN RALSTON
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Remembering Jim McNally by Shevaun McNally
Jim was born in 1960, the son of Jim and Joan McNally, brother of Shevaun and Diarmad, and lived in Nutley, Donnybrook. St. Michael’s was his primary school and he boarded in St. Gerard’s for secondary, where he nurtured a love of soccer and cricket. He studied business in Trinity before opting to train as a chartered accountant. London was where he lived and worked in the 80s, returning to Dublin to study for his MBA in UCD before managing one of the Wood-Printcraft companies of which we had a family connection. The interest in WP was sold in 1999 and he retired early, enjoying from then on a rich and diverse life, choosing to involve himself in any projects that interested him for personal and social reward.
He was an intelligent man, an avid reader, knowledgeable on many topics and a popular and successful member of pub quiz teams. He studied history and art for pleasure, and would occupy himself travelling to England buying and selling fine art, as he would say “Buy in Barnsley and sell in Chelsea”. He had a great collection of model railways, and assembled enormous and amazing displays of intricate Lego models each Christmas for the children of the family to enjoy on their visits.
He was a generous host, witty and intelligent conversationalist and good company. He had an appreciation for and quite a collection of fine wines, taking great pleasure in bringing vintage wine which he would have laid down for many years to a celebratory dinner. He loved nothing
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more than a party or celebration and there were many in Nutley over the years. A favourite of his was the annual Halloween party where he would spend weeks gathering the fireworks and executing a cracking display of noise and colour all timed to loud music.
Music was very important in his life, he had a good singing voice, liked guitar, keyboards and ukulele. He was always happy to perform at karaoke and had fun playing in a band “Mid Life Crisis” with his friends. He enjoyed cricket in Railway Union, tennis in Bective and Mount Pleasant and followed his interests watching motor racing in Monaco and Silverstone, cricket in Barbados. He would get groups together to share the pleasure of attending rugby matches, concerts and skiing holidays, and was the supplier of the daft hats or silly jumpers for his friends to wear.
He gave his family and his very good friends the greatest gifts of his time, effort and thoughtfulness and he is very much missed.
Jim passed away in August 2019, suddenly, in the home that he loved, aged only 58.
Footnote: Jim was a more than useful all-round player in the lower teams where his bowling was of the trundling variety, famous in Railway. He could bowl over after over on a sunny day and keep taking wickets. He enhanced the cricket and social experience for all who knew him. (FXC)
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Derek Scott Archive launched
Thanks to the life-time work of Derek Scott, Cricket Leinster has complete senior playing records for club cricket going back to the start of the senior league in 1919. These records are contained in a series of journals and notebooks that Derek put together during his life and have been passed on to Cricket Leinster by his family. His hand- written records provide an account of every player who took part in senior cricket and every league and cup match played since the senior competitions started in 1919. Brought up to the present day, it provides details of over 5,500 careers, nearly 25,000 annual player records, and around 9,000 matches. Records from the Derek Scott Archive have been digitised and can now be accessed on the website.
To access the Archive Go to Menu / Archive and you will be presented with four panels:
Competitions – Players – Representative – Honour Boards
Under Competitions: can be found details on the winners of all Open Competitions since 1919. There are also details on the Leinster winners of the Irish Senior Cup.
Under Players: you can find the Career Records for Senior Players as well as the detailed player records on a year by year basis. You can also find information on the various individual awards for batting, bowling, wicket keeping, fielding and all-rounders.
Representative: at this point provides the player records from the Guinness Cup era [1996 – 2002]
Honour Boards: top performances in Batting [5000r], Wickets [500w], Wicket Keeping [250d] and Fielding [200c] and a special list for Modern Bowlers [250w] covered by overs restrictions.
You are able to filter records to find the individual, year, clubor competition you want.
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Explanations and Gaps
The senior player records are complete back to 1919 except for the records from Leinster and YMCA prior to 1989. These are being worked on at the moment and will be put up as soon as they become available.
At the moment we have only put up open competition records but over the next few months we will add women’s and youth/schools details.
There are more records to go up and these will be added over time. Given the volume there will inevitably be some omissions and mistakes and anyone who has a query or question can contact Eddie Lewis at [email protected].
Finally, we are hoping to add background material to the main records. In a small number of cases we have added a report on a Cup Final or League Competitions with photos of the team and scorecards where available. If anyone has photos of winning teams [and names if possible] and sends them to the e/mail address above we will attach to the appropriate record.
(Reproduced courtesy CricketLeinster)
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Statistics and Highlights 2019
MEN’S BATTING AVERAGES 1ST XI – All games Leinster Senior League Cup, Championship, Irish National Cup, Alan Murray T20 Minimum: 5 completed innings, average 10.00
M I NO HS Runs Balls 100 50 6s 4s Avge Ct/St R0s KED Carroll 19 19 3 145* 650 815 2 3 12 75 40.63 11 C Laycock 14 12 1 77* 341 345 0 1 9 35 31.00 5 1 S Ullah 11 8 1 47 191 190 0 0 4 15 27.29 2 2 H Sultan 23 22 0 60 509 658 0 1 22 34 23.14 6 G Querl 20 19 0 52 399 472 0 1 6 48 21.00 18/4 P Kamal 23 20 1 65* 300 486 0 1 3 23 15.79 9 3 A Stiles 17 17 1 57 223 366 0 1 7 18 13.94 7 C Divney 8 7 1 27* 74 105 0 0 0 6 12.33 2/4 D Mishra 16 12 4 17* 89 159 0 0 0 4 11.13 10 1
Also batted: KJ O’Brien 72 runs/average 72.00 (ct 4); D Barclay 136/34.00 (ct 2); C Kenny 20/20.00; R Wynne 58/19.33; H Maan 176/9.78 (ct 10, ro 1); A Jackson 73/9.13 (ct 2); E Barron 53/7.71 (ct 1); H Everett 15/7.50; A Hafiz 7/7.00; E Grehan 3/7.00 (ct 1, ro 1); P le Roux 26/5.20 (ct 3); M Canniffe 37/4.63 (ct 4); F Manzocchi 4/4.00; A Bharvirkar 3/3.00 (1 ct); A Elahi 6/3.00; S Gopal 3/3.00; S Khan 18/2.57 (ct 1); T Townend 1/1.00; E Connolly 1 (1.00); F Zaman 0/0.00; RA Gomes 0/0.00; P Guest 0/-; RO Gomes 0/-; P Duffy -/-.
HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS Wkt Score Batsmen Opposition Venue 1st 97 K Carroll (43) & G Querl (47) Templepatrick Nat.Cup Park Ave 2nd 79 R Wynne (46) & C Laycock (31) Cork Co., Cham’ship Mardyke 3rd 84 K Carroll (108) & C Laycock (44) Balbriggan, Cham’ship Park Ave 4th 188* K Carroll (145*) & C Laycock (77*) Limerick, Nat. Cup Adare 5th 130 K Carroll (108) & P Kamal (65*) Balbriggan, Cham’ship Park Ave 6th 45 P Kamal (7) & S Ullah (38) Ardmore, Nat.Cup final Inch 7th 61 H Maan (23) & A Jackson (30) Terenure, Cham’ship Terenure 8th 26 D Mishra (12*) & R Wynne (12) YMCA, AMT20 Claremont Rd 9th 45 C Divney (18) & S Ullah (26) Dub. Univ, League Cup Coll.Park 10th 21 A Jackson (15*) & E Grehan (9) Ardmore, Nat.Cup final Inch
Best batting 145*: KED Carroll, v Limerick, at Adare, National Cup 108: KED Carroll, v Balbriggan, at Park Avenue, Championship 77*: C Laycock, v Limerick, at Adare, National Cup 65*: P Kamal, v Balbriggan, at Park Avenue, Championship 60: Hashir Sultan, v Pembroke, at Anglesea Road, AMT20 57: A Stiles, v Malahide, at Park Avenue, League Cup 54*: KED Carroll, v Cork Harlequins, at Park Avenue, National Cup 52*: KED Carroll, v Cork County, at Park Avenue, Championship 52: G Querl, v Clontarf, at Castle Avenue, Championship 50: KED Carroll, v North County, at Inch, Championship
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MEN’S BOWLING AVERAGES 1st XI All Games Leinster Senior League Cup, Championship, Irish National Cup, Alan Murray Cup minimum 3 wickets O M Runs Wkts Best 5 Econ Strike Average for rate Rate A Stiles 38 2 191 15 4-15 - 5.02 15.20 12.73 D Barclay 7.1 0 57 4 3-26 - 7.96 10.75 14.25 C Laycock 55 7 269 18 4-24 - 4.89 18.33 14.94 KED Carroll 8 0 54 3 2-24 - 6.75 16.00 18.00 S Khan 47.4 2 292 13 6-42 1 6.12 22.00 22.46 H Maan 146 8 676 29 5-41 1 4.63 30.20 23.31 H Sultan 113.2 13 468 17 3-20 - 4.12 40.00 27.53 P Kamal 84.3 4 536 19 2-6 - 6.34 26.68 28.21 E Grehan 47.4 3 270 9 3-41 - 5.66 31.77 30.00 A Jackson 103.2 7 534 17 3-26 - 5.16 36.47 31.41 D Mishra 41 1 226 4 2-50 - 5.51 61.50 56.50 S Ullah 70 4 357 6 1-13 - 5.10 70.00 59.50
Also bowled: T Townend 1-11, KJ O’Brien 2-40, A Elahi 2-44, F Zaman 1-28, E Barron 1-30, G Querl 2-117, P Guest 0-27, H Everett 0-24
BEST BOWLING 6-42: Shariq Khan v North County, League Cup, at Inch 5-41: Hamza Maan v Templepatrick, National Cup, at Park Avenue 4-12: Hamza Maan v Derriaghy, National Cup, at Derriaghy 4-15: Alex Stiles v Cork Harlequins, National Cup, at Park Avenue 4-24: Chad Laycock v Cork County, Championship, at Park Avenue 4-30: Chad Laycock v North County, Championship, at Inch
1st XI Senior League Cup A and Championship
All games, Played 24, Won 9, Lost 15 Captain: Ciaran Divney/Glenn Querl Irish National Cup: Played 5, Winners, beating Ardmore in the final by 19 runs Leinster Senior League Cup: 7th of 7 Championship: 5th of 6 AM T20: Played 4, Won 1, Lost 3 Youth % in Championship only (by appearances): 22.7% Average age of team in Championship only: 24.2%
From Cricket Leinster statistics on Championship: “…Kenny Carroll is named in his third Team of the Year (and his first since the 2016 Premier League) with 295 runs at 49.17. Across the decade, Carroll scored more than twice as many senior runs as the next Railway player (4333 at 38.69 as opposed to Mohammad Tariq’s 2056 at 20.98). Only John Anderson, Simi Singh, Bill Coghlan and Theo Lawson were above him across the province. [Railway’s] second member of the Team of the Year is Chad Laycock who came from Glenwood High on Cricket Leinster’s South African exchange programme. Laycock 12 wickets at 11.67 as well as a handy 154 runs at 25.67…”
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Senior League Cup – Group A Played Won Tied No Lost Bonus Pen Pts Points Result Pts 1 The Hills 1 6 6 0 0 0 10 0 137 2 Phoenix 1 6 5 0 0 1 22 0 122 3 Malahide 1 6 4 0 0 2 13 0 93 4 YMCA 1 6 3 0 0 3 15 0 75 5 Dub Univ 1 6 2 0 0 4 17 0 57 6 North Co 1 6 1 0 0 5 10 0 30 7 Railway U 1 6 0 0 0 6 11 0 11
Championship Played Won Tied No Lost Bonus Pen Points Result Pts Points 1 Clontarf 1 10 8 0 1 1 36 0 206 2 North Co 1 10 6 0 1 3 27 0 157 3 Balbriggan 1 10 5 0 1 4 22 0 132 4 Terenure 1 10 3 1 0 6 19 0 91.5 5 Railway Un 1 10 3 1 0 6 17 0 89.5 6 Cork Co 1 10 2 0 1 7 14 0 64
LEINSTER CRICKET UNION SENIOR CAREER AVERAGES (excludes Irish Senior/National Cup games and Alan Murray T20)
Batting M I NO HS Runs 100,50 Avge ct/st E Barron (2015-19) 34 29 4 46 326 - 13.04 10 A Bharvirkar (2019) 1 1 0 3 3 - 3.00 1 M Canniffe (2019) 6 5 0 20 33 - 6.60 2 K Carroll (96-2019) 292 273 31 140* 8054 13/45 33.28 124 E Connolly (2017-19) 2 2 1 6* 7 - 7.00 - C Divney (2010-19) 73 50 14 80 392 -/1 10.89 72/17 A Elahi (2017-19) 4 3 0 4 4 - 1.33 1 H Everett (2019) 2 2 0 8 15 - 7.50 - RA Gomes (2019) 1 1 0 0 0 - 0.00 - RO Gomes (2019) 1 1 1 0* 0 - --- - S Gopal (2019) 1 1 0 3 3 - 3.00 - E Grehan (2015-19) 23 18 10 10 50 - 6.25 4 P Guest (2017-19) 5 3 3 - 0 - --- - A Hafiz (2010-19) 45 44 - 56 647 -/2 14.70 5 A Jackson (2015-19) 37 27 13 30 145 - 10.36 4 P Kamal (2019) 15 14 1 65* 233 -/1 17.92 7 C Kenny (2015-19) 2 2 0 25 25 - 12.50 - S Khan (2017-19) 25 21 5 18 54 - 3.38 2 C Laycock (2019) 7 6 0 44 154 - 25.67 1 P le Roux (2019) 7 6 1 8 22 - 4.40 2
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H Maan (2016-19) 31 29 2 24 289 - 10.70 6 F Manzocchi (2019) 1 1 0 4 4 - 4.00 - D Mishra (2019) 7 5 0 9 30 - 6.00 3 KJ O’Brien (2000-19) 142 115 18 154 2906 7/12 29.96 50 G Querl (2018-19) 13 30 0 52 269 -/1 20.69 7/2 A Stiles (2016-19) 38 37 0 151* 880 2/2 23.78 8 H Sultan (2017-19) 24 24 2 47 396 - 18.00 6 T To’nend (2006-19) 57 47 4 78 600 -/1 13.95 17 S Ullah (2007-19) 148 126 27 57* 1515 -/3 15.30 30 R Wynne (95-2019) 72 65 9 79 801 -/1 14.30 25/10 F Zahman (2018-19) 5 5 0 26 34 - 6.80 2
Bowling O M R W Best 5 for Econ Strike Aver Rate Rate E Barron 72 0 375 13 2-19 - 5.20 33.23 28.84 K Carroll 942.1 62 4050 194 6-34 6 4.29 29.13 20.87 A Elahi 10 0 44 2 2-44 - 4.40 30.00 22.00 H Everett 2 0 24 0 0-24 - 12.00 -- -- E Grehan 108.5 6 543 20 3-26 - 4.98 32.65 27.75 P Guest 12 0 71 2 1-19 - 5.91 36.00 35.50 A Jackson 158.5 11 865 26 3-46 - 5.44 36.65 33.26 P Kamal 49.1 2 325 9 2-12 - 6.61 55.00 36.11 S Khan 72.2 5 355 12 6-42 1 4.90 36.16 29.58 C Laycock 34 6 140 12 4-24 - 4.11 17.00 11.66 H Maan 185 7 360 30 3-35 - 1.94 37.00 12.00 D Mishra 30 0 145 5 2-50 - 4.83 36.00 29.00 KJ O’Brien 1161.2 178 4083 178 5-16 1 3.52 39.37 23.07 A Stiles 27.5 2 117 8 3-23 - 4.20 20.87 14.62 H Sultan 140.5 10 575 16 4-30 - 4.08 44.06 35.93 S Ullah 945 125 3959 131 5-19 1 4.18 41.75 30.22 T Townend 211.2 10 1088 35 4-8 - 5.14 36.22 31.08 F Zaman 11 1 75 1 1-28 - 6.81 66.00 75.00
2nd XI Division 3 All games, Played 16, Won 3, Lost 12, No result 1 Captain: Shariq Khan League: 8th out of 8. Senior 2 Cup: Beat Malahide 2, 1st round (both teams disqualified due to breach of regulation 3.4.3 of General Regulations) Tillain Cup (T20): Lost to North County 2 in 1st round. Youth percentage (by appearances): 13.0% Average age of team: 27.1
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BATTING AVERAGES 2nd XI - All games Minimum 5 completed innings, average 10.00
Mts Inns NOs HS 100/50 4s/6s Runs Avge Ct/st H Maan 12 12 1 66 -/2 24/5 272 24.73 5/- F Ul Haq 8 8 1 39 -/- 15/0 139 19.85 5/- F Zaman 16 16 0 138 1/- 23/15 312 19.50 8/- M Farooq 15 15 2 57* -/1 18/5 212 16.31 5/- D Mishra 5 5 0 33 -/- 7/2 74 14.80 2/- S Khan 11 11 0 49 -/- 9/2 129 11.72 3/- M Canniffe 5 5 0 25 -/- 2/- 54 10.80 -/-
Also batted: A Elahi 89 Runs/Average 9.89 (1 ct); P Kamal 58/19.33; A Aswal 31/31.00; H Sultan 109/27.25; C Laycock 24/24.00; GF O’Brien 68/22.67 (1 ct); A Hafiz 134/19.14 (2 ct); S Afridi 15/15.00 (1 ct); S Pawar 13/13.00 (1 ct); C Kenny 14/7.00; G Sihra 22/11.00; J Hussain 30/10.00 (1 ct); A van Dyk 18/9.00; P Duffy 18/9.00;H Everett 26/8.67; M Raza 17/8.50 (1 ct); M Kriplani 46/9.20 (3 ct); P le Roux 23/7.67; RO Gomes 11/5.50; N Yadav 5/5.00; R Wynne 18/3.60 (4 ct, 3 st); MF Riaz 14/2.80 (2 ct); K Shah 40/4.33; U Siraj 5/2.50 (1 st); S O’Brien 1/2.00; A Bharvirkar 2/2.00; V Ghorpade 1/1.00; J Butt 0/0.00
Best batting: 138: Fakhar Zaman v North County 2, at Park Avenue, League (from total of 216 all out; 110 balls, 8 sixes and 12 fours) 79: Hashir Sultan v Merrion 2, at Park Avenue, League 66: Hamza Maan v YMCA 2, at Claremont Road, League 60: Hamza Maan v Pembroke 2, at Park Avenue, League 57*: Muhammad Farooq v Clontarf 2, at Castle Avenue, League
Highest Partnerships: 70 for 5th wkt: H Maan (33) & M Farooq (47*) v Leinster 2, at Obs. Lane, League 69 for 4th wkt: H Sultan (79) & H Maan (43) v Merrion 2, at Park Avenue, League 66 for 3rd wkt: H Sultan (79) & H Everett (22) v Merrion 2, at Park Avenue, League 55 for 5th wkt: H Maan (60) & M Canniffe (18) v Pembroke 2, Park Avenue, League
Best bowling: 4-11: Hamza Maan v Leinster 2, at Park Avenue, League 4-28: Prabhanshu Kamal v North County 2, at Inch, League 3-13: Muhammad Faisal Riaz v North Co 2, at Inch, League 3-17: Fakhar Zaman v Leinster 2, at Park Avenue, League 3-21: Hamza Maan v Leinster 2, at Observatory Lane, League 3-31: Fakhar Zaman v Clontarf 2, at Castle Avenue, League 3-36: Fakhar Zaman v Merrion 2, at Park Avenue, League
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BOWLING AVERAGES 2nd XI – All games Minimum 3 wkts
Overs Maids Runs Wkts 5WI Best Econ Avge M Raza 7 1 29 3 - 2-14 4.14 9.67 P Kamal 14 1 66 6 - 4-28 4.71 11.00 H Maan 87.2 7 311 19 - 4-11 3.56 16.37 F Zaman 103.1 7 380 23 - 4-31 3.68 16.52 H Sultan 20 2 77 4 - 2-24 3.85 19.25 J Hussain 10.1 0 77 4 - 2-13 7.78 19.25 M Kriplani 17 0 66 3 - 2-30 3.88 22.00 MF Riaz 25.5 0 113 5 - 3-13 4.37 22.60 S Khan 57.4 3 256 8 - 2-29 4.40 32.00 M Farooq 77 6 380 9 - 2-42 4.94 37.22 S Afridi 22.3 2 116 3 - 2-20 5.16 38.67C A Elahi 38 1 87 3 - 1-7 2.29 62.33
Also bowled: K Shah 2-29; Rahul Gomes 1-20; A van Dyk 1-21; P Duffy 1-38; C Laycock 1-53; F Ul Haq 2-123; D Mishra 1-70; N Yadav 0-4
League Division 3
Played Won Tied No Lost Bonus Penalty Points result Points Points 1 YMCA 2 14 11 0 0 3 47 0 267 2 Pembroke 2 14 10 0 1 3 29 0 239 3 Merrion 2 14 7 0 0 7 47 5 182 4 Clontarf 2 14 7 0 0 7 38 0 178 5 Malahide 2 14 6 0 1 7 35 10 155 6 North Co. 2 14 5 0 1 8 21 0 131 7 Leinster 2 14 5 0 1 8 21 10 121 8 Railway Un 2 14 3 0 0 11 32 0 92
3rd XI Division 6 All games, Played 18, Won 10, Lost 8 Captain: Upender Reddy League 6: 3rd out of 8 YMCA Salver: Lost to Carlow 1 in quarter final Middle Cup: Lost to Rush 2 in quarter final Youth % (by appearances): 30.5% Average age of team: 28.8
From Cricket Leinster statistics on Division 6: Leading all-time run scorer (2011-2019): Gerard O’Brien, 1516 runs @30.32 Highest score: Imran Muhammad, 160, 4ths v Longford 1 at Newtownforbes, 22/04/14 Leading all-time wicket-taker (2011-2019): Muhammad Raza, 82 wkts @20.79 Best bowling: Susheel Kumar, 7-13, 4ths v Castleknock 1, at Castleknock, 14/6/12 Highest team score: 453 for 5, 4ths v Sandyford 1, at Park Avenue, 14/6/15
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BATTING AVERAGES 3rd XI – All games Minimum 5 completed innings; average 10.00
Mts Inns NOs HS 100/50 4s/6s Runs Avge Ct/st C Kenny 12 12 1 125 1/3 27/5 457 38.09 3 GF O’Brien 17 17 1 89 -/4 37/- 508 31.75 12/4 M Kriplani 7 7 0 57 -/1 6/1 216 30.86 3 A Bharvirkar 13 12 2 106* 1/2 16/9 288 28.80 1 R Wynne 8 8 1 58 -/1 11/4 185 26.43 5/2 Y Sheriff 11 11 3 43 -/- 13/3 206 25.75 6 J Chris’pher 5 5 0 83 -/1 12/- 126 25.20 1 A O’Neill 6 6 0 25 -/- 7/- 73 12.17 2 M Raza 15 14 2 35 -/- 10/2 141 11.75 2 A van Dyk 12 11 3 21 -/- 4/1 82 10.25 4
Also batted: G Sihra 21 runs/avge 21.00; M Farooq 83/20.75 (5ct); Aditya Vijayaraghavan 64/21.22; S Grehan 102/9.27 (3ct); A Rathi 18/9; V Kannan 235.75 (1ct); U Reddy 45/5.63 (1ct); E Connolly 6/6.00; V Ghorpade 3/3.00; RA Gomes 4/1.33 (2ct); S Pawar 1/0.50; H Southall 0/0.00; S Bommala 0/0.00; A Benson 4/-; A Elahi 16/- (1ct); F Zaman 40/40.00; N Muhammad 2;2.00; J Hussain, N Yadav (1ct) and S Gopal (1ct) played one match each but did not bat.
Best batting: 125: Ciaran Kenny v Balbriggan 2, at Jack Harper Memorial, League 106*: Ash Bharvirkar v Adamstown 2, at Park Avenue, League 89: Gerard O’Brien v Balbriggan 2, at Jack Harper Memorial, League 83: John Christopher v Malahide 3, at Malahide 1, League 77*: Gerard O’Brien v Carlow 1, at Park Avenue, YMCA Salver 65: Gerard O’Brien v Malahide 3, at Malahide 1, League 62: Ciaran Kenny v Balbriggan 2, at Park Avenue, League 57: Muhammad Farooq v Leinster 3, at Park Avenue, Middle Cup 57: Mohnish Kriplani v Balbriggan 2, at Jack Harper Memorial, League 56: Gerard O’Brien v Leinster 3, at Observatory Lane, League 55: Ciaran Kenny v Pembroke 3, at Sydney Parade 1, League 55: Ross Wynne v Leinster 3, at Park Avenue, Middle Cup 54: Ciaran Kenny v Malahide 3, at Park Avenue, League 54: Ash Bharvirkar v Clontarf 4, at Park Avenue, League 50: Ash Bharvirkar v Pembroke 3, at Sydney Parade 1, League
Partnerships: 212 for 3rd wkt: G O’Brien (89) & C Kenny (125) v Balbriggan 2, at J Harper, League 136 for 2nd wkt: G O’Brien (65) & J Christopher (83) v Malahide 3, at Mal. 1, League 102 for 7th wkt: R Wynne (55) & M Farooq (57) v Leinster 3, at Park Ave., Middle Cup 97 for 2nd wkt : C Kenny (38) & R Wynne (48) v Adamstown 2, at Corkagh 1, League 88 for 1st wkt: G O’Brien (77*) & A O’Neill (25) v Carlow 1, at Park Ave, YMCA Salver 83 for 1st wkt: G O’Brien (48) & U Reddy (22*) v Adamstown 2, at Corkagh 1, League 74 for 3rd wkt: A Bharvirkar (24) & C Kenny (54) v Malahide 3, at Park Ave, League 69 for 5th wkt: C Kenny (39) & M Kriplani (43) v Rush 2, at Kenure, Middle Cup 69 for 4th wkt: Ash Bharvirkar (50) & C Kenny (55) v Pembroke 3, at Syd. Par 1, League 59 for 6th wkt: G O’Brien (56) & M Raza (35) v Leinster 3, at Park Avenue, League 55 for 1st wkt: S Grehan (19) & G O’Brien(29) v Malahide 3, at Park Avenue, League 51* for 9th wkt: M Raza (20) & Y Sheriff (23*) v Clontarf 4, at Park Avenue, League
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51 for 5th wkt: S Grehan (26) & A Bharvirkar (106*) v Adamst’n 2, at Park Ave, League 51 for 8th wkt: Y Sheriff (33) & A Bharvirkar (50) v Pembroke 3, at Syd. Parade, League 50 for 5th wkt: Y Sheriff (22) & A Bharvirkar (17) v Castleknock 1, at Park Ave, League 50 for 4th wkt: G O’Brien (89) & M Kriplani (57), Balbriggan 2, at Jack Harper, League
Best bowling: 4-28: Muhammad Raza v Balbriggan 2, at Park Avenue, League 4-31: Adriaan van Dyk v Leinster 3, at Park Avenue, Middle Cup 4-39: Muhammad Farooq v Adamstown 2, at Corkagh 1, League 4-47: Adam Benson v Rush 2, at Kenure, Middle Cup 4-54: Adriaan van Dyk v Leinster 3, at Park Avenue, League 3-8: Muhammad Raza v Malahide 3, at Park Avenue, League 3-17: Muhammad Farooq v Adamstown 2, at Park Avenue, League 3-19: Muhammad Farooq v Carlow 1, at Park Avenue, YMCA Salver 3-28: Vignesh Kannan v Malahide 3, at Park Avenue, League 3-29: Mohnish Kriplani v Leinster 3, at Park Avenue, Middle Cup 3-31: Hadley Southall v Pembroke 3, at Park Avenue, League 3-37: Adriaan van Dyk v Carlow 1, at Park Avenue, YMCA Salver 3-38: Rahul Gomes v Clontarf 4, at Park Avenue, League 3-41: Muhammad Raza v Leinster 3, at Park Avenue, League 3-41: Sudheer Bommala v Malahide 3, at Malahide 1, League 3-42: Muhammad Raza v Adamstown 2, at Corkagh Park1, League 3-44: Sudheer Bommala v Malahide 3,at Malahide 1, League 3-46: Rahul Gomes v Pembroke 3, at Sydney Parade 1, League 3-50: Abhilash Rathi v Malahide 3, at Malahide 1, League
BOWLING AVERAGES 3RD XI – All games Minimum 3 wickets
Overs Maids Runs Wkts 5WI Best Econ Avge H Southall 8 0 31 3 - 3-31 3.88 10.33 A Benson 6 1 47 4 - 4-47 7.83 11.75 M Farooq 36.5 6 133 10 - 4.39 3.61 13.30 S Bommala 24 1 131 8 - 3-41 5.46 16.38 M Raza 99.3 7 486 26 - 4-28 4.88 18.69 A van Dyk 79 0 397 20 - 4-31 5.02 19.85 Aditya Vijay. Sum. 47 9 202 10 - 2-27 4.30 20.20 RA Gomes 52.1 0 270 12 - 3-38 5.18 22.50 S Pawar 24 0 113 5 - 2-24 4.71 22.60 A Rathi 17 0 101 4 - 3-50 5.94 25.25 Y Sheriff 75.4 1 358 10 - 2.30 4.73 35.80 A.O’Neill 31.2 0 189 5 - 2.32 6.03 37.80 V Kannan 35 0 194 4 - 3.28 5.54 48.50
Also bowled: N Yadav 2-40; F Zaman 0-39; S Grehan 0-13
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League Division 6 Team Played W Tied NR Lost B.Pts Pen Pts 1 Pembroke 3 14 12 0 0 2 37 5 272 2 Balbriggan 2 14 9 0 1 4 33 0 213 3 Railway Un. 3 14 8 0 0 6 37 5 192 4 Adamstown 2 14 8 0 0 6 31 0 191 5 Malahide 3 14 6 0 0 8 33 0 153 6 Clontarf 4 14 5 0 0 9 37 0 137 7 Leinster 3 14 5 0 1 8 35 0 135 8 Castleknock 1 14 2 0 0 12 27 20 47
Railway v Castleknock 31 Aug game conceded by C’knock but seems not to have been included here. Treated as win.
4th XI Division 10 All games: Played 17, Won 8, Lost 9 Captain: Adam Benson League 10: 4th out of 8 Intermediate Cup: Lost to Phoenix 4 in the first round by 8 wickets. Whelan Cup T20: Lost in first round pool to AIB 1 by 53 runs and to Bagenalstown 2 by 23 runs Youth %, by appearances: 11.0% Average age of team:30.1
From Cricket Leinster statistics on Division 10: Team of the year included Yaser Sheriff (bowler) Leading all-time wicket-taker (2011-2019): Nicholas Jagoe [email protected] Most matches: Paul Byrne (2013-2019) 47 Lowest score: 38 Pembroke 5 v Railway Union 5, at Sydney Parade 1, 4/8/2013
4th XI Batting averages Minimum 5 completed innings. 10.00 average Mts Inns Nos HS 100/50 4s/6s Runs Avge Ct/st C Kenny 9 8 1 62* -/4 28/- 270 38.57 3/- AK Yadav 13 13 1 118 1/1 17/3 365 30.42 3/- S Gopal 6 6 0 81 -/1 3/- 143 23.83 2/- V Ghorpade 10 10 0 59 -/2 9/1 190 19.00 6/- B Narayanan 13 12 3 43 -/- 9/- 162 18.00 2/- N Muhammed 8 7 1 40 -/- -/- 78 13.00 1/- Y Sheriff 10 8 1 23* -/- 4/1 90 12.86 12/- A Rathi 17 14 3 31 -/- 1/- 116 10.54 3/-
Also batted: J Butt 83 runs/avge 20.75 (1ct); Aditya Vijay. Sumathi 105/35.00 (3ct) ; A Benson 61/15.25 (6ct); A Sarkar 22/11.00; RA Gomes 20/10.00 (2ct); J Christopher 41/13.67; H Southall 44/14.67 (2ct); Z Khatik 24/12.00 (1ct); P le Roux 16/8.00 (1ct); V Kannan 39/13.00; S Mustafa 13/4.33; N Jagoe 20/6.67; S Pawar 34/6.80 (3ct); RO Gomes 22/4.40; J Chudasama 9/3.00(1ct) ; S O’Brien 3/1.50; T Singh 2/1.00; D Riseborough 1/1.00(1ct); S Noone 1/0.33; P Byrne 0/0.00; A Chaudhary 29/29.00; Abiskek Kumar Barua 24/12.00 (1ct)
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Best batting: 118: Ajay Kumar Yadav v Dundalk 1, at Hiney Park, League 99: Ajay Kumar Yadav v Malahide 4, at Malahide 1, League 81: Shashank Gopal v Dundalk 1, at Park Avenue, League 62*: Aditya Vijayaraghavan v Merrion 6, at Park Avenue, League 62*: Ciaran Kenny v Longford 2, at Park Avenue, League 61*: Jamshaid Butt v Dundalk 1, at Hiney Park, League 61: Ciaran Kenny v Malahide 4, at Park Avenue, League 59: Varun Ghorpade v Malahide 4, at Malahide 1, League 55: Ciaran Kenny v Clontarf 5, at Castle Avenue, League 55: Ciaran Kenny v Longford 2, at Park Avenue, League
Partnerships: 149 for 1st: V Ghorpade (59) & AK Yadav (99) v Malahide 4, at Malahide 1, League 129 for 2nd: AK Yadav (118) & S Gopal (21) v Dundalk 1, at Hiney Park, League 121 for 1st: V Ghorpade (52) & AK Yadav (118) v Dundalk, at Hiney Park, League 84 for 6th: S Gopal (81) & A Rathi (31) v Dundalk 1, at Park Avenue, League 73* for 3rd: J Butt (61*) & Y Sheriff (25*) v Dundalk 1, at Hiney Park, League 68 for 2nd: C Kenny (55) & B Narayanan (12) v Clontarf 5, at Park Avenue, League 67* for 9th: A Vijay’ghavan (62*) & H Southall (23*) v Merrion 6, at Park Ave, League 60 for 1st: C Kenny (55) & J Christopher (6) v Leinster 4, at Park Avenue, League 59 for 2nd: C Kenny (61) & B Narayanan (23) v Malahide 4, at Park Avenue, League 55* for 8th: A Rathi (30*) & A Benson (10*) v Longford 2, at Newtownforbes, League 55 for 1st: C Kenny (62*) & V Ghorpade (16) v Longford 2, at Park Avenue, League 50 for 6th: AK Yadav (33) & A Vijayaraghavan (23) v Phoenix 4, at Park Avenue, Cup
4th XI Bowling averages Minimum 3 wickets
Overs Maids Runs Wkts 5Wi Best Econ Avge J Chudasama 6 1 17 7 - 4-14 2.83 2.43 V Kannan 6 2 11 3 - 3-11 1.83 3.67 Y Sheriff 48.3 9 151 14 - 4-12 3.11 10.79 S Gopal 8.2 0 35 3 - 1-9 4.20 11.67 N Jagoe 7 0 40 3 - 3-40 5.71 13.33 H Southall 48 6 171 11 - 3-14 3.56 15.55 S Pawar 27.5 2 172 9 - 3-6 6.18 19.11 RA Gomes 43 2 195 10 - 3-21 4.53 19.50 A Rathi 81.2 7 409 18 - 4-14 5.03 22.72 A Benson 57 14 263 11 - 3-20 4.61 23.90 Aditya Vijay S 27.2 2 123 5 - 2-13 4.50 24.60 AJ Kumar Yad 22 0 107 4 - 1-9 4.86 26.75 N Muhammed 22 1 109 4 - 2-5 4.95 27.25 A Sarkar 12 1 83 3 - 3-37 6.92 27.67
Also bowled: Z Khatik 2-27; S Mustafa 1-40; S O’Brien 1-59; S Noone 0-18; A Chaudhary 0-47; Abiskek Kumar Barua 0-12; C Kenny 1-4
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Best bowling: 4-12: Yaser Sheriff v Longford 2, at Park Avenue, League 4-14: Abhilash Rathi v Merrion 6, at Bird Avenue, League 4-14: Jigar Chudasama v Bagenalstown 2, at McGrath Park, Whelan Cup 3-3: Jigar Chudasama v Dundalk 1, at Park Avenue, League 3-6: Sushil Pawar v Dundalk 1, at Hiney Park, League 3-11: Vignesh Kannan v Dundalk 1, at Park League 3-13: Yaser Sheriff v Dundalk 1, at Hiney Park, League 3-14: Sushil Pawar v Merrion 6, at Bird Avenue, League 3-14: Hadley Southall v Clontarf 5, at Castle Avenue, League 3-14: Yaser Sheriff v Merrion 6, at Park Avenue, League 3-20: Abhilash Rathi v Longford 2, at Park Avenue, League 3-20: Adam Benson v Malahide 4, at Malahide 1, League 3-21: RA Gomes v Leinster 4, at Park Avenue, League 3-21: Hadley Southall v Merrion 6, at Park Avenue, League 3-30: Abhilash Rathi v Clontarf 5, at Castle Avenue, League 3-37: Animesh Sarkar v Longford 2, at Newtownforbes, League 3-40: Nicholas Jagoe v DLR County 3, at Shanganagh Park, League
League Division 10 Team P W Tied n/r L Bon Pen Pts pts pts 1 DLR County 3 14 12 0 1 0 41 0 296 2 Leinster 4 14 8 0 0 5 32 0 212 3 Malahide 4 14 8 0 0 6 34 0 194 4 Railway Un. 4 14 8 0 0 6 32 0 192 5 Clontarf 5 14 6 0 0 7 45 0 185 6 Merrion 6 14 3 0 2 9 25 5 80 7 Dundalk 1 14 2 0 2 9 13 45 28 8 Longford 2 14 1 0 3 10 18 15 23
5th XI Division 14
All games, Played 16, Won 2, Lost 12, No result 2 Captain: Ajith Ravi League 14: 8th out of 8 Minor Cup: Lost to DLR County 4 in first round by 13 runs (scorecard not issued) Russell Court Trophy: Lost in first round pool to AIB 2 by 9 wkts and to Balbriggan 4 by 81 runs. (scorecard not issued) Youth % (by appearances): 23.1% Average age: 32.2
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5th XI batting averages all matches 5 completed innings; average 10.00
Mts Inns NOs HS 100/50 4s/6s Runs Avge Ct/st D Riseb’ugh 6 5 0 45 -/- 7/1 83 16.60 2/- N Jagoe 10 10 1 41* -/- 4/2 144 16.00 1/- S Gopal 5 5 0 42 -/- 2/0 72 14.40 1/- G Chisholm 8 8 2 22* -/- 1/0 77 12.83 -/- RO Gomes 7 7 0 41 -/- 10/0 88 12.57 3/- S O’Brien 11 9 3 22 -/- 2/0 64 10.67 -/- N Clarke 11 10 0 41 -/- 4/0 105 10.50 1/-
Also batted: Gazi Md Zohaib Ali 104 runs, average 52.00 (1ct); P Byrne 91/22.75 (2st); A Aswal 80/26.67 (1ct); S Noone 84/13.80; N Muhammed 22/22.00; Shaafay Aziz 39/19.50; T Singh 47/15.67 (1ct); J Chudasama 24/8.00 (1ct); A Culliton 20/10.00 (2ct); M Kalita 10/5.00; A Ravi 63/7.88 (3ct); Abiskek Kumar Barua 10/3.33; Animesh Sarkar 13/3.25 (2ct); 9/3.00; S Condron 9/3.00; Kunal Vaze 9/3.00; Sudhanshu Chauhan 4/2.20; Ajith Naduvilveetil 5/2.50; Rahul Gomes 7/1.75 (1ct); Sudheer Bommala 3/1.50 (2ct); Ali Elahi 0/0.00; Cian Ellwood 0/0.00; Abilash Rathi 5/5.00; Ajay Kumar Yadav 19/19.00
Best batting: 62: Ashish Aswal v Adamstown 5, at Park Avenue, League 59: Paul Byrne v Dublin University 3, at Park Avenue, League
Highest Partnerships: 77 for 3rd wkt: N Clarke (41) & N Jagoe (41*) v Tyrrelstown 2, at Park Avenue, League 70 for 3rd wkt: A Aswal (62) & S Noone (31) v Adamstown 5, at Park Avenue, League 68* for 4th wkt: N Jagoe (41*)/G Chisholm (18*) & Gazi Md Zohaib Ali (48*) v Tyrrelstown 2, at Park Avenue, League 60 for 5th wkt: Roshan Gomes (41) & Sean O’Brien (22) v Wicklow Co 2, at Park Avenue, League 51 for 6th wkt: P Byrne (59) & G Chisholm (10) v Dub Uni 3, at Park Avenue, League 50* for 9th wkt: A Ravi (20*) & T Singh (24*) v Wicklow Co 2, at Park Ave, League
5th XI Bowling averages Minimum 3 wickets
Overs Maids Runs Wkts 5W1 Best Econ Average S Bommala 13 0 55 5 1 5-39 4.23 11.00 S Gopal 16 1 57 4 - 2-10 3.56 14.25 N Jagoe 46 1 212 14 - 3-17 4.61 15.14 RA Gomes 40 4 164 8 - 3-31 4.10 20.50 S Condron 16 4 65 3 - 2-12 4.06 21.67 A Sarkar 27 0 138 6 - 2-27 5.11 23.00 A Aswal 17 1 98 3 - 1-18 5.76 32.67 A Ravi 25 1 113 3 - 2-25 4.52 37.67 T Singh 21.5 1 119 3 - 1-15 5.45 39.67 S O’Brien 36 1 192 3 - 1-11 5.33 64.00
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Also bowled: M Kalita 2-23; Abiskek Kumar Barua 1-13; V Gopal 2-43; S Noone 2-56; Ajith Naduvilveetil 1-39; N Clarke 1-58; J Chudasama 0-7; Ajay Kumar Yadav 0-13; Abhilash Rathi 0-30
Best bowling: 5-39: Sudheer Bommala v Dublin University 3, at Park Avenue, League 3-17: Nicholas Jagoe v Adamstown 5, at Corkagh Park 2, League 3-21: Nicholas Jagoe v Terenure 3, at Terenure, League 3-31: RA Gomes v Leinster 6, at Observatory Lane, League
League Division 14 P W Tied No L Bonus Pen Pts Points Result Pts 1 Finglas 1 13 11 0 1 0 33 0 273 2 Tyrrelstown 2 13 8 0 1 3 25 0 205 3 Adamstown 5 13 6 0 1 6 32 0 152 4 Terenure 3 13 5 0 0 7 30 0 150 5 Wicklow Co. 2 13 5 0 0 8 36 0 136 6 Dublin Univ 3 7 4 0 0 3 20 60 125.71 7 Leinster 6 13 2 0 1 10 19 5 54 8 Railway Un. 5 13 2 0 2 9 15 10 45
Women’s XI Division 3
All games, Played 16, Won 7, Lost 6, No result 3 Captain: Ciara O’Brien League 3: 6th out of 9 Minor Cup: Lost 1st round to Leinster W3 by 7 wkts Youth % (by appearances): 1.8% Average age: 35.8
BATTING AVERAGES WOMEN’S XI – all games (T20s) Four completed innings; Average 10.00 Mch Inn NO Runs Balls HS 4s Av ct/st/ro C O’Brien 12 12 6 355 312 62* 38 59.17 5/-/2 A O’Brien 5 5 1 91 108 39 11 22.75 1/-/- E Linehan 9 9 2 104 137 34 11 14.86 -/-/1 S Bevis 10 8 1 101 101 33 6 14.43 1/-/2 N Blauuw 8 7 1 74 77 23 6 12.33 -/-/2
Also batted: R O’Brien 21 runs/Average 10.50; V O’Reilly 9/9.00; C Byrne 38/7.60 (2 ct, 1ro); A Nolan 60/6.00 (3 ct, 2 run outs): J Fenton 6/6.00/ M McClatchie 4/4.00; K Dillon 8/4.00; G Grehan 25/3.57 (1 ro); RA O’Brien 4/2.00; J le Roux 5/1.67; E Slye 1/0.50; E O’Carroll 0/0.00; C Gilligan 2/ -.--; S Hiles and S McCarthy played one game each, did not bat. S Davis and A O’Brien’s catches were as wicket-keeper
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Best batting: 62*: Ciara O’Brien v Leinster W3, at Observatory Lane, League 42*: Ciara O’Brien v Pembroke W3, at Park Avenue, League 41*: Ciara O’Brien v Rush W2, at Kenure, League 39: Ciara O’Brien v YMCA W2, at Park Avenue, League 39: Aoife O’Brien v YMCA W2, at Park Avenue, League 35*: Aoife O’Brien v Rush W2, at Kenure, League 35: Eimear Linehan v Pembroke W3, at Sydney Parade, League 34*: Ciara O’Brien v Greystones W2, at Park Avenue, League 32: Samantha Bevis v Pembroke W3, at Sydney Parade, League 30*: Ciara O’Brien v Pembroke W3, at Sydney Parade, League 30: Ciara O’Brien v Leinster W3, at Park Avenue, Cup 27*: Ciara O’Brien v Greystones W1, at Druids Glen, League 23: Nina Blauuw v North Kildare W2, at The Maws, League 21*: Eimear Linehan v YMCA W2, at Claremont Road, League 20: Eimear Linehan v Rush W2, at Park Avenue, League 20: Ali Nolan v Pembroke W3, at Park Avenue, League 20: Nina Blauuw v Leinster W3, at Park Avenue, Cup
Highest Partnerships: 90* for 3rd wkt: C O’Brien (41*) & A O’Brien (35*) v Rush W2, at Kenure, League 68 for 1st wkt: E Linehan (35) & S Davis (32) v Pembroke W3, at Syd. Parade, League 67 for 5th wkt: C O’Brien (39) & A O’Brien (39) v YMCA W2, at Park Avenue, League 55* for 5th wkt: C O’Brien (34*) & S Davis (12*) v Gre’tones W1, at Park Ave, League 51* for 7th wkt: C O’Brien (62*) & C Gilligan (2*) v Leinster W2, at Obs. Lane, League 48 for 5th wkt: C O’Brien (42*) & A Nolan (20) v Pembroke W3, at Park Avenue, League 37* for 6th wkt: C O Brien (27*) & N Blauuw (10*) v Greystones W1, at Druids’, League 36 for 2nd wkt: S Davis (18) & C O’Brien (19) v North Kildare W2, at The Maws, League 35 for 5th wkt: R O’Brien (15) & C O’Brien (62*) v Leinster W3, at Obs. Lane, League 33 for 2nd wkt: C O’Brien (30) & S Davis (8) v Leinster W3, at Park Avenue, Cup 31 for 3rd wkt: S Davis (32) & C O’Brien (30*) v Pembroke W3, at Syd, Parade, League 30 for 5th wkt: N Blauuw (20) & C Byrne (9*) v Leinster W3, at Park Avenue, Cup 27 for 4th wkt: V O’Reilly (9) & C O’Brien (42*) v Pembroke W3, at Park Avenue, League 25 for 3rd wkt: C Byrne (7) & C O’Brien (15) v Rush W2, at Park Avenue, League 25 for 6th wkt: A O’Brien (39) & G Grehan (6), v YMCA W2, at Park Avenue, League
Best bowling: 5-13: Ciara O’Brien v Pembroke W3, at Park Avenue, League 3-10: Ciara O’Brien v Rush W2, at Park Avenue, League 2-11: Ali Nolan v Rush W2, at Park Avenue, League 2-12: Eimear Linehan v Rush W2, at Park Avenue, League 2-12: Eimear Linehan v YMCA W2, at Park Avenue, League 2-18: Ciara O’Brien v Pembroke W3, at Sydney Parade, League 2-21: Nina Blauuw v YMCA W2, at Park Avenue, League 2-23: Ciara O’Brien v North Kildare W2, at The Maws, League
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BOWLING AVERAGES – All games Minimum 2 wickets
Matches Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average C O’Brien 12 53.4 2 180 17 10.59 A Nolan 12 44.3 1 261 9 29.00 E Linehan 9 31.2 0 175 6 29.17 N Blauuw 8 37 0 185 4 46.25 C Byrne 11 24 0 176 2 88.00 Also bowled: M McClatchie 1-20; V O’Reilly 1-32; RA O’Brien 0-48; RO’Brien 0-25
League Division 3 Played Won Tied No Lost Bonus Pen Points result Points Points 1 Leinster W3 15 12 0 1 2 39 0 299 2 YMCA W2 15 10 0 3 2 39 0 259 3 Rush W2 15 8 0 0 7 23 0 203 4 Dub Univ W1 8 4 0 0 4 30 0 190 5 Pembroke W3 15 7 0 1 7 17 0 157 6 Railway Un W1 15 7 0 3 5 16 0 156 7 N’th Kildare W2 15 4 0 4 7 17 0 117 8 Phoenix W2 15 2 0 5 8 13 0 53 9 Greystones W2 15 0 0 3 12 21 0 21
LEINSTER LIGHTNING Kevin O’Brien played six games for Leinster Lightning in 2019 in a series of 4 three- day, 4 one-day and 6 T20 interprovincial. The three-day, two innings games, are ranked as first-class, but the weather wreaked havoc with the 3-day games all ending in draws. Two of the 6 one-day games and eight of the 12 T20 games were abandoned without a ball being bowled. M I NO HS Runs Av Wkts Best Runs Aver Ct/st K O’Brien 7 7 2 56 115 21.33 3 1-6 64 21.33 5 Aggregate averages for Railway Union players 2013-19 K O’Brien 42 45 11 111* 1210 35.59 37 3-24 788 21.30 18 N O’Brien 10 13 2 165 571 51.91 - - - - 24/1 P Collins 13 18 1 66 334 19.65 3 2-10 62 20.67 7 K Carroll 10 10 - 121 316 31.60 0 0-15 15 - 2 Final tables: 3-day, 2 innings P W T D L Bonus Pts Leinster Lightning 4 0 0 4 0 40 40 Northern Knights 4 0 0 4 0 35 35 North West Warriors 4 0 0 4 0 35 35 1-day 50 over P W T NR L Bonus Pts Leinster Lightning 6 3 0 2 1 2 18 Northern Knights 6 3 0 0 3 2 14 North West Warriors 6 1 0 2 3 0 8 T20 P W T NR L Bonus Pts Northern Knights 6 3 0 3 0 1 19 Leinster Lightning 6 1 0 4 1 0 12 North West Warriors 6 0 0 5 1 0 10 Munster Reds 6 2 0 4 2 0 8
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Senior interprovincial games for Railway Union men
Gerard Siggins has divided Leinster representative matches into four series: A 1890-1965 Matches between provinces B 1949-1965 South v North C 1966-2004 South and North Leinster in a six-team series (Guinness Cup) D 2013-2018 Leinster Lightning in (three-format series) In addition to the above there were occasional games between Leinster teams and against touring opposition, e.g. Canada, Denmark, Maccabi.
(Source: Gerard Siggins & Eddie Lewis (2019): 100 not out, The History of Cricket in Leinster; published by Cricket Leinster)
Railway Union interprovincial players, including those who also for other clubs:
Leinster 1890-1965: LA Bookman, MN Brennan, KC Dempsey, GP Harvey, NF McConnell, FJ Miller, BA O’Brien, JA O’Meara, JE Pigot, KP Tanham South Leinster 1966-1965: DF Byrne, T Dagg, C Fitzpatrick, GS Guthrie, J Keogh, NF McConnell, GL Molins, JAM Molins, RD Molins, AL Noone, BA O’Brien, D O’Brien, JA O’Meara, DE Tanham, CH Tipping, DO Tipping North Leinster 1966-1995 and 2003-04: S Boylan, F Furey Leinster 1996-2000: S Boylan, S Milton, GL Molins, JAM Molins, NJ O’Brien South XI 1949-1965, 2003-2004, 2012: KED Carroll, KC Dempsey, GP Harvey, FJ Miller, GL Molins, JAM Molins, CW Mullen, AN Murphy, BA O’Brien, KJ O’Brien, NJ O’Brien, JA O’Meara, KP Tanham, RK Whelan Leinster Lightning 2013-2019: J Anderson, KED Carroll, P Collins, DT Johnston, KJ O’Brien North West Warriors 2019: NJ O’Brien
Senior international caps for Ireland (men) (to 10 March 2020) LA Bookman 14, KED Carroll 11, KC Dempsey 1, MJ Fourie 20, DT Johnston 198, FJ Miller 16, GL Molins 25, JAM Molins 76, BA O’Brien 52, KJ O’Brien 367, NJ O’Brien 216, JA O’Meara 2, RK Whelan 3
Includes: Test Matches: KJ O’Brien 3, NJ O’Brien 1 One Day Internationals (ODIs): MJ Fourie 7, DT Johnston 67, KJ O’Brien 145, NJ O’Brien 103, RK Whelan 2 T20 Internationals (T20s): MJ Fourie 1, DT Johnston 26, KJ O’Brien 131, NJ O’Brien 30 First-class (F-C): MJ Fourie 3, DT Johnston 28, KJ O’Brien 38, NJ O’Brien 30
Averages for Kevin O’Brien (to 10 March 2020) Most capped player for Ireland (367); most catches in field (173), 20 run outs Ireland have played 1002 capped games since 1855. Kevin O’Brien has played in 367 of them, 36.62 % Batting: 367 matches, 368 innings, 54 not outs, 8674 runs, 171 not out highest, average 28.53, 38 50s, 6 100s, 9966 balls, 87.04 strike rate, 802 4s, 239 6s Bowling: 1555.3 overs, 148 maidens, 7723 runs, 4.96 economy rate, 33.94 strike rate, 275 wickets, best 5-39, 5w in innings once, average 28.08 In the field: 173 catches, 20 run outs.
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Senior international caps (women) LD Molins 7, CM O’Leary 38, C O’Neill 42, NH Squire 37, HE Whelan 54, JA Whelan 51. Above figures, men and women, include international caps while playing for other clubs.
Senior 1 trophies and captains 1960 League, D Scott; 1962 League, JE Pigot; 1967 Cup, BA O’Brien; 1994 Belvedere Bond League B, BA O’Brien; 2002 Lewis Traub League and WMK League B, GF O’Brien; 2004 Alan Murray T20 Cup, A Murphy; 2006 Irish Senior Cup, Dublin Grass Machinery 45-over League, LHW Alan Murray T20 Cup and Whitneymoore League B, KED Carroll; 2008 Whitneymoore League B, DT Johnston; 2009 Dublin Grass Machinery 45-over League, DT Johnston; 2010 LHW Leinster Senior Cup, DT Johnston; 2011 League 1, T Fisher; 2019 Irish National Cup, C Divney/G Querl
LCU SENIOR LEAGUES AND CUP Most appearances BA O’Brien 705; DF Byrne 493; NF McConnell 459; JA O’Meara 411; GS Guthrie 297; KED Carroll 292; DO Tipping 288; JR Green 277; M Tariq 260; M Whelan 238; GW Connolly 237; JE Pigot 229; AL Noone 225; D O’Brien 224; FO Whelan 223; BA Grehan 221; JV Tanham 221; C Mullen 217; GF O’Brien 217; CH Tipping 208; S Grehan 201
Leading run scorers BA O’Brien 21765; KED Carroll 8054; JA O’Meara 7769; DF Byrne 6814; DO Tipping 5630; M Tariq 4675; D O’Brien 4229; C Mullen 3990; GS Guthrie 3595; CH Tipping 3022
Most centuries (highest in brackets): BA O’Brien 15 (117*); KED Carroll 13 (140*); KJ O’Brien 7 (154); P Collins 6 (120*); J Anderson 4 (139); DT Johnston 4 (168*); A Murphy 4 (127*); NJ O’Brien 3 (114*); S Milton 2 (152); A Stiles 2 (151*) and one each by G Carroll (104), T Copeland (116*).; KC Dempsey (106); T Fisher (106); N Fitzsimons (184); JR Green (100*); D Kapoor (109*); JAM Molins (171*); C Mullen (131); GF McDonnell (130); JA O’Meara (113); KP Tanham (112); DO Tipping 1 (121). Most in a season: P Collins 5, KED Carroll 3 (twice), J Anderson 3, KJ O’Brien 3.
Most fifties (not including centuries): BA O’Brien 145 (including 15 nineties); KED Carroll 45; JA O’Meara 35; M Tariq 25; DO Tipping 23; C Mullen 21; DF Byrne 21
Highest scores: 184 N Fitzsimons, v Merrion, Park Avenue 1961 (Cup. About 190 mins) 171* JAM Molins, v N. County, The Nevitt, 1999 (200m, 175b, 6 x 6, 21 x 4) 168* DT Johnston, v CYM, Park Avenue 2008 (163m, 123b, 11 x 6, 8 x 4) 154 KJ O’Brien, v CYM, Terenure 2006 (9 x 6, 13 x 4) 152 S Milton, v CYM, Park Avenue 1999 (181 mins, 24 x 4) 151* A Stiles, v Malahide, Malahide, 2017 (League. 149b, 4 x 6, 15 x 4)
Leading wicket-takers: NF McConnell 1033; JE Pigot 494; JA O’Meara 379; J Keogh 365; A Corcoran 359; AL Noone 328; JR Green 301; D Tanham 293; KP Tanham 286; M Whelan 281; M Tariq 259; E Hool 230; S Grehan 220; LA Bookman 194; KED Carroll 194; TJ Endersen 190; KJ 0’Brien 178; RK Whelan 177; GP Harvey 160; JB Colgan 159; B Donnelly 159; GF O’Brien 150
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Best bowling: 9-15 E Hool, v RHMS, Park Avenue 1919 9-55 A Corcoran, v North County, The Nevitt 1991 9-58 KP Tanham, v Leinster, Park Avenue 1950 9-88 NF McConnell, v YMCA, Park Avenue 1966
Wicket-keeping – most dismissals: DF Byrne 478 (224ct, 254 st); FJ Miller 158 (73ct, 85st); BA O’Brien 118 (83ct, 35st); P Byrne 91 (69ct, 22st); J Rogan 89 (76ct, 13st); C Divney 89 (72ct, 17st); S Milton 84 (47ct, 37st, + 9 ct in field); NJ O’Brien 76 (53ct, 23st + 6 ct in field); Sarthing F 52 (38ct, 14st)
Most catches: BA O’Brien 326 (inc. 83 as w-k); JA O’Meara 157; NF McConnell 141; KED Carroll 124; JR Green 103; GW Connolly 91; M Whelan 89; C Mullen 87; CH Tipping 83; GS Guthrie 79; GF O’Brien 79; M Tariq 79; DO Tipping 76; A Corcoran 72; D O’Brien 71 (inc. 1 as w-k); T Fisher 69 (inc 28 as w-k); FO Whelan 66; B Grehan 62; JE Pigot 62; A Murphy 61; J Mackenzie 57; GP Harvey 56; J Keogh 52; P Delany 50; KJ O’Brien 50.
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