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On behalf of all those associated with cricket in Ireland, I am delighted to welcome this magazi ne as the official Journal of The Ir is h Cricket Society_
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ALAN BU CHANAN, Patron, The Irish Cricket Society. CRICKET THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE IRISH CRICKET SOCIETY ON THE WAY Contents
BACK A Message from our Patron Alan Buchanan 1 Our Cricket Needs a Ruling Body M. N. A. Brennan 5 IT IS not possible 10 edi t this first Universities E. M. Power 7 edi tion of Irish Cricket without appre A Dream Come True Norman H. Lush 8 ciating the devotion to the game of The Guinness Cup S. K. Pender 9 some dedicated contributors. Reluctantly, several report instances Phoenix Squeeze Through to a Record M. N. A. Brennan 10 of fixtures unfulfilled. shortage of A Trophy to Bridge the Gap M. P. Ruddle 13 plu}ers. a dearth of coaches and even Revival in Galway J. F. Smith 13 of clubs closing down. Wh at must be recognised is thai If You Need a Bore Pick the Right One Henry Kelly I' cricket has had to compete with a vast Cricket in the North-West J. Caner 15 new concept of leisure occupation Cricket on the Inside Rev. Fr. P. Lavery SJ . 16 during the past decade. D. H. Donovan 17 It is a \alid criticism. I think. that The Battle is on to End that Apathy the game's administrators at Lord's Unity Through the Societies Ron Yeomans 18 were 100 concerned wilh the health of Welcome to the New Magazine 19 {he first class game. and finding Ihe New Sih"er Trophy (0 Honour O'Donnell 22 mcuns of artificial fertiliser at the top to worry about the forces chopping al The Aim of the Leprechauns Morgan Dockrell 23 the roots. The Irish Representative Team In Canada Donald King 2' Happily, the dangers inhcrCni in Northern Cricket Union 26 such a si tuation have now been widely recognised. For example. no longer Cork All Set (0 Mark up thai Century 28 will Loughborough College pass out physical training teachers with no knowledge of how to te,leh cricket. And yet. ex traordinary to relate. that was a situation which existed for some years. PUBLISHED BY Obviously it is far easier to set boys SPORTS PUBLICATIONS running round a field than to instruct LONDON them in cricket. which has a complex variety of arts unsurpassed by any PR1NTED BY other game. WILLIAM GIBBONS & SONS LTD Other significant udvllllces have been WOLVER HAMPTON made. too. through e\ery echelon of the sport but th:ir effect will take some EDITOR time to filter through. LAURENCE MUMFORD fhe point is that cricket is too great EDITORIAL PANEL a game 10 be the prerogative 01 the !\t.N. A. BRENNAN fa voured few. Assistant Editor Its heritage must not just be pre T. C. SEGRAVE s",rved but enlarged. But appreciatIon needs educatIon and Ihis is whe re I am sure the Irish Cricket Society can, and PICfURE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS- WIll, play its fu ll parI. GREG LEDWIDGE TOMMY COLLINS THE EDITOR THE SPORT AND GENERAL PRESS AGENCY LENSM EN
WELCOME TO THE NEW MAGAZINE see page 19 3 WHY CAN~T OUR VOICE BE HEARD AT LORDS?
TO ANY SlUdcnt of cricket the ad ministrative structure in Ireland is not the .mOSI ad\lUllagcous for the pro OUR CRICKET motion of the game in all ib facets in this country. No ruling body exists to control :mel administer the game on a national basis. NEEDS The provincial unions administer the game in their own :!Teas Lcinstcr in the Dublin ;ITea : Munster in the soulh By M . N. A. Brennan of Ireland: and The Nonhern Cricket Union in Ulster c .~cepl for Ihe area A Honorary Secretary. under the control of The North-West Cricket Union. The Irish Cricket Society. The sole function of the Irish Cricket Union is 10 arrange international fix RULING tures. Without a gmcrning bod}. Ireland is 1l0l a member of the International Cricket Conference. An} alterations BODY or changes to the laws of the game can be made b} the I.e.e. without refer For instance. the League competition Argentina. Brazil. Canada. Denmark. ence to Ireland. in Leinst..:r is pla}ed on a time basis East Africa. Fiji, Gibraltar. Hong The Irish cricket team i\ selected on while that in the ,,"orth is decided on Kong, Israel. Malaya. The Nether· <.In all-lrd:ll1d oasis with selectors from 0\ crs. lands. Singapore. Sri Lanka (Ceylon). the \<.Irious prodncial union ... making Yet when the nalional X I play ,LS the United States and West Africa. up a selection committee. The same Ireland. players from North and Soulh Why not Ireland? formula is used for creating the LCU. playas a unit despite the difference in All these countries attcnd the Inter Comrnitt..::e. The I rish Cricket Union their domestic backgrounds. national Cricket Conference held at has no control o\er any of the other Cricket in Ireland is now at the Lord's each July and submit proposals unions. cross-roads. Do we continue as we for con~ideration relating to various This situ:llion is wrong and it is have b..::en doing for Ihe past 50 years ,Lspecls of the game. generally agreed th,Lt a go\..::rning body or do we do something positive and Ireland's voice is nOI heard. Surely should admini~ter the game. create a Board of Con~rol for Cricket Ihis situation must be put right. As there is no directi H:. the \arious in Ireland? The necessary change can be made unions run matt..:rs a\ the} sec them. Forgetting :Lbout Test match· playing if the provincial unions wish to create but with no merall plan for the game countries the following ha\e est:Lb :1 governing body and thereby advance on a national basis. lished gm..:rning bodies for cricket: the game for the good of all in Ireland. SPORISGEAR (Ireland) Ltd.
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5 UNIVERSITIES
THE fl. 1AN "ho comed the phrase taking more than 40 wickets WIth his .. glonous uncertainty " to descnbe rm .. dium pace seamers . cncKet must surcl} ha."c had a uni\cr· Marathon Final The spinners, Alan McCully and sit) team HI mind. John D;l\cy. and pacemen Dcssie Kane In SCH:rat rc~pccts 1973 has been a delays a and Ernie Halliday each took more lyplCa l season, \\ Ith the IrISh ullIvcrSII) than 25 wickets a good team effon . mil'S rna~Hlg such uncertain progrc:ss Crothers. McCull). McGill and Kane thai all three hlllshed ncar the boUQIll Honeymoon all represented Ulster Town during the of \heir respecti\\! leagues. season. At Ihe same time, they ha\c had by E. M. Power Queen's path to the cup linal con their moments 01 glory. occa:.ionally tained much good cricket: a huge produclIIg performances of such score of 242 to beal Ballymena: a good ;luthonty and enthusiasm as 10 make Only John Silverstone was really ex tea m effort against Cliftonville; a fight them seem unbeatable. perienced. and often it was left to the ing 7th wicket stand bctween McCully Who would have cxpcc\<.!d Ih;.!\ a lower batsmen. especially John Shaw. and McGill to ovcrcome Banger: and Combined Unh crsilles Side y, ithout to raise a reasonable score. a real thriller of a semi-final when a bowler of regular Guinncss Cup ex In the bowling. seamers Shaw and Wocthale were ddeated by one wicket p.:: ricncc \\ Quld s~itllc 1I Leprechauns John Frankland did most of the with a four ofT the last ball. team including eight current inter· damage. Shaw. in fact. had an out nationals for a pallr} 66 at College standing all-round season and was RECOVERY Park? selected by Ulster Town on his return The final itsel f was a titanic stfuggle Who at the bcglllning of the .')cason to Belfast. l>prcad over IH e da)s because of fam. would ha ... c risked e\en a lOp bet on Queen's. by contrast. had one of their T he Uni\crsity balling fa iled in the the chances of Oueen') rcaching the most experienced a nd best-b:llanced fir:.! innings, only Farmer (40) and '1.C.U. Senior Cup linal and gi\lI1g teams of recent years and for the first Kane ()3) making slgnihcant con tri the miglll) \V ; lrin g~to\\ n the toughest three months virtually dominated butIons to the tOlal of 126. run they can remember'! Uhter cricket. "I he bowlers then struck back, and i>~jppc r Dcr} ck Harrison's 69 alone SPEARHEAD enabled \\'arlllgstown to gain a first TOUR TOl\IC A strong baiting line-up was spear Innlllgs lead of 29. Dublin Uni .. crsity h:ld :L particularly headed by Graham CrOlhers who. a l Gomg in aiain Queen's did much disarpointing i>eason. poor perform. though unable to recaplure last year's b..: tter. Led by an aggressive 48 from a nces in league ;1Ilt! cur courled with magnificent form, was st ill the team's <...rcthers they reached 166 for eight, dcfc;H b) both rival uni .. c rsi lies pre leading scorer wi th 1110re than 400 runs. setting Waringstown 138 to win. sCnicd a dismal prospect. although a His sudden rejection by the Irish AllY for IWO with 25 of their 60 successful end of tcrm tour \0 the South sdcctors can scarcely h:lvc been on overs gone they were in trouble, but of England did much to raise their grounds of ability. Jim Harrison hit a brisk 57 and they spirits. Other batsmen to shine were sklppef won by seven wickets. To fill th e gap left by two such able Alan McCully. Brian Hunniford. Philip No one was happier to see thc end players as Chris Harte and Michael Marshall and new c 0 III C r Robert of the game than Alan McCully- it Halliday was an almost impossible Fanner. who announced hi s arrival by had dclayed his honeymoon. task, and this year's captain Corrie scoring a century in hi s fo urth match. The tension a nd sustained effort of Halliday was regularly let down by his Five bowlers shared the allack , this match seemed to drain Queen·s. batsl11en. Bertie McGill was the most succcssful, colllillued 011 page 11 7 ;
A DREAM COME TRUE by Our President I ani \cr} pleased to hone [his Captain of The Jrish X J, opportunity to write !>O lllcthing for J. D. Dunbar. Secretary of the general publication in the lirst issue National Cricket Association, of Irish Cricket whic h will be Brian Taylor the English T est produced twice year!) by the sc\ector a nd from North America Irish Cricket Society. Donald King and John I. Mardar. When Ihe Irish Cricket Society was In conjunction with Jrish Shell and formed on Salurcl:,y. July lsI. 1972 B.P. the Society showed at the in SI. Columba's College where Leinster Cricket Club in February I have been running for scvcr;tl years of this year two films "The Summer a Cricket Society for th e boys Garno.;" and "Salute to Gary Sobers". 1 never drc.nned that the Irish All this goes to show that we arc Cricket Society would ha'vc grown not ent irely inactive! so rapid!) as to conlcmpl:!lC a The Committee of Ihe Irish Cricket maga,.inc in its first year of Society does a splendid job giving existence. The good wi~hes from freely of their time and frequently and support in mcmbcr... hip of so coming up wi th new ideas. many people has been most A. J. McCollum is the Honora ry encouraging :Hld so \\c fclt that ., Treasurer. S. S. Davies acts as journal such as this W:IS well wi thin Honorary Assistant Secretary. our scope. Morgan H. Dockrell writes splendid The At cricket- in business- or your personal financial affairs, you can depend on the team at the Northern for results. Our 'Captains' are called Managers, hand-picked by our 'Selectors ', called Directors for their all-round ability, both on and off the field to achieve results. Get on the winning team with the Manager at your nearest Northern Bank 8 THE GUINNESS CUP So goodfor unearthing talent BY DEFEATI NG Ulster Town by by S. K. Pender • 120 rUlls in their fin al match of the 1(7) lie'ISQn in [rchIl1U. Ulsh:r Country Crickel Correspol/del1l won the Guinllcss C up championship for a record third lime. The Irish Times Their previous successes had been recorded in 1967 and 1970. With live breeding ground for }t.:t another line current internationals in ~hcir ranks. international cricketer. they wcre by far the strongest-looking Ulstt.!r Country's bat~men did not let combination of the six competing teams sli p tht.! advantage thus gained by and their trophy success had been Elder. S,.an Pend,., anticipated by most cn:n before a ball Paddy Kavanagh and Roy H:!rrison \\a~ bo\\lcd in the competition. had a splendid opening sl:Lnd and with there was some lusty hilling from the Yet .... hilc th..: more dislinguishcd internationals h an Anderson imd Chris Harrison brothers. Ro} and Jim. members of the squad t.:cTlainly played Harte each undefeated wi th 20 and 21 Monteith and Alfie Linehan. At the their part 111 the exciting Illarch to resIX"'Cti ... cl) the winning runs came with end. ensuring the draw. anchorman ultirn\!lc victory it must be said Ihal only three wickets down. Harte was not oul 18, c\cr} pb}cr c:llke! 1ll"lOtl for dU I)' for Opposition of an unexpectedly So on to Dublin and victory by eight the the matches made ;1 '-Iluable COI1- deliant nature materialised from North wickcts o ... er South Leinster on August Iribulion to the o\crall dron. Wcst in the following match at 5. Waringstown on July 12th. Monteith was a different proposition OVFRWIII:.U.. IED So cautious \\as Ossie Colhoun. the altogether in this match. Against his Right a\\a} Ubter Country hit a \isitin£ captain. in timing his declara waspish spin South Lcinsler wcre all winning "tride when the} O\erwhclrned tion that Ulster Country were left onl y out for III. only Ian Lewis. Ken Hope. the hold..:r~. North Lein~ter, b) ~e\len a slim chance of forcing victory. Dessie Byrne and Stan McCready widet~ in Bclfa,t on M;ty 27. Sct 240 in 105 minutes. pl us the reaching double figures. Again~t the liery IXlce bowling of mandalory 20 o\t.!rs in the fi nal hour. In a back-up effort Elder accounted 21-ycar-ol{1 John Elder. North Lein~ter they wer..: 206 for 8 at the close a for twO of the other batsmen. were routed fOf 110. reply of considerable merit con~idcr· A 46 run partner~hip for the last ing the circumstances. UNDEFEATED wicket b..: tween Gerry l"l urphy (4H) and Though they lost Kavanagh at 17. R o~s Bunworth (6 not out) ;;.l\ell North RECORDS Ulster Country experienced lillIe Lein~tc r from uller hUllll]iation. The balling heroes for North-West anxiety in hitting off the runs. Roy Elder'~ lini~hil\g ligure, of 5 for 41 in their ;tll out total of 239 in 232 Harrison carried his bat for 52. Also \.\ere more tl1:ln de~..:n..:d. Int..:rnational minutes \\ere former international undefeated at the finish was Anderson D;I\ id Pigol. I'ergu:. Carroll atld Gcrr} Aubre) Finlay and wicket-keeper with 29. The day's work showed Ulster O'Brien \\cr~' bO\\kd. and Mike Ha1Ji n traordiu.Lry Ossie Colhoun. who in Country at their most masterful. d'l) and Doug Goodwin, two other 1973 sct up a record number of 61 Munster's opposition at Warings inll'm;Llionab, \.\ere bc'lt..:n by a lethal appcMances for Ireland. town on August 18 was ruthlessly swept mi,wre of pa..:e .tnd lift. In a record la~t-\.\icket Guinncss aside. Ulster Country declared at 2 18 With a \ ac.mc} for a third pm'c Cup p: lrtn er~h ip lhey put on 55 runs for 6 and then routed the Southerners bo\\kr in the Ir i~h te,lIll th ..: tall. ""'ell bdore Finlay was out for 80. for 64. of which international Pat built Eld..:r Iwd Maked hi~ claim in With 2 for 36 Elder was again Dineen hit 21. undl.'lIi;Lbk t<.;rl1l~ . among the \.\ickeb. but on a favourable The malch was featured by a superb It \\;I~ no ~urpri~e then when the pitch the babmen genaal1y dominated. 101 not out by Andcrson. He had follo\\ing day he \\a~ incl uded in the E ... t.!n Ireland's ace ~pinne r Dermot admirable support from Roy Harrison tcam to pia} W;I!':S in the openlllg Monteith came in for some rare punish (70). 11llerna~ional ma tch of the sea~on. ment. Finl:!y took SO Jll e handsome Considering the degree to which the No ~urp ri se eit her whc n he rctaincd bound;tri..:s. including six mighty sixes. batsmen were on lOp. Noel Giltenan his pl:I Ct.! for !.ub~cquent encounters o fT his bowling. returned for Munster creditable figures with Denmark. M.C.C. ;tnd Scotland. The Lisburn man had the last word of 4 for 85. He was a member. 100. of the IS-strong by ha vi ng Finlay stumped. but by that Also in good bowling form was playing squ:ld for the cnd-of-the-season time 104 runs had been slammed off Elder. In Munster's crushing annihi tour of the United Slates and C'lnada. his bowling for four wickets. lation he snapped up 4 for 14. Now Boldly Ub ter Country cha sed the on ly Ulster Town stood between BREEDI NG GROUND flIliS at great peril to thei r wickcts. Ulster Country and the co\etcd trophy. So the Guinness Cup COlllpetlllon. Before it became absolutely inevitable launched in 1966. had proved tht.! that the t,lrgct could nol be reached continued on page 20 9 I PLAYERS No. 6 SENIOR CUP when the Pembroke total was 164-9. Moriarty had batted splendidly for 30. As "ell as Halliday. Johnson (2 for 33). Stan Oal..es (2 for 36) and Freer (I for 39) were among the wickets for Phoenix squeeze Phoenix. whose fielding right thmugh was of an exceedingly high standard. Freer. D.:lvid Pigot. Harte Cox and StOln Mitchell were outstanding. through In the remaining time on the open ing da} Phoenix lost the wicket of Terry Neill for 25 out of 32. He took 16 off onc over from Glen Powell. who to a record W;IS nO! called upon again in the match. WRONG DECISION '! T hc winning of the toss and the By M. N. A. Bre nnan decision to bat first may havc cost Pembroke the trophy. Certainiy they had the worst of a drying wicket as further r:lin so dead PHOEN IX. Ireland's oldest cricket esp.::cially when they won the toss on ened it th:1I it W:lS more favourable for club. swept aside a ll the disappoint J uly 21 and took fir~ t use of a soft batsmen than bowlers. who also had wicket. ment and f rustration of 22 years of to cope with a soapy b .. lI. fruitless clldeu\our when they scored a With 42 runs scored and the open The second Phoenix wicl..et did not well-deserved victory by seven wickets ing pair. Ken Hope OInd Sandy Smith. fall until the score had rtOlched 79. over the holders, Pembroke. in the still together. there did not seem any Oakes. sent in as nightwatchman. 1973 Player's No.6 sponsored LcinSler reason for a rcvision of the odds. played an invaluable rolc. Senior Cup final. Yet inside un hour Pembroke had Oakes had pluyed onl} a few matches Despite the long gap since their lost six wickets fo r the addition of 52. for Phocnix and not so man) seasons previous success Phoenix now have A daring st:lIld worth 54 for the ago opened the innings for Derbyshire their name ~ n sc ri bcd 011 the trophy a se\ent h wicket betwcen AI:Il1 Parker seconds. rcoord nine limes in the 39 yca r ~ and Michael Moriarty pulled Pembroke When Pigot went for 43 with the history of the competition. from the edge of the precipice liS they total stitJ threc shon of 100. there was Last s ummer's fi nal a t Ra thmincs. punished every loose delivery and took a glimmer of hope for Pembroke. Bu t spoiled to no little degree for players snappy si ngles. that was their last cause fo r jubilation. and specta tors by in termittent showers Michael Ha ll iday. who had fu ll} By sensible batting in a tense lIt mos of th undery intensity. had to be ex exploited the drying pitch. had run out phere Murphy (40 not out) and tended inlo a second day. of overs. H is waspish spin. cunning M itchell (36 nOi out) s:!w Phoenix Even then, late that afternoon. the va riation of fl ig ht and p:lce and im home wi th still two overs remaining. wi nn ing rUlls came only shortly before peccable length had lu red out four A ll three Phoenix wickets had been the heavens once Jigai n unleashed their Pembroke batsmen. t:lken by spin bowler Joe Byrne for 43 wa tery conte nts. Only 20 runs had come o ff his 12 runs off his 12 overs. Considering th a t the game was so overs- a true testimony to the qu:dity In a match in which there we re keenly fought bctween delays a nd held of his bowling. several fine individual performances. such interest for a large a ttendance. to How Bria n Frecr. the Phoenix the Players No.6 ' Man of the Match' what heady heights might it have ca ptain. must have wished he could award deservedly "ent to Gerry ascended had the occasion been blessed have called on him :lgain as the ad van Murphy. wh:1c fo r the first time since by favourable weather? tuge slipped away from him. its introduction Ihe Pl:lyers No.6 award Certainly omens a re bright for the for the b.ltsman hitting the most si,es continued success a nd popula rity of STUMPE D ! was won. th is competition. Instead, though the greasy run-up in taking two shes off that O\er a na SO li WICKe t a id not sUll nb pace. .from the unfortunate Powell. Nei ll EVENTFUL he put hlmSC l1 on and wilh the hC IP ot clouted two b:llls into a ne:lrby garden. Si nce Player's No. 6 strengthened a magnlllcent leg-sioe stumplllg by On the way to the final Phocni>: had thei r sponsorship two years ago to wickel-Keeper Gerry Murplly bro ... e the defeated Merrion by fi\e wickets. coincide with the introduction of an stand. Carlisle by nine wickets and Leinster overs forma t based on G illette Cup ~tretch i ng forward to glance. Parker. by nine wickets. lines, the competition has each season then on 37. momentarilY lifted his bilCI.. Pembroke's victims were Clontarf b) been eagerly looked forward to by foot a nd Murphy had the bal ls olf III a six wickets and Old Behedere by four players and spectators alike. fl ash. "ickets. Thc} had received a bye in Even those who once doubted t he 1 h'!.t lightn ing piece of work by Ihe tirst round. wisdom of overs cricket have had cause Murphy meant lIlon: 1/1 t he long run To Clontarf's Ki eran Gleeson fell to change thei r minds. so exciting a nd to Ihe Phoenix victory drive than :Illy the distinction of scoring the only cen· eventful has becn the play not only in other si ngle incident III the ma tch. tu ry in the competition. He hit 10 i the fi nul in the last IwO seasons but Parke r, a player of trcmendous grit not out in a fi rst-round tic against also in every tie leading up to the il nd determina tion. was battlllg so con Dublin University. deciders. fidently thai it seemed he might neve r A ll in a ll . it was a most s u cces~ful In uny mOlt ch of 120 overs. fielding be out. !>eason and with Pla)ers No.6 sponsor and bowling play a n important pa rt. His pa rtner. Moriarty. W:IS out to ship 'again assured for 1974 more days On tha t count Pe mbroke were rated last bu ll of the 60 overs. also stumped of bright cricket and thri lli ng fcats warm favourites to reta in the trophy by M urphy. this time off Alan Johnson. seem certain. 10 two McGill was brought on to join him. In quick time the team were back in the pavilion for 66, Shaw finishing with silt for 17 and McGill three for 17. At the close of the first day the Unhersities led by 57 with nine second innings wickets in hand. On the second morning the students struggled again, but once more Jack Short stood firm. The Cork man was 30 not out when the last wicket fell at 82. The Leprechauns were ldl 10 score 135 in three and a half hours and this time baited with much more resolution. • Hope and Duffy put on 55 for the second wiCKet before Shaw removed Hope for 17. WIDE OPEN McGill bowled O'Riordan and Harte in rapid succession and then had Duffy Trams allli officials ill the /i;ClUfe Leprechallns .. Combined Universities of Irelalld _ 1973 caught for 44. so lhal at 73 for five Southern unj\ersitlcs to be IIIcluded. with an hour to play the match was UNIVERSITIES For the sake of the future of univer· wide open again. sit) erid.et in Ireland it is to be hoped Then S. D. Molins came in to play cOlllilllled from page 7 that some such formula can be agreed the decisi ... e innings. From the start he with the Federation. attacked the bowling and his 34 in for Ihe) 10M their remaimng six league cluded three fours and a six. game!>. horn "ing!> to paupal> hm.. Thoughts of the Irish universities selecting a joint team bring us to the His bold knock took the Leprechauns oltt:n It happens \0 a swdel1l team! to the brink of victory, and they won 1 he ~ew Uni\crstt) of Ulster, \ .. ho highlight oi our season the annual fixture between the Combined Univer· with three wickets and four overs to jjdd it lotaff'!>Iudcnt I..:am had an in spare. McGill finished with four for 36. difkn:nt sc;.:son. 'I he highlight of their sities of Ireland "nd Ihe Leprechaun:.. 1 his year's match took pla c..: at Another fine match proving that )car wal> their tirM-c ... cr match with there is no side in Ireland which the Tnni\y. an exciting g..1Il1C in Dublin College Park, Dublin in late July. and once again was an outstanding sport· Universities cannot meet on equal which lhe visitor:. won. terms. In the cup Ihey were less fortunate. ing social success. The Leprechauns. having been held On the social side, His Excellency going dO\\11 to the c\cnlual champions. the British Ambassador kindly invited Brigade. in a light first round game. 10 a draw I;lst year. fielded a particu larly strong side including eight of the ilil the plilycrs and officials to a cock· N.U.U. were capt:Lined by :.cam bow tail reception at his residence. This ler Da\id Hayes. younger brother of Iri sh party which later went to America. proved a most fitting climax, and all the illu:.lrioul> FranL O,lvid Eastwood. present would wish to thank Sir Arthur a statT member, had a good all-round Cialsworthy for his generous hospitality SL :.li>OIl, while Ihe leading babrHcn \\-erc en th is memorable occasion. ABSENT STARS Ahtn Peacock and John Hall. The Universities have a special role The Uni\ersities were hampered by in Irish cricket. Over the years they DISAPPOI' TMEI\ T the unavailabilit} of twO of their 1972 have been the nurseries where lIlany SlIlce 19i1 the tv.o Northern unih.:r stah\arts. John Scherstone and John top players have first shown their true ~i tle ~ lla\e been jointly sendlllg a Davey. but picked a useful side com potential. n... gional te;1I11 to the Britb.h Unl\er prising Graham Crothers (captam). They afC now co-operating as never s ilu: ~ Sporh I-..:.de ration cricket tourna Alan McCully. Berti..: McGill, Dessie before, but no matter how well they ment. Kane (all Queen·s,. Corrie Halliday, work together they must still rely In 1'171 the team had been high i) John Sha". John Frankland (Dublcn totally on the rest of the cricket com· succc~sfuL bemg placed tlurd bchllld Unhcrsit}). Alan Peacock. John I-Ial l. munity for their supply of players. It Odord and Cambridge. and it was the Da\'id Hayes (N.U.U., and Jack Short is \ ital that the message that student major dlsilppointl1lcnt of the season (U.c.c.). cricketers should play for their univer whl,.n they nad to wllhdr;tw from this Peacock subsequently withdrew and sity be spread throughout the country. )ear's tournament becau~ the) could was replaced by Philip Marshall of Far too many arc still induced not not raise u team. Queen's. 10 leave their old clubs. and arc thus With such :l 1>[11all pool of players Th..: Universities. balling tirst, strug denied a unique opportunity to improve to select from it is under... tandable that gled on a difficult wicket against the thei r cricket in a stimulating environ the effect of holidays. jobs, family accuracy of Goodwin, Duffy and M. ment. cornmitm!.llls and IIljurks should Halliday. Only a masterly 51 by Short Just as a university needs good occasiomdly so erode the numbers as enabl ed Crothers to declare at 118 for scholars to keep academic standa rds to Ill"ke particip;ttion impossible. nine after 76 overs. high, so a university cricket club needs To guarantee a strong team from this An astonishing two hours followed every good player there Ito keep its side of the Irish Sea il is necessary to during which the talented Leprechauns cric keting standard high. \,.xlend the scope of selection. and many were routed by excellent medium-fast Only by doing thal can the univer favour a system which would enable bowling. sities continue to make their full con players from T r i nit y and other Shaw began the slide and at 41 for tribution to Irish cricket. (I YOUTH CRICKET A trophy to bridge the gap by M. P. RUDDLE I N THE Autumn of 1968 Ihe com stances beyond the control of the mith:c of the Irish Cridcl Union organisers. it was deemed prudent in considered an "AII Irdane!" "Under 1972 and 1973 to run the competit ion 19" competition. on a regional basis. i.e .. Northern The object was to bridge Ihe gap Region: North West: Ulster Town between school and dub- ;wel [hereb) and Ulster Country and Southern ensure [hal teenagers were not lost to Region: Munster. Sou th Lcinster ;.Inc! the game. North Leinsler with :1 play-off betwecn As a result. a meeting was called in the two Regions. It is hoped \0 revert Fcbruar}. 1969, of reprcscntati\cs of to the original format next year. Ihe section, forming the Guinncss Cup Tony RobertsOIl - Pr~sidenl, Irish Cricket Union competition. It \I,IS agreed that pro The winners so fa r arc: 1969. North vided .sponsorship could Ix found. a West: 1970. Ulster Country; 1971. competition on similar lines to the I\orlh Leinster and Ulster Country: North Wcst. while losing three of Guinncss Cur "ould be pb}ed ;JOeI 1971. South Leinster and 1973. Ulster Town. their matches. neverthelcss put up a fixtures were dul~ arranged. Messrs. Jc}CS (In:l:Hldl Ltd .. agreed The 1973 competition was J..eenly fine show losing two by one wicket and two wickets. 10 sponsor the project and presented a contested and the /in:d was played at Munster had a poor season. being cup bearing their name and ~uhsidiscd Downpatrick whcrc Ulster To\'.n beat Ihe comrctilion for four ) ears. South Leinster in a \\ell foughl match. severely handicapped by only one It \vas their first win in Ihe corn· school playing serious cricket. RfGIONAL petition and wcll descned. as thcy were I understand that two more schools a \\ell balanced side. arc reviving the game in earnest next The 1973 season saIl new !>ponsor yeM. which should reap dividends in ship when the Jrllern:lIion:11 Wool Their captain. Jami)On, made 100 not out again.st North Wc~t .md was the years to come. Secretariat. in conjunction with Peter In most areas. dubs arc giving more Tail. prcl>enled a troph} J..nown a~ the the rir ~t cen turion ~ince thl! lirM year :Iltention to "under 19 " cricket. but WoolmarJ.. PelCr Tail Trophy of the competition when Moan of Youth cricJ..ct owc, mudl to these North West made a century against there arc still a few lagging in this Munster. respect. firms. as without Ihcir !inancial sup It is essential that greater and more porI. the competition would ha\e been South Leinstcr werc a Iso wei I blilanced and won a ll thei r matches in positive effort be made. as it is from the imrxmiblc. r.mks of these boys that the Irish inler Much benetit has :!ccrue(l from the the Southern Region. national venture. as many boys haw graduated teams will be built in the Ulster Country were unforturl:l te in future. from the "under I L fO R: H. TiK"~. A. McGrath. F. S),IIIIOII, R~~. Fr. I', LQ)'er),. S. J .. IV. Ryall, C McGrUlh, R. H. C. WOlers tOx/ortl UlliL'ersily (lml Sussex) Cooch at Q cOQChing session in 'he new indoor IIl'f$ at Bf'/l't(kre Collt'gt'. Dllb/ill, The nCl[ing is nylon and is doubly CRICKET ON THE rei nforced on the sides and [he middle. The whole structure hangs on nylon cords and can be moved back on pu"cy'~ to the end wall. There arc 1"0 lanes and the netting comes out to a INSIDE distance of 60 feet. The height is about twenty feCI thus gi\ ing the sIO\.\>cr bowler a chance 10 Oight the bal/. by Rev. Fr. P. LA VERY S.]. Behind the bowlers is an "end I1cl" thus allowing the batsman to "slog" the ball in any direction as hard as he can. COACHING in cricket, p:lTIicularly O'Riordan the Irish Captuin "Thou The playing surface is composed of to YOlJng people is a long. arduous two lengths of Recticle each 20 yards business. The Irish climate docs not sands of runs were scored and very few wickets wac taken". long which :lre I'lid on the sprung /l oor help. panicularly in the early pan of , of the sports area. This gi\es a ccrt:dn the season. To prodUce the good bats_ bounce which encourages the bowler man or bowler is 110 easy task and but causes lilile fear 10 Ihe ba tsmen. demands long hours of dedicated work. The non-slip surfae~' of fhe play area For years we in Belvedere College affords the bowler a very good fOOl grip. have dream('d of being able to provide Incidentally the wear on cricket balls indoor facilities for games esJ)t."'Cia lly is minima/. cricket. Being a centre city school with The lighting is c\ en brighter than no playing tield around us Ih!! need normal daylight and this clfect is by was even greater. neon and sodiUm lights there arc no At last our d ream has been fulfilled. shadows. The heating and \entilation We arc nearing the complelition of a system Operates from Ihe roof thus en new sports area which we hope will suring wa rm and fresh air at all times. fill Ihis long fe lt gap. In this area we It is to be hoped that this new hope to provide physical education for amenity in Irish Cricket \\ill help 10 the boys plus a wide choice of indoor raise the standard in the game general acti vit ies; basketball, volley _ bal/. ly .lnd that under the ('"\;ptrl guidanc(' tennis, badminton and squash. Con tiguous with this sports area is a 25 , of our coach Mr. Robin Waters lovers metre swimming pool with viewing • of the game wi ll avail of it to the full. ga lleries. etc. To end on a personal note I am Already we have made SOme use of pleased that I won't h:1\e to stand in the indoor cricket nelS and they have a net on a cold :tnd wcl April afternoon been greeled with enthusiasm by all plcading with some young b;lISIl1:ln to who have played in them. The Irish get his toe to thc pitch of the bait! Cricket XI got together for two nights Perhaps our vcn ture will encourage R. H. C. WaIn, shows COli A1cGrath lilt! others to provide similar facilities for before their cu rrent tour of Canada correCt forward defensirt! su olce ....atch!!d by and the United States and were loud H. Tigh!!. A . McGrath, F. SynllOlt and this great game of Cricket. in praise of them. To quote Alec W. Ryall. at lh!! n!!w indoor criclce! scllool at Patrick Lavery. S.J .. Gamcsmaster Befl-ed!!r!! Colfeg!!, Dublin. Belvedere College, Dublin I. I. MUNSTER CRICKET The Battle is on to End that Apathy by D. H. DONOVAN Pal Dim'en - Sior Munster pla)·er for 'he pas' 8 yeor:f M U i\' S T E R CR leKET fortunes \\as not always easy for some of the nuclUated in 1973 and I prefer to d~ell boy!> to par!icipate in club games. Mitlleton College and Harlequins on the rcak~ rather Ihan the troughs. Underlying our trouble!> also i!> Ihe co ul d not cornnletc their fixturcs. Our best Guinness Cup performance ~ad '1tate of schools cricket. Midlelon The competition was. therefore. cut was agaHl~t 'orlh Lcin~ter at thc College alone played with any regu to five leams playing only four games Mardyke in v.. hich \\c go"'-!'! nothing kl rity bul there were sign~ of a revival each an altogcther inadequate :Iway to one of the best sides in the in n'Uldon Grammar and we :.tlso ha\e ~chedule. competition. and managed an honour· hopo:s of Ihe ne\\ Ashton Comprehen The finalists for the junior cup were able draw. sive School (formerly Cork Grammar). Church of Ireland and Bohemians and Of the remaining games. wcather An innov:.ttion was a Junior Inter· rain prcvenled any play on the date pn!\Cnled pl:,y against i'orth Wel.{ and pro\ IIlcial against 'orthern Cricket oril!inally allotted. Ulster Town while \\c succumbed Union which we loq by nine wickets. Cork County. who do not plllY in heavily to South Leinslcr and Ulster r he '-lorthern team wcre far strongc:-r competitions. Iwd a moderately good Country. anti more accustomed to overs cricket year under a mOSl popular captain These defeats \\CTC attributable to the basis on wh ich the match WOlS Brvan O'Donnell. Some of the fixtures poor baning. played. were lost in rather disappointing The only performance of nOle was This fixture was the first represent fashion but the side were a happy one that of Pat Dineen when he scored a ;lIi\e game played at Cork's second in consequence of the captain's fresh fine 47 ag:,ins! South Leinslcr whi le the ground Harlequin Park and. one aporoach to the game. rest of the side fell to leg spin bow ling. hopes. II ill be thc forerunner of many In early August the club embarked This innings earned his n.:c,tli to thl.! more. on a brief lOur of South Wales wh ich Irish team for the fhturc against The junior fixture with Lei nster at proved most enjoyable. M.C.C. at Lords but. unfortunately. Lismore OI]SO resulted in a loss but was In effeet. Cork County can calion he failed to ret:lin the confidence of much closer. the best pl:tyers in Munster and pro Ihe selector:; ag:lin~1 Scolland al Ihe vide a standard wen above that of our Mardyke and his omission was a greal SO CLOSE senior league. disappointmcnt to local followers. The ~e ni o r league was \\on descned Cricket in Munster is beset by lack Eventually. we did have an interest I~ by Church of Irelund. From a play of public interest yet the usual ha rd in the game for John Whil\aker. as 12th ing poinl-of-\iew the team's superiority core of genuine players and non man. fielded throughout both Scol1ish was probably marginal but. in thcir players helped us through and the innings in competent fa shion and took approach to each fi xturc. the members international fi xtu re was an undoubted the fina l catch of the game. shO\led thernsehes to be much the best success. org;Ulised :.tlld most cnthusi:lstic side As will be $!athered inferior baning. SAD STAT E in the competition. the result of lack of coaching. is our One could hardly pass mer the As expected. John Wills (ex.Phoenix) maior problem. Scol\ish Ihture withoul reference 10 prmed a mosl useful acquisition and Therc aTe a number of reasonably DermOl Mon teith's rnarvellou:; per stiffened the bowlinj!. considerably. good and wi lling pace bowlers in the formance for Ireland. A:; bowler and The o nly side likely to check c. 1. province but top·class spinners are batsman he provided tremendous ..... ere Wanderers who can boast of Pat non-existent. cntertainment. The game itself was Dineen and Paddy Tynan. the two most At Guinness Cup level our fielding always interesting and illustraled the aggressil'e batsmen in Munster. How. improved. which was a welcome de allr:lctions of three-day m;lIches \ is-i! e\er. they l:lcked a John Wills. velopmC)lt. vis "instant cricket" with its succession Bohemians. Harlequins and Sh:lI1non We must. thereforc. participa te fully of pace bowlers. side were nCler in the hUn! but all in the LCU:s schemc for wtoring Our Woolrnark Petl!T Tait youth had their momenb. prospective coaches :IS the presence of team had a wretched season and could II was Shannonside's fir !> ! season and suitably qualificd people at net prac only muster approximatcly 200 runs in Ihe dub made a mOSI wclcome addition ticc would be of inestimable value. four fi:o;tur1!S. to the local scene winnin!! the Cork Cork County celebrate their cen All Ihese were lost a biller di s County/ Ini tial Services • six-:.t-side' tenary ncx t year and plans arc wcll appointlllent to Ihe boys thelllsch es tournament. advanced for an ambitious schedule and. of course. to their manager. John fhe junior league was won by lis of fixtures :lnd olher events. Levis. who wen l to considerable Irouble more who wcre vi ctorious in th ree of We must hope that this factor will in arr.mging practice se~sions. their four fi xturcs and lost lhe fourth also help dispel the apathy with which Our lack of success ""as prob:l bly by one run. A disappoinling feature talented ones approach this thc grealest due to insunicient match practice as it of the compctition was that two te:IlTI S of games. 17 I UNITY by RON YEOMANS Chairman THROUGH The Council of Cricket Societies put in to the Council than what the) can e)! tract. THE 1 hl' bringing together of repreScllta, tl\I..S of the man} cricket sOC letics. which arc con:.tiluc/ll mcmbl..rs. :It meetings twice a year at dllfercllt \enues when idc;ls h:l\e been e)!. SOCIETIES chang.:d and older societic~ ha\e helpcd the newer ones, has been of grca! \:JHle. But il i:. Hot thc policy of the Council ROil )'t'olncms.I!"t'51 spf'tlkt'r lri;h Crickt'l to dictale to socielie~ Whill they should Socit'lv illllllgllrlllll/l't'liIlC. do. Gui ALL MAKES OF NEW CARS SUPPLIED GOATSTOWN. DUBLIN 14. LARGE SELECTION OF QUALITY USED CARS PHONE 987166 Modern Service Department - Electronic Engine Tuning ------18 WELCOME TO THE NEW MAGAZINE Message from the President of the Irish Cricket Union On behalf of the Irish Cricket Union. I welcome this new magar.inc. " Irish Cricket", I understand it wi ll be published twice yearly and will report on cricket throughout Ireland. [ would like to take this opportunity of congratulating the Irish Cricket Society all Ihis new I'enture. and I wish the magazine evcry possible success. A. B. ROBERTSON, President Ireland tor the Photographt« at th~ /rhh Crirktl Sacitly Inaugllral DinMr 1r~/d in Trin;ty Calltg~ DubUn an January 111h /973. L to R, MirhatlBrrnnan, Aidan Cra.O'/q M.8.E .. Mor1an Dockrrll, Sir World Cup? John Ptck K.C.M.G., Norman H. LlIxh, Stfwyn Davitx, Alan McCollum, Dr. Alan Burhanan Congratulations 10 the Irish Cricket idea so Ih,l\ Ire gospel of cricket and I AM delighted to !..now that the Socict) nO( only on producing the Irish Cricket Socict} i1) publishing a Cricket Societies can be spread. fiist of wha t I hope will be many I feel sure the new magazine, like rnaga/inc rclatinj.!. to crfc l.. cl in Ireland. Society mag:lzincs. but a lso on a As Pn.:s idcnt of The Cricket Socict} in eler)thing else the Irish Cricket I\onderful fi rst )CilT as a Cricket England ,iIld Chairman of the N:l tional Society has tackled. wi ll be a SOCiet). As I h,l\ e written elsewhere wonderful success. CriCket Association I \\dcomc it most you arc a shining example to warmly and cornrn o.:nd it to " II cricket anyone thinking of starting up :, RON YEOMANS. lo\ crs. The Irish le,Llll acquitted itself Cridet Society and leI us hope Chairman. well in England thi s last SUlllmer and Ihere :Ire many people: with this I look fo rwa rd to thc day whcn not The Council of Cricket Societies. o nl y th~ M .C.C. but nl;lny olher Engll~1I club sides rc~ume their \ i~ils to Ireland. They arc a~~ured of good 'ride! and rn o!'>t generou!'> hospitali!). From a From Lords , . , If the 1975 One-da) World Cup is a s ucccs~. wh) not an Irish learn for the Test Selector second one'! On their pr..~!'>ent ~howing Irish cric~eler\ might spring man) 8 Hill\lhorne Gilrdcns surpri sc!'> Ma rylcbone Cricket ClUb. Hockl ey Lo rd's Ground. AIDAl\. C RAWLFY. M.B.E. Essex. London. Ilr..:sident. The Cric~..:t Soci..:t) Mr. M . A. N. Brenniln. NW880 N. Chairman. Irish Crid.. et Societ). September. 1973. '.lIion;1I Cric~el A~so(:ialion . Dublin S. 19th September, 1973. I ;Im deligh ted to hal'e the opponunity of contributing a short Dear Michael. message to this new publication. I cannot let thi\ opportunit y p:t~ s I fed sure it wi ll do a great deal 10 "ithoul a few \Ionh regarding the tir ~t stimulate and strengthe n the rublication of 1he Irish Crid.et Society en thu ~iasm for the game which I know Mag'lIine. to be of considerable strength a lready It is ,d1h Ihe ~ nowledge of Ihe work in Ireland. I am especiall y pleased done by }OU :IIHI )our many colleagues to sec Ihal funds raised from the in Ihe in l e r e~1 of Iri ~h Cricket that I sales of " Irish Cricket" will be used wish )Oll good luck in this ,ll1 d for the good of youth cricket in c\er}thil1g you do for the continued Ireland a nd naturally wish every succes~ of the ~oc i e l Y and its ~ucee~s to this e nterprisi ng new m:!gaZlne. lenturc. Yours sincerely. S. C. GRIFFITHS. OR IA ,I TA YLOR. Secretary. M.C.C. I. THE GUIN ESS CUP lidding in all rile lIlateho:s wa\ of an pla}ed a plc;lsing b!end of defence ,lI1d I c>;tr..:rncly high ~ 1 :lI1d:lT(I, I\ilh Ander alliLcl. col/l;lIl/eel from ptlge 9 son. Elder, Linehan. Harte and the Anotho:r o f tho: scason's nl!WCOll1er~ Harri ... ons r:lrticul .. rl) out,wnding. 10 imprl!ss "as 5I;Ln Mitchell. On hi~ Of the olho:r compctitors, Ulstt:r debul he hit 41 for \!orth Lo:inMo:r Town ddo: .. led South L..:inSlo:r by six 'l!.!aLtl~t Munster, T he crunch match t oo~ p!:tce at Illcl ct ... 'orth-Wo:st b} 35 runs. Ilenl - In Ih", 1\Iorth Leinstcr lOla I of 199 Li~burn on Augu~1 27. Contirrnlllg the dO\ln to \!orlh L t:in~to:r b} thr..:c for 9 O·Riordan lIas lap scorer with .\IuprCIl1C form Ih\:y had ... ho\~ II through Ilho:n r..lun~ter lIas abandoned 1II IhoUI 67 . out Ihe r.:Orllf"':ti l ion. Ubll'r Courltr) a ball being bO\lled! For MULlSlo:r 'Jad.: Short /J(l) and won b} 120 TUIIS, ULste r '1'0\\11 al no \!orth·\Vest ~at South I eil1\lcr b} Pade!} T) nan OOl hailed sturdily in a ~/;Lg\: loo!..ed like adli\:\ jug the ~ucccss ro:p l} of 114 for 7. Michad Hallida} Ih..:y i1cc,h:d to \\ in Iho.: competition. tlm.:o: IIil'lo:t ... , d rO:l1 with i\or(h I.o:in ...to:. an{1 tho:ir 111:II.:h Ilith Murhl ...·r II:h chippi r.lg in wilh 5 for 53 ;Jlrno~1 10 Again Ub(cr Coulltry's babllll.'l1 .. II IIlg Ihc match Nort h Lo:imter\ Ilay. applicli thcl11M!he:. 10 Ihe t:ISJ.. so en. :llsa wa ... lio:d o ut: ' orth Ldllsto:r dT ...·\1 Ililh Munsler :Iud South Leu1.'>to:r: For South Leinsto:r Brcnd:1Il O 'Brien, Ihusia,>licdl) that with rUlls nowing Ian '-o:wis and Slephen Molin.'> carllO: fred) a tkduralion wa ... pol>siblc at South Ll!iu~to:r sllampo:d Munsto:r b) good with the b:11 in ~11I or ~omo: fOf 124 runs. 15) O. matches. And.:rl>ol1 on [hi). \ ilal occ;lsion Tllo:s..: nl>ll.:ho..:<.; al ... o produced se\o:r:11 nmct! in "lib !(:! and ttwre wefl' other nO\iLbk indi, idu,ll kats. 111 Uhler Though he had an aggr:l\aling habit \alu;!hk col1lril:m(iorh frOIll Dcr)cl.. Town's \\in O\o:r South Leimler, Ilho of being run out. Molins again ,haIled Harrhol1 (601. Ro) H.lrrison (4 ..n and wo:re all OUI for 9J. Cork" tool 4 for Ilhat :111 'I!lracti,\.· ... trole-maler he i~ Lindl:ln (29), I ~ :.nl! lIas pcncilkd in b} the ~dO:Clor, Ililh good SCOTO: ... III all comrx-tilion~ Till' O,(ord Uni\crsil) pla}cr. Simon :lS :In Irdand Pro'jlt:l·t right through Ihe ... tHl1l1ICr. Corl .. u. wa, the be" Uh.ler 1 0\\11 bo\\ Ken Kirlpatricl. tho: captain, Ilho In South Lcin~ter\ 101,,1 of IllS for ler wilh J for 62. bmdo:d Ilell III alt outing .... lool .~ for 8 do:cbred ac.amst 'orlh-West ho: had reached 57 ~ind Ila, batt inc. '0 "ell AI Olll' point 8-1 for t. UI,tcr TO\\lJ 1J Ilith his off-'pil1lll'r, on thi, thai he ... eeillcd on hi~ II :i} to hi~ .,Iumped di'aproinlingl) to IJJ a" out. ()(,·casion . Once tho: Gr:lham CrOlha,>-BIlh ('oolo: In Ihe Ilin olo:r \onh-,,~·,t Kirl. c..:nlur) II hen rUIl OUI. Le\\ I'> hil 63 in thi .. match. ... I,md (or Iho: ~el'ond II klO:I had bo:t:n p:lIricl capturo:d 3 for 10 but 1\lIh 6 In 'orth·\V\.'sl·... "innillg repl) of brolo:n lillk mor... ' \1<1' fonh~'oming. for 43 John Cr:L1g mack the biggo:r Schools' inlernation:11 tl lichad Lumb impact. .:!OO for 7. Tomm} Harpur "as top ,ho" ...·.! Ilh:lt il gre;1I fUluro: h ...· has bl A!!ainst 'orth Ldlhtl!r tho: formo:r scorer "ilh 48. Murra} contributed 41 Idling 4 for :!:!. - inlo:rn,lllonal ag'lln d'lllm'd threl' Ag'IIIl.'>1 \Iun .. ter. tllolim IILI 40 and A 'af...- prediclion b Iha' Ihi ... IS-}O:i1r wideh, }o:t Ilith I rdand'~ t·artain. II ilh O'Bricn and Joe O} me ahn hil old raco: bOIl kr II III .. oon be "";Irring Alo:c O'Riordan. Gar} O'Brien. ling out bold I} III lnocl .. of 58 .llld 47 for Iho: full into:rnalion,1I X I. I\lonlt:ilh D0uI!io: GOOdl1 in and End;1 I\1cDl'r rl'",pLctlll'l) a do:daration Ila .. made .11 also grahlxd four wielt:h, his cO.'>ling '11011- in line fo:llk. \ol"lh I eilhier got ~Of1 for 7. in r.:rl} 10 \Ihich MUl1'>I0:r 5.:! run .... hOllll' b} thrl'l' II iclO:h. Ill'ro: :111 OUI for 8.:!. Dino:en o:arning 11L~ To a total of n for 6, Gerr} I\ lurph) IIlt(' rnalional ro:call IllIh a lighling 47 l-I ELTER • SKFLTER suhscribed 34 for i\orth I o:in~tcr before being bOlllo:d b} :1 ball \~hich lo:pl 10\1. No olle could b""grut North-Wo:q. In Iho: 'onh· Coulliry Iho:ir lrorh) ... ucn·...... While W ...·~t"s inniuc. ... of ~18 hlr 6 tll'dared, Whik tho:ro: "'\;I~ nothing al ~t:lh Iho:y l11"y h:l\ ...' ",O:l'lI1nl in .. Ol11l' lbn).!l'r Iho:ro: 11:1 ... ~1~klldi~1 batliug from !loh Ilho:n thO:I cI:lsho:d. the match bo:twO:l!11 Iho: tllO ,idc .. 11:1 ... aile of the w1!h only IWO wit'lO:ls standing :llld i\ luI"T 20 I NEW SILVER TROPHY TO HONOUR O'DONNELL EAR LI ER Ihi~ year the death occurred of one of the most dedicated and resl>ccled men in Irish crickel-A. A. O'Oonnell. Allen was well known for his COl1lribUlion 10 the game. nOI only WiTh his !>elm'cd ClolllarrOulr-hc "as Ihe prime 1110\"cr in Ihe acquisition of the International ground at Castle A\'cnuc in 1958--but also al interprovincial and inh"rnalional ]c\"cI. HUNTERS O'Donnell was a past president of the Leins!cr Cricket Un ion and up 10 shorlly before his death. was a member of the Irish Cricket Union selection commiUl'C. CtontllrfCrickc\ Club felt Ihat the work which Allen O'Oon nel1 had performed in Ihe ~cr.-icc of Irish cricket was wOTlhy of special recogn ition and the commiUL'C began working on a suitable (Limavady) memorial l)mjce1. "";Ihill <;ome wee ks of AlIen's death. At the begi nning of the 197] ~I.'asun the club approaeht.'d thl.' executive committce of t he Lt-instcr Criekl.'t Union with a scheme to replace thc exhting Cup award{'(1 to the winners of the Lei nster Sen ior League. This speciul (mard would bl.' known as thl.' All en O'Donnell Lcinstcr Senior League Trophy. LTD. The L.CU. E){cl.'utive appro\'ed the idea and the design and so thb year the nt.'\\ Irophy will be gracing Ihe club.house of the League winners. The trophy is a magnificent replil.'a of a SI.'I of SlUmps. bails and a ball. worked in siller and Illollnled on a mahogany pli111h. The o\erall height is al)proximatl.'ly twenly.one inches. The plinth is inscribed y,ith thl.' names of all the pr{'\'iolls y,·innen (If the Lcinster Senior League sinec its inception III ]919. The troph)' is undoubtedly a significant addition to the man~ MILLERS fine pril:es y,hich are oolll]X'ted for in leinSler crickct and represents a litting tribute to a man y,hose work for the game earned him the friendship and rt'Spcct of cricketers all over Ireland. BAKERS The Allen O'Donncll Leinster Senior Lt-ague trophy will be formally l)rl'SCntl' Are You a Member of TH E IRISH CRI CKET SOCIETY? For an ann ual subscription of only £5.00 you arc offered: * Monthly meetings addressed by noted cri cket personali ties. * Regul ar Films on cricket. * The News Bu lletin: Ten a year. * The Magazine of The Irish Cricket Society : twice a year. MARKET STREET * An Annual Dinner with famous guest speakers. LlMAVADY Why not Jom now? For detail s brochure co. LONDONDERRY, N. IRELAND and application form write to: Phone Limovady 2244/ 5 The Honorary Secretary, M. N. A. Brenn an, "Margretta" 364 Tonlegee Road, Du blin 5. 22 The Aim of .he leprechauns G&l by Morgan Dockrell Crampto~ The Leprechauns Cricket Clu b was fo unded by the Jate Cha'rlcs Bowlby. • and came in to being oniciall y on December 16. 1948. At this meeting rhe main aims and stand ing of the club were laid down. These were (I) ThaI the Leprechauns Cricket Club sho uld have no connection with any Cup, League or other com peti tions. Morgan Dockrell (2) The Club's especial interest wou ld it assures all members of a "fair crack lie in fostering the game of cricket of the whip". It also considerably in the colleges and schools through eases the burden of arranging sides. out Ireland. and among younger (;Speciall y when all members co players giving them the opportunity operate. of playing with or against ex A fea ture _of Leprechauns is that it perienced players. caters for the occasional cricketer. the (3) To arrange matches with well .>on of pla}er who docs nOI find 1\ known cross-channel sides bring possible or perhaps eH!n convenient to ing new cricketing blood to Ireland. play regular club cricket at the \Veek (4) To have no connection or afHlia end. Thus. many who would otherwise tion wilh the Irish CrickCl Union be lost to the game arc sti ll involved in or any Provincial Union, but at the It to some ex tent. same time to work in every way The lirst President of the Club wa!o with such unions. Sir Stanley Cochrane. Bart .• a greal (5) To rollo'\V the lines laid down by p Building & Civil Engineering Contrac tors Main Dealers: BlIlIsbridge, Dublin 4. Telephone 680691 MORRIS· M.G. ' WOlSElEY · JAGUAR Telegrams "Foundation" Dublin. CHUR CH PLACE,. UPPER RATHM lNES, DUBLIN 6. TEL. 974888/975693 23 I The Irish Representative team WE ARE ;I\var\! Ihal man) IJ\!rsons ov~ r seas do nO! know to \\h:1I C.\ (CIlI and H:ll Gould. Their collectj \e efforts cricket is PI;I) cd in TorOlll o. where helped 10 prolong the Canadian innings (here arc 1.000 :.cli\c crideters. All in Canada which lasted 4 hours. 17 minutes. by three matches played wcre drawn. which time Elder's back was troubling Sadly. illness and injury tool. toll of SEPT 10-17th 73 him. Goodwin. O'Riordan and Duffy the Irish p;rrly from Ihe start. Both were. understandably tired and Ire land Roy Torrens and John Elder suffered dccided to bat again. Inexplicably. muscular prohkrns. The forl11('r and by DONALD KING however. the Irish second innings was P:llrick Dineen. were unablc to play in cOlnpletely devoid of any form of en a si ngk: match in TorOlllo :lnd John Canadian Cricket Association terprise. After 2 hours. 15 minutcs. Elder left Ihe liefd for good the third forty-fivc of which were on Ihc third day of the rcpr..:scnlmivc mmch. kaving played a team of TorOIllO based West morning and in which Ireland scored his side wi th only four bowlers. Indian cricketers who rc ndel"ed a ollly 106 runs. thc declaration was Ivan Anderson and Jim Hllrrison remarkably good a('count of them ;Ipplicd. leaving Ihe Canadian X I to bore the bulk of the responsi bility for selves. A ftel" having been S3 fOI" I, score ~:22 runs to win in 5l hours. As n1;Jking runs with support from a variety their batsmen found the Irish bowling it was. th e Canadian batsnicn not only of colleagues. The Irish bowling con. spearheadl..-d by Douglas Goodwin. a played more in keeping wi th their Slilutcd much more of u Ihreat than rare handful. being dismissed for 128. normal form but the} put up a Ill OSt their balling with Douglas Goodwin Ireland. unaccustomed to the pitch, dogged and spirited fight. Even so. at • creating an excelknt impression. Cana found themselves in more trouble than 35 for 2, th ings did not e.x'lcll y look di a n batsmen declared him an excellent they may han,! bargained lor. There rosy but Onille Hinds. a \\esterner and bowler who maintained li vely pace and were no o ut '> landing batting perform fonner Canadian Colt Bria n Iggulden accuracy whi lst varying his cut cleverly. ances and Oswald Calhoun and John added 58 for the third wicket b) Elder had to play oUI the lasl 1\\0 m-crs cauti ous. th oroughl~ sound batsman to save the malch. Ir('land e nding with ship. thus pa\ing the v.ay for a lina1. 120 ror 9. unbroken stand of 75 b) Leonard September 12th: a gloriously clear. Hin richsen and Co\ey Carter. Iwo warm da). found Ivan Anderson at his e"trelllely competent and determined best. He showed what a superb st roke pl:l}ers. Link by little the g:lme slipped pla}er he is. the Irish total of 191 bei ng awa} from Ireland. Thin) minutes largely due 10 his elegant 68 and a before time. Alec O·R iordan conceded dogged. supporting knock by Jim the match as a draw \\ ith the Canadian Harrison. M ichael Halliday and John XI IS] runs behind \\ith six \\ickets Elder added 28 runs for thc hlst wicket. in hand. The 1I1.11ch \\'as rnuch enjoyed Toronto had their own troubles against b~' particip,HlIS and spe('t,rtors alike. an attack in which Goodwin. Elder and ··Visitors from The Emera ld Islc··. the Halliday played promincnt roles. Due C:llladian Crickct Association says to the stubbornness of Nos. 9 and 10, ., Than/., you for h:1\ illg corne t6 visit Toronto were able to play out time with us. for hin in!! l!iven us some Ill Ost 123 for 8 wickets. enjo):tbk cri ckl:'- ;lnc! our congratu The r<.:preS<':lltiltive match S;IW Irel;lIld lations for ha\ ing been such superb put in to baL A wicket fell almost amb:lssadors of your country". immediately and Jim Harrison was missed twice before he had scored. Subsequentl y Ivan Anderson. who balled four hours, carried the v. hole side on his broad shoulders. He \Vas, frankly, just too good for a \er) reason able. widely diversified. C;lIludian X I DonQld King C. M .. atlack and he never looked to be in CQ/wdiQII Ct:kkn Association any sort of trouble. He hit 25 fours and was most unluck) to miss the double The bowling. as a whole. commanded century he richly deserved. His 198 not respect. Gerry Duffy showed himself out was not only his own, personal to extremely clever in aChieving be highest score. it beat the previous variations of night as well as altering highest score recorded for Irela nd . 167 the depth and direction of his cut. The by Sir Timothy O'Brien at Cambridge. fielding. generally. was adequate. Some England. in 1902. T he Carwdian Xl's good catches were taken but fielding first innings was cV;lI1 escent and lapses on the last day. when four catches warrants little comment. Apart frorn were dropped. destroyed whatever Captain Tony Cla rke and Hinrichsen. chance they might have had of winni ng the early batsmen werc extirpated by the match. The game gradually slipped Goodwin who bowlcd superbly but the from Ireland's grasp after they had tail showed courage and figh t Icd by De seemed. on the afternoon of the second Souza, who cxploitcd the square cut day. to be in a commanding position. to advantage and who was supponcd O n September Il lh. 1973. Ireland by Braithwaite. who hit Duffy for 6, J. A. Andersoll (Ireland) boiling 24 JAMES MADIGAN L 10 R DOI'Ri<' Good",ill. Af,'(' O'Riordall. Ray Da(t" Niall O'Collllf!ff fri:Jh Shdf amI & SONS 111'. Norma" Lu sh,PrI'siil"III J.CS .. lall /."",is. CaT)' Durf;' ,,,,,II'a( Dilll'".,. LIMITED Revival in Galway continlled/rom page 13 Lounges . Bars worthwhi le course which is ex tremely tour at Shrcwsbury. The end result v.duabk to a ll the players and in was 2 draws and 2 losses. As a Tour panicular to the schoolboys who are it was a great success and brought 25 NORTH EARL STREET becoming interested in the ga me. home news th:Lt a combined team from At last the !!agerly awaited season the Shropshire area hope to come to Tel. 44613 started in May, When the players Ireland next season. It is expected that Tel. 46362 gathered it was discoverl!d that the the team will contain some of the Club had acquired some useful new players from the successful Shropshire players including former Munster Team that won the Minor Counties' 1-2 MOORE STREET Tel. 44834 opening bat C} ril Cu ffe. and also Pat League this year. La\erty from Cork Co. It turned out Lik e all clubs Galway also had their to be the most successful season so far. losses such as 2 heavy defeats by a THE GOALPOST, Weather. and bad luck, claimed only strong Leinster Team; but perha ps the three fi xtures. Out of the 19 malChes most disappointing for them was the 9 CATHEDRAL STREET played. there were 8 wins. 5 draws and forementioned one by Old Beh ederc Tel. 44868 6 losses. The matches were played in and in the Guinness Perpetual Chal many parts of the Country including lenge Trophy by the Limerick club Dublin. Cork. Limerick. Galway. Shannonside. In a low scoring but HORSE SHOW HOUSE, Meath and Kildare. Not satisfied with exciting game Shannonside edged out BALLSBRIDGE Tel. 680962 this amount of uavelling. a second Galway by 4 runs. tour was arranged in July to go to Thc season ended in Shannon and Tel, 689424 Shropshire. this time Galway made no mi stake There were Illany exciting Illatches beating Shannonside by 40 runs bring a'nd good wins, such as against Phoenix ing the curtain down on their ,llloS t THE GA LLEON, "A". Halverstown. Malahide "A". ,Ind successful season to date. 1 BURGH QUAY Tel. 779388 Sh:mnonsidc, but the most important Mid·way through the season a second win was against Church of Ireland in X I was started. It was the first time in Ihe quarter fin:il of the Irish Junior the Club's hi story tha t it ran two teams. Cup, This generall y was a surprise in it was captained by John Currid. They THE THATCH, SALLYNOGGIN the Cricket world. not least in Galway. had a lot of fun in thei r 4 matches but Tel. 801318 The basis of the win was laid in the lost each of them. opening stand of 100 by Cyril Cuffe Financially and socially the most im (61) and Ian Meldrum (42). However portant function in the Galway Club's 135 MOREHAMPTON ROAD, in the se mi-fina l Galway were comfort· year is their Annual Champagne Party DONNYBROOK ably beaten by Old Belvedere. on the lasl weekend in August. This Tel. 693527 Perha ps the most important feature has become an event in the Galway of the year was Galway's second Tour social calendar. which is fortunate for of Shropshire in July. They played 4 the Club. However. this year it was not THE ELBOW INN , matches in brilliant sunshine. with one as well supported but proved a good HENRY STREET Tel. 45110 c'(ception. in pkasant grounds. The social evening. opening match was against Tenbury A Club without a ground has a lot Wells where they got the better of a of difficulties. but in Galway the draw. The stars of this match were Cricket Club has been well supported KILBARRACK SHOPPING Cyril Cuffe (86), Dermot Condon (77), locally and in particular frOIll Galway CENTRE Tel. 315685 .lIld Jeff Smith with 9 wickets. The Corinthians F.e .. and also by the in second o utin g W.LS 'Lgainst Wroxcter stitution who lo:\ned them their ground. where G'llway lost in the lasl over after to these the Club extend their thanks, reaching a total of 216 for 6. mainly T he New Year starts for a full thanks to Vinny S:lVino (62) and Jeff Galway Calendar nex t month and so Smith (47). A defeat was incurred at for Cricket "The West's Awake, The Ludlow despite a defiant 40 odd by West's Awake". Dermot Condon. Rain and an excel· lent social evening rang the end of the John G. Smith. 25 ] I NORTHERN CRICKET UNION T HE 1973 seaSOn has been a most intercsting and exciting one. Those reforms payoff lhe Match aW:lrd- a beautiful silver For several years senior cricket in tankard embossed wilh Celtic work and Northern Ireland has been pla}cd on 11 'Uilabl} engraved. went to han Ander selective basis. For the 1973 season between two teams for most of the lon who e'(cclled with bat and ball and the League was divided inlo three season. BRA (FP). promoted from fielded superbly. sections with automatic promotIon and Junior cricket at the start of the season Waringstown thus :lehie .. t.!d the Cup relegation between each SCCliol1: With head the !able with all their malches and League double for t~e fourth time points replacing percentages II was completed. Holywood with one match in seven years. Cup wmners for the obviously essential for tcams 10 playas to play on the 29th September- the sixth time in nine years. League many matches as possible. !hat o.nly last day of OU f season- can finish level winners for the fifth time in seven one IIl'Heh was not played III SectIOn with BRA (FP). ye.lrs. T ruly :In amazing ~eeord an.d I shows conclUSively that thc changes There we re three interesting innova_ one which gives strong b~lckmg to their were completely justified. A decision tions in our Senior Clwllenge Cup Every major tournament is covered by The Irish Times ltd by Stan Pender. Each game is reported in detail, criticised and analysed. If you take cricket seriously, The Irish Times is the newspaper for you •. Well infonned _ . • Well balanced Well worth reading. 'll1e Irish Times reports from bolh sides of Ihe boundary. Read (he Irish Timl'S today. THEIRISH TIMES 27 ] CORK ALL SET TO MARK UP I CORK COUNTY Cricket Club receive the pri ncely salary of 6/ 8<1 per arc (orlUIl:lle to possess. with one week. exception. the complete series of John One wit remarked "that poor Slim Lawrence's Hand-book of Cricket in THAT must have had a pretty thi n time." Ireland. 1865 10 188 1. T he year 1970 was a momentous T his was presen ted to the club by one in the history of the club as they Joseph W. Goldman. Rcdcot. Vica rage had to purchase the Grounds. T he Road. Egham. Surrey. . CENTURY! ci rcumstanccs arc 100 involved to Cork Cricket Cl ub was formed in relate. but the committee boldly pro 1849 and the grounds we re situated in ceeded and the hope now is that the the still pleasant Mardykc. club is preserved fo r posterity. There we re also Bandon Cricket Member's Subscri ptions would suf To make the project a viable pro Club. founded in 1843. and the Inni fice for current expenses. incl uding posi tion. there had to be substantial shannon Cricket Cl ub. nicknamed development to the Club premises. and ~he pay of a Profcssional Bowler. Innishannon Blackbirds. We hope that you will be so. immediately fo llowing the purchase, I A considerable number of clubs come an Original Life Member. and the bar was ex:tended to provide a existed in Munster and all the sizeable allow us to :Idd yours to the sub comfortable lounge with view ing space. towns and country districts had sides. joined list of names of those approv Then in 1971. two squash courts. Then there was. of course, Ihe Cork ing of our Plans. wit h enlarged stewards' quarters were Garrison. added and so the elub complex: is rated Clubs prospered. but in 1873. it was I remain. the beSt in the county. decided to form a New Criclo..ct Club Your Obedient Servan t. M uch work is being undertaken in in Cork. which would involve the W. H. Sharma n Crawford." preparation for ,the centenary. It is • County as well as the Ci ty. and it is in tended that the high light of the year interesting to q uote the Circular Leiter should be a Cricket Week from July directed to interested persons on :::!5th On April 4th. J 874. a meeting was :::!O to 28 inclusive. and it is then in November, 1893. as follows:- held at the Imperial Hotel. Cork where tended that an important fixture should the new crid.et club came into being. take place each week-end v. ith visiting .. Si r. and was known as Cork County sides from CToss..channel. Dublin, Messrs. Anderson Cooper. Cricket Club. Northern and the West of Ireland. Thomas Hewitt. and mysdf. having P:lTkcr Dunscombc. who was hon. Wc shall be presenting a Centenary undertaken to form a NEW CRIC' secrdary of the old Cork Cricket Club Programme. containing the complete KET C LUB which shall be :1 credit in 1865 and always figured in the fixture list and articles by leading to the County as well as the City. I averages. took an active interest in the sportswriters and cricket personalities. beg to give you our ideas of what new club. and was once again hon. It is. of course. hoped that support should be done. secretary in 1878. .v.itt be received from buslllcss houses We think that the Club should A feature in the history of the club in sponsorship and patronage and al consist of three sorts of Members : is thai from the foundation in 1874 to ready the response has been encourag Life Members. paying one 1955 the president was alw:lYs a mem mg. subscription of £ 10. ber of the Co\thrust fami ly of Blarney. One novel and generous sponsorship Playing Members. paying an The original minutc book is st ill in by a local fi rm is 10 present the Cork annual subscription of £2. u:.e and contains an accurate record of County Cricket Club with £50 for each and Non-playing ~kmbc r s. tho:' administration of the club O\1.:r the CerHUr) scored by local cricketer:. paying a yearly subscription past 100 years. during Centenary Year. of £ 1. After the last War. when cricket was T he successful batsman will recei\e If we succeed in getting a recuperating and it was decided to a miniature Iroph) to commemorate sufficient number of Life Members employ a professional. in going back his achievement. to enable us to build a suitable Pavi over the minute book. it was found The practicc nets :.hould be packed lion. and obtain a lease of the that one professional employed in the to capacity. as we hope the Cenlcnary Ground. we think that the Ordinarv 80·s. whose namc was Slim. was to Ye:l r will also be. AN IDEAL GIFT for all crick et lo vers I .. IRISH CRICKET " ORDER FORM T he Official Journal of the IRISH To: lHE HONORA R Y SEC RETAR Y. T H E tRISH C RIC K ET SOCI ETY, C RICKET SOCIETY. Will appear .. MARG RElTA" twice \yearl y commencing ~ove rn be r . 364. TONLEGEE ROAD. 1973. Every issue will contain a wealt h RA H ENY. of DUBLIN 5. tRELAND . * NEWS * VIEWS Please send the next rour issues of " Irish Crickel" 10 the name and address below. * FEATURES I enclose a P.O./ Chcq ue for £ 1.20 in payment for the magazine and to cover the and general info rmation to stimulate cost of Postage and Packing. a ll cricketers in Ireland. Name Give a friend pleasure by making sure that he receives his own copy of Address "IRISH CRICKET " 28