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YMCA Cricket Club
YMCA Cricket Club is a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League (cricket), Leinster Senior League. The club was established in 1890 and acquired its current grounds at Claremont Road Cricket Ground, Claremont Road in 1911. Senior status was achieved in 1934 and the club won the Leinster Senior League for the first time in 1955. In 2024, the club withdrew from competitive cricket as a result of the ending of its lease of its grounds at Claremont Road Cricket Ground, Claremont Road. Former Ireland national cricket team, Irish internationals include Alan Lewis (rugby union and cricket), Alan Lewis, Angus Dunlop, Jonathan Garth (cricketer, born 1965), Jonathan Garth, Mark Nulty, Stewart M. Taylor, Keith Bailey (cricketer), Keith Bailey, Ian Lewis (cricketer), Ian Lewis, Roderick Gill, Reginald Lyons, Reinhardt Strydom, Albert van der Merwe and Trent Johnston. Honours *Leinster Senior League (cricket), Leinster Senior League: 7 **1955, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claremont Road Cricket Ground
Claremont Road is a cricket ground in Dublin, Ireland. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1994, when Munster played North West. In local domestic cricket, the ground was the home of YMCA Cricket Club. In 2021, the ground was acquired from the YMCA by Lansdowne Football Club, Lansdowne Rugby Club, who then ended the cricket club's lease in 2024. The ground has hosted 5 Women's One Day International cricket, Women's One Day Internationals (ODI), the first of which came in 2005 and saw Ireland women's cricket team, Ireland women play Australia women's cricket team, Australia women. The second Women's ODI came in 2006 when Ireland women played the Netherlands women's cricket team, Netherlands women. In 2012 Ireland Women played Bangladesh and Pakistan in an ODI Tri-Series. The ground also hosted final of 2013 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier between Pakistan women's national cricket team, Pakistan and Sri Lanka women's national cricket team, Sri Lanka. Paki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderick Gill
Roderick Ian "Derry" Gill (21 July 1919 – 28 October 1983) was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played seven times for the Ireland cricket team between 1947 and 1951, including three first-class matches. Playing career Gill made his debut for Ireland in May 1947, playing against Scotland in a first-class match. He played a match against the Craven Gentlemen the following month, before spending two years outside the Ireland team, his next game coming in August 1949 against the MCC at Lord's He played three times for Ireland in 1950, against Scotland, Nottinghamshire and the MCC. Against Scotland, he scored 37 in the Ireland first innings, his highest score for Ireland. Against the MCC, in his final first-class match, he took 2/19 in the MCC first innings, his best bowling figures for Ireland. These are also his best first-class performances. The following year, he played his last match for Ireland, against the MCC at Lord's. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket Clubs In County Dublin
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails (small sticks) balanced on three stumps. Two players from the batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding bats, while one player from the fielding team, the bowler, bowls the ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch. The striker's goal is to hit the bowled ball with the bat and then switch places with the nonstriker, with the batting team scoring one run for each of these swaps. Runs are also scored when the ball reaches the boundary of the field or when the ball is bowled illegally. The fielding team aims to prevent runs by dismissing batters (so they are "out"). Dismissal can occur in various ways, including being bowled (when the ball hits the striker's wicket and dislodges the bails), and by the fielding side either catching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket Clubs Established In 1890
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails (small sticks) balanced on three stumps. Two players from the batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding bats, while one player from the fielding team, the bowler, bowls the ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch. The striker's goal is to hit the bowled ball with the bat and then switch places with the nonstriker, with the batting team scoring one run for each of these swaps. Runs are also scored when the ball reaches the boundary of the field or when the ball is bowled illegally. The fielding team aims to prevent runs by dismissing batters (so they are "out"). Dismissal can occur in various ways, including being bowled (when the ball hits the striker's wicket and dislodges the bails), and by the fielding side either catching th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leinster Senior Cup (cricket)
The Leinster Senior Cup is the most important provincial cricket knock-out cup of the Leinster jurisdiction in Ireland. The competition was renamed as the Leinster Senior League Cup between 2020 and 2022. Traditionally a knock-out competition, from 2019 it has been played in a group format, with the winners and runners-up of two groups qualifying for semi-finals. In 2021, it was played as a T20 competition.https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000011/001128.shtml Cricket Leinster] List of finals 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Summary of winners See also * Leinster Senior League (cricket), Leinster Senior League *NCU Challenge Cup The NCU Challenge Cup, also called the NCU Senior Challenge Cup and the NCU Senior Cup, is the most important provincial cricket knock-out cup of the Northern Cricket Union of Ireland, NCU jurisdiction in Ireland. The competition began in 1887, w ... References Cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trent Johnston
David Trent Johnston (born 29 April 1974) is an Irish-Australian cricket coach and former player. He was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, and played his early cricket for New South Wales in Australian domestic competitions. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he later moved to Ireland, and made his debut for the Ireland cricket team in 2004. Johnston was subsequently named captain of Ireland, and was a regular fixture in the national team until his retirement in 2013. He coached the Hong Kong national cricket team from 2019 to 2022. Playing career New South Wales Johnston made his first-class debut for New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania in March 1999. He opened the bowling with Brett Lee who would make his debut for Australia later that year. Johnston's first wicket was that of Michael Di Venuto; he took one more wicket that day, but after play ended on the second day Johnston suffered a broken arm as the team coach drove of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Van Der Merwe
Albert van der Merwe (born 1 June 1979) is a South African-born Irish cricketer. Van der Merwe is right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break and who played international cricket for Ireland. He was born in Bellville, Cape Province. He was educated at Huguenot High School, Wellington, Cape Province. Van der Merwe captained the North West University (Pukke) (formerly known as Potchefstroomse Universiteit) to their maiden SA University title in 2001. He was also part of the 2001 side that won the South African National Club Championships. Van der Merwe has played cricket for Irish club sides Derriaghy, The Hills and YMCA CC. Van der Merwe announced his retirement from international cricket in 2013. He is currently head coach of Leinster Lightning, one of 3 interprovincial teams in the Irish Domestic First Class set up. Van der Merwe made his List-A debut for Ireland against West Indies A during their tour of Ireland, where he played both matches against the tourists. V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinhardt Strydom
Reinhardt Strydom (born 16 June 1977) is a South African-born Irish international cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. He made his ODI debut for Ireland during their tour of Bangladesh in March 2008. He made his One Day International debut against Bangladesh, on 18 March 2008. He made his Twenty20 International Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ... debut against Scotland on 2 August 2008. He made his first-class debut against Netherlands on 9 July 2008. In February 2008, he was picked to the national team for the Bangladesh series. He scored a half century against Essex in UAE in March 2008. References 1977 births Living people Cricketers from Cape Town Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent Irish peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Lyons
Reginald William Lyons (12 July 1922 in Dublin, Ireland – 12 September 1976 in Worthing, Sussex, England) was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played just once for the Ireland cricket team, a first-class match against Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ... in May 1947. References 1922 births 1976 deaths Cricketers from Dublin (city) Wicket-keepers Irish cricketers {{Ireland-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Lewis (cricketer)
William Ian Lewis (29 September 1935 – 20 November 2004), usually known by his middle name, was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played twenty times for the Ireland cricket team between 1955 and 1973 including five first-class matches.First-class matches played by Ian Lewis at CricketArchive He was born and died in , . His son, , an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cricket), bails (small sticks) balanced on three stump (cricket), stumps. Two players from the Batting (cricket), batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding Cricket bat, bats, while one player from the Fielding (cricket), fielding team, the bowler, Bowling (cricket), bowls the Cricket ball, ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch. The striker's goal is to hit the bowled ball with the bat and then switch places with the nonstriker, with the batting team scoring one Run (cricket), run for each of these swaps. Runs are also scored when the ball reaches the Boundary (cricket), boundary of the field or when the ball is bowled Illegal delivery (cricket), illegally. The fielding tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
