Merrion Cricket Club

Merrion
Personnel
CaptainSam Harbinson
CoachNicky Kenny
Overseas player(s)Peter Francais
Team information
ColoursLincoln green, gold and maroon[1]
Founded1906
Home groundAnglesea Road Cricket Ground

Merrion Cricket Club is a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League.

The club was established as Merrion Wanderers and then Land Commission in 1879, moving to its present ground in 1906.[2][3] Until 1919, membership of the club was restricted to civil servants.[4] Senior status was attained in 1926.[5]

Merrion has a large number of teams (seven men, three women, three social and boys and girls teams for all age groups) catering for all standards and interests.

Current Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  • *denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
John Anderson  Ireland (1982-10-06) 6 October 1982 (age 42) Right-handed Right arm off break
Andrew Doheny  Ireland Right-handed Right arm off break
Franco Marais  South Africa* Right-handed —
All-rounders
Sam Harbinson  Australia* (1995-03-31) 31 March 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Captain
Peter Francais  Australia (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Overseas Pro
Swapnil Modgill  India* (1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm off break
Sean Stanton  Ireland Right-handed Right arm medium
Jamie Forbes  Ireland (2004-02-01) 1 February 2004 (age 20) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Stephen Doheny  Ireland (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) Right-handed —
Adam Rosslee  South Africa* (2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21) Left-handed —
Michael Lewis  Ireland Right-handed —
Bowlers
Max Sorensen  Ireland (1985-11-18) 18 November 1985 (age 39) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Tom Stanton  Ireland (1997-09-21) 21 September 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Mikey O'Reilly  Ireland (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22) Left-handed Left arm fast-medium
Daniel Forkin  Ireland (2005-05-10) 10 May 2005 (age 19) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Hugh Kennedy  Ireland Right-handed Right arm medium Vice Captain
Melvin Christoper Devaraj  India* (2001-12-31) 31 December 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium

Honours

Home Ground

Merrion Cricket Club play their home games at Anglesea Road, in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The ground has hosted a single List-A match which saw Papua New Guinea play the United States.[6] The ground has also hosted Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals.[7] It is occasionally used by the Leinster Lightning for First-class matches, and by Cricket Leinster for other Youth and Women representative teams. The ground is managed by GM by Choice.

Anglesea Road has a pavilion, a square, full nets facilities, a bar, dressing room areas and car parking.

The club's lower division, youth and women's teams occasionally use their secondary ground in Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, which is owned by Catholic University School.

References

  1. ^ Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Merrion Cricket Club
  4. ^ Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  7. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024.


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