Pembroke Cricket Club

Pembroke
Team information
Founded1868
Home groundSydney Parade

Pembroke Cricket Club was founded in 1868 and is located at Sydney Parade,[1] Park Avenue, just outside the old village of Sandymount in the prosperous Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge. The grounds were part of the lands of the Pembroke Estate from which the club took its name. In 1983, the club bought out the ground from the Estate and now is the joint owner in conjunction with Monkstown Football Club.

The Club fields six men's teams in league and cup competitions. Players have included Frank Malin, bowler and first man to hold the position of chairman of the Irish Cricket Union.[2] Harry Hill, Master of the High Court, kept wicket from 1947 to 1977.[3] Hill held the Leinster record with 502 dismissals (292 catches and 210 stumpings), until recently surpassed by Charlie Kavanagh, also a Pembroke wicket keeper.[4]

There are also two ladies' teams and schoolboy-league teams at under-11, -13, -15, -17 -19 age groups. The First XI have a proud record winning the Leinster Senior Cup in its inaugural year, 1935 and on twelve occasions since. It has regularly provided players to the Irish team of whom S.F. Bergin, with fifty-three caps between 1949 and 1965 is the most famous.[citation needed]

The club is an affiliate of the Leinster Cricket Union[5]

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
Andrew Balbirnie  Ireland (1990-12-28) 28 December 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm off break
Harry Tector  Ireland (1999-12-06) 6 December 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right arm off-break
Jack Tector  Ireland (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right arm off break
Tim Tector  Ireland (2003-03-07) 7 March 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right arm off break
Diarmaid Tucker  Ireland Right-handed Right arm off break
Blake Macdonald  Australia (1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium Overseas Pro
Danny Hogan  Ireland Right-handed Right arm off break
Zac McCabe  Australia* Right-handed Right arm medium
Macdara Cosgrave  Ireland (2005-11-10) 10 November 2005 (age 19) Right-handed Right arm off break
All-rounders
Jonathan Garth  Ireland (2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right arm leg break
Daniel Murray  Ireland (2007-11-05) 5 November 2007 (age 17) Right-handed Right arm medium
Barry McCarthy  Ireland (1992-09-13) 13 September 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Gavin Hoey  Ireland (2001-11-05) 5 November 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
Lorcan Tucker  Ireland (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) Right-handed โ€”
Greg Hollins  England* (1991-06-30) 30 June 1991 (age 33) Right-handed โ€”
Sam Murphy  Ireland (1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 26) Left-handed โ€”
Bowlers
Josh Little  Ireland (1999-11-01) 1 November 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Left arm fast-medium
Byron McDonough  Ireland (2001-09-27) 27 September 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Fiachra Tucker  Ireland (1997-12-05) 5 December 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right arm leg break
Paul Lawson  Ireland Right-handed Right arm off break
Joe Prendergast  Ireland Right-handed Right arm medium
Oliver Riley  Ireland (2006-11-07) 7 November 2006 (age 18) Right-handed Right arm medium
Mark Berry  Ireland Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Padraic Flanagan  Ireland (1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Luke Murray  Ireland (2007-11-05) 5 November 2007 (age 17) Right-handed Right-arm medium

Honours

References

  1. ^ Bowled over by cricket Irish Times, 12 Nov 2008
  2. ^ Frank Malin Irish Times, 3 September 2003
  3. ^ Ex-Master of the High Court and champion cricketer Irish Times 22 July 2006.
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, James: Rathmines better for Union's Army Irish Times 11 July 2006
  5. ^ "Cricket Leinster".