Clontarf Cricket Club

Clontarf Cricket Club
Team information
Founded1876 (1876)
Home groundClontarf Cricket Club Ground, Previously had secondary ground at Mount Temple Comprehensive School
Official websitehttps://www.clontarfcricket.com/

Clontarf Cricket Club is a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League. Based at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Castle Avenue, with a shared clubhouse, it also has playing facilities in the grounds of Mount Temple Comprehensive School.[1][2]

History

The club was established in 1876,[3][4] with its first ground off Vernon Avenue, then one near the meeting of the Howth Road with the coast road.[3] Clontarf Football Club, the local rugby union club, joined them in 1892, splitting the rent and with the two sports using the same field.[3] The two clubs moved together to the present ground location, off Castle Avenue, in 1896.[5] The club was initially solely a junior one, and won the Junior Cup final in 1898.[3]

The club fielded its first international player in 1903,[3] and senior status was attained in 1908.[3][5] The club suspended operations for the four years from 1914. It won the Leinster Senior League in 1926.[3] Ladies cricket was begun in 1940, ceased in the early 1960s, and resumed in the mid-1970s.[3]

In 1947, Clontarf Cricket Club and Clontarf Football Club (the local rugby union club) jointly purchased the Castle Avenue playing grounds,[6] and where before 1947 the clubs shared the same field, from 1947 separate pitches were designated for cricket and rugby. At first the cricket club played nearer Castle Avenue, and the rugby club further away, but they later swapped playing areas. The ground is one of just three One-Day International grounds in Ireland.

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
Eoghan Delany Ireland26 February 1989Right-handedRight arm off break
Sam Morgan New Zealand17 July 2003Right-handedRight arm off breakOverseas Pro
David Vincent Ireland17 April 2003Right-handedRight arm off-breakDublin University Dual Player
Mitchell Thompson  Ireland 12 November 2001 Right-handed Right arm leg break
All-rounders
Fionn Hand  Ireland 1 July 1998 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Captain
John McNally Ireland17 April 2005Left-handedRight arm medium
Curtis Campher  Ireland 20 April 1999 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
David Delany Ireland28 December 1997Left-handedRight arm fastDublin University Dual Player
Ethan Marshall  Ireland Right-handed Right arm medium
Wicket-keepers
PJ Moor Ireland2 February 1991Right-handed—
Seamus Lynch  Ireland 10 August 2002 Right-handed
Robert Forrest  Ireland 25 May 1993 Right-handed —
Bowlers
Reuben Wilson Ireland17 September 2006Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Cillian McDonnell Ireland15 October 1996Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Yash Bala Ireland25 November 2004Right-handedRight arm off breakDublin University Dual Player
Luke Thompson  Ireland Right-handed Right arm medium

Notable players

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Clontarf Cricket Club - Grounds". Clontarf Cricket Club. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Cricket Leinster". www.cricketleinster.ie. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 McIntyre, Dennis (2014). The Meadow of the Bull : A History of Clontarf (2nd ed.). Dublin, Ireland: The Shara Press. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-9527311-2-2.
  4. ↑ The history of Clontarf Cricket Club: The Early Years Archived 2011-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 The history of Clontarf Cricket Club: 1896 move to Castle Avenue Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "History of the Club". Clontarf F.C. 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.


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