Pembroke Cricket Club Explained

Pembroke
Founded:1868
Ground:Sydney 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.

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

Current squad

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes
Batsmen
Andrew Balbirnie28 December 1990 Right-handed
Harry Tector6 December 1999 Right-handed
2 September 1996 Right-handed
7 March 2003 Right-handed
Diarmaid Tucker Right-handed
Blake Macdonald23 February 1998Right-handedRight arm mediumOverseas Pro
Danny Hogan Right-handed
Zac McCabeRight-handedRight arm medium
Macdara Cosgrave10 November 2005Right-handedRight arm off break
All-rounders
Jonathan Garth19 December 2000Right-handedRight arm leg break
Daniel Murray5 November 2007Right-handed
Barry McCarthy13 September 1992 Right-handed
Gavin Hoey5 November 2001Right-handedRight arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
Lorcan Tucker10 September 1996 Right-handed
Greg Hollins30 June 1991Right-handed
Sam Murphy18 September 1998Left-handed
Bowlers
Josh Little1 November 1999 Right-handed Left arm fast-medium
Byron McDonough27 September 2001Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
Fiachra Tucker5 December 1997Right-handedRight arm leg break
Paul LawsonRight-handedRight arm off break
Joe PrendergastRight-handedRight arm medium
Oliver Riley7 November 2006Right-handedRight arm medium
Mark BerryRight-handedRight arm fast-medium
Padraic Flanagan9 March 1996Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Luke Murray 5 November 2007Right-handed Right-arm medium

Honours

1

14

14

External links

Notes and 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. Web site: Cricket Leinster.