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LEINSTER CC THANKS THE FOLLOWING CLUB SPONSORS FOR 2010 FOR THEIR SUPPORT |
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LATEST CLUB NEWS - February 4th
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The draw has been made for the group stages of the 4FM Alan Murray 2020. Leinster are in a group with North County, Merrion and Old Belvedere. Matches still to be arranged, will be played on week nights |
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George's great start to his senior international career continued this morning, with 2-11 from four overs in the T20 match against Afghanistan. For about 30 minutes, George had the most economical career in world cricket for those who had bowled a full spell. However several thousand miles away, Shem Obado took 2-10 from four in Kenya's match against Scotland, relegating George to second place. The full table is here. George Dockrell has this morning made his Ireland debut in the 3 wicket defeat to a Sri Lanka Board XI in Colombo. Despite the defeat, George seemed to bowl pretty well, finishing with 2-20 from five overs in the T20 game. His first wicket was Chamera Kapugadera, the (22 year old) Sri Lankan ODI stalwart followed up by Prasanna. Both batsmen beaten in the flight by all accounts. George becomes the 69th player from Leinster CC to have played for Ireland, and the first since Johnny Byrne in 1997. Congrats to George, and hopefully it will be the first of many |
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The full list of mens cup draws for the 2010 season has now been released. As previously announced the 1sts have The Hills away in the Leinster Senior Cup, and CYM or Cork Harlequins at home in the Irish Senior Cup. The 2nds are away to Laois in the Division 3/4 cup. The 3rds are away to Phoenix in the Middle Cup and the 4ths home to Dundrum in the Middle 2 Cup. The 5ths host North County 4ths in the Intermediate Cup, the 6ths joining them in the Inter Cup with a trip to Halverstown. Incidentally, the Inter Cup final will be in Rathmines on August 7th. Finally, the 7ths play Wicklow County 4ths in the Junior Cup at a venue which I'm not sure of. Full fixtures for the 2010 season whould be available by February |
Leinster CC Mens and Ladies Tour 2010 - After a one year gap to recover from the deprived nature of a traditional English "hotel" (in the loosest sense of the term), the LCC Tour is back in 2010. We have been invited to take a mens and a ladies team to play Chipping Sodbury as part of their 150th anniversary celebrations, and hence we will be returning to the Bristol/Bath area from July 20th-23rd 2010. As of January 31st, all fixtures are confirmed, with the men playing Rockhampton (Tues 20th July), Chipping Sodbury (Wed 21st July) and Lansdown (Thur 22nd July).
and the Ladies playing Painswick (Tues 20th July), Bristol Phoenix (Wed 21st July) and Bath (Thur 22nd July). We will be staying in the Ramada-Jarvis Bristol City and will have coach transfer from the hotel to all games Thanks to the weakness of the economy and sterling, this is coming out as being cheaper than the last tour, which is saying something, as last time some had to go without beds. The total cost is likely to be around 190 euro (to include hotel and transport whilst on tour). Flights and food and drink are extra. At the moment, return flights are to be had from 80 euro return, and many have already booked. We need a minimum of 26 people, and so please contact PauI Reynolds asap for flight details and to confirm a place. If you have any problems, questions or queries, please get on to Paul Reynolds here. More details over the next few weeks |
Peter May joined the club at the beginning of last season, and promptly topped the 6th and 7th team bowling averages for the season, perhaps suggesting that he should have been playing at a higher level. But Peter has been making slightly bigger waves elsewhere, with the publication of his debut book, "The Rebel Tours", a history of the rebel tours to South Africa that caused such controversy in the 1970's and 80's. The book has been getting great reviews, making the headlines on Cricinfo during the week. Read that review here. Further details of the book can be found here. After spending Stephen's Day in front of the fire with the book in hand, I can confirm what a cracking read it is. |
In an extract from Anton Scholtz's forth-coming auto-biography, he explains what drives him, his thoughts on playing for Ireland and how there's no point talking to Jonesey. A great interview, a lot more interesting than the normal - "What's your favourite film?" - "Shawshank Redemption" type talk. Click here for the full interview on Cover Point. |
The club always need new coaches, and the LCU run courses every winter to enable us to keep the conveyor belt moving. Details of this year's courses are here - the club will meet the cost of the course. |
Masses of coverage around after the All-Ireland win. Paul Reynolds has added a few of his thoughts here, Rob O'Connor's excellent photo coverage can be found here, whilst there are other galleries at Cricket Europe, here and here.. There are also reports on Cover Point at this link and on Cricket Ireland. Finally Mick O'Herlihy's film of "that bouncer" can be found on Youtube here. Not for the squeamish. I'll have a couple of other articles up during the week. |
Yeeeehaaaah!!! Leinster yesterday won the Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup at the fourth time of asking, after scoring the second highest total in a final - a score that was beyond a Donemana side that battled to the end, and could have pinched victory despite being up against it for most of the second half of their innings. Leinster started off in the worst possible way as the totemic Carlos Brathwaite was dismissed first ball. JP O'Dwyer needed a sighter last week against Clontarf 2nds after a long lay off from injury, and it did the trick as he then blasted a 61 to establish Leinster's mood, which Mark Jones (44), Anton Scholtz (78) and Ian O'Herlihy (34) all built on. 263 would have been the highest total ever chased in an ISC final, but at 134-1, Donemana were in a superb position. Man of the match Scholtz then pushed one across Shaffique, O'Herlihy took the thin edge, and the door was open. With the rate steadily climbing, wickets started to fall regularly, with Miley and McDonnell particularly bowling well in the late middle overs. When Braithwaite and Lennon returned at the end, there was still plenty of drama to be seen. Dougherty decided to face Brathwaite without a lid, and as was the case with his compatriot Hendy Wallace, there was only ever going to be one type of delivery. At this stage, Donemana needed 46 from 4 with two wickets left (and Dougherty and Andrew McBrine capable of delivering), the result was still in the balance. However, after taking a couple of blows, Dougherty was bowled at the end of the over. Finally, Leinster supporters were starting to believe, and when McBrine was bowled by Brathwaite in the 49th over, the dream had come true. As Braithwaite took off on his victory dance, his merry group of followers running on to the pitch to salute him, JP O'Dwyer sunk to his knees. It's been a long path. Only five years ago, Leinster were bottom of Section B. A lot of hard work, initially from Will Lennon, and now from Anton Scholtz, has turned Leinster into All Ireland Champions. |
| Sunday's 4fm Alan Murray 20/20 Cup winning team - the first senior trophy in the club for 11 years. Back row: Catherine Goodman (President), Sean Jennings (Scorer), Dave Lucas, Mark Jones, Carlos Braithwaite, Ian O'Herlihy, Rob Miley, Will Lennon, Rob Kenealy, Marty Block (Chairman). Front row: George Dockrell, Chris Byrnes, Anton Scholtz, Craig Mallon, Hugh McDonnell. Jason Molins was in the clubhouse putting his shirt on! |
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| SNAPSHOTS | Interesting Stat Corner #7 |
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Four players stand in the top 15 (2001-present) runs scoring and wicket taking charts, namely Gavin Gilmore, Will Lennon, David Lappin and Gavin Miller |
| TEAM CAPTAINS 2010 |
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| TACKY BLUE TROPHY. Awarded to the leading run scorer and wicket taker in all LCC mens cricket (and so called because the trophies are cheap, plastic, tacky and blue), the Tacky Blue has now been running for six years. Although perhaps not the most prestigious trophy in world cricket, it does provide a bit of a diversion during the long hot summer months. The full list of those legends of LCC that have won this honour over the years are listed below. |
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John Moffat |
610 |
Jamie Bazley |
52 |
2002 |
Stu Avent |
1031 |
Ivan Sadler |
46 |
2003 |
David Lucas |
960 |
Rob O'Connor |
40 |
2004 |
Paul Delany |
680 |
David Lappin |
50 |
2005 |
Mark Jones |
585 |
Ifti Sabir |
41 |
2006 |
Raza ur-Rahman |
597 |
Paul Rodgers |
36 |
2007 |
Dave Staunton |
589 |
Rakesh Dixit |
33 |
2008 |
Asif Hussein |
826 |
George Dockrell |
52 |
2009 |
Anton Scholtz |
870 |
Rob O'Connor |
45 |
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