September 12th - Not the ideal way to close the season. Not too many memories to take through the winter. Not great. Only Paul Delany (24) and Will Rolfe (31) passed 20 as the 4ths tried to overhaul Laois' 256-9 in 45 overs. PauL Delany contributed a fine all round performance, with 3-30 with the ball. Apart from Rolfe, no one else can really dine out on stories from this match - the final margin was 116 runs.

September 6th - If playing at Lords on a glorious July afternoon is about as good as it gets, then Wesley on a September afternoon with the rain lashing is somewhere at the other end of the scale. Both sides were keen to get some cricket in (however I was 5 miles away in Rathmines with the seconds, and we wanted to play as well. There's keen and then there's keen) and it was eventually agreed to play a 25 over match. Dundrum blazed away, scoring a pretty fantastic 177-3 from the allotted time, all the Leinster bowlers struggling, Rory Geraghty the pick with 2-33 from 6. In return Niks Nagar also did his bit to enliven proceedings with a blistering 70, but it wasn't enough, as even with 22 from Gareth Delany, Leinster closed on 138-5

August 9th - David Lappin continued his rich vein of form with a 65 at the top of the innings in Malahide, setting up a total of 188 from 40 overs. Graham Whelan (32) and Will Rolfe (23) both contributed, as in fact did most of the batsmen. Rakesh Dixit made the initial breakthroughs with 4-27, before Imran Mohammed and Bard Overmans polished off the tail with three wickets each. Malahide were second from bottom before the match started, and won't have improved their position. Leinster dropped one point, taking 29 from 30, 175 from 300 overall, and 58.3*. No change in position

August 2nd - Some days will be remembered when sitting in the rocking chair on a cold winter's evening. This wasn't one of them. Old Belevedere were at least bowled out - for 229, although none of the bowlers would look back on the day with any fondness. Gavin Miller took three wickets, but got hit for 33 in 5 in the process. If Leinster had got into 1st gear in the pursuit, it would have been something. However the gear box seemed only to offer reverse, as the 4ths quickly fell to 69 all out. Highlights of the batting were...........ok, there weren't any. 7 points were gleaned, 146 points from a possible 270 and 54.1%. Still solidly Division 7 (Note: Gavin Miller has informed/told me that the peculiarities of the Kenilworth mat, mean that once wet, batting becomes impossible. This was another of those matches where a tea time deluge meant that batting for Leinster was nigh on impossible. Apologies to all involved!)

July 25th - As has been their want this season, the 4ths followed up last week's victory over North Kildare, with a defeat against the same opposition. Unfortunately not too many positives to report on, unless you happen to be called Delany. The famed cricketing family continue to contribute to Leinster performance, and if it wasn't for Paul's 55 and Laura's 20, there wouldn't have been much else. 135-8 was never going to be enough, and North Kildare knocked it off with 6 overs and 9 wickets to spare. Four points from the match which drops the 4ths to 57.9% and probable 5th place. That means Division 7 next year - 4th would be Division 6.

July 19th - I still can't quite get a handle on the form of the 4ths this year. From last week's disaster, there was a semblance of a comeback in this tight victory over North Kildare at the weekend. The game was swapped at the last minute to Observatory Lane, and the week's incessant rain created a good old fashioned wicket on the bottom square. North Kildare were bundled out for 93, with Vikram Singh continuing his recent good form with 4-17, Ifti Sabir 3-12, and Michael Scully 3-46. It wasn't quite plain sailing though. Sabir and Overmans put on 30 odd (Sabir 17, Overmans 26) but then a collapse of seismic proportions saw the tailend up against it. However, the earthquake proofing was provided by Messrs Scully (8*) and Whelan (14*) who saw Leinster home by 3 wickets.

July 12th - The positives first. Gareth Delany had a good game with 16 and 1-30 from 7. Vikram Singh continues to take wickets with 3-22 and...........that is about it. A dicking by any standards, the 4ths slumped to a 99 run defeat to Sandyford. Chasing only 162 to win, there was obviously a fault with the scoreboard, as Leinster managed the 62 - but missed the 1 in front of it. I still haven't managed to get up to a game in Kenilworth Square, and nothing but good continues to be heard from those who have played there, but one can only assume that the mat turned to dust at the end of the match, turning square and making batting for Leinster impossible. Or maybe not.(NB - Brian Godfrey reports that a huge storm at tea, made the outfield sodden and very difficult to score runs on, which contributed in no small part to the defeat)