Tales from the Back Wall

Pos	Batsman	Runs	Bowler	Wickets
1	Badal Kumar	197	Joel Leacock	11
2	Rompey Chhabra	149	Mark Crangle	8
3	Khizer Khan	132	Finn Connighty	8
4	Alan Godfrey	119	Hugh Mullen	7
5	Barra Mac Niocaill	115	Jack Fitzgerald	7
6	Hugh McDonnell	113	Tom Murray	7
7	Asim Mumtaz	91	Tim Law	7
8	David Lucas	69	Paul Rodgers	6
9	Luke Ginell	63	Four others	5
10	Susheel Kumar	57

Tacky Blue Trophy 2012 (all games to May 15th)- A name from the past jumps out at the reader this week - Luke Ginnell returned to the club, scoring a 50 for the 6ths, and 9th spot on the Tacky batting. Badal Kumar stands clear at the top with 197 runs. Professional Joel Leacock has impressed all with his start to the season, and it may be that he is not caught all year. Already he is three clear with 11 wickets. Good news for Asim Nazir - the trophies are at the engravers as we speak, and may even make it to the club this weekend

Rank	Team	Average
1	Waringstown	108
2	North Down	108
3	North County	99
4	Merrion	98
5	Railway Union	97
6	The Hills	92
7	Brigade	92
8	Limavady	92
9	Instonians	92
10	Strabane	90

May 15th 2012 - A new season, and some real worries for the LCU. Strenth in depth is no problem, with four LCU clubs in the top 6. However Waringstown and North Down have built up a large gap at the top of the list. Clontarf's slide continues, with Leinster now being above them for the first time. In 2009, Clontarf were the second best club in Ireland, and in 2005, were 37 places ahead of Leinster. The scope of the rankings has also been expanded to include the growth of the game - more details at http://www.leinster.cc/features/allirelandclubrankings/2012rankings