Leinster Cricket Club play the vast majority of their matches, men, women and youth, at the historic Observatory Lane ground in the heart of Rathmines. The ground has hosted many major matches over the years, both domestic and international. It has hosted nine Irish Senior Cup finals, and numerous Leinster Senior Cup finals. However, some of the most famous days in the ground's history have been the visits of Test touring teams.
Ireland's first match in Rathmines was in 1887 (against Canada), and has since played Scotland (1888, 1912, 1914, 1921, 1923, 1975, 1979, 1995 ), South Africa (1894), New Zealand (1937), Wales (1973, 1980, 1982, 1996, 1999, ), West Indies (1976, 1984), West Indies A (2002), Denmark (1976, 1978, 2008), Pakistan (1987), Australia A (1998) and the Netherlands (2010). In 2010 the touring Australian side spent two days practicing at the ground, using the state of the art net facilities, built in the winter of 2009/10.
More details on the ground, including it's history and photographs can be found on the site. For directions, please take a look at the map below.
Since 2009, the club has been fortunate enough to have the use of St Mary's College's grounds in Kenilworth Square. Some of our mens junior teams, womens teams and some youth matches are played there in mid summer.
Finally, the club sometimes uses the grounds in the magnificent setting of St Columba's College in the foothills of the Dublin mountains.
Many thanks to Asim Mumtaz for putting together the map below, which includes details of every ground in the whole of Ireland.
Ireland's first match in Rathmines was in 1887 (against Canada), and has since played Scotland (1888, 1912, 1914, 1921, 1923, 1975, 1979, 1995 ), South Africa (1894), New Zealand (1937), Wales (1973, 1980, 1982, 1996, 1999, ), West Indies (1976, 1984), West Indies A (2002), Denmark (1976, 1978, 2008), Pakistan (1987), Australia A (1998) and the Netherlands (2010). In 2010 the touring Australian side spent two days practicing at the ground, using the state of the art net facilities, built in the winter of 2009/10.More details on the ground, including it's history and photographs can be found on the site. For directions, please take a look at the map below.
Since 2009, the club has been fortunate enough to have the use of St Mary's College's grounds in Kenilworth Square. Some of our mens junior teams, womens teams and some youth matches are played there in mid summer.
Finally, the club sometimes uses the grounds in the magnificent setting of St Columba's College in the foothills of the Dublin mountains.
Many thanks to Asim Mumtaz for putting together the map below, which includes details of every ground in the whole of Ireland.
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 
