Leinster Cricket Club is an Irish cricket club which was founded in Rathgar in 1852.Gerard Siggins (2005), Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792–2005. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.36 The Dublin sports club now hosts tennis, squash, table tennis, bowls and cricket. The Leinster Sports Club complex is situated in the Observatory Lane ground, in the heart of Rathmines. The cricket section currently has eight men's teams, three women's sides and fifteen youth sides.
In 1860, Leinster hosted the first visit to Ireland by the All-England XI on the club's field in Lord Palmerston's demesne. The club also brought W. G. Grace to Ireland for the first time in 1873. In 1875 Ireland's rugby union team played its first home game at the cricket ground as Lansdowne Road was deemed unsuitable.Gerard Siggins (2005), Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792–2005. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.37
Leinster hold the record for the most Leinster Senior League titles, with 23.
Current Squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. *denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batsmen Monil Patel * Right-handed Right arm medium Bilal Azhar * Right-handed Right arm off breakCapatainRian Cassidy Right-handed —Luke HorganRight-handed—Younas AhmadzaiRight-handedRight arm off break All-rounders Saqib Bahadur * Right-handed Right arm off break Gareth Delany Right-handed Right arm leg break Tom Johnson Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodoxThomas O'ConnorRight-handedLeft arm fast-mediumOverseas Pro Wicket-keepersTristen de Beer*Right-handed— Bowlers Joe Carroll * Right-handed Right arm fast-mediumDevan KeenanRight-handedRight arm medium Luke Callanan Right-handed Right arm fast-mediumMark Tonge Right-handed Right arm mediumJai MoondraLeft-handedLeft arm fast-medium
Honours Irish Senior Cup: 2 2009, 2023 Leinster Senior League: 24 1919, 1920, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1950, 1953, 1959, 1963, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1998, 2012, 2017 Leinster Senior Cup: 10 1936, 1941, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1968, 1981, 1985, 1998
Selected current players
Gareth Delany
Selected former players David Bevan Louis Bookman Carlos Brathwaite Gerry Duffy Eddie Ingram Trent Johnston Bob Lambert Jack Short
References
External links Official Leinster Sports Club website
LCC Tennis Section website