Pembroke Cricket Club was founded in 1868 and is located at Sydney Parade,Bowled over by cricket Irish Times, 12 Nov 2008 Park Avenue, just outside the old village of Sandymount in the prosperous Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge. The grounds were part of the lands of the Pembroke Estate from which the club took its name. In 1983, the club bought out the ground from the Estate and now is the joint owner in conjunction with Monkstown Football Club.
The Club fields six men's teams in league and cup competitions. Players have included Frank Malin, bowler and first man to hold the position of chairman of the Irish Cricket Union.Frank Malin Irish Times, 3 September 2003 Harry Hill, Master of the High Court, kept wicket from 1947 to 1977.Ex-Master of the High Court and champion cricketer Irish Times 22 July 2006. Hill held the Leinster record with 502 dismissals (292 catches and 210 stumpings), until recently surpassed by Charlie Kavanagh, also a Pembroke wicket keeper.Fitzgerald, James: Rathmines better for Union's Army Irish Times 11 July 2006
There are also two ladies' teams and schoolboy-league teams at under-11, -13, -15, -17 -19 age groups. The First XI have a proud record winning the Leinster Senior Cup in its inaugural year, 1935 and on twelve occasions since. It has regularly provided players to the Irish team of whom S.F. Bergin, with fifty-three caps between 1949 and 1965 is the most famous.
The club is an affiliate of the Leinster Cricket Union
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 Andrew Balbirnie Right-handed Right arm off break Harry Tector Right-handed Right arm off-break Jack Tector Right-handed Right arm off break Tim Tector Right-handed Right arm off break Macdara CosgraveRight-handedRight arm off break All-roundersAddison SheriffRight-handedRight arm fast-mediumOverseas ProJonathan GarthRight-handedRight arm leg break Daniel Murray Right-handed Right arm medium Barry McCarthy Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Gavin HoeyRight-handedRight arm leg break Wicket-keepers Lorcan Tucker Right-handed — Greg Hollins*Right-handed—Sam MurphyLeft-handed— Bowlers Josh Little Right-handed Left arm fast-medium Byron McDonough Right-handed Right arm fast-mediumFiachra TuckerRight-handedRight arm leg breakPaul LawsonRight-handedRight arm off breakCaptainJoe PrendergastRight-handedRight arm mediumOliver RileyRight-handedRight arm mediumMark BerryRight-handedRight arm fast-medium Padraic Flanagan Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Luke Murray Right-handed Right-arm medium Honours Irish Senior Cup: 2 2019, 2026 Leinster Senior League: 16 1923, 1938, 1946, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1994, 2002, 2019, 2024, 2025, 2026 Leinster Senior Cup: 16 1935, 1944, 1946, 1954, 1957, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026
References
External links cricket.ie