The Leinster Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the Leinster jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers the province of Leinster in the Republic of Ireland. The league was formed in 1919,About Cricket Leinster: HistoryGerard Siggins (2005), Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.40 the nine founding members being Phoenix, Leinster, Pembroke, Dublin University, Railway Union, Civil Service, U.C.D., County Kildare and the Royal Hibernian Military School.Gerard Siggins (2005), p.40 The league is currently divided into twenty one divisions, the top two (senior) divisions are designated as the Premier League and the Championship.Cricket Leinster It includes two member clubs from the Munster province: Cork County and Cork Harlequins.
Teams play each other twice per season, once at home and once away, with league positions determined on the basis of percentage of points gained out of possible total points.Cricket Leinster Review 2010 Preview 2011 20 points awarded for a win, 12.5 for a tie, no points are awarded for “no result”, and up to five bonus points are awarded, depending on the margin of victory.Cricket Leinster Open Competition Regulations 2011 - League Division 1 to Division 4 Matches consist of one innings per side, with a maximum of fifty, and a minimum of twenty overs bowled per innings.Cricket Leinster Open Competition Regulations 2011 - League Division 1 to Division 4
In 2025, the Premier League will consist of 12 teams. These top 12 teams will play each other once in 2025 and then split into a top-half and bottom-half. The Top-half will play each other again for the Premier League Trophy whilst the bottom-half will play each other again for Championship Trophy.
The new First Team league is intended to comprise the next first teams. Each team in the new First Team League will play each other three times in 2025 (rather than twice as is the usual convention) totalling 12 league fixtures.
The Top team in the First Team League at the end of 2025 will be promoted to the Premier League for 2026 replacing the bottom team in the Premier League (subject to accreditation standards and OCC determination on final composition). The bottom team in the First Team League at end 2025 will be relegated and replaced by the top first team at the next level.
Members of senior divisions for 2025 season Premier League/Championship Balbriggan Clontarf Cork County Leinster Malahide Merrion North County Pembroke Phoenix Railway Union Rush The Hills First Team League Adamstown Civil Service Cork Harlequins North Kildare Terenure
Source: Cricket Leinster
List of champions SeasonChampions1919Leinster1920Leinster1921Phoenix1922Phoenix1923Pembroke1924Phoenix1925Phoenix1926Clontarf1927Dublin University1928Leinster1929Leinster1930Leinster1931Leinster1932Leinster1933Leinster1934Leinster1935Leinster1936Phoenix1937Leinster1938Pembroke1939Leinster1940Merrion1941Leinster1942Phoenix1943Phoenix1944Leinster1945Merrion1946Pembroke1947Dublin University1948Dublin University1949Phoenix1950Leinster1951Pembroke1952Merrion1953Leinster1954Pembroke1955YMCA1956Phoenix1957Pembroke1958Merrion1959Leinster1960Railway Union1961Clontarf1962Railway Union1963Leinster1964Malahide1965YMCA1966Dublin University1967Pembroke1968Pembroke1969Pembroke1970Dublin University1971Malahide1972Clontarf1973Pembroke1974Old Belvedere1975Phoenix1976Old Belvedere1977Malahide1978Phoenix1979Phoenix1980Malahide1981Leinster1982Leinster1983Phoenix1984Leinster1985Phoenix1986YMCA1987Phoenix1988Carlisle1989The Hills1990YMCA1991Clontarf1992Clontarf1993YMCA1994Pembroke1995Clontarf1996Clontarf1997Carlisle1998Leinster1999Clontarf2000Clontarf2001Merrion2002Pembroke2003North County2004North County2005North County2006North County2007Clontarf2008The Hills2009Clontarf2010North CountyReview 2010 Preview 20112011Railway UnionSenior League (Lewis Hohn Williams) – 93rd Year2012LeinsterLeinster crush Merrion to claim title2013The HillsBelfast Telegraph, 9 September 20132014YMCACricketEurope Leinster, 3 September 20142015ClontarfClontarf seal league title2016ClontarfCricket Europe Leinster2017LeinsterCricketEurope News2018MerrionCricketEurope News2019PembrokeCricketEurope News2020not played2021MerrionCricket Leinster2022BalbrigganCricket Leinster2023YMCACricket Europe2024PembrokeCricket Europe2025PembrokeCricket Europe2025PembrokeCricket Europe
Performance by club
Summary of winners TeamWinsLeinster24Pembroke16Phoenix15Clontarf13Merrion7YMCA7Dublin University5North County5Malahide4The Hills3Railway Union3Carlisle2Balbriggan1Old Belvedere1
See also Leinster Senior Cup Irish Senior Cup NCU Senior League North West Senior League
References
Cricket Leinster Archives Cricket Leinster Archives
External links Cricket Leinster