Clontarf Cricket Club is a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League. Based at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Castle Avenue, with a shared clubhouse, it also has playing facilities in the grounds of Mount Temple Comprehensive School.
History The club was established in 1876,The history of Clontarf Cricket Club: The Early Years with its first ground off Vernon Avenue, then one near the meeting of the Howth Road with the coast road. Clontarf Football Club, the local rugby union club, joined them in 1892, splitting the rent and with the two sports using the same field. The two clubs moved together to the present ground location, off Castle Avenue, in 1896.The history of Clontarf Cricket Club: 1896 move to Castle Avenue The club was initially solely a junior one, and won the Junior Cup final in 1898.
The club fielded its first international player in 1903, and senior status was attained in 1908. The club suspended operations for the four years from 1914. It won the Leinster Senior League in 1926. Ladies cricket was begun in 1940, ceased in the early 1960s, and resumed in the mid-1970s.
In 1947, Clontarf Cricket Club and Clontarf Football Club (the local rugby union club) jointly purchased the Castle Avenue playing grounds, and where before 1947 the clubs shared the same field, from 1947 separate pitches were designated for cricket and rugby. At first the cricket club played nearer Castle Avenue, and the rugby club further away, but they later swapped playing areas. The ground is one of just three One-Day International grounds in Ireland.
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 Eoghan Delany Right-handed Right arm off break Sam Morgan Right-handed Right arm off breakOverseas ProDavid Vincent Right-handed Right arm off-breakDublin University Dual PlayerMitchell ThompsonRight-handedRight arm leg break All-roundersFionn HandRight-handedRight arm fast-mediumCaptain John McNally Left-handed Right arm medium Curtis CampherRight-handedRight arm fast-mediumDavid Delany Left-handed Right arm fastDublin University Dual PlayerEthan MarshallRight-handedRight arm medium Wicket-keepers PJ Moor Right-handed — Seamus LynchRight-handedRobert ForrestRight-handed— Bowlers Reuben Wilson Right-handed Right arm fast-mediumCillian McDonnell Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Yash Bala Right-handed Right arm off breakDublin University Dual PlayerLuke ThompsonRight-handedRight arm medium Notable players Louis Jacobson, batsman, played for Ireland, and was President of Clontarf from 1966 to 1968. Noel Mahony, player, coach and administrator, also played rugby for Clontarf F.C. Alec O'Riordan, former international cricketer Andrew Poynter, former Irish international cricketer Deryck Vincent, Clontarf and Irish international cricketer
Honours Irish Senior Cup: 1 2013 Leinster Senior League: 13 1926, 1961, 1972, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016 Leinster Senior Cup: 15 1943, 1950, 1969, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2023
References
External links Clontarf Cricket Club