Merrion Cricket Club is a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League.
The club was established as Merrion Wanderers and then Land Commission in 1879, moving to its present ground in 1906.Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Merrion Cricket Club Until 1919, membership of the club was restricted to civil servants.Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Senior status was attained in 1926.Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years
Merrion has a large number of teams (seven men, three women, three social and boys and girls teams for all age groups) catering for all standards and interests.
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 John Anderson Right-handed Right arm off break Swapnil Modgill * Right-handed Right arm off break Vice Captain Jamie Forbes Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Dublin University Dual Player All-rounders Sean Stanton Right-handed Right arm medium CaptainSeb DijkstraRight-handedRight arm leg break Andrew Doheny Right-handed Right arm medium Daniel Forkin Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Wicket-keepers Stephen Doheny Right-handed — JJ CassidyRight-handed—Dublin University Dual Player BowlersCorne BothaRight-handedRight arm fast-mediumOverseas Pro Tom Ford Right-handed Right arm fast-mediumTom StantonRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox Mikey O'Reilly Left-handed Left arm fast-mediumDublin University Dual PlayerHugh Kennedy Right-handed Right arm mediumMelvin Christoper Devaraj*Right-handedRight arm fast-medium
Honours Irish Senior Cup: 2 2010, 2016 Leinster Senior League: 7 1940, 1945, 1952, 1958, 2001, 2018, 2021 Leinster Senior League Cup: 3 1940, 1960, 2011, 2021
Home Ground Merrion Cricket Club play their home games at Anglesea Road, in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The ground has hosted a single List-A match which saw Papua New Guinea play the United States. The ground has also hosted Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals. It is occasionally used by the Leinster Lightning for First-class matches, and by Cricket Leinster for other Youth and Women representative teams. The ground is managed by GM by Choice.
Anglesea Road has a pavilion, a square, full nets facilities, a bar, dressing room areas and car parking.
The club's lower division, youth and women's teams occasionally use their secondary ground in Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, which is owned by Catholic University School.
References
External links Merrion Cricket Club