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| Association | Northern Cricket Union of Ireland |
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| Team information | |
| City | Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Founded | 1859 [1] |
| Home ground | The Mall [2] |
Armagh Cricket Club is a cricket club in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The club, which was founded in 1859, [3] was fielding teams in Section 1 of the NCU Senior League as of 2024. [4]
The club was formed in 1859. [5] Originally playing as "a guest" on other pitches, [6] by 1861 the club had secured a lease for its own pitch on The Mall in Armagh. [7] The club built a number of pavilions on the grounds, including in the early and mid-twentieth century, [8] with the current building dating to the 1990s. [9]
Teams from the club won the Northern Cricket Union of Ireland's Senior League in 1928, 1931 and 1939, [6] before being relegated from the Senior League in the 1950s. [8] Armagh Cricket Club won the Twenty20 Shield in 2015. [10]
Former players include the Indian international cricketer Yashpal Sharma, who played with the club between 1988 and 1990. [11] Other former club members include Irish internationals Ivan Anderson, Lloyd Armstrong, John Barnes, Robert Barnes, Wilfred McDonough and Thomas Fitzgerald Ward. [6]
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Armagh Cricket Club was formed in 1859 [..] two years later, a lease was drawn up with the Mall Trustees to use part of the Mall for cricket matches
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