Irish Senior Cup (cricket)

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The Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Bulters Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup is a 50-over cricket competition for Irish amateur clubs. It is the most important knock-out cricket club competition in Ireland, is organised by Cricket Ireland and comprises the top teams from each of Ireland's four active provincial unions (Leinster, Munster, NCU and North West). Connacht Cricket Union, the youngest, smallest and weakest provincial union, do not enter teams in their own right, but County Galway CC enters as a member club in Munster.

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Sponsorship

It was sponsored initially by Schweppes and then Royal Liver, [1] RSA, Clear Currency and the current sponsor is Butlers. It was renamed in honour of Bob Kerr, who died at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. [2] [3]

Matches are of 50-overs duration, though this may be reduced to as few as ten overs per side where delays or interruptions necessitate. [4]

Each team must contain not less than nine players fully eligible to play for Ireland in all competitions. [4]

Waringstown are the most successful club in the competition with 6 wins. Phoenix Cricket Club are the defending champions, having defeated Merrion by 1 run in the 2024 final. [5]

Summary of finalists

Performance Table
TeamWinsRunners-upTotal FinalsLast Win
Waringstown 6392018
North County 5052008
Limavady 3252004
North Down 3251995
Lurgan 3031990
Merrion 2572016
Brigade 2351999
Leinster 2352023
The Hills 2242014
Downpatrick 2021991
Phoenix 2022024
Donemana 1452000
Railway Union 1342006
North of Ireland 1231982
Strabane 1231998
CIYMS 1012022
Malahide 1012002
Clontarf 1232013
Pembroke 1012019
St Johnston 1011987
Rush 022N/A
Ballymena 011N/A
Bready 011N/A
Cliftonville 011N/A
Instonians 011N/A
Lisburn 011N/A
Sion Mills 011N/A

List of finals

1980s

SeasonWinnersRunners-UpVenueMatch Notes
1982 North of Ireland Leinster Rathmines, Dublin North 91–4;
Leinster 77–9 (S Corlett 4–26).
North won by 14 runs. Match reduced to 30 overs per side.
1983 Waringstown North of Ireland Ormeau, Belfast Waringstown 190–8 (D Harrison 60);
North 118 all out.
Waringstown won by 72 runs.
1984 Lurgan Brigade Rathmines, DublinLurgan 257–6 (Rahul Mankad 130, P McCrum 56);
Brigade 170 all out.
Lurgan won by 87 runs.
1985 Downpatrick North Down Strangford Road, Downpatrick North Down 79 all out;
Downpatrick 85–4.Downpatrick won by 6 wickets.
1986 Phoenix Donemana Rathmines, DublinDonemana 109 all out;
Phoenix 110–1 (A Masood 51).
Phoenix won by 9 wickets.
1987 St Johnston Brigade Beechgrove, DerryBrigade 93 all out;
St Johnston 94–3.
St Johnston won by 7 wickets.
1988 Lurgan North Down Rathmines, DublinLurgan 249–6 (G Hunter 100, S Kshirasgar 61);
North Down 153 all out.
Lurgan won by 96 runs.
1989 North Down Donemana Rathmines, DublinDonemana 101 all out;
North Down 102–6.
North Down won by 4 wickets.

1990s

SeasonWinnersRunners-UpVenueMatch Notes
1990 Lurgan Clontarf Rathmines, DublinLurgan 251–9 (R McCollum 91, D Neill 52);
Clontarf 178 all out.
Lurgan won by 73 runs.
1991 Downpatrick North of Ireland The Green, Comber Downpatrick 203–6 (K Merchant 60 no);
North 200–8.
Downpatrick won by 3 runs.
1992 Waringstown Sion Mills Rathmines, DublinWaringstown 171–5;
Sion Mills 122 all out.
Waringstown won by 49 runs.
1993 North Down Brigade Rathmines, DublinBrigade 155–9;
North Down 156–3 (C McCrum 87).
North Down won by 7 wickets.
1994 Limavady Strabane Woodvale Road, Eglinton Strabane 159 all out (P Gillespie 55;
Limavady 160–6 (D Curry 111 no).
Limavady won by 4 wickets.
1995 North Down Bready The Green, ComberNorth Down 227–3 (P McCrum 100 no, Robin Haire 64 no);
Bready 226 all out (A Rutherford 70).
North Down won by 1 run.
1996 Brigade Leinster Rathmines, DublinLeinster 199–6 (JV Byrne 56, JE Byrne 53);
Brigade 201–2 (C Jeffrey 84 no, Akram Raza 67).
Brigade won by 8 wickets.
1997 Limavady Leinster Beechgrove, DerryLeinster 172–6 (T McDonnell 50);
Limavady 174–0 (D Curry 102 no, D Cooke 64 no).
Limavady won by 10 wickets.
1998 Strabane Ballymena Beechgrove, DerryStrabane 189–4;
Ballymena 165 all out (Mark Gillespie 5–33).
Strabane won by 24 runs.
1999 Brigade Limavady Beechgrove, DerryLimavady 162 all out;
Brigade 163–6 (S Smyth 55).
Brigade won by 4 wickets.

2000s

SeasonWinnersRunners-UpVenueMatch Notes
2000 Donemana Limavady Beechgrove, DerryLimavady 215–8 (50 overs G Harron 83 no);
Donemana 219–7 (49.1 overs, W Porterfield 59)
Donemana won by 3 wickets.
2001 North County Cliftonville The Lawn, Waringstown North County 272–7 (A Botha 66, J Mooney 61);
Cliftonville 198–9 (K McCallan 60).
North County won by 74 runs.
2002 Malahide Rush Castle Avenue Rush 148 all out;
Malahide 149–6 (N Shaukat 4–26).
Malahide won by 4 wickets.
2003 North County Railway Union Castle Avenue North County 217–7 (E Morgan 70);
Railway Union 146 all out (C Mullen 58, P Mooney 4–19).
North County won by 71 runs.
2004 Limavady Strabane Woodvale Road, Eglinton Limavady 198–6 (50 overs, I McGregor 89);
Strabane 110 all out (42.1 overs).
Limavady won by 88 runs.
2005 North County Railway Union Castle Avenue Railway Union 182–8 (50 overs A Murphy 80);
North County 185–5 (44.2 overs J Mooney 57 no).
North County won by 5 wickets.
2006 Railway Union Rush Castle Avenue Rush 206–7 (50 overs, S Iqbal 58);
Railway Union 210–9 (43.2 overs A Murphy 50, N Mullen 4–32).
Railway Union won by 1 wicket.
2007 North County The Hills Castle Avenue North County 259–8 (50 overs, A Botha 84);
The Hills 154 all out (B Archer 52; R Lawrence 5–38).
North County won by 105 runs. [6]
2008 North County Donemana Strabane North County 165–8 (Conor Armstrong 68; Junior McBrine 4–42);
Donemana 112 all out.
North County won by 43 runs. [7]
2009 Leinster Donemana MilvertonLeinster 265–8 (50 overs A Scholtz 75, JP O'Dwyer 61);
Donemana 238 all out (48.4 overs R Kee 61, A Shafique 55, R Miley 4–46).
Leinster won by 27 runs.

2010s

SeasonWinnersRunners-UpVenueMatch Notes
2010 Merrion Railway Union BalrotheryRailway Union 317/3 (50 overs, Kevin O'Brien 76, Trent Johnston 71, Tom Fisher 69, John Anderson );


Merrion 164/1 (26 overs, Greg Clarence 80*, Dominick Joyce 72*).
Merrion won by 36 runs. (DLS par score: 128 in 26 overs) [8]

2011 Waringstown Instonians The Green, ComberInstonians 237/8 (50 overs, Andrew White 76, James Shannon 51, Gary Kidd 2/35)


Waringstown 125/2 (29 overs, Simon Harrison 68, Lee Nelson 36, N Hamilton 1-13).
Waringstown won by 21 runs (DLS). [9]

2012 The Hills Merrion Castle Avenue Merrion 153 (48 overs, Dominick Joyce 51, John Anderson 47; Naseer Shoukat 3-16)


The Hills 154/2 (39.1 overs, Darryl Calder 64*, Mike Baumgart 36, Damien Poder 1-21).
The Hills won by 8 wickets. [10]

2013 Clontarf Merrion Malahide Merrion 253/7 (50 overs, Brett Thompson 78, John Anderson 87, Dominick Joyce 51*, Zander van der Merwe 4-46)


Clontarf 254/4 (49 overs, Andrew Poynter 102*, Eoghan Delany 42*, Andre Botha 42, Simon Morrissey 2-58)
Clontarf won by 6 wickets. [11]

2014 The Hills Clontarf Castle Avenue The Hills 239 (50 overs, Cormac McLoughlin-Gavin 75, Mike Baumgart 62, Zander Van Merwe 4-30)


Clontarf 230 (41 overs, Adrian D'Arcy 51, Andrew Poynter 41, Eoghan Delany 41, Naseer Shoukat 3-40)
The Hills won by 9 runs. [12] [13]

2015 Waringstown Merrion The Lawn, Waringstown Waringstown 276-7 (L Nelson 44, G Thompson 78, J de Villiers 31, K McCallan 30no, D Joyce 4-62)


Merrion 169 (D Langford-Smith 70, M Lewis 52no, J de Villiers 4-24, G Kidd 2-44, K McCallan 3-30)
Waringstown won by 107 runs. [14]

2016 Merrion Waringstown Castle Avenue Merrion 252-9 (J Anderson 109, D Joyce 67)


Waringstown 196 (L Nelson 48, W von Behr 3-38)
Merrion won by 51 runs. [15]

2017 Waringstown The Hills Bready The Hills 135 (Mark Donegan 40, Max Sorensen 24*, Hamid Shah 20; Kyle McCallan 3/18, Shaheen Khan 2/14, Phil Eaglestone 2/21)


Waringstown 136-6 (Adam Dennison 45, Greg Thompson 24*, James Hall 22; Yagoob Ali 4/25, Ryan Cartwright 2/33)
Waringstown won by 4 wickets. [16]

2018 Waringstown Merrion Stormont Waringstown 264/7 (50 overs James Hall 73, Shaheen Khan 71*; John Anderson 3-28)


Merrion 179 (42.1 overs Michael Lewis 46; Shaheen Khan 2-23, Gary Kidd 2-35)
Waringstown won by 85 runs. [17]

2019 Pembroke Waringstown MilvertonPembroke 316/7 (50 overs Shaheen Khan 101, Theo Lawson 63, Haseeb Azam 2-40)


Waringstown 181 (30.1 overs Greg Thompson 45, James Mitchell 29, Jack Balbirnie 4-52)
Pembroke won by 135 runs. [18]

2020s

SeasonWinnersRunners-UpVenueMatch Notes
2020Not played
2021Not played
2022 CIYMS Lisburn Bready CIYMS 321-6 (50 overs; J Matchett 94, C Dougherty 93; N Whitworth 2-63)


Lisburn 96 (26.2 overs; F Fazal 30; N Jones 3–15)
CIYMS won by 225 runs [19]

2023 Leinster Waringstown The Lawn Leinster 259-6 (50 overs; J Carroll 78, P Francis 74*; G Hume 2-35, B Snell 2-45)


Waringstown 211 (45 overs; M Topping 110; P Francis 3-24, B Ashar 3-45
Leinster won by 48 runs [20]

2024 Phoenix Merrion The Mardyke, Cork Phoenix 211 (44.2 overs; T Kane 44*, L Shields 40, P Francis 3-37


Merrion 210 (26.2 overs; S Harbinson 60, S Modgill 42, B White 5-34
Phoenix Cricket Club won by 1 run [21]

Summary of winners

By province

ProvinceWins
Leinster 17
NCU 16
North West 8
Connacht 0
Munster 0

By country

Wins
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 23
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 18

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