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The Ireland men's cricket team represents all of Ireland in international cricket. The Irish Cricket Union,operating under the brand Cricket Ireland,is the sport's governing body in Ireland,and they organise the international team. The team have a number of home grounds,including Malahide in County Dublin,Stormont,Belfast,Bready in the north-west and Clontarf in Dublin city. A further ground is planned for the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown,Dublin for 2030. Due to the short season allowed by the Irish climate,and lack of large scale facilities,Ireland also occasionally play 'home matches' in venues in England and further abroad.
Timothy James Murtagh is a retired English-born Irish cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club.
David Alan Lewis is a former Irish cricketer and rugby union referee. He is also an occasional media commentator on Irish cricket. His father,Ian,and daughters,Robyn and Gaby,have also played cricket for Ireland,
Eric Leslie Kidd was an English-born Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler,he played 147 first-class cricket matches,mostly for Middlesex,and played for the Ireland cricket team on six occasions.
David Trent Johnston is an Irish-Australian cricket coach and former player. He was born in Wollongong,New South Wales,and played his early cricket for New South Wales in Australian domestic competitions. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler,he later moved to Ireland,and made his debut for the Ireland cricket team in 2004. Johnston was subsequently named captain of Ireland,and was a regular fixture in the national team until his retirement in 2013. He coached the Hong Kong national cricket team from 2019 to 2022.
David Langford-Smith is a former Irish cricketer,who was the first man to take a wicket in a One Day International for Ireland. A right-handed batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler,he has played 34 times for the Ireland cricket team as of 10 June 2007. Dave also played for,Phoenix Cricket club /,where he is a strong player and is the head coach of all teams. He has Played for Phoenix for several years.
Free Foresters Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club,established in 1856 for players from the Midland counties of England. It is a 'wandering' club,having no home ground.
Peter Gerard Gillespie is a Northern Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,he had played for the Ireland cricket team 116 times up to the start of the 2007 World Cup,including twelve first-class matches and 35 List A matches,four of which were One Day International. Only three players have played more times for Ireland.
William Kyle McCallan,usually known as Kyle McCallan,is a former Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,he has played more times for the Ireland cricket team than any other player,more than 40 caps ahead of the next player in the table,the retired Peter Gillespie. Only three players have captained Ireland more times than McCallan,and only Jason Molins has captained them to more wins. He has also played second XI cricket for Derbyshire and Surrey.
Robert James Hamilton Lambert was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler,he played 51 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1893 and 1930,including 23 first-class matches,captaining them on 13 occasions. He also played first-class cricket for London County and Woodbrook Club and Ground. On his death,the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack described him as the best all-rounder produced by Ireland.
Garfield David Harrison is one of four brothers to have played cricket for the Ireland cricket team. Garfield was by far the most successful of the four,playing 118 times for Ireland between 1983 and 1997,including twelve first-class matches against Scotland and 20 List A matches.
Harry Cecil Corley,also known as Harry Hegarty Corley was an Irish sportsman and sport official. Corley played both cricket and rugby union at an international level,and later in his life became a rugby referee.
William Raymond Hunter was a Northern Irish cricketer and rugby union player. He played for Ireland in both sports. In cricket he won 28 international caps and played in 11 first-class matches. In rugby he played ten times for Ireland in the Five Nations,scoring one try. He also played for the British and Irish Lions.
William Drummond Hamilton was an Irish cricketer and footballer. A left-handed batsman and wicket-keeper,he played fourteen times for the Ireland cricket team between 1883 and 1896,and also played first-class cricket for Oxford University and the MCC.
William Hone was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman,he played eleven times for the Ireland cricket team between 1861 and 1878 and also played nine first-class matches,mostly for the MCC.
Kenneth William Hope is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler,he played thirteen times for the Ireland cricket team between 1958 and 1966 including nine first-class matches.
Castle Park Cricket Ground is an English cricket ground in Colchester. The ground is in Lower Castle Park,part of the land surrounding Colchester Castle and within the area of the Historic England Grade II registered park and garden. It was used by Essex County Cricket Club for some of their first-class cricket matches between 1914 and 2016. When the ground is not used to stage First-class cricket matches,it is frequently used for Colchester &East Essex Cricket Club.
Richard Averill Lloyd was an Irish cricketer and rugby union player. At cricket,he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler who played two first-class matches for the Ireland cricket team,also playing for Lancashire. In rugby union,he was a fly-half who played 19 times for the Ireland national rugby union team,scoring 72 points,and was regarded as one of the best goal-kickers of his time. He is regarded by his school,Portora Royal School,as one of their most famous pupils,alongside Samuel Beckett and Oscar Wilde.
College Park is a cricket ground in the grounds of Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and is the home ground of Dublin University Cricket Club. A cricket match at Trinity College was mentioned in a poem 1820s between a team from Ballinasloe playing "the Collegians",although whether this match was played on the present ground is not known. The first recorded mention of cricket on the present ground dates from 1868,when Ireland played an All-England Eleven in a non first-class fixture.
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