Leinster Senior League Cup (cricket)

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The Leinster Senior League Cup is the most important provincial cricket knock-out cup of the Leinster jurisdiction in Ireland. The competition began as the Leinster Senior Cup in 1919 and was renamed in 2019. [1]

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Traditionally a knock-out competition, from 2019 it has been played in a group format, with the winners and runners-up of two groups qualifying for semi-finals. In 2021, it was played as a T20 competition. [2]

List of finals

1930s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch Scores
1935 Pembroke Phoenix
1936 Leinster Merrion
1937 Phoenix Dublin University
1938 Phoenix Dublin University
1939 Phoenix Leinster

1940s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch Scores
1940 Merrion Leinster
1941 Leinster Dublin University
1942 Dublin University Phoenix
1943 Clontarf Pembroke
1944 Pembroke Merrion
1945 Phoenix Pembroke
1946 Pembroke Merrion
1947 Phoenix Clontarf
1948 Phoenix Merrion
1949 Phoenix Railway Union

1950s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch Scores
1950 Clontarf Railway Union
1951 Phoenix Merrion
1952 Dublin University Clontarf
1953 Leinster Malahide
1954 Pembroke Dublin University
1955 Leinster Malahide
1956 Leinster Phoenix
1957 Pembroke Leinster
1958 Leinster Phoenix
1959 Malahide Leinster

1960s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch scores
1960 Merrion Clontarf
1961 Dublin University Railway Union
1962 Dublin University Pembroke
1963 Dublin University Merrion
1964 Old Belvedere Malahide
1965 Old Belvedere Malahide
1966 Old Belvedere Malahide
1967 Railway Union Phoenix
1968 Leinster Clontarf
1969 Clontarf Phoenix

1970s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch Scores
1970 Old Belvedere Clontarf
1971 Malahide Clontarf
1972 Pembroke Malahide
1973 Phoenix Pembroke
1974 Pembroke Railway Union
1975 Phoenix Leinster
1976 Phoenix Leinster
1977 Phoenix Old Belvedere
1978 Phoenix Merrion
1979 Phoenix ?

1980s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch Scores
1980 Pembroke YMCA
1981 Leinster Railway Union
1982 Phoenix Malahide
1983 Pembroke Leinster
1984 YMCA Leinster
1985 Leinster Merrion
1986 YMCA Phoenix
1987 YMCA Clontarf
1988 YMCA Railway Union
1989 The Hills Carlisle

1990s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch scores
1990 YMCA Clontarf
1991 YMCA Leinster
1992 Clontarf YMCA
1993 Pembroke Old Belvedere
1994 YMCA Malahide
1995 Clontarf Merrion
1996 The Hills Pembroke
1997 Pembroke The Hills
1998 Leinster Malahide
1999 Pembroke The Hills

2000s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch Scores
2000 Clontarf North County
2001 YMCA Terenure
2002 YMCA Merrion
2003 North County Clontarf
2004 Clontarf Rush
2005 The Hills Clontarf
2006 The Hills North County
2007 Clontarf Merrion
2008 Clontarf North County
2009 Clontarf North County

2010s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch Scores
2010 Railway Union Clontarf
2011 Merrion North County [3]
2012 Clontarf Pembroke Pembroke 236–8 (60.0 overs, T Lawson 79, A Balbirnie 57*, G Baugh 45, A Cusack 3–45)
Clontarf 238–4 (55.5 overs, B Coghlan 62, A Poynter 56*, M Watterson 53, A Eastwood 2–38, A Leonard 2–58)
Clontarf won by 6 wickets [4]
2013 YMCA Pembroke YMCA 288-6 (60.0 overs, J Bray 130*, T Johnston 62, B McCarthy 2-61)
Pembroke 209 (55.4 overs, B McCarthy 45, T Lawson 35, R Russell 28, A van der Merwe 4-39, Simmi Singh 3-35, Yacoub Ali 2-45)
YMCA won by 79 runs [5]
2014 Clontarf Malahide Clontarf 215 (Delany 57, Savile 5/40, B McCarthy 2-61)
Malahide 171 (Strydom 48, Der Merwe 2/27, Morrissey 4/41, D'Arcy 3/38)
Clontarf won by 44 runs [6]
2015 Clontarf YMCA Clontarf 204 (S McAuley 40, M Granger 5/38)
YMCA 208-2 (A D'Arcy 88no, B Coghlan 53)
Clontarf won by 8 wickets [7] [8]
2016 YMCA Leinster Leinster 225-8 (Coad 24, Delany 27, Dockrell 70, O'Dwyer 33, Singh 5/57)
YMCA 226-3 (49.2 overs) (Tector 75, Singh 66, Terry 58no)
YMCA won by 7 wickets [9]
2017 The Hills Merrion Merrion 186 (Anderson 80, Lewis 22, Tice 41; Cartwright 4/30)
The Hills 188-5 (37.4 overs) (McLoughlin-Gavin 38, Shah 25, Sorensen 64no; Kane 3/29)
The Hills won by 5 wickets [10]
2018 Clontarf North County Clontarf 192-8 (Gallagher 22, Poynter 36, Forrest 66, Islam 35; Sheridan 3/27, Nofal 4/8)
North County 175 (Grassi 32, McGovern 58; Poynter 3/24)
Clontarf won by 17 runs [11]
2019 The Hills Phoenix [12]

2020s

SeasonWinnersRunners-upMatch Scores
2020 YMCA Railway Union [13]
2021 Merrion YMCA [14]
2022 Pembroke Clontarf [15]
2023 Clontarf The Hills [16]

Summary of winners

TeamWins
Phoenix 15
Clontarf 15
Pembroke 13
YMCA 12
Leinster 10
The Hills 6
Dublin University 5
Merrion 4
Old Belvedere 4
Malahide 2
Railway Union 2
North County 1

See also

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