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]
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]
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match Scores |
---|---|---|---|
1935 | Pembroke | Phoenix | |
1936 | Leinster | Merrion | |
1937 | Phoenix | Dublin University | |
1938 | Phoenix | Dublin University | |
1939 | Phoenix | Leinster |
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match 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 |
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match 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 |
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match 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 |
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match 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 | ? |
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match 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 |
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match 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 |
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match 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 |
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match Scores |
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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] |
Season | Winners | Runners-up | Match Scores |
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2020 | YMCA | Railway Union | [13] |
2021 | Merrion | YMCA | [14] |
2022 | Pembroke | Clontarf | [15] |
2023 | Clontarf | The Hills | [16] |
Team | Wins |
---|---|
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 |
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