Merrion Cricket Club

Merrion

Personnel
Captain	Max Sorensen
Coach	Dominick Joyce
Overseas player(s)	Muhammad Manack
Team information
Colours	Lincoln green, gold and maroon [1]
Founded	1906
Home ground	Anglesea Road Cricket Ground

Merrion Cricket Club is a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League.

The club was established as Merrion Wanderers and then Land Commission in 1879, moving to its present ground in 1906. ^{[2] [3]} Until 1919, membership of the club was restricted to civil servants. ^[4] Senior status was attained in 1926. ^[5]

Merrion has a large number of teams (seven men, three women, three social and boys and girls teams for all age groups) catering for all standards and interests.

Current Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
• *denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
John Anderson	Ireland	(1982-10-06) 6 October 1982 (age 42)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Andrew Doheny	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm off break
Franco Marais	South Africa*		Right-handed	—
All-rounders
Muhammad Manack	South Africa	(2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Overseas Pro
Swapnil Modgill	India*	(1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Sean Stanton	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm medium
Jamie Forbes	Ireland	(2004-02-01) 1 February 2004 (age 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Stephen Doheny	Ireland	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	—
Adam Rosslee	South Africa*	(2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed	—	Vice Captain
Michael Lewis	Ireland		Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Max Sorensen	Ireland	(1985-11-18) 18 November 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	Vice Captain
Tom Stanton	Ireland	(1997-09-21) 21 September 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Mikey O'Reilly	Ireland	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22)	Left-handed	Left arm fast-medium
Daniel Forkin	Ireland	(2005-05-10) 10 May 2005 (age 19)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Hugh Kennedy	Ireland		Right-handed	Right arm medium
Melvin Christoper Devaraj	India*	(2001-12-31) 31 December 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium

Honours

• Irish Senior Cup: 2^{[ citation needed ]}
  • 2010, 2016
• Leinster Senior League: 7^{[ citation needed ]}
  • 1940, 1945, 1952, 1958, 2001, 2018, 2021
• Leinster Senior League Cup: 3^{[ citation needed ]}
  • 1940, 1960, 2011, 2021

Home Ground

Merrion Cricket Club play their home games at Anglesea Road, in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The ground has hosted a single List-A match which saw Papua New Guinea play the United States. ^[6] The ground has also hosted Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals. ^[7] It is occasionally used by the Leinster Lightning for First-class matches, and by Cricket Leinster for other Youth and Women representative teams. The ground is managed by GM by Choice.

Anglesea Road has a pavilion, a square, full nets facilities, a bar, dressing room areas and car parking.

The club's lower division, youth and women's teams occasionally use their secondary ground in Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, which is owned by Catholic University School.

References

1. Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
2. Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. Merrion Cricket Club
4. Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
5. Merrion Cricket Club: The Early Years Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
6. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
7. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

External links

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