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Founded | 1868 |
Home ground | Sydney Parade |
Pembroke Cricket Club was founded in 1868 and is located at Sydney Parade, [1] Park Avenue, just outside the old village of Sandymount in the prosperous Dublin suburb of Ballsbridge. The grounds were part of the lands of the Pembroke Estate from which the club took its name. In 1983, the club bought out the ground from the Estate and now is the joint owner in conjunction with Monkstown Football Club.
The Club fields six men's teams in league and cup competitions. Players have included Frank Malin, bowler and first man to hold the position of chairman of the Irish Cricket Union. [2] Harry Hill, Master of the High Court, kept wicket from 1947 to 1977. [3] Hill held the Leinster record with 502 dismissals (292 catches and 210 stumpings), until recently surpassed by Charlie Kavanagh, also a Pembroke wicket keeper. [4]
There are also two ladies' teams and schoolboy-league teams at under-11, -13, -15, -17 -19 age groups. The First XI have a proud record winning the Leinster Senior Cup in its inaugural year, 1935 and on twelve occasions since. It has regularly provided players to the Irish team of whom S.F. Bergin, with fifty-three caps between 1949 and 1965 is the most famous.[ citation needed ]
The club is an affiliate of the Leinster Cricket Union [5]
Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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Batsmen | |||||
Andrew Balbirnie | Ireland | 28 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
Harry Tector | Ireland | 6 December 1999 | Right-handed | Right arm off-break | |
Jack Tector | Ireland | 2 September 1996 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
Tim Tector | Ireland | 7 March 2003 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
Diarmaid Tucker | Ireland | Right-handed | Right arm off break | ||
Blake Macdonald | Australia | 23 February 1998 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Overseas Pro |
Danny Hogan | Ireland | Right-handed | Right arm off break | ||
Zac McCabe | Australia* | Right-handed | Right arm medium | ||
Macdara Cosgrave | Ireland | 10 November 2005 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
All-rounders | |||||
Jonathan Garth | Ireland | 19 December 2000 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
Daniel Murray | Ireland | 5 November 2007 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
Barry McCarthy | Ireland | 13 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
Gavin Hoey | Ireland | 5 November 2001 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Lorcan Tucker | Ireland | 10 September 1996 | Right-handed | — | |
Greg Hollins | England* | 30 June 1991 | Right-handed | — | |
Sam Murphy | Ireland | 18 September 1998 | Left-handed | — | |
Bowlers | |||||
Josh Little | Ireland | 1 November 1999 | Right-handed | Left arm fast-medium | |
Byron McDonough | Ireland | 27 September 2001 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |
Fiachra Tucker | Ireland | 5 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
Paul Lawson | Ireland | Right-handed | Right arm off break | ||
Joe Prendergast | Ireland | Right-handed | Right arm medium | ||
Oliver Riley | Ireland | 7 November 2006 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
Mark Berry | Ireland | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | ||
Padraic Flanagan | Ireland | 9 March 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
Luke Murray | Ireland | 5 November 2007 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
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