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An interesting article on the Cricket Leinster website features historic material on Junior League tables. The article can be found at https://www.cricketleinster.ie/news/historical-junior-league-tables-coming-soon The Table shows the highest and lowest positions of the various Merrion league teams back to 1980. Merrion 1st XI have won what is now...

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It is a while since we have produced a ‘Club Ranking’ based on where the teams finished in the league the previous season.  The top ranked team in Open Competitions in 2022 were Balbriggan who score ‘1’.  The highest ranked club accordingly is the one...

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Merrion got a home draw in the Leinster Senior Cup which is taking place next season after a gap of three years. The opposition next year will be Railway Union. The 2nd XI travel away to take on Laois. The full Senior draw Dublin University v The Hills Pembroke...

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Twenty three players turned out for the 1st XI in 2022. In all there were 21 matches that count towards the averages. Three players, Amish Sidhu, Muhammed Sinan and Swapnil Modgill, played in all 21 matches. Jack Carty led the way in the batting with...

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A strong end to the season saw Merrion extricate themselves from the jaws of relegation to achieve runners up spot in the Premier League. In a pleasant evening at Sydney Parade the discussions among the hurlers on the ditch centred on the ‘what ifs’. If...

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Merrion 1st XI secured one end of a Premier League lifeline with an emphatic full points win over The Hills at Anglesea Road on Sunday. Batting first they amassed a total of 265/8 in their 50 overs. The highlight was a sparkling innings of 73...

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When Hugh Kennedy took his third wicket in a row in the fourth over of the Premier League game against Malahide on Saturday, it was the 98th time that a hat-trick had been achieved since the Leinster Senior League was founded in 1919.  Most bowlers never manage...

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