History – Merrion Cricket Club

26 Oct

An analysis of the 2011 youth players for Merrion.

October 26, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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Where are they now? An analysis of the 2011 youth players for Merrion In 2011, the first year of modern Cricket Leinster records, Merrion had 160 boys in its youth section. Of these 23 played in adult Open Competitions in that year. This represented 18% of...

18 Sep

History, homepage, Open, Records

The End of an Era : John Anderson [2008 – 2026]

October 10, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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The 12th of September marked the end of an era for Merrion, it was John Anderson’s last game for the 1st XI. In the period since he first arrived in 2008 he has been ever present at or close to the top of the batting...

20 Aug

History, Open, Records

Individual Contributions to Team Success

August 20, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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FROM THE ARCHIVES Photo : Paddy Waldron wins the Marchant Cup in 1943 One of the unique selling points of cricket as a sport is the way it combines individual achievement and team performance. Runs, wickets and dismissals are recorded against the individual while at the same...

12 Aug

History

Merrion and club cricket in Leinster [1919 – 2026]

August 12, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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Leinster cricket has never had more clubs or more teams than it has in 2026: forty-six clubs entered a hundred and eighty sides in Open Competitions. What the long record shows, though, is that those two figures have not always moved together, and the decades...

07 Aug

History

Junior Cup Winners 1986 by Mark Rutledge

August 8, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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Preparing to move house, I came across an old photograph, taken 40 years ago in August 1986 at Civil Service CC at the scene of a Merrion Junior Cup final win celebrating Brendan Whyte's (RIP) 5 wicket haul against an Aer Lingus CC side. In that photo...

28 Jul

History, homepage, Records

Highest Innings Scores for Merrion

July 29, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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Sunday’s innings score of 391/5 for the 2nd XI against the Hills 2nd XI prompted a search of the records books to see where that would rank among the highest innings totals by a Merrion team. The post has been amended to include Irish Senior...

24 Jul

History, homepage, Records

High Scores for Merrion

July 24, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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Three centuries by Merrion players this week in representative matches prompted interest in other examples of centuries by Merrion players. But first the three centuries, 148 by Annabelle Squires, her maiden century in any form of cricket, for Leinster v NCU in the Future...

17 Jul

History, homepage

From the Archive – the first game in 1926

July 17, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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On the 10th July 1926, a Merrion 1st XI played their first ever match in the Senior League at Anglesea Road. The opposition was Clontarf and the game ended in a draw. In the 100 years of senior cricket since, allowing for one year lost...

29 Jun

History, homepage, News

‘Stanton holds nerve for victory’

June 29, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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In what proved a memorable weekend for men’s and women’s cricket in Ireland, a little piece of history was also being commemorated at Anglesea Road. The newly created seating area in the corner at the Dunluce end of the ground was being dedicated to the...