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18 Sep

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

September 18, 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...

31 Aug

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Merrion Women 1st XI secure Premier League title.

September 2, 2026
By Eddie Lewis

Congratulations to Niamh MacNulty and her team for retaining the Women’s Premier League title. In the end it took victory over Phoenix on Sunday by the narrowest of margins, 2 runs under D/L to get over the line . This means that for a second...

24 Aug

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The Final Countdown

August 24, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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With just a few weeks left before the end of th4e season, both the Open and Womens 1st XIs are competing for titles in their respective Premier Leagues. While that might have been expected of the Women’s team, the Open 1st XI, under Sean Stanton,...

17 Aug

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Merrion increase pressure on leaders in Premier League

August 17, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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A hard fought victory against Leinster in the Premier League on Sunday puts Merrion in a position to challenge for league honours. With Pembroke and Balbriggan both losing over the weekend there are now three teams bunched at the top of the table. The scorecard will...

15 Aug

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Senior Averages : Post Split

August 15, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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Going into the ‘post-split’ stage of the Premier League, we were reminded in a post by Cricket Leinster of the race for individual awards. Swapnil Modgill is currently third in the batting averages, with 486 runs at an average of 48.60. Stephen Doheny with 15...

07 Aug

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The Final Count Down

August 7, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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With just six weeks remaining in the season the opportunities and challenges facing Merrion’s league teams are coming into focus. And sadly it is more about challenges than opportunities. The latest official league tables for the club’s six teams in Open Competitions at the end of...

31 Jul

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The Split

August 1, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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For most of its history the Leinster Cricket Union, as it was then known, controlled who counted as a Senior Club and was thus entitled to compete in the Leinster Senior League. This changed in 1993 when the league was split in two with promotion...

28 Jul

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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

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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...

19 Jul

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Merrion 1st XI secure place in top half of Premier League

July 19, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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Following their excellent win over North County in Inch Merrion 1st XI have guaranteed their place in the top half of the Premier League for the second half of the season with a round still to play. Indeed a win against Phoenix next week...

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