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Merrion Open Competitions: Individual Performances 2025

Information on the individual performances of Merrion players in Open Competitions [excluding ISC and T20 competitions] is now to hand.

Stephen Doheny tops the batting league table with the highest aggregate runs and the best overall average. Only six players qualified by scoring 400 runs or more in the season.

# Name Last Team Mts Inns NOs HS 100s 50s Runs Avg
1 Stephen Doheny Merrion 1 12 12 1 158 3 2 641 58.27
4 John Anderson Merrion 1 16 15 3 100* 1 4 587 48.92
2 Vikas Dhiman Merrion 2 16 15 1 143 2 2 632 45.14
3 Andrew Doheny Merrion 2 26 20 4 103* 1 4 599 37.44
5 Swapnil Modgill Merrion 1 16 16 1 95* 0 4 541 36.07
6 Daniel Forkin Merrion 2 28 25 2 66* 0 3 478 20.78

Andrew Doheny tops the bowling table with the lowest average runs per wicket [13.50]. Peter Forkin has the highest wicket total and economy rate of those who took 20 wickets or more.

# Name Last Team Mts Ovs Runs 5WI BBI Wkts Econ Avg
5 Andrew Doheny Merrion 2 26 62 270 1  5-22 20 4.35 13.50
3 Chetan Suttraway Merrion 6 15 88 331 0  3-17 24 3.75 13.79
4 Parth Dhingra Merrion 4 13 82 333 1  5-22 22 4.06 15.14
1 Peter Forkin Merrion 2 19 149 547 0  4-10 31 3.67 17.65
2 Hugh Kennedy Merrion 2 16 112 512 1  5-18 27 4.54 18.96
6 Tom Stanton Merrion 1 12 100 453 0  4-43 20 4.49 22.65

For the best all-rounder we travel down the leagues to the 6th XI where Chetan Suttraway was the most valuable player on a match by match basis for those achieving over 700 overall points in the season. The highest total points [999] was achieved by Andrew Doheny based on a calculate using the standard 1*Run and 20*Wicket.

# Name Last Team Mts Overs Balls Runs Wkts R*W Per Match
1 Chetan Suttraway Merrion 6 15 88 529 352 24 832 55.47
2 Peter Forkin Merrion 2 19 149 894 252 31 872 45.89
3 Cormac McMahon Merrion 2 16 25 155 389 13 649 40.56
4 Andrew Doheny Merrion 2 26 62 372 599 20 999 38.42
5 Daniel Forkin Merrion 2 28 88 532 478 16 798 28.50

In terms of the performance in the field. Only two players achieved 10 dismissals or more behind the stumps. Gurjit Singh has the table by hint of having the higher ratio of dismissals to match as wicket keeper.

# Name Last Team Mts AsKpr Sts Cts Tot Per Match
1 Gurjit Singh Merrion 6 11 7 1 10 11 1.57
2 JJ Cassidy Merrion 2 11 11 2 9 11 1.00

Swapnil Modgill and Cormac McMahon head a small table of players who took 10 or more catches in the season.

# Name Last Team Mts Cts
1 Swapnil Modgill Merrion 1 16 13
2 Cormac McMahon Merrion 2 16 13
3 Daniel Forkin Merrion 2 28 11
4 Andrew Doheny Merrion 2 26 11

Finally, the best best performances with bat and ball are set out in the following tables. In all there were nine centuries and seven ‘5 wickets hauls’ in the season. While the number of centuries is one up on the 2024 season, the number of times players took five wickets in an innings was only half the total from the previous year.

# Name Team Opposition Date Venue Runs
1 Stephen Doheny Merrion 1 Pembroke 1 02-Jun-25 Anglesea Road 158
2 Vikas Dhiman Merrion 2 Balbriggan 2 31-Aug-25 Anglesea Road 143
3 Connor Blaxall-Hill Merrion 1 Railway U 1 09-Aug-25 Park Avenue 131
4 Stephen Doheny Merrion 1 The Hills 1 05-May-25 The Vineyard 115
5 Sebastian Dijkstra Merrion 2 Clontarf 2 03-Aug-25 Anglesea Road 115
6 Stephen Doheny Merrion 1 Rush 1 19-Jul-25 Anglesea Road 105
7 Andrew Doheny Merrion 2 Balbriggan 2 31-Aug-25 Anglesea Road 103
8 Vikas Dhiman Merrion 3 Terenure 2 27-Apr-25 Anglesea Road 102
9 John Anderson Merrion 1 Clontarf 1 10-May-25 Anglesea Road 100
# Name Team Opposition Date Venue Figures
1 Vipul Kashyap Merrion 2 The Hills 2 27-Jul-25 Anglesea Road  6-39
2 Hugh Kennedy Merrion 2 Railway U  2 07-Sep-25 Park Avenue  5-18
3 Andrew Kay Merrion 6 Slieve Bloom 1 13-Sep-25 Anglesea Road  5-20
4 Parth Dhingra Merrion 4 Clontarf 3 21-Apr-25 Castle Avenue  5-22
5 Andrew Doheny Merrion 2 Balbriggan 2 27-Apr-25 Jack Harper Ground  5-22
6 Cormac McMahon Merrion 3 Terenure 2 27-Apr-25 Anglesea Road  5-39
7 Samuel Joyce Merrion 3 Laois 1 24-Aug-25 Stradbally  5-63

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