Forty five players scored 50 or more runs for Merrion in League and Cup [other than T20s] matches in Open Competition this year. Top of the table is Stephen Doheny’s 128 against Malahide on 19th August. This is followed by Akshay Dubey’’s 108 for the 3rds against Phoenix IIs and John Anderson’s 105 against Balbriggan. All three innings were at Anglesea Road.
The total of three centuries scored in 2023 was down on last year with where there were five. There was also a drop in the number of half centuries scored.
The list of those who appear on Honour Board more than once is headed by John Anderson with seven entries. Himanshu Kamat and Denny David are joint second with three each.
As might be expected the 1st XI has the highest number of top scores [15]. The 4ths did well with 9 50s and the 5ths not so well with only one all season.
1st XI | 2nd XI | 3rd XI | 4th XI | 5th XI | 6th XI | 7th XI |
15 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
A home venue does not seem to have provided much of an advantage to the Merrion Batters with 19 high scores secured away from home compared with 17 at Anglesea Road [for the top four teams]. Bird Avenue seems to have brought a much greater advantage with seven fifties as opposed to two away from home for the 5th to 7th teams.
A final point to note – three youth players made 50s during the season. These were Daniel Forkin for the 2nd XI and Jan Dijkstra and Ollie Molins for the 7ths. The last two were maiden senior 50s. Click the date to see the full scorecard for the day.
Batting [50s] | |||||||
Rank | Name | Team | Against | Date | Comp | Venue | Score |
1 | Stephen Doheny | Merrion 1 | Malahide 1 | 19-Aug-23 | Premier | Anglesea Road | 128 |
2 | Akshay Dubey | Merrion 3 | Phoenix 2 | 07-Aug-23 | D4 | Anglesea Road | 108 |
3 | John Anderson | Merrion 1 | Balbriggan 1 | 03-Jun-23 | Premier | Anglesea Road | 105 |
4 | Grant Glutz | Merrion 2 | YMCA 2 | 08-Jul-23 | Premier II | Claremont Road | 94 |
5 | Jack Carty | Merrion 1 | Malahide 1 | 19-Aug-23 | Premier | Anglesea Road | 93 |
6 | Pashtoon Barkzai | Merrion 6 | Slieve Bloom 1 | 02-Jul-23 | D14 | Bird Avenue | 92 |
7 | Pashtoon Barkzai | Merrion 6 | Malahide 5 | 12-Aug-23 | D14 | Bird Avenue |
91*
|
8 | Anthony Jones | Merrion 7 | Sandyford 4 | 23-Apr-23 | D19 | Marlay Park | 86 |
9 | Swapnil Modgill | Merrion 1 | YMCA 1 | 01-Jul-23 | Premier | Claremont Road | 86 |
10 | John Anderson | Merrion 1 | YMCA 1 | 26-Aug-23 | Premier | Anglesea Road | 84 |
11 | John Anderson | Merrion 1 | The Hills 1 | 09-Sep-23 | Premier | The Vineyard |
83*
|
12 | Himanshu Kamat | Merrion 4 | Greystones 1 | 19-Aug-23 | D7 | Greystones – Druids | 81 |
13 | John Anderson | Merrion 1 | Leinster 1 | 02-Sep-23 | Premier | Anglesea Road | 81 |
14 | Samuel Harbinson | Merrion 1 | Railway Union 1 | 13-Aug-23 | Premier | Park Avenue | 78 |
15 | Akshay Dubey | Merrion 3 | The Hills 2 | 27-Aug-23 | D4 | The Vineyard |
77*
|
16 | Razwan Ahmed | Merrion 4 | Adamstown 2 | 16-Jul-23 | D7 | Corkagh Park 1 |
73*
|
17 | Swapnil Modgill | Merrion 1 | Leinster 1 | 08-Jul-23 | Premier | Observatory Lane | 73 |
18 | Samuel Harbinson | Merrion 1 | Railway Union 1 | 10-Jun-23 | Premier | Anglesea Road |
72*
|
19 | Himanshu Kamat | Merrion 4 | Civil Service 3 | 05-Jun-23 | D7 | Anglesea Road | 72 |
20 | Peter Forkin | Merrion 2 | Railway Union 2 | 10-Sep-23 | Premier II | Anglesea Road | 72 |
21 | Jack Carty | Merrion 1 | YMCA 1 | 01-Jul-23 | Premier | Claremont Road | 71 |
22 | Denny David | Merrion 3 | YMCA 3 | 24-Jun-23 | D4 | Anglesea Road | 70 |
23 | Nigel Bainbridge | Merrion 7 | Castleknock 4 | 16-Apr-23 | D19 | Porterstown Park | 69 |
24 | Vikas Dhiman | Merrion 4 | Adamstown 2 | 16-Jul-23 | D7 | Corkagh Park 1 | 69 |
25 | Vikas Dhiman | Merrion 4 | Tyrrelstown 1 | 16-Sep-23 | D7 | Anglesea Road |
66*
|
26 | Rishabh Sharma | Merrion 6 | Slieve Bloom 1 | 02-Jul-23 | D14 | Bird Avenue | 65 |
27 | Harish Sivaraman | Merrion 4 | Phoenix 3 | 14-May-23 | D7 | Phoenix | 62 |
28 | Razwan Ahmed | Merrion 5 | North County 4 | 25-Jun-23 | D11 | Bird Avenue | 62 |
29 | Himanshu Sharma | Merrion 4 | Adamstown 2 | 16-Jul-23 | D7 | Corkagh Park 1 | 62 |
30 | Keptan Zazai | Merrion 6 | Clondalkin 2 | 30-Jul-23 | D14 | Bird Avenue | 60 |
31 | John O’Hara | Merrion 2 | Malahide 2 | 20-Aug-23 | Premier II | Anglesea Road | 60 |
32 | Jan Dijkstra | Merrion 7 | Dundalk 2 | 04-Jun-23 | D19 | Bird Avenue |
59*
|
33 | Himanshu Kamat | Merrion 4 | Tyrrelstown 1 | 16-Sep-23 | D7 | Anglesea Road | 59 |
34 | Niranjan Shankar | Merrion 2 | Laois 1 | 05-Jun-23 | Senior II Cup | Stradbally |
57*
|
35 | Denny David | Merrion 3 | Phoenix 2 | 20-May-23 | D4 | Phoenix | 57 |
36 | Vaibhav Sapra | Merrion 2 | Railway Union 2 | 12-Aug-23 | Premier II | Park Avenue | 57 |
37 | Robert Stanton | Merrion 4 | Phoenix 3 | 23-Apr-23 | D7 | Anglesea Road | 56 |
38 | Daniel Forkin | Merrion 2 | Railway Union 2 | 12-Aug-23 | Premier II | Park Avenue | 56 |
39 | John Anderson | Merrion 1 | The Hills 1 | 17-Jun-23 | Premier | Anglesea Road | 55 |
40 | John Anderson | Merrion 1 | Railway Union 1 | 13-Aug-23 | Premier | Park Avenue | 55 |
41 | Denny David | Merrion 3 | Balbriggan 2 | 07-May-23 | D4 | Jack Harper Ground | 52 |
42 | Stephen Doheny | Merrion 1 | Leinster 1 | 08-Jul-23 | Premier | Observatory Lane | 51 |
43 | John Anderson | Merrion 1 | Clontarf 1 | 29-Jul-23 | Premier | Anglesea Road | 51 |
44 | Niranjan Shankar | Merrion 2 | Clontarf 2 | 25-Jun-23 | Senior II Cup | Anglesea Road | 50 |
45 | Oliver Molins | Merrion 7 | Castleknock 4 | 06-Aug-23 | D19 | Bird Avenue | 50 |