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Merrion’s Batting Honour Board 2023

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

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