News – Merrion Cricket Club

28 Jul

Highest Innings Scores for Merrion

July 28, 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 first thing to say is that Junior Records have...

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...

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...

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...

07 Jul

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Mid Season Averages [Open Competitions]

July 7, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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Photo of Hugh Kennedy with his best ever bowling performance for the 2nd XI in their SF Cup Win over Pembroke. Jan Dijkstra helped secure the win with an unbeaten maiden half-century for the IIs. -------------- The batting and bowling averages up to the start...

06 Jul

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Mid Season Review : Open Competitions

July 6, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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The last two weekends have revived spirits and done much to rescue what was a below par first half to the season. Two wins in the Premier Division mean the 1st XI are now in a very strong position to be above the line ...

05 Jul

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The Premier / Championship Split, just two rounds to go.

July 5, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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There is much written about the likely impact of Artificial intelligence on the world. Some have warned that it heralds the end of the dominance of human life on this planet as a higher intelligence, soon to gain full consciousness, takes over. More mundane...

03 Jul

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Mid-Season Review : Women’s Cricket

July 3, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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Victories this week by the Womens 1st XI in the semi-final of the Senior Cup and in the Premier League and by the Womens 3rd XI in Division 3, only go to underline how good a season it has been so far for women’s cricket...

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...

19 Jun

History, homepage

A dissertation on the place of cricket in Ireland at the end of 19C

June 19, 2026
By Eddie Lewis
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‘Decolonising Cricket’: The Politicisation of Sport in Ireland from 1882 to 1924 Michael O’Reilly The dissertation examines the politicisation of cricket in Ireland between 1882 and 1924, charting the sport’s transformation from a celebrated ‘national pastime’ into a marginalised ‘garrison game’. Existing scholarship has variously attributed...

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