Old Belvedere Cricket Club

Cabra Oval
Cabra Oval
LocationNavan Road, Dublin
Home clubOld Belvedere CC[1]
Establishment1950
OwnerBelvedere College
Last usedSeptember 2012

Old Belvedere Cricket Club was a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland, that played in the Leinster Senior League. The club was founded in 1950 and promoted to the Senior League in 1957.[2][failed verification] The club ceased to exist in 2012 when it withdrew from the league.[3][4]

The club was established in 1950[5] by past pupils of Belvedere College. It was the only club in Ireland capable of hosting two matches simultaneously, as there were two full pitches on the ground. The ground at the Navan Road, known as the Cabra Oval, is owned by Belvedere College. The college continues to play cricket there.[6]

Major honours

The team won the Leinster Senior League twice (1974 and 1976)[7] and the Leinster Senior Cup four times (1964, 1965, 1966 and 1970).[8]

International players

Notable coaches

Fr. Ger Brangan S.J. persuaded coaches to come over from the UK and run sessions in the nets in Jones Road. Among them were Charlie Hallows, Cec Pepper, Victor Cannings and Frank Worrell.[16]

In later years coaching was continued on by Robin Waters.[17]

Club records

  • 200 runs and 20 wickets in a season: A. O'Riordan (17 times)
  • Hat tricks: A. O'Riordan (2)
  • Fifty wickets in a season: A. O'Riordan (4 times)
  • Five wickets in an innings: A. O'Riordan (65 times, including 9 with 5 in succession in 1964)
  • Best bowling analysis: D. Williams 8/15 Carlisle, Cabra, 1971
  • 500 runs in a season: A. O'Riordan (5 times), best 678 (1965)
  • Centuries scored: A. O'Riordan, 9 centuries, highest 178 v Leinster Rathmines, 1969
  • Most successive matches: T. O'Brien: 124
  • Best wicket keeping: P. Tynan 6 Catches v. Dublin University 1965; S. O'Gorman 5 Catches and 1 Stumping v. Phoenix 1984

References

  1. ^ "Cabra Oval, Dublin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Old Belevedre". Leinster Cricket Union. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Statement from Old Belvedere CC regarding the closure of the club". Leinster Cricket Union. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. ^ Riordan, Emmet (22 December 2012). "Briefs: Old Belvedere not to field senior team". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  5. ^ Johnston, Karl (27 July 1999). "Some worrying times for Old Belvedere". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Cricket". Belvedere College. Retrieved 11 April 2016. In the summer term, practices are held in the school Sports Hall and home matches are played in our Cabra sportsgrounds.
  7. ^ "Senior 1 (League) Winners 1895-2015: Old Belvedere". Leinster Cricket Union. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Senior Cup Winners 1895-2015: Old Belvedere". Leinster Cricket Union. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  9. ^ Liddle, Eric (October 2011). "StatsZone Ireland: Owen Fintan Xavier Butler". CricketEurope. European Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  10. ^ Liddle, Eric (November 2009). "StatsZone Ireland: Ray Declan Anthony Daly". CricketEurope. European Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. ^ Liddle, Eric (September 2011). "StatsZone Ireland: John J McDevitt". CricketEurope. European Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  12. ^ Liddle, Eric (October 2010). "StatsZone Ireland: John Andrew Prior". CricketEurope. European Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  13. ^ Liddle, Eric (November 2010). "StatsZone Ireland: Peter Mark O'Reilly". CricketEurope. European Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  14. ^ Boylan, Philip (22 January 2014). "Alec O'Riordan". CricketEurope. European Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  15. ^ Liddle, Eric (April 2008). "StatsZone Ireland: Robin Henry Clough Waters". CricketEurope. European Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  16. ^ "List of notable cricketers who coached Belvedere". The Irish Times. 7 July 1966. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  17. ^ Siggins, Gir (7 August 2013). "The Ultimate Professionals". Leinster Cricket Union. Retrieved 7 April 2016. Three other clubs also recruited in that season – Salim Uddin, a Pakistani with Yorkshire league experience joined Merrion; David Bevan, who played for Gloucestershire and Eastern Province ten years earlier, came to Leinster; and Robin Waters, a former Ireland international and coach with Belvedere College who performed a similar role for Old Belvedere.
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