On Tuesday, August 16th Fingal representative teams at both U'13 and U'15 played against a visiting English touring team, Coventry & Districts. The matches where played at both North County CC and Balbriggan CC. This was a first for a Fingal youth side, playing against a visiting team and did so with great success and proved good ambassadors for the Fingal area.
The Fingal Under 15 selection had a comprehensive victory by 8 wickets with the Fingal under 13 team losing a close and exciting match by 5 wickets.
The Fingal teams have been put in place to give local players the chance to play representative cricket and to express their talents on the field. These teams currently act as the stepping stone between club cricket and provincial cricket. The players get their first taste of representative cricket and also prepare them for the next step i.e full Leinster underage provincial honours.
As the two matches were a successes we will be looking at organising further games against visiting teams next summer. A special thanks to everyone that helped on the day to make it a success and thanks to the clubs for the use of their grounds.
Senior sports officer from Fingal Co Co Niall McGurk, was present at both games and sees these fixtures and a great method of further developing local talent. 'Fingal Co Co was delighted to have been involved with these fixtures and it was great for me to witness both games and in particular to watch some of the fine cricketers on show. We at Fingal Co Co are delighted.
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Fingal u13’s versus Coventry & Districts u13’s. Team - Mickey Sludds (Captain)(North County), Fionn Hand (North County), Ultan Doherty (The Hills), Eoghan O'Hanlon (The Hills), Heinrick Walser (The Hills), Reilly Shoebridge (Malahide), Dean Brogan (Rush), Evan McPhail (Rush), Eric McGuiness (Rush), Jack Pender (The Hills), Conor Reilly (Balbriggan), James McElearney (Balbriggan)
Fingal u13’s – 177 for 10 (40 overs)
Stephen Doheny 83
Fionn Hand 21
Mickey Sludds 17
I.Harris 3-13 (6)
J.O’Hara 2-28 (7)
G.Neal 2-18 (6)
Coventry & Districts u13’s – 180 for 5 (32 overs)
C.Adams 56
L.Stonier 30*
D.Brambley 21
Reilly Schoebridge 2-6 (2)
Stephen Doheny 1-13 (5)
Coventry & Districts u13’s won by 5 wickets
Fingal u15’s versus Coventry & Districts u15’s. Full team - Stephen Sharpe (Captain)(North County), Nathan Rooney (North County), Sean Sludds (North County), Thomas Arnold (The Hills), Darragh Coleman (The Hills), Glenn Cosgrove (Malahide), Mark O'Hara (Malahide), Bryan Smyth (North County), Ross Staunton (North County), Patrick Monks (Rush), Eoin O'Brien (Malahide), David Carthy (Rush)
Coventry & Districts u15’s – 167 (35 overs)
J.Searle 61
L.Proctor 22
B.Ellis 20
Ross Staunton 3-41 (7)
Darragh Coleman 2-34 (6)
Fingal u15’s – 168 for 2 (28 overs)
Patrick Monks 54 retired
Ross Staunton 50 retired
Nathan Rooney 26*
M.Seddan 2-33 (7)
Fingal u15’s won by 8 wickets