The performances by youth players in Open Competitions Division 1 league matches this season are set out below. Overall there were 45 players under the age of 19 that took part in at least one game.
In terms of the batting, nine youth players scored 100 runs or more and three over 200. However, only two managed an average of 20 plus. The highest individual score was 89* by Colin Currie [Clontarf]. The breakdown was as follows:
Name | Club | Age | M | I | NO | HS | 50s | Runs | Ave |
C Currie | Clontarf | U17 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 89* | 2 | 208 | 29.71 |
L Tucker | Pembroke | U17 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 61* | 1 | 249 | 22.64 |
N Rooney | N County | U17 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 215 | 17.92 |
R Jones | Terenure | U19 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 63* | 1 | 182 | 16.55 |
M Collier | Clontarf | U19 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 155 | 15.50 |
J Tector | YMCA | U17 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 142 | 14.20 |
F Tucker | Pembroke | U17 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 123 | 12.30 |
T Smith | Merrion | U19 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 110 | 12.22 |
A Bailey | YMCA | U19 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 121 | 12.10 |
On the bowling front, out of the 24 youth players who bowled in D1 matches, nineteen took wickets and six took 8 or more wickets over the season. Surprisingly the best single performance came from a player who does not figure in the averages. Jack Balbirnie [Pembroke] took 7/29 against North County, but no further wickets.
Name | Club | Age | M | O | BP | 5W | Runs | W | Ave | Econ |
T Stanton | Merrion | U17 | 14 | 104 | 3/13 | - | 302 | 16 | 18.88 | 2.90 |
D Murphy | Pembroke | U17 | 14 | 109 | 4/31 | - | 393 | 20 | 19.65 | 3.61 |
D Delany | Clontarf | U17 | 4 | 31.5 | 3/27 | - | 175 | 8 | 21.88 | 5.56 |
R Gamble | YMCA | U19 | 13 | 96 | 3/28 | - | 361 | 16 | 22.56 | 3.76 |
F Tucker | Pembroke | U17 | 14 | 96.1 | 6/47 | 1 | 493 | 18 | 27.39 | 5.13 |
A Craig | Clontarf | U17 | 8 | 42 | 5/27 | 1 | 233 | 8 | 29.12 | 5.55 |
In terms of the wicket keeping two players stand out with 17 victims each – Tyler Smith [Merrion] with 12c/5s and Lorcan Tucker [Pembroke] with 13c/4s.