Irish Competitions: R1 Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup

With Phoenix still to play, eight of the ten Leinster teams made it safely through the first round of the Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup.

For the most part the wins were reasonably comfortable but Leinster had only 14 runs to spare against Instonians and North County had to recovery from the loss of early wickets to overcome Creevedonnell by three wickets.

The outstanding individual performance of the day was Ken Brennan’s 6/17] as Terenure shot out Limavady for 65. With the bat Robert Forrests’ 154* for Clontarf was decisive against Cork Harlequins.

Important batting contributions that contributed to securing victories included, Max Sorensn [67] for The Hills against Bready, John Anderson [67*] for Merrion against Ballymena, Kevin O’Brien’s [69*] for Railway against Glendermott, Trent Johnston [66*] for YMCA against Instonians, Stephen Morton [57] for Leinster against Lisburn and John Moooney [78*] for North County against Creevedonnell.

Two notable bowling performances were T Kane [4/15 for Merrion,  N Shoukat [3/29] for The Hills and S Dutt’s 3/35 for YMCA.

The second round is due to be played on the 9^th June and there are three all-Leinster ties:

Merrion v Clontarf

Leinster v Railway

Terenure v YMCA

In other three matches matches Leinster teams also have home advantage

Phoenix [if they win against CSN] v Derriaghy

North County v North Down

The Hills v CIYMS

The full results from the first round are set out below

• Terenure beat Limavady by 6 wickets. Terenure,  

      Limavady 65 (24.2 overs, K Brennan 6-17)

   Terenure 67-4 (16.0 overs)

• Coleraine beat Lurgan by 185 runs. Sandel Lodge,

      Coleraine 263-6 (50.0 overs, I McGregor 79, D Cooke 51*, C Jayasinghe 48, M Stinson 2-45, P Maxwell 2-55)

   Lurgan 78 (17.3 overs, N Godbole 27, S Dunn 5-30, J Martin 2-17)

• The Hills beat Bready by 14 runs. The Vineyard,

   The Hills 183 (43.3 overs, M Sorensen 67, T Murphy 36, J Long 4-17)

   Bready 169 (46.5 overs, I Young 56, D Rankin 32, N Shoukat 3-29, M Sorensen 2-24, T Murphy 2-28)

• Bonds Glen lost to CIYMS by 8 wickets. Bond's Glen,

   Bonds Glen 49 (14.1 overs, T Khan 8-21)

      CIYMS 50-2 (19.1 overs)

• Glendermott lost to Railway Union by 8 wickets. The Rectory,

   Glendermott 141 (33.0 overs, R Silva 60)

      Railway Union 143-2 (18.3 overs, K O'Brien 69*, P Collins 50)

• Ballymena lost to Merrion by 53 runs. Eaton Park,

      Merrion 191-7 (50.0 overs, J Anderson 67*)

      Ballymena 138 (36.2 overs, T Kane 4-15, D Poder 3-35)

• Waringstown beat Strabane by 3 wickets. The Lawn,

      Strabane 177 (48.3 overs, S Iqbal 63*, G Kidd 4-30)

      Waringstown 178-7 (42.4 overs, J Hall 42, F Iqbal 3-24)

• Instonians lost to YMCA by 6 wickets. Shaw's Bridge,

      Instonians 147 (48.5 overs, J Shannon 62, S Dutt 3-35)

      YMCA 148-4 (32.4 overs, T Johnston 66*, M Delaney 3-38)

• Brigade beat Carrickfergus by 6 wickets. Beechgrove,

      Carrickfergus 212 (48.4 overs, R Gelderbloem 78, AS Haggan 43 , M Taiaroa 38, M Simpson 5-48)

      Brigade 216-4 (43.3 overs, I Hussain 112*, A Chappell 58)

• Creevedonnell lost to North County by 3 wickets. Creevdonnell,

      Creevedonnell 159 (45.2 overs, N Cooke 47*)

      North County 161-7 (47.1 overs, J Mooney 78*, C Garry 60)

• Lisburn lost to Leinster by 4 wickets. Wallace Park,

      Lisburn 156 (50.0 overs, N Waller 42, J Leacock 4-34)

      Leinster 159-6 (49.5 overs, S Moreton 57)

• North Down beat Fox Lodge by 7 wickets. The Green,

   Fox Lodge 142 (44.3 overs, M Moreland 3-21)

      North Down 143-3 (23.2 overs, A Sutherland 40*, R Haire 40, N Russell 35)

• Clontarf beat Cork Harlequins by 134 runs. Catle Avenue,

      Clontarf 287-5 (50.0 overs, R Forrest 154*, B Couglan 58)

      Cork Harlequins 153 (42.4 overs, A O'Reilly 42)

• Pembroke lost to Donemana by 7 wickets. Sydney Parade,

      Pembroke 186 (49.3 overs, R Kelly 51, K Sajid 3-33, A McBrine 4-26)

      Donemana 187-3 (43.5 overs, A McBrine 76*, Jun McBrine 49, R Kee 41)

• Cork County lost to Derriaghy by 5 wickets. The Mardyke,

      Cork County 96 (30.4 overs)

      Derriaghy 99-5 (25.0 overs)