The two day match between the Southern and the Ulster Schools in Rathmines ended in a five wicket win for the Ulster Schools. Despite a massive all round performance from Adam Coughlan, who took a remarkable 9/68 in Ulster's first innings and strong batting from Tyrone Kane who scored more than 100 runs in the two innings, the all strength of the Ulster side prevailed. The match details are -
Schools Interprovincial (29-30 June)
At Observatory Lane
First Innings
Southern Schools 242 for 7
(T Kane 91, R Forrest 60, H McDonnell 31, B Wylie 3-51, M Best 1-14, R McKinley 1-32)
Ulster Schools 280
(G McCarter 94, R Adair 71, J McClurkain 36 A Coughlan 9-68, P Chase 1-37.)
Second Innings
Southern Schools 197
(A Coughlan 45, T Kane 29, L Hoffmeyr 26, P Eakin 3-26, G McCarter 3-46, S Campbell 1-20)
Ulster Schools 162 for 5
(J McClurkain 74, G McCarter 32, A Shields 22, A Couglan 3-68, P Chase 1-15, J Andrews 1-41)
Ulster Schools win by 5 wickets
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Results of Day 2 of the U15 Interprovincial Series.
NW Under 15 236/7 (45 overs, G McClintock 65, J Millar 45, A Gillespie 40*, P Harrigan 20*, S Kennedy 16, R Jones 4-32) beat MCU Under 15 86 all out (33.3 overs, N Riaz 20, R Chopra 3-18, W McBrine 2-4, R Allen 2-15, J Millar 2-16) by 150 runs.
LCU Under 15 205 all out (M Hogan 100*, N Peters 18, P Monks 14, J Balbirnie 13, J Matchett 3-33, M Adair 2-33) beat NCU Under 15 74 all out (22.1 overs, P Park 32, C Rae 12, R Bryans 10, P Flanagan 2-8, A Craig 2-20, G Delany 1-7, T Anders 1-16) by 131 runs.