Tue, 20 May
D2 Clontarf 2 V Leinster 2 - Castle Avenue - Match postponed
Wed, 21 May
D2 Merrion 2 V Rush 1 - Anglesea Road - No scorecard entered
D3 Greystones 1 V Pembroke 2 - Greystones
Game two of the season saw Greystones host Pembroke on a gloriously sunny evening in Wicklow. Hickey and Pegman opened the batting for Greystones against some excellent bowling from the visitors. Pegman scored four before being caught behind the first of two catches taken by Pembrokes' keeper. Hickey batted through to the end scoring a very impressive 45 not out a score particularly creditable given the quality of the guests bowling.
Carma O'Connor Dunne came on next for Greystones clocking up 5 runs before being bowled by Mullen. Annalena Morris was next to bat and scored five before succumbing to the second excellent catch behind by Pembrokes' keeper. Knocks from Heggie, (3) Fitzpatrick and McDonnell (2) brought Greystones total to 79 after 20 overs.
Despite the valiant batting effort 79 was always going to be a tough total to defend against an experienced Pembroke team. Greystones must take credit for some excellent efforts in the field all round. However Pembroke stuck to their task and clocked up the required 80 in the 14th over. Quality knocks from Pembroke most notably Gray (36) and Carthy (17) sealed the victory for the visitors.
All round a well fought game of cricket and a good learning experience for the home team, no shame in defeat against such an experienced opposition. Huge thanks to everyone from Greystones cricket who supported the team on the day especially the scorers and umpires - Sent in by Pricilla Pegman
D3 Phoenix 1 V Railway Union 2 - Phoenix Park
Railway won the toss and chose to bat. They made 55 for 8 in 20 overs with top scorer A. Callaghan 14 not out. The pick of the Phoenix bowling coming from V. Kelada with 5 overs 4 for 9, S. Moore 3 overs 2 for 5.
In reply Phoenix reached the target in the eleventh over for the loss of 1 wicket. H. McGuckin getting 28 not out, and Captain V. Kelada getting 15 before being caught by O. Flanagan off E McAlinden’s bowling. Wicketkeeper D. Chapman seeing home Phoenix and contributing with 3 runs not out. Phoenix win by 9 wickets.
Thu, 22 May
D1 Malahide 1 V Pembroke 1 - Malahide
Pembroke traveled to the village to take on Malahide. PCC put Malahide into bat and Captain Mary Waldron opened with herself and Ciara O’Gorman. C. O’Gorman not staying around for long before being bowled by young C. Tucker. This was her first time opening the bowling for PCC 1st team and she also picked up her first senior wicket. Ciara Metcalfe was 1st change and took 3 quick wickets including Mary waldron. All making way for Marianne (hard to get out) Herbert. Marianne went on to get 31 not out and Malahide finished on 94 for 7 of their 20 overs.
Pembroke opened with Shauna Kavanagh and wicketkeeper Meg Kendal and they both saw out the game. Shauna finishing on 32 and Meg on 46 with 17 wides being bowled. Pembroke won by 10 wickets in the 11th over.
D1 North Kildare 1 V YMCA 1 - The Maws
Lucy Small, captain of North Kildare won the toss and put YMCA into bat first. R. Lambe and R. Lewis opening the batting. R. Lewis went early for 3 after being bowled by S Lipson Ngai, and R. Lambe continued on to make 24 before being bowled by Zoe Lipson. G. Lewis coming in next went early for 1 and Sharon Smyth put up 25 before being bowled by L. Small. Clare Shillington and Jenny Gray put on the bulk of the YMCA runs, with Clare finishing on 44 not out and Jenny going for 38. YMCA finished their innings on 154 for 5 of their 20 overs.
In reply North Kildare opened with J. Lowry and A. O’Connor. Both openers went fast and this momentum seemed to continue all the way to number 11. Top score coming from wides, with 23 being bowled. G. Lewis, R. Lewis and S. Smyth all picking up 2 wickets and the rest coming from run outs. YMCA winning by 111 runs at The Maws.
D1 Clontarf 1 V Merrion 1 - Castle Avenue
Merrion 214-1 and Clontarf 98-9 so Merrion won by 116 runs.
Merrion won toss and batted first. Isobel Joyce and Hannah de Burgh Whyte opened. Hannah made a quick 37(30) before popping one to Laura Cullen at short extra cover. Cecelia Joyce joined her sister and together saw the score to 214 of the 20. Isobel Joyce finished with a powerful 128* off only 63 balls including 11 fours and 3 sixes! Cecelia played a classy innings and ended on 35*(28).
Clontarf opened their batting innings with Laura Erskine and Una Raymond-Hoey. Una was run out in the third over by Isobel Joyce from mid wicket for 1. Laura Erskine made a steady 23 before being trapped lbw by Isobel. Laura Cullen and Olivia golden also contributed with 16 and 13 respectively. Cecelia Joyce was the pick of the bowlers for Merrion taking 4-8 off 4 including 3 wicket maidens.
D1 Leinster 1 v The Hills 1 - Observatory Lane - Refix
Sat, 24 May 11:30am
Minor Cup - 1st round - Rush 2 V Greystones 1 - Kenure