Irish Senior Cup (cricket)

The RSA Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup is the most important knock-out cricket competition in Ireland, organised by Cricket Ireland and comprising the top teams from each of Ireland's four provincial unions (Leinster, Munster, NCU and North West. It was sponsored initially by Schweppes and then Royal Liver,[1] and the current sponsor is RSA. It was renamed in honour of Bob Kerr, who died at the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[2][3]

Matches are of 50-overs duration, but may be reduced to ten overs where delays or interruptions necessitate.[4]

Each team must contain not less than nine players fully eligible to play for Ireland in all competitions.[4]

Summary of finalists

Performance Table
Team Wins Runners-up Total Finals Last Win
North County 5 0 5 2008
Limavady 3 2 5 2004
North Down 3 2 5 1995
Lurgan 3 0 3 1990
Waringstown 3 0 3 2011
Brigade 2 3 5 1999
Downpatrick 2 0 2 1991
The Hills 2 1 3 2014
Donemana 1 4 5 2000
Leinster 1 3 4 2009
Railway Union 1 3 4 2006
North of Ireland 1 2 3 1982
Strabane 1 2 3 1998
Malahide 1 0 1 2002
Merrion 1 2 3 2010
Clontarf 1 2 3 2013
Phoenix 1 0 1 1986
St Johnston 1 0 1 1987
Rush 0 2 2 N/A
Ballymena 0 1 1 N/A
Bready 0 1 1 N/A
Cliftonville 0 1 1 N/A
Instonians 0 1 1 N/A
Sion Mills 0 1 1 N/A

List of finals

1980s

Season Winners Runners-Up Venue Match Notes
1982 North of Ireland Leinster Rathmines, Dublin North 91–4;
Leinster 77–9 (S Corlett 4–26).
North won by 14 runs. Match reduced to 30 overs per side.
1983 Waringstown North of Ireland Ormeau, Belfast Waringstown 190–8 (D Harrison 60);
North 118 all out.
Waringstown won by 72 runs.
1984 Lurgan Brigade Rathmines, Dublin Lurgan 257–6 (Rahul Mankad 130, P McCrum 56);
Brigade 170 all out.
Lurgan won by 87 runs.
1985 Downpatrick North Down Strangford Road, Downpatrick North Down 79 all out;
Downpatrick 85–4.Downpatrick won by 6 wickets.
1986 Phoenix Donemana Rathmines, Dublin Donemana 109 all out;
Phoenix 110–1 (A Masood 51).
Phoenix won by 9 wickets.
1987 St Johnston Brigade Beechgrove, Derry Brigade 93 all out;
St Johnston 94–3.
St Johnston won by 7 wickets.
1988 Lurgan North Down Rathmines, Dublin Lurgan 249–6 (G Hunter 100, S Kshirasgar 61);
North Down 153 all out.
Lurgan won by 96 runs.
1989 North Down Donemana Rathmines, Dublin Donemana 101 all out;
North Down 102–6.
North Down won by 4 wickets.

1990s

Season Winners Runners-Up Venue Match Notes
1990 Lurgan Clontarf Rathmines, Dublin Lurgan 251–9 (R McCollum 91, D Neill 52);
Clontarf 178 all out.
Lurgan won by 73 runs.
1991 Downpatrick North of Ireland The Green, Comber Downpatrick 203–6 (K Merchant 60 no);
North 200–8.
Downpatrick won by 3 runs.
1992 Waringstown Sion Mills Rathmines, Dublin Waringstown 171–5;
Sion Mills 122 all out.
Waringstown won by 49 runs.
1993 North Down Brigade Rathmines, Dublin Brigade 155–9;
North Down 156–3 (C McCrum 87).
North Down won by 7 wickets.
1994 Limavady Strabane Woodvale Road, Eglinton Strabane 159 all out (P Gillespie 55;
Limavady 160–6 (D Curry 111 no).
Limavady won by 4 wickets.
1995 North Down Bready The Green, Comber North Down 227–3 (P McCrum 100 no, Robin Haire 64 no);
Bready 226 all out (A Rutherford 70).
North Down won by 1 run.
1996 Brigade Leinster Rathmines, Dublin Leinster 199–6 (JV Byrne 56, JE Byrne 53);
Brigade 201–2 (C Jeffrey 84 no, Akram Raza 67).
Brigade won by 8 wickets.
1997 Limavady Leinster Beechgrove, Derry Leinster 172–6 (T McDonnell 50);
Limavady 174–0 (D Curry 102 no, D Cooke 64 no).
Limavady won by 10 wickets.
1998 Strabane Ballymena Beechgrove, Derry Strabane 189–4;
Ballymena 165 all out (Mark Gillespie 5–33).
Strabane won by 24 runs.
1999 Brigade Limavady Beechgrove, Derry Limavady 162 all out;
Brigade 163–6 (S Smyth 55).
Brigade won by 4 wickets.

2000s

Season Winners Runners-Up Venue Match Notes
2000 Donemana Limavady Beechgrove, Derry Limavady 215–8 (50 overs G Harron 83 no);
Donemana 219–7 (49.1 overs, W Porterfield 59)
Donemana won by 3 wickets.
2001 North County Cliftonville The Lawn, Waringstown North County 272–7 (A Botha 66, J Mooney 61);
Cliftonville 198–9 (K McCallan 60).
North County won by 74 runs.
2002 Malahide Rush Castle Avenue Rush 148 all out;
Malahide 149–6 (N Shaukat 4–26).
Malahide won by 4 wickets.
2003 North County Railway Union Castle Avenue North County 217–7 (E Morgan 70);
Railway Union 146 all out (C Mullen 58, P Mooney 4–19).
North County won by 71 runs.
2004 Limavady Strabane Woodvale Road, Eglinton Limavady 198–6 (50 overs, I McGregor 89);
Strabane 110 all out (42.1 overs).
Limavady won by 88 runs.
2005 North County Railway Union Castle Avenue Railway Union 182–8 (50 overs A Murphy 80);
North County 185–5 (44.2 overs J Mooney 57 no).
North County won by 5 wickets.
2006 Railway Union Rush Castle Avenue Rush 206–7 (50 overs, S Iqbal 58);
Railway Union 210–9 (43.2 overs A Murphy 50, N Mullen 4–32).
Railway Union won by 1 wicket.
2007 North County The Hills Castle Avenue North County 259–8 (50 overs, A Botha 84);
The Hills 154 all out (B Archer 52; R Lawrence 5–38).
North County won by 105 runs.[5]
2008 North County Donemana Strabane North County 165–8 (Conor Armstrong 68; Junior McBrine 4–42);
Donemana 112 all out.
North County won by 43 runs.[6]
2009 Leinster Donemana Milverton Leinster 265–8 (50 overs A Scholtz 75, JP O'Dwyer 61);
Donemana 238 all out (48.4 overs R Kee 61, A Shafique 55, R Miley 4–46).
Leinster won by 27 runs.

2010s

Season Winners Runners-Up Venue Match Notes
2010 Merrion Railway Union Balrothery Railway Union 317–3 (50 overs Kevin O'Brien 76, Trent Johnston 71, T Fisher 69);
Merrion 164–1 (26 overs Greg Clarence 80no, Dominick Joyce 72no).
Merrion won by 36 runs. (Duckworth-Lewis par score: 128 in 26 overs)[7]
2011 Waringstown Instonians The Green, Comber Instonians 237–8 (50 overs Andrew White 76;
Waringstown 125–2 (29 overs Simon Harrison 68).
Waringstown won by 21 runs (Duckworth-Lewis).[8]
2012 The Hills Merrion Castle Avenue Merrion 153 (48 overs D Joyce 51, J Anderson 47;
The Hills 154–2 (39.1 overs D Calder 64 not out).
The Hills won by 8 wickets.[9]
2013 Clontarf Merrion Malahide Merrion 253-7 (50 overs, B Thompson 78, J Anderson 87, D Joyce 51no, Z van der Merwe 4-46)


Clontarf 254-4 (49 overs, A Botha 42, A Poynter 102no, E Delany 42no, S Morrissey 2-58)
Clontarf won by 6 wickets.[10]

2014 The Hills Clontarf Castle Avenue The Hills 239 (50 overs, N Pretorius 34, C McLoughlin 75, M Baumgart 62, Z Van Merwe 4-30, J Morrissey 2-30, P Ryan 3-54)


Clontarf 230 (41 overs, B Coghlan 40, A Poynter 41, E Delany 41, A D'Arcy 51, M Sorensen 3-50, N Shoukat 3-40)
The Hills won by 9 runs.[11][12]

Summary of winners by province

Team Wins
Leinster 13
Northern 12
North Western 8
Connacht 0
Munster 0

By country

Wins
  Northern Ireland 19
 Republic of Ireland 14

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gerard Siggins (2005), Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792–2005. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.88
  2. ↑ "Irish official dies at World Cup". BBC Sport. 21 March 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cup name change honours late Kerr". BBC Sport. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup Playing Regulations". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Cricket: Botha shines as North County cop cup again". Belfast Telegraph. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "North County win Bob Kerr decider". BBC Sport. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Merrion play the odds and come up trumps". IrishTimes.com. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  8. ↑ Waringstown defeat Instonians in Irish Senior Cup Final
  9. ↑ Hills lift cup after stumping row
  10. ↑ Poynter times it perfectly as Clontarf claim Irish Senior Cup
  11. ↑ Cricket: The Hills win RSA Irish Senior Cup
  12. ↑ RSA Irish Senior Cup 2014