List of Irish first-class cricketers

This is a list of Irish first-class cricketers. first-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. Generally, matches are eleven players a side but there have been exceptions. Today all matches must be scheduled to have at least three days' duration; historically, matches were played to a finish with no pre-defined timespan. This list is not limited to those who have played first-class cricket for Ireland and may include Irish players who played their first-class cricket elsewhere. The list is in alphabetical order.

Name Career span Matches Teams
Robert Adair 1902 4 Ireland
Robert Alexander 1932 1 Ireland
John Allen 1948 1 Ireland
Wentworth Allen 1920–1926 7 Dublin University, Ireland
Albert Anderson 1926 1 Ireland
Charles Anderson 1926 1 Ireland
Ivan Anderson 1966–1982 19 Ireland
Oscar Andrews 1902–1909 6 Ireland
Barry Archer 1999 3 Ireland
Conor Armstrong 2005 4 Ireland
Lloyd Armstrong 1948–1953 5 Ireland
John Aston 1909–1925 4 Ireland
Keith Bailey 1991 1 Ireland
Hugh T. Baker 1926 1 Dublin University
John Barnes 1937 1 Ireland
Robert Barnes 1930–1947 8 Ireland
Edward Barry 1926 2 Ireland
Arthur Bateman 1913–1914 2 Ireland
Samuel Beckett 1925–1926 2 Dublin University
Justin Benson 1988–1997 57 Ireland, Leicestershire
Bernard Bergin 1937 1 Ireland
Stanley Bergin 1949–1965 27 Ireland
Rodney Bernstein 1960–1962 6 Ireland
Charles Billingsley 1910–1951 5 Ireland
Arthur Blair-White 1913 1 Ireland
Frederick Blaney 1939 1 Ireland
Ernest Bodell 1954–1959 5 Ireland
Louis Bookman 1920–1929 9 Ireland
Walter Booton 1970 1 Ireland
Andre Botha 1998–2006 15 Griqualand West, Griqualand West B, Ireland
James Boucher 1930–1954 28 Ireland
Wilfred Bourchier 1908–1909 3 Ireland
Jack Bowden 1946–1955 6 Ireland
Robert Bowers 1926 1 Ireland
Jeremy Bray 2004–2006 8 Ireland
James Brophy 1938 1 Ireland
Francis Browning 1902–1909 11 Ireland
John Brunskill 1895 4 Dublin University
Joseph Burke 1953–1958 3 Ireland
Eddie Bushe 1979–1980 2 Ireland
Jonathan Bushe 1998 1 Ireland
Owen Butler 1996 1 Ireland
John Byrne 1997 1 Ireland
Noel Cantwell 1956 1 Ireland
Joseph Caprani 1948–1960 5 Ireland
Thomas Carey 1924 1 Dublin University
Neil Carson 1999 2 Ireland
Peter Clarke 1912–1914 19 Ireland, MCC, Middlesex, Rest of England, Woodbrook Club and Ground
William Coffey 1909 1 Ireland
Mark Cohen 1980–1993 10 Ireland
Ossie Colhoun 1959–1979 28 Ireland
Dan Comyn 1895–1902 8 Dublin University, Ireland
Francis Connell 1934–1938 5 Ireland
Gilbert Cook 1936 1 Ireland
Gordon Cooke 1994–1999 5 Ireland
Alf Cooper 1954 1 Ireland
Douglas Cordner 1926 1 Ireland
Simon Corlett 1970–1987 33 Ireland, Oxford University
Harry Corley 1907–1909 4 Ireland
Charles Corry 1959–1966 4 Ireland
Joseph Coskery 1924 1 Ireland
Victor Craig 1948 1 Ireland
John Crawfurd 1900–1927 19 Harlequins, L Robinson's XI, Ireland, Oxford University
George Crothers 1931–1947 10 Ireland
Graham Crothers 1972 1 Ireland
William Crozier 1895 1 Dublin University
Charles Cuffe 1936–1939 3 Ireland
Simon Curley 1948–1951 5 Ireland
Dekker Curry 1993–1997 2 Ireland
Michael Dargan 1954 1 Ireland
John Davy 1997–1999 2 Ireland
Peter Davy 1999 2 Ireland
John Dearden 1922–1926 2 Ireland
Hubert de Burgh 1906–1926 2 Europeans (India), Ireland
David Dennison 1983–1987 2 Ireland
Colville Deverell 1926 1 Dublin University
Patrick Dineen 1962–1971 7 Ireland
Patrick Dixon 1926–1932 2 Dublin University, Ireland
Thomas Dixon 1926–1937 14 Delhi, Dublin University, Ireland, Viceroy's XI
Neil Doak 1993–1994 2 Ireland
Joseph Donnelly 1914 1 Ireland
EJ Donovan 1907 1 Ireland
Robert Donovan 1921 1 Ireland
Arthur Douglas 1925–1933 7 Ireland
Gerald Duffy 1953–1973 16 Ireland
Angus Dunlop 1990–2000 8 Ireland
Matthew Dwyer 1998–2000 2 Ireland
Ryan Eagleson 1996–1999 2 Derbyshire, Ireland
Samuel Edgar 1934 1 Ireland
John Elder 1973–1985 9 Ireland
James Ennis 1926 1 Dublin University
Ernest Ensor 1895 4 Dublin University
Walter Fawcett 1956–1959 6 Ireland
Francis Fee 1956–1959 5 Ireland
Noel Ferguson 1951–1964 5 Ireland
Wesley Ferris 1956 2 Ireland
Frank Filgas 1948 1 Ireland
Aubrey Finlay 1957–1965 9 Ireland
John Flood 1909 1 Ireland
James Foley 1923 1 Ireland
Harry Forsyth 1926 1 Dublin University
Jim Ganly 1921–1937 15 Dublin University, Ireland
Jonathan Garth 1986–1989 3 Ireland
James Gill 1948 1 Ireland
Roderick Gill 1947–1950 3 Ireland
Mark Gillespie 2000 1 Ireland
Peter Gillespie 1996–2006 11 Ireland
Douglas Goodwin 1965–1973 11 Ireland
Basil Goulding 1934 1 Ireland
David Graham 1948 1 Ireland
Godfrey Graham 1954 1 Ireland
James Graham 1936–1939 6 Ireland
Uel Graham 1992–1994 2 Ireland
Robert Gregory 1912 1 Ireland
Arthur Gwynn 1895 4 Dublin University
John David Gwynn 1926 1 Dublin University
John Tudor Gwynn 1919–1920 2 Europeans (India)
Lucius Gwynn 1895–1902 8 Dublin University, Gentlemen of England, Ireland
Robert Gwynn 1895 4 Dublin University
Ryan Haire 2000 1 Ireland
Derrick Hall 1924–1926 3 Dublin University, Ireland
Michael Halliday 1970–1989 14 Ireland
Blayney Hamilton 1907 1 Ireland
William Hamilton 1882–1883 9 MCC, Oxford University
George Harman 1895 1 Dublin University
William Harman 1907 1 Ireland
Thomas Harpur 1980–1981 2 Ireland
William Harrington 1902-1901 15 Ireland
Deryck Harrison 1978–1979 2 Ireland
Garfield Harrison 1983–1996 12 Ireland
Jim Harrison 1969–1977 8 Ireland
Roy Harrison 1968 1 Ireland
Christopher Harte 1973–1982 2 Ireland
Arnold Harvey 1902 2 Ireland
Bill Haughton 1953 1 Ireland
Jacko Heaslip 1920–1929 10 Dublin University, Ireland
Stanley Hewitt 1966 1 Ireland
Charles Hill 1927 1 Ireland
John Hill 1946–1951 7 Ireland
Conor Hoey 1991–1994 4 Ireland
Myer Hoffman 1925 1 Dublin University
Philip Hollick 1957 1 Ireland
Leland Hone 1878–1880 8 England, Lord Harris' XI, MCC
Nathaniel Hone 1881 3 Cambridge University
Pat Hone 1909–1928 6 Ireland
William Hone 1864–1877 9 MCC, Southgate
Sonny Hool 1947–1961 9 Ireland
Ken Hope 1958–1966 9 Ireland
Scott Huey 1951–1966 20 Ireland
Patrick Hughes 1965–1972 5 Ireland
Raymond Hunter 1958–1965 11 Ireland
Wilfred Hutton 1922 1 Dublin University
Eddie Ingram 1928–1953 31 Ireland, Middlesex
Finlay Jackson 1924–1925 3 Ireland
Harold Jackson 1923 1 Ireland
Paul Jackson 1981–1993 11 Ireland
Louis Jacobson 1948–1952 4 Ireland
Mervyn Jaffey 1953 1 Ireland
Tom Jameson 1919–1938 124 Army, Combined Services, Free Foresters, Gentlemen of England, Hampshire, Ireland, Lord Tennyson's XI, MCC, SB Joel's XI, South of England
Shaun Jeffares 1926 1 Dublin University
Alan Jeffrey 1989 1 Ireland
Trent Johnston 1999–2006 11 Ireland, New South Wales
Ian Johnston 1979–1983 3 Ireland
Gus Joyce 2000 1 Ireland
Dominick Joyce 2004–2006 6 Ireland
Ed Joyce 1997–2006 94 England A, Ireland, MCC, Middlesex, Sussex
Augustine Kelly 1920–1930 14 Dublin University, Ireland
Achey Kelly 1924–1926 4 Dublin University, Ireland
Gustavus Kelly 1922–1926 7 Dublin University, Ireland
Gus Kelly 1901–1914 26 Ireland, MCC, Oxford University
James Kempster 1920–1922 2 Ireland
Derrick Kennedy 1924 2 Dublin University, Ireland
Leslie Kidd 1910–1930 147 Cambridge University, Free Foresters, Gentlemen of England, HDG Leveson-Gower's XI, Ireland, L Robinson's XI, MCC, Middlesex, Combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities, South of England, Combined Surrey and Middlesex
Billy King 1922 1 Dublin University
Ken Kirkpatrick 1962 1 Ireland
Ham Lambert 1932–1947 9 Ireland
Bob Lambert 1902–1928 25 Ireland, London County, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Sep Lambert 1902–1921 7 Ireland
David Langford-Smith 2006–2007 4 Ireland
Noel Larmour 1938 1 Ireland
Jack Lawrence 1926 1 Dublin University
Denis Leng 1966 1 Ireland
Howard le Peton 1921 1 Ireland
Alan Lewis 1988–1996 8 Ireland
Ian Lewis 1956–1972 5 Ireland
Alfie Linehan 1972–1974 2 Ireland
Dickie Lloyd 1911–1922 6 Free Foresters, Ireland, Lancashire
Bill Loughery 1929–1933 2 Ireland
Joseph Lynch 1909 1 Ireland
Given Lyness 1961 1 Ireland
Reginald Lyons 1947 1 Ireland
Junior McBrine 1985–1992 4 Ireland
James McBrine 1986 1 Ireland
Conn McCall 1964–1968 7 Ireland
Kyle McCallan 1996–2007 15 Ireland
William MacCarthy-Morrogh 1895 1 Dublin University
Charles McCausland 1922–1925 5 Dublin University, Ireland
Thomas McCloy 1952–1965 12 Ireland
Adrian McCoubrey 1999–2005 14 Essex, Ireland
Charles McCrum 1992 1 Ireland
Paul McCrum 1990–1997 4 Ireland
Richard McDaid 1999 2 Ireland
Enda McDermott 1982 1 Ireland
James MacDonald 1926–1939 14 Ireland
Thomas MacDonald 1928–1936 7 Cambridge University, Ireland
Wilfred McDonough 1930 1 Ireland
Andy McFarlane 1937 1 Ireland
Dwayne McGerrigle 1999 1 Ireland
William McKee 1946 1 Ireland
James McKelvey 1954 2 Ireland
David McKibbin 1937 1 Ireland
Burry McMahon 1925–1926 3 Dublin University
Fred McMurray 1939 1 Ireland
NF McNamara 1913 1 Ireland
Archie McQuilken 1962 2 Ireland
George McVeagh 1925–1934 12 Dublin University, Ireland
James Magee 1907–1909 3 Ireland
Noel Mahony 1948–1953 5 Ireland
Eddie Marks 1953–1955 3 Ireland
Herbert Martin 1949–1968 19 Ireland
Thomas Martin 1934 1 Ireland
Patrick Maxwell 1895 4 Dublin University
George Meldon 1895 4 Dublin University
George Meldon 1907–1912 10 Ireland, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Jack Meldon 1902–1910 5 Ireland
Louis Meldon 1909–1912 4 Ireland
William Meldon 1909–1914 8 Ireland, Warwickshire
Charles Mellon 1937–1938 2 Ireland
Vivian Metcalfe 1928–1936 4 Ireland, Wales
Samuel Middleton 1922 1 Dublin University
Robert Millar 1994 1 Ireland
Frank Miller 1949–1954 7 Ireland
David Milling 1912–1914 2 Ireland
Hugh Milling 1983 1 Ireland
Stanley Mitchell 1974 1 Ireland
Raymond Moan 1970 1 Ireland
Greg Molins 1996–1999 4 Ireland
Jason Molins 1998–2005 11 Ireland, Oxford University
Dermott Monteith 1965–1984 28 Ireland, Middlesex
John Mooney 2004–2006 2 Ireland
Paul Mooney 1998–2006 11 Ireland
William Mooney 1909–1912 3 Ireland
Declan Moore 1996 1 Ireland
Edward Moore 1993–1994 2 Ireland
Paul Moore 1992 1 Ireland
Robert Moore 1926 2 Ireland
Eoin Morgan 2004–2006 10 Ireland, Middlesex
Henry Morgan 1931–1938 4 Ireland
George Morrison 1947 2 Ireland
George Morrow 1907–1912 8 Ireland
Henry Mulholland 1911–1914 32 Cambridge University, Ireland
Desmond Murphy 1920 1 Ireland
Patrick Murphy 1909–1912 2 Ireland
Andy Murtagh 1973–1977 27 Hampshire, Eastern Province
William Napper 1908–1909 5 Ireland
Naseer Shaukat 1984–2004 50 Faisalabad, Ireland, Water and Power Development Authority
Gary Neely 2000 1 Ireland
Alan Nelson 1988–1991 4 Ireland
Noel Nelson 1990 1 Ireland
Patrick Neville 1956–1960 4 Ireland
Thomas Newburn 1949 1 Ireland
Mark Nulty 1989 1 Ireland
Brendan O'Brien 1966–1981 11 Ireland
Donough O'Brien 1902–1907 3 Ireland, MCC
Gerard O'Brien 1976–1977 2 Ireland
John O'Brien 1910 1 Ireland
Niall O'Brien 2004–2006 41 Ireland, Kent
Robin O'Brien 1954–1958 40 Cambridge University, Ireland, MCC
Tim O'Brien 1881–1914 266 England, Gentlemen of England, I Zingari, Ireland, MCC, Middlesex, Non-Smokers, Oxford University, Rest of England, South of England, Various other teams
Paget O'Brien-Butler 1936 1 Ireland
Stephen Ogilby 2004 2 Ireland
David Olphert 1998 1 Ireland
Ciaran O'Maille 1953–1960 2 Ireland
Joey O'Meara 1963 1 Ireland
Peter O'Reilly 1982–1984 2 Ireland
Alec O'Riordan 1958–1977 25 Ireland
Cyril Parker 1922 1 Dublin University
Matthew Parry 1908–1925 4 Ireland, Warwickshire
Andrew Patterson 1996–2000 10 Ireland, Sussex
Mark Patterson 1996–1999 2 Surrey
Jim Patterson 1984–1992 4 Ireland
Joseph Peacocke 1925–1926 2 Dublin University, Ireland
Cecil Pemberton 1923–1928 4 Ireland
David Pickeman 1926 1 Ireland
David Pigot Junior 1966–1975 11 Ireland
David Pigot Senior 1922–1939 11 Dublin University, Ireland
James Pigot 1924–1930 5 Dublin University, Europeans (India)
Stuart Pollock 1939–1958 23 Free Foresters, Ireland, MCC
William Pollock 1909–1923 5 Ireland, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Marshall Porter 1895 4 Dublin University
William Porterfield 2006 2 Ireland
Charles Posnett 1947 1 Ireland
Richard Power 1920–1926 4 Ireland
Andrew Poynter 2005 1 Middlesex
Donald Pratt 1963–1966 6 Ireland
John Prior 1981–1986 6 Ireland
Bernard Quinlan 1911 1 Ireland
Patrick Quinlan 1912–1928 13 Ireland, Western Australia, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Francis Quinn 1936–1948 7 Ireland
Gerard Quinn 1937 1 Ireland
Kevin Quinn 1957–1959 3 Ireland
Stephen Radcliffe 1925–1926 2 Dublin University
Michael Rea 1985–1994 8 Ireland
Harry Read 1909–1912 3 Ireland
Frank Reddy 1931–1939 7 Ireland
Michael Reith 1970–1980 9 Ireland
Michael Ridley 1967–1970 23 Ireland, Oxford University
Arthur Robinson 1924–1929 7 Dublin University, Ireland
Herbert Rollins 1920 1 Ireland
EA Rooney 1913–1914 2 Ireland
Arthur Ross 1895 2 Dublin University
PC Ross 1912 1 Ireland
Tom Ross 1902–1910 10 Gentlemen of England, Ireland
Marcus Ruddle 1937 1 Ireland
Alan Rutherford 1996–1999 4 Ireland
James Ryan 1911–1914 9 Ireland, Northamptonshire
Wilson Scott 1958 1 Ireland
Edward Seymour 1927–1928 3 Ireland
Frederick Shaw 1913–1924 7 Army, Europeans (India), Ireland
Donald Shearer 1933–1952 14 Ireland, MCC
Peter Shields 1999–2000 2 Ireland
Jack Short 1974–1984 11 Ireland
Roland Shortt 1934 1 Ireland
Jack Simpson 1954 1 Ireland
Sandy Smith 1978–1979 2 Ireland
SC Smith 1907–1908 3 Ireland
Stephen Smyth 1991–1999 5 Ireland
Wallace Sproule 1923 1 Ireland
Fred Stedman 1899–1912 140 CB Fry's XI, Ireland, London County, SH Cochrane's XI, Surrey, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Mike Stevenson 1949–1967 66 Cambridge University, Derbyshire, Ireland, MCC
Mark Sugden 1922–1930 8 Dublin University, Ireland
Greg Thompson 2004–2005 5 Ireland
Nigel Thompson 1988–1991 3 Ireland
Roy Torrens 1966–1982 6 Ireland
Deryck Vincent 1988 1 Ireland
Patrick Waldron 1946–1947 4 Ireland
Arthur Walker 1913 1 Ireland
Lawrence Walker 1922–1926 3 Ireland
Paul Wallace 1988 1 Ireland
Arthur Wallis 1895 3 Dublin University
JC Walton 1925 1 Ireland
Basil Ward 1912–1920 4 Ireland
Thomas Ward 1936–1939 2 Ireland
Larry Warke 1950–1961 17 Ireland
Stephen Warke 1981–1994 13 Ireland
Adrian Watkin 1986 1 Ireland
Peter Webb 1953 2 Ireland
Andrew White 2004–2006 8 Ireland, Northamptonshire
Thomas Williams 1939 1 Ireland
James Willis 1922–1926 4 Dublin University, Ireland
Robert Wills 1981–1985 5 Ireland
George Wilson 1948–1951 3 Ireland
Gary Wilson 2005–2006 3 Ireland
Ian Wilson 1956–1961 3 Ireland

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