Dublin University Cricket Club is a

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team in

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. There is evidence of cricket being played at the University before 1820 but the first record of a club dates from 1835. They currently play in the Leinster Senior League, and in the past had first-class status, and played against several sides that were touring England, including the Australians (twice), South Africans (three times) and West Indians (as late as 1923).

History

Their first first-class matches came in 1895 when they played home and away matches against

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, also playing at home against the MCC and away against

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. They would not play first-class cricket again until 1922 when they played

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and four times against

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between 1924 and 1926. The two games in 1926 are their final first-class games to date. The team for two of those games against Northamptonshire featured the Irish writer

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. The club has produced more than 150 players for

, the most prominent probably being

Ed Joyce Edmund "Ed" Christopher Joyce (born 22 September 1978) is a former Irish cricketer who played for both the Ireland and England national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009, before returning to Ir ...

, who played fifty times for Ireland before going on to represent

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. Four former DUCC men played

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Clement Johnson Clement Lecky Johnson (31 March 1871 – 31 May 1908) was an Irish cricketer who represented South Africa in a single Test match in 1896. Career Clement Johnson was born in Carbury, County Kildare, Ireland, on 31 March 1871. He was educated at ...

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and

George Dockrell George Henry Dockrell (born 22 July 1992) is an Irish cricketer. Dockrell is right-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who plays international cricket for Ireland after learning his cricket at Leinster Cricket Club, Dublin. He was ...

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Honours

* Leinster Senior League: 5 **1927, 1947, 1948, 1966, 1970 * Leinster Senior Cup: 5 **1942, 1952, 1961, 1962, 1963

External links

Official site
at CricketArchive Cricket clubs in County Dublin Leinster Senior League (cricket) teams

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