Pembroke Cricket Club was founded in 1868 and is located at
Sydney Parade, Park Avenue, just outside the old village of Sandymount in the prosperous
Dublin
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suburb of
Ballsbridge. The grounds were part of the lands of the Pembroke Estate from which the club took its name. In 1983, the club bought out the ground from the Estate and now is the joint owner in conjunction with
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin, playing in Division 1A of the Leinster League.
In addition to the First XV, they also have Second (J2), Third (J3) and Fourth (J4) XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies t ...
.
The Club fields six men's teams in league and cup competitions. Players have included Frank Malin, bowler and first man to hold the position of chairman of the
Irish Cricket Union. Harry Hill,
Master of the High Court, kept wicket from 1947 to 1977. Hill held the
Leinster record with 502 dismissals (292 catches and 210 stumpings), until recently surpassed by Charlie Kavanagh, also a Pembroke
wicket keeper
The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. T ...
.
There are also two ladies' teams and schoolboy-league teams at under-11, -13, -15, -17 -19 age groups. The First XI have a proud record winning the
Leinster Senior Cup in its inaugural year, 1935 and on twelve occasions since. It has regularly provided players to the
Irish team of whom S.F. Bergin, with fifty-three caps between 1949 and 1965 is the most famous.
The club is an affiliate of the
Leinster Cricket Union
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Honours
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Irish Senior Cup: 1
**2019
*
Leinster Senior League: 13
**1923, 1938, 1946, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1994, 2002, 2019
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Leinster Senior Cup: 13
**1935, 1944, 1946, 1954, 1957, 1972, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2022
References
External links
cricket.ie
Cricket clubs established in 1868
Cricket clubs in County Dublin
Leinster Senior League (cricket) teams
1868 establishments in Ireland
Sports clubs and teams in Dublin (city)
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