# Merrion Cricket Club

Merrion Cricket Club is a cricket club in Dublin, Ireland, playing in Division 1 of the Leinster Senior League.
The club was established as Merrion Wanderers and then Land Commission in 1879, moving to its present ground in 1906. Until 1919, membership of the club was restricted to civil servants. Senior status was attained in 1926.
Merrion has a large number of teams (seven men, three women, three social and boys and girls teams for all age groups) catering for all standards and interests.

## Current Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
* *denotes players qualified to play for Ireland on residency or dual nationality.
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
| Batsmen ||||||
| John Anderson | Ireland | (1982-10-06) 6 October 1982 (age 42) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Andrew Doheny | Ireland | | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Franco Marais | South Africa* | | Right-handed | — | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Muhammad Manack | South Africa | (2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Overseas Pro |
| Swapnil Modgill | India* | (1998-11-24) 24 November 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Sean Stanton | Ireland | | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Jamie Forbes | Ireland | (2004-02-01) 1 February 2004 (age 21) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Stephen Doheny | Ireland | (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | — | |
| Adam Rosslee | South Africa* | (2003-09-12) 12 September 2003 (age 21) | Left-handed | — | Vice Captain |
| Michael Lewis | Ireland | | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Max Sorensen | Ireland | (1985-11-18) 18 November 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | Vice Captain |
| Tom Stanton | Ireland | (1997-09-21) 21 September 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Mikey O'Reilly | Ireland | (2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 22) | Left-handed | Left arm fast-medium | |
| Daniel Forkin | Ireland | (2005-05-10) 10 May 2005 (age 19) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Hugh Kennedy | Ireland | | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Melvin Christoper Devaraj | India* | (2001-12-31) 31 December 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | |

## Honours

* Irish Senior Cup: 2
** 2010, 2016
* Leinster Senior League: 7
** 1940, 1945, 1952, 1958, 2001, 2018, 2021
* Leinster Senior League Cup: 3
** 1940, 1960, 2011, 2021

## Home Ground

Merrion Cricket Club play their home games at Anglesea Road, in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. The ground has hosted a single List-A match which saw Papua New Guinea play the United States. The ground has also hosted Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals. It is occasionally used by the Leinster Lightning for First-class matches, and by Cricket Leinster for other Youth and Women representative teams. The ground is managed by GM by Choice.
Anglesea Road has a pavilion, a square, full nets facilities, a bar, dressing room areas and car parking.
The club's lower division, youth and women's teams occasionally use their secondary ground in Bird Avenue, Clonskeagh, which is owned by Catholic University School.