Armagh Cricket Club History
Notable Events, International Players, NCU Trophies won, Captains, 100 Cap Club
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An Introduction
Unlike many clubs which have played on more than one ground, Armagh Cricket Club is unusual in that the ground pre-dated the club by 14 years. The Mall was first used for cricket in 1845 while the club itself was formed in 1859.
For 30 years Armagh Cricket Club played only friendly games which broadly fell in three categories:
Matches against clubs from local towns and villages
Games against military opponents and
Prestige fixtures against touring sides and Belfast clubs, sometimes of two days’ duration.
When the Senior Cup began in 1888 Armagh Cricket Club was among the entrants for the first competition and reached the final in 1890 and 1892. The club entered the Senior League from 1899 to 1902 and the County Armagh League in 1903 before reverting to a programme of friendly games and occasionally a Senior Cup match.
Since 1912 Armagh Cricket Club has played in an NCU League in every season (apart from the War years).
Notable Events
1845
The Mall first used as a cricket ground.
1859
Armagh Cricket Club formed.
1889
First competitive game (NCU Senior Cup).
1890
Reached first Senior Cup Final.
1899
Entered NCU Senior League.
1902
Left NCU Senior League.
1911
First pavilion built.
1912
Returned to NCU Senior League.
1928
NCU Senior League champions for the first time.
1931
NCU Senior League champions for the second time.
1939
NCU Senior League champions for the third and last time.
1952
Reached NCU Senior Cup Final for the last time and relegated from the Senior League for the first time.
1958
Leslie Spearman scored 140 not out in a Senior league game against Milford .
1964
1972
Hampton Ewart recorded Armagh’s best bowling figures, 9 wickets for 10 against Portadown.
1975
Relegated to Section Four for the first time.
1980
Section Four Champions.
1982
Section Three Champions.
2008
Armagh’s 1500th competitive match.
2009
Section Two (old Section Three) Champions in sesquicentenary season
Reggie Stinson announced his retirement after scoring 7754 runs and taking 1169 wickets (71 in his best season) in 597 NCU games; all four figures are club records.
2014
Matthew Steenson scored 151 not out in a Senior league game against Drumaness breaking the previous 1958 club record of 14 by Leslie Spearman.
2022
Samuel Wilson scored 151 not out in a Senior league game against Derriaghy matching Matthew Steenson’s 2014 club record.
International Players
1926
Charles Raynor became the first Armagh player to play for Ireland.
1930
Wilfred McDonough and Bobby Barnes capped by Ireland.
Ex-Armagh player Tom Ward also played for Ireland.
1937
Jackie Barnes played for Ireland .
1968
Ivan Anderson selected as captain of Ireland while playing for Armagh.
Billy Irwin, Lloyd Armstrong, Wesley Ferris and Paul McCrum joined Armagh after being capped by Ireland while playing for Waringstown; Armstrong and McCrum gained further caps while with Armagh.
Lawrie Millar played for New Zealand after playing for Armagh.
Armagh professionals Ashok Malhotra, Ashok Mankad, Azhar Khan, Yash Pal Sharma and Zahid Ahmed played for their respective countries before playing for Armagh.
NCU Trophies won by Armagh
Armagh I
Senior League: 1928, 1931, 1939
Senior Qualifying League: 1961
Section Two: 2009
Section Three: 1982
Section Four: 1979
Armagh II
Minor Cup 1972
Intermediate Cup 1989, 1993
Armagh III
Minor Qualifying Cup 2013
Armagh IV
Minor Qualifying Cup 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005
Under-19s
Colts Cup 1993, 1994
Under-15s
Graham Cup 1933, 1946, 1963, 1990, 1991, 2003
Captains
1913 — Max Anderson
1914 — Max Anderson
1915 — None
1916 — None
1917 — None
1918 — None
1919 — None
1920 — Robert Leeman
1921 — Sam Walsh
1922 — Sam Walsh
1923 — Sam Walsh
1924 — J A Meldon
1925 — George Sandford
1926 — W A Roscoe
1927 — Bob McKinley
1928 — Bob McKinley
1929 — Bob McKinley
1930 — Russell Scott
1931 — Wilfred McDonough
1932 — Dr J McMahon
1933 — Billy McKinley
1934 — Billy McKinley
1935 — Bob McKinley
1936 — Bob McKinley
1937 — Billy Dawson
1938 — Jackie Barnes
1939 — Billy Dawson
1940 — Billy Dawson
1941 — Billy McKinley
1945 — Terry Grainger
1946 — Terry Grainger
1947 — Terry Grainger
1948 — Terry Grainger
1949 — Lloyd Armstrong
1950 — Lloyd Armstrong
1951 — Lloyd Armstrong
1952 — Lloyd Armstrong
1953 — Billy McKinley
1954 — Norman McKinley
1955 — Leslie Spearman
1956 — Jim Graham
1957 — Leslie Spearman
1958 — Johnny Elliott
1959 — Billy Rowan and Harold Baxter
1960 — Harold Baxter
1961 — Norman Graham
1962 — Norman Graham
1963 — Norman Graham
1964 — G A Elliott
1965 — G A Elliott
1966 — G A Elliott
1967 — G A Elliott
1968 — I J Anderson
1969 — R G Neville
1970 — R G Neville
1971 — A Stinson
1972 — H C H Deane
1973 — H C H Deane
1974 — O F Corvan
1975 — M P McConville
1976 — W G S Parr
1977 — W G S Parr
1978 — K Gordon
1979 — R A Stinson
1980 — T J Barnes
1981 — K F McAuley
1982 — G A Elliott
1983 — R A Stinson
1984 — R A Stinson
1985 — K F McAuley
1986 — J K Walbran
1987 — R A Stinson
1988 — S J D Little
1989 — A Stinson
1990 — R A Stinson
1991 — R A Stinson
1992 — A J Dundas
1993 — A J Dundas
1994 — A W Rennie
1995 — A W Rennie
1996 — A W Rennie
1997 — A W Rennie
1998 — A W Rennie
1999 — A W Rennie
2000 — M R Elliott
2001 — M R Elliott
2002 — CMF Cairns
2003 — TDA Bullick
2004 — TDA Bullick
2005 — A W Rennie
2006 — AJ Bratten
2007 — AJ Bratten
2008 — AJ Bratten
2009 — CP Kulkarni
2010 — G McCarter
2011 — G McCarter
2012 — G McCarter
2013 — G McCarter
2014 — M Villiers
2015 — M G J Steenson
2016 — M G J Steenson
2017 — M G J Steenson
2018 — M G J Steenson
2019 — M G J Steenson
2020 — M G J Steenson
2021 — M G Hoey
2022 — M G Hoey
2023 — M G Hoey
2023 — M G Hoey
100 Cap Club
Players who have represented the 1st XI on 100+ occasions.
Armstrong, Lloyd 1946-1954
Barnes, Bobby 1925-1939
Barnes, Trevor 1959-1987
Baxter, Harold 1946-1973
Boyd, Harry 2007-Present
Bratten, Andrew 2000-2019
Breakey, George 1964-1995
Briggs, John 1974-2004
Bullick, David 1986-2019
Cairns, Chris 1994-2007
Carson, David 1925-1952
Dawson, Jack 1929-1959
Doyle, Harry 2005-2022
Doyle, Philip 2004-2021
Dundas, Alan 1990-2001
Edgar, Kenny 1995-2008
Elliott, George 1956-1989
Elliott, Johnny 1946-1976
Elliott, Mark 1989-2020
Ewart, Hampton 1955-1975
Gordon, Kenny 1968-1992
Graham, Jim 1945-1981
Graham, Norman 1955-1968
Hill, Billy 1946-1981
Hoey, Michael 2009-Present
Jones, Alan 1987-1993
Lester, Dean 1997-2012
Lester, Stuart 2001-2021
Little, Derek 1972-1990
Livingstone, George 1925-1939
McAuley, Kieran 1971-1987
McCarter, Gareth 2002-Present
McCauley, Harry 1925-1940
McConville, Martin 1969-1983
McDonough, Wilfred 1920-1941
McKinley, Billy 1925-1953
McKinley, Bob 1912-1940
Neville, Bobby 1954-1977
Raynor, Charlie 1913-1939
Rennie, Andrew 1985-2006
Robinson, Gareth 1991-2013
Rogers, Jamie 2015-Present
Russell, Colin 1995-2022
Scott, Ronnie 1948-1971
Spearman, Leslie 1950-1969
Steenson, Matthew 2007-Present
Stinson, Alec 1965-1992
Stinson, Reggie 1973-2009
Thornbury, Joe 1992-2006
Villiers, Michael 1999-2019
Walbran, Andrew 1984-2015
Whitcroft, Alan 2002-2022
Williamson, Mark 1986-2003
Wilson, Samuel - Present
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