Lisburn Cricket Club

Lisburn Cricket Club is a cricket club in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, playing in the Premier League of the NCU Senior League.

Lisburn
Team information
Founded1836
Home groundWallace Park

Established in 1836, the club is the oldest in Northern Ireland.[1] It is also one of the most successful, having won the league title eleven times and the Senior Cup on nine occasions. The club's grounds are at Wallace Park in Lisburn.

Notable former players
 Ireland men's internationals
 India men's internationals
 Ireland rugby union internationals
Ireland U21 rugby union international
 Ireland field hockey internationals
 Great Britain field hockey international
  • Jimmy Kirkwood
Recipients of the Military Cross

Source:[2]

Honours
  • NCU Senior League: 13 (2 shared)
    • 1933, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1963 (shared), 1964, 1980, 1993, 1996 (shared)
  • NCU Challenge Cup: 11 (2 shared)
    • 1929, 1942, 1946, 1955, 1957, 1958 (shared), 1959, 1961, 1962, 1985, 1994 (shared)
  • Ulster Cup: 1
    • 2000
  • NCU Junior Cup: †8
    • †1903, †1933, †1947, †1958, †1959, †1964, †1992, †2016

† Won by 2nd XI

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References
  1. "Lisburn launch their 175th anniversary celebrations". www.cricketeurope.net. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  2. "It would have been so different for Lisburn had cricket stars not been taken by other sports". www.newsletter.co.uk. 3 April 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2017.


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