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 catering for all standards and interests.

Current Squad

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 national cricket team|Papua New Guinea] play the United States. The ground has also hosted Women's [One Day International|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.