Leinster Senior League Cup (cricket)

The Leinster Senior Cup is the most important provincial cricket knock-out cup of the Leinster jurisdiction in Ireland. The competition was renamed as the Leinster Senior League Cup between 2020 and 2022.[1]

Traditionally a knock-out competition, from 2019 it has been played in a group format, with the winners and runners-up of two groups qualifying for semi-finals. In 2021, it was played as a T20 competition.[2]

## List of finals

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### 1930s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match Scores

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1935  | Pembroke | Phoenix |
1936  | Leinster | Merrion |
1937  | Phoenix | Dublin University |
1938  | Phoenix | Dublin University |
1939  | Phoenix | Leinster |

### 1940s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match Scores

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1940  | Merrion | Leinster |
1941  | Leinster | Dublin University |
1942  | Dublin University | Phoenix |
1943  | Clontarf | Pembroke |
1944  | Pembroke | Merrion |
1945  | Phoenix | Pembroke |
1946  | Pembroke | Merrion |
1947  | Phoenix | Clontarf |
1948  | Phoenix | Merrion |
1949  | Phoenix | Railway Union |

### 1950s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match Scores

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1950  | Clontarf | Railway Union |
1951  | Phoenix | Merrion |
1952  | Dublin University | Clontarf |
1953  | Leinster | Malahide |
1954  | Pembroke | Dublin University |
1955  | Leinster | Malahide |
1956  | Leinster | Phoenix |
1957  | Pembroke | Leinster |
1958  | Leinster | Phoenix |
1959  | Malahide | Leinster |

### 1960s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match scores

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1960  | Merrion | Clontarf |
1961  | Dublin University | Railway Union |
1962  | Dublin University | Pembroke |
1963  | Dublin University | Merrion |
1964  | Old Belvedere | Malahide |
1965  | Old Belvedere | Malahide |
1966  | Old Belvedere | Malahide |
1967  | Railway Union | Phoenix |
1968  | Leinster | Clontarf |
1969  | Clontarf | Phoenix |

### 1970s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match Scores

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1970  | Old Belvedere | Clontarf |
1971  | Malahide | Clontarf |
1972  | Pembroke | Malahide |
1973  | Phoenix | Pembroke |
1974  | Pembroke | Railway Union |
1975  | Phoenix | Leinster |
1976  | Phoenix | Leinster |
1977  | Phoenix | Old Belvedere |
1978  | Phoenix | Merrion |
1979  | Phoenix | ?  |

### 1980s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match Scores

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1980  | Pembroke | YMCA |
1981  | Leinster | Railway Union |
1982  | Phoenix | Malahide |
1983  | Pembroke | Leinster |
1984  | YMCA | Leinster |
1985  | Leinster | Merrion |
1986  | YMCA | Phoenix |
1987  | YMCA | Clontarf |
1988  | YMCA | Railway Union |
1989  | The Hills | Carlisle |

### 1990s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match scores

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1990  | YMCA | Clontarf |
1991  | YMCA | Leinster |
1992  | Clontarf | YMCA |
1993  | Pembroke | Old Belvedere |
1994  | YMCA | Malahide |
1995  | Clontarf | Merrion |
1996  | The Hills | Pembroke |
1997  | Pembroke | The Hills |
1998  | Leinster | Malahide |
1999  | Pembroke | The Hills |

### 2000s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match Scores

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2000  | Clontarf | North County |
2001  | YMCA | Terenure |
2002  | YMCA | Merrion |
2003  | North County | Clontarf |
2004  | Clontarf | Rush |
2005  | The Hills | Clontarf |
2006  | The Hills | North County |
2007  | Clontarf | Merrion |
2008  | Clontarf | North County |
2009  | Clontarf | North County |

### 2010s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match Scores

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2010  | Railway Union | Clontarf |
2011  | Merrion | North County | [3]
2012  | Clontarf | Pembroke | Pembroke 236–8 (60.0 overs, T Lawson 79, A Balbirnie 57*, G Baugh 45, A Cusack 3–45)
Clontarf 238–4 (55.5 overs, B Coghlan 62, A Poynter 56*, M Watterson 53, A Eastwood 2–38, A Leonard 2–58)
Clontarf won by 6 wickets[4]
2013  | YMCA | Pembroke | YMCA 288-6 (60.0 overs, J Bray 130*, T Johnston 62, B McCarthy 2-61)
Pembroke 209 (55.4 overs, B McCarthy 45, T Lawson 35, R Russell 28, A van der Merwe 4-39, Simmi Singh 3-35, Yacoub Ali 2-45)
YMCA won by 79 runs[5]
2014  | Clontarf | Malahide | Clontarf 215 (Delany 57, Savile 5/40, B McCarthy 2-61)
Malahide 171 (Strydom 48, Der Merwe 2/27, Morrissey 4/41, D'Arcy 3/38)
Clontarf won by 44 runs[6]
2015  | Clontarf | YMCA | Clontarf 204 (S McAuley 40, M Granger 5/38)
YMCA 208-2 (A D'Arcy 88no, B Coghlan 53)
Clontarf won by 8 wickets[7][8]
2016  | YMCA | Leinster | Leinster 225-8 (Coad 24, Delany 27, Dockrell 70, O'Dwyer 33, Singh 5/57)
YMCA 226-3 (49.2 overs) (Tector 75, Singh 66, Terry 58no)
YMCA won by 7 wickets[9]
2017  | The Hills | Merrion | Merrion 186 (Anderson 80, Lewis 22, Tice 41; Cartwright 4/30)
The Hills 188-5 (37.4 overs) (McLoughlin-Gavin 38, Shah 25, Sorensen 64no; Kane 3/29)
The Hills won by 5 wickets[10]
2018  | Clontarf | North County | Clontarf 192-8 (Gallagher 22, Poynter 36, Forrest 66, Islam 35; Sheridan 3/27, Nofal 4/8)
North County 175 (Grassi 32, McGovern 58; Poynter 3/24)
Clontarf won by 17 runs[11]
2019  | The Hills | Phoenix | [12]

### 2020s

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Season  | Winners  | Runners-up  | Match Scores

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2020  | YMCA | Railway Union | [13]
2021  | Merrion | YMCA | [14]
2022  | Pembroke | Clontarf | [15]
2023  | Clontarf | The Hills | [16]
2024  | Pembroke | Phoenix | [17]

## Summary of winners

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Team  | Wins

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Phoenix | 15
Clontarf | 15
Pembroke | 14
YMCA | 12
Leinster | 10
The Hills | 6
Dublin University | 5
Merrion | 4
Old Belvedere | 4
Malahide | 2
Railway Union | 2
North County | 1

## See also

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* Leinster Senior League
* NCU Challenge Cup

## References

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1. ^ Cricket Leinster
2. ^ https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000011/001128.shtml Cricket Leinster]
3. ^ Merrion win the LHW Senior Cup
4. ^ LCU Senior Cup 2012
5. ^ LCU Senior Cup 2013
6. ^ 7 up for Clontarf
7. ^ Best laid plans of mice and men
8. ^ Match Report: Leinster Senior Cup Final
9. ^ Singh leads YMCA to cup glory
10. ^ Cricket Leinster
11. ^ Cricket Europe
12. ^ CricketEurope
13. ^ Cricket Leinster
14. ^ https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000011/001128.shtml Cricket Europe]
15. ^ Cricket Europe
16. ^ Cricket Europe
17. ^ Cricket Europe

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