Northern Ireland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

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Sporting event delegation

Northern Ireland at the
1998 Commonwealth Games

Flag of Northern Ireland

CGF code| NIR
CGA| Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council
Website| teamni.org
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) – 21 September 1998 (1998-09-21)
Medals
Ranked 13th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

* 1934
* 1938
* 1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026
* 2030

Other related appearances
Ireland (1930)

Northern Ireland competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 September 1998. It was Northern Ireland's 14th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

## Medalists

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The following Northern Irish competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.[1]

| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | David Calvert
Martin Millar | Shooting | Fullbore rifle Queens prize open pair
Gold | Gary McCloy
Ian McClure
Martin McHugh
Neil Booth | Lawn bowls | Men's fours
Silver | Liam Cunningham | Boxing | Flyweight
Bronze | Brian Magee | Boxing | Middleweight
Bronze | Jeremy Henry | Lawn bowls | Men's singles

## Cricket

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Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland named the below squad for the tournament.[2]

Roster

* Alan Rutherford (c & wk)
* Neil Anderson
* Neil Carson
* Gordon Cooke
* Dekker Curry
* Ryan Eagleson
* Peter Gillespie
* Derek Heasley
* Kyle McCallan
* Paul McCrum
* Gary Neely
* Andrew Patterson
* Mark Patterson
* Stephen Smyth

Summary
Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Northern Ireland men | Men's tournament |  South Africa
L by 4 wickets (D/L)  |  Barbados
L by 176 runs  |  Bangladesh
W by 114 runs  | 3  | did not advance  | 12

Group stage
Group C  Pos | Team

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1  |  South Africa | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 1.143
2  |  Barbados | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 1.330
3  |  Northern Ireland | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | −0.643
4  |  Bangladesh | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | −1.547

Source: ESPNcricinfo

10 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Northern Ireland
89/5 (38.1 overs)

South Africa
133/6 (31.4 overs)

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Neil Carson 22* (54)
Jacques Kallis 1/3 (4 overs)

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Dale Benkenstein 44* (64)
Ryan Eagleson 3/28 (7.4 overs)

South Africa won by 4 wickets (D/L method)
Kelab Aman, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Eddie Nicholls (Guy) and Subhash Modi (Ken)

* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain halted play after 38.1 overs in the Northern Ireland innings. South Africa's target was 131 runs from 38 overs.[3]
* Neil Carson (NI) made his List A debut.[3]
* Paul McCrum (NI) played his final List A match.[3]
* Points: South Africa 2, Northern Ireland 0.

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13 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Barbados
296/5 (50 overs)

Northern Ireland
120/7 (50 overs)

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Philo Wallace 92
Dekker Curry 2/42 (10 overs)

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Stephen Smyth 58
Ottis Gibson 2/18 (7 overs)

Barbados won by 176 runs
Rubber Research Institute Ground, Shah Alam
Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and William Smith (Sco)

* Northern Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
* Ryan Hinds (Bar) made his List A debut.[4]
* Points: Barbados 2, Northern Ireland 0.
* Northern Ireland were eliminated as a result of this match.

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15 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Northern Ireland
177 (49.5 overs)

Bangladesh
63 (21 overs)

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Kyle McCallan 53*
Morshed Ali Khan 2/19 (7 overs)

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Khaled Mahmud 27
Gordon Cooke 5/35 (10 overs)

Northern Ireland won by 114 runs
Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Nizam Baksh (Can) and Saleem Badar (Pak)

* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Neil Anderson (NI) played his only List A match.[5]
* Dekker Curry (NI) played his final List A match.[5]
* Gordon Cooke (NI) took his only List A five-wicket haul.[5][6]
* Points: Northern Ireland 2, Bangladesh 0.

## References

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1. ^ McDowell, Jim (23 July 2002). "CommonWealth Games: Golden moments and silver linings". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
2. ^ "Northern Ireland Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 16 June 1998. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
3. ^ a b c "Northern Ireland v South Africa - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group C)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
4. ^ "Barbados v Northern Ireland - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group C)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
5. ^ a b c "Bangladesh v Northern Ireland - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group C)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
6. ^ "Player profile of Gordon Cooke". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

## External links

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* Official website

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Associations at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Australia
* Bahamas
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda
* Botswana
* British Virgin Islands
* Brunei Darussalam
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Cook Islands
* Cyprus
* Dominica
* England
* Falkland Islands
* Fiji
* Gambia, The
* Ghana
* Gibraltar
* Grenada
* Guernsey
* Guyana
* India
* Isle of Man
* Jamaica
* Jersey
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Lesotho
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Malta
* Mauritius
* Montserrat
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Norfolk Island
* Northern Ireland
* Pakistan
* Papua New Guinea
* Saint Helena
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Samoa
* Scotland
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Solomon Islands
* South Africa
* Sri Lanka
* Swaziland
* Tanzania, United Republic of
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* Vanuatu
* Wales
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games

* 1934
* 1938
* 1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026
* 2030

Northern Ireland competed as part of an Ireland team in 1930
*[BM]: Bronze medal match
*[Pos]: Position
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*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[L]: Lost
*[T]: Tied
*[NR]: No result
*[Pts]: Points
*[NRR]: Net run rate