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The Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the RSA Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup is a 50-over cricket competition for Irish amateur clubs. It is the most important knock-out cricket club competition in Ireland, is organised by Cricket Ireland and comprises the top teams from each of Ireland's four active provincial unions ( Leinster, Munster, NCU and North West). Connacht Cricket Union, the youngest, smallest and weakest provincial union, do not enter teams in their own right, but County Galway CC enters as a member club in Munster.
It was sponsored initially by Schweppes and then Royal Liver, [1] and the current sponsor is RSA. It was renamed in honour of Bob Kerr, who died at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. [2] [3]
Matches are of 50- overs duration, though this may be reduced to as few as ten overs per side where delays or interruptions necessitate. [4]
Each team must contain not less than nine players fully eligible to play for Ireland in all competitions. [4]
Waringstown are the most successful club in the competition with 6 wins. Leinster Cricket Club are the defending champions, having defeated Waringstown by 48 runs in the 2023 final. [5]
Team | Wins | Runners-up | Total Finals | Last Win |
---|---|---|---|---|
Waringstown | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2018 |
North County | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2008 |
Limavady | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2004 |
North Down | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1995 |
Lurgan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1990 |
Merrion | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2016 |
Brigade | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1999 |
Leinster | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2023 |
The Hills | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2014 |
Downpatrick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1991 |
Donemana | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2000 |
Railway Union | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2006 |
North of Ireland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1982 |
Strabane | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1998 |
CIYMS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2022 |
Malahide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2002 |
Clontarf | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2013 |
Pembroke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 |
Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1986 |
St Johnston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1987 |
Rush | 0 | 2 | 2 | N/A |
Ballymena | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Bready | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Cliftonville | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Instonians | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Lisburn | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Sion Mills | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | North of Ireland | Leinster | Rathmines, Dublin | North 91–4; Leinster 77–9 ( S Corlett 4–26). North won by 14 runs. Match reduced to 30 overs per side. |
1983 | Waringstown | North of Ireland | Ormeau, Belfast | Waringstown 190–8 (
D Harrison 60); North 118 all out. Waringstown won by 72 runs. |
1984 | Lurgan | Brigade | Rathmines, Dublin | Lurgan 257–6 (Rahul Mankad 130,
P McCrum 56); Brigade 170 all out. Lurgan won by 87 runs. |
1985 | Downpatrick | North Down | Strangford Road, Downpatrick | North Down 79 all out; Downpatrick 85–4.Downpatrick won by 6 wickets. |
1986 | Phoenix | Donemana | Rathmines, Dublin | Donemana 109 all out; Phoenix 110–1 (A Masood 51). Phoenix won by 9 wickets. |
1987 | St Johnston | Brigade | Beechgrove, Derry | Brigade 93 all out; St Johnston 94–3. St Johnston won by 7 wickets. |
1988 | Lurgan | North Down | Rathmines, Dublin | Lurgan 249–6 (G Hunter 100, S Kshirasgar 61); North Down 153 all out. Lurgan won by 96 runs. |
1989 | North Down | Donemana | Rathmines, Dublin | Donemana 101 all out; North Down 102–6. North Down won by 4 wickets. |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | Lurgan | Clontarf | Rathmines, Dublin | Lurgan 251–9 (R McCollum 91, D Neill 52); Clontarf 178 all out. Lurgan won by 73 runs. |
1991 | Downpatrick | North of Ireland | The Green, Comber | Downpatrick 203–6 (K Merchant 60 no); North 200–8. Downpatrick won by 3 runs. |
1992 | Waringstown | Sion Mills | Rathmines, Dublin | Waringstown 171–5; Sion Mills 122 all out. Waringstown won by 49 runs. |
1993 | North Down | Brigade | Rathmines, Dublin | Brigade 155–9; North Down 156–3 ( C McCrum 87). North Down won by 7 wickets. |
1994 | Limavady | Strabane | Woodvale Road, Eglinton | Strabane 159 all out (
P Gillespie 55; Limavady 160–6 ( D Curry 111 no). Limavady won by 4 wickets. |
1995 | North Down | Bready | The Green, Comber | North Down 227–3 (
P McCrum 100 no, Robin Haire 64 no); Bready 226 all out ( A Rutherford 70). North Down won by 1 run. |
1996 | Brigade | Leinster | Rathmines, Dublin | Leinster 199–6 (JV Byrne 56, JE Byrne 53); Brigade 201–2 (C Jeffrey 84 no, Akram Raza 67). Brigade won by 8 wickets. |
1997 | Limavady | Leinster | Beechgrove, Derry | Leinster 172–6 (T McDonnell 50); Limavady 174–0 ( D Curry 102 no, D Cooke 64 no). Limavady won by 10 wickets. |
1998 | Strabane | Ballymena | Beechgrove, Derry | Strabane 189–4; Ballymena 165 all out ( Mark Gillespie 5–33). Strabane won by 24 runs. |
1999 | Brigade | Limavady | Beechgrove, Derry | Limavady 162 all out; Brigade 163–6 ( S Smyth 55). Brigade won by 4 wickets. |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
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2000 | Donemana | Limavady | Beechgrove, Derry | Limavady 215–8 (50 overs G Harron 83 no); Donemana 219–7 (49.1 overs, W Porterfield 59) Donemana won by 3 wickets. |
2001 | North County | Cliftonville | The Lawn, Waringstown | North County 272–7 (
A Botha 66,
J Mooney 61); Cliftonville 198–9 ( K McCallan 60). North County won by 74 runs. |
2002 | Malahide | Rush | Castle Avenue | Rush 148 all out; Malahide 149–6 (N Shaukat 4–26). Malahide won by 4 wickets. |
2003 | North County | Railway Union | Castle Avenue | North County 217–7 (
E Morgan 70); Railway Union 146 all out (C Mullen 58, P Mooney 4–19). North County won by 71 runs. |
2004 | Limavady | Strabane | Woodvale Road, Eglinton | Limavady 198–6 (50 overs, I McGregor 89); Strabane 110 all out (42.1 overs). Limavady won by 88 runs. |
2005 | North County | Railway Union | Castle Avenue | Railway Union 182–8 (50 overs A Murphy 80); North County 185–5 (44.2 overs J Mooney 57 no). North County won by 5 wickets. |
2006 | Railway Union | Rush | Castle Avenue | Rush 206–7 (50 overs,
S Iqbal 58); Railway Union 210–9 (43.2 overs A Murphy 50, N Mullen 4–32). Railway Union won by 1 wicket. |
2007 | North County | The Hills | Castle Avenue | North County 259–8 (50 overs,
A Botha 84); The Hills 154 all out (B Archer 52; R Lawrence 5–38). North County won by 105 runs. [6] |
2008 | North County | Donemana | Strabane | North County 165–8 (
Conor Armstrong 68;
Junior McBrine 4–42); Donemana 112 all out. North County won by 43 runs. [7] |
2009 | Leinster | Donemana | Milverton | Leinster 265–8 (50 overs A Scholtz 75, JP O'Dwyer 61); Donemana 238 all out (48.4 overs R Kee 61, A Shafique 55, R Miley 4–46). Leinster won by 27 runs. |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Merrion | Railway Union | Balrothery | Railway Union 317–3 (50 overs
Kevin O'Brien 76,
Trent Johnston 71, T Fisher 69); Merrion 164–1 (26 overs Greg Clarence 80no, Dominick Joyce 72no). Merrion won by 36 runs. ( Duckworth-Lewis par score: 128 in 26 overs) [8] |
2011 | Waringstown | Instonians | The Green, Comber | Instonians 237–8 (50 overs
Andrew White 76; Waringstown 125–2 (29 overs Simon Harrison 68). Waringstown won by 21 runs ( Duckworth-Lewis). [9] |
2012 | The Hills | Merrion | Castle Avenue | Merrion 153 (48 overs D Joyce 51, J Anderson 47; The Hills 154–2 (39.1 overs D Calder 64 not out). The Hills won by 8 wickets. [10] |
2013 | Clontarf | Merrion | Malahide | Merrion 253-7 (50 overs, B Thompson 78, J Anderson 87, D Joyce 51no, Z van der Merwe 4-46)
|
2014 | The Hills | Clontarf | Castle Avenue | The Hills 239 (50 overs, N Pretorius 34, C McLoughlin 75, M Baumgart 62, Z Van Merwe 4-30, J Morrissey 2-30, P Ryan 3-54)
|
2015 | Waringstown | Merrion | The Lawn, Waringstown | Waringstown 276-7 (L Nelson 44, G Thompson 78, J de Villiers 31, K McCallan 30no, D Joyce 4-62)
|
2016 | Merrion | Waringstown | Castle Avenue | Merrion 252-9 (J Anderson 109, D Joyce 67)
|
2017 | Waringstown | The Hills | Bready | The Hills 135 (M Donegan 40, M Sorensen 24no, H Shah 20; K McCallan 3/18, S Khan 2/14, P Eaglestone 2/21)
|
2018 | Waringstown | Merrion | Stormont | Waringstown 264-7 (J Hall 73, S Khan 71 not out; J Anderson 3-28)
|
2019 | Pembroke | Waringstown | Milverton | Pembroke won by 135 runs. [18] |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
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2020 | Not played | |||
2021 | Not played | |||
2022 | CIYMS | Lisburn | Bready | CIYMS 321-6 (50 overs; J Matchett 94, C Dougherty 93; N Whitworth 2-63)
|
2023 | Leinster | Waringstown | The Lawn | Leinster 259-6 (50 overs; J Carroll 78, P Francis 74*;
G Hume 2-35, B Snell 2-45)
|
Province | Wins |
---|---|
Leinster | 16 |
NCU | 16 |
North West | 8 |
Connacht | 0 |
Munster | 0 |
Wins | |
---|---|
Northern Ireland | 23 |
Republic of Ireland | 17 |
This article needs to be updated.(September 2019) |
The Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the RSA Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup is a 50-over cricket competition for Irish amateur clubs. It is the most important knock-out cricket club competition in Ireland, is organised by Cricket Ireland and comprises the top teams from each of Ireland's four active provincial unions ( Leinster, Munster, NCU and North West). Connacht Cricket Union, the youngest, smallest and weakest provincial union, do not enter teams in their own right, but County Galway CC enters as a member club in Munster.
It was sponsored initially by Schweppes and then Royal Liver, [1] and the current sponsor is RSA. It was renamed in honour of Bob Kerr, who died at the 2007 Cricket World Cup. [2] [3]
Matches are of 50- overs duration, though this may be reduced to as few as ten overs per side where delays or interruptions necessitate. [4]
Each team must contain not less than nine players fully eligible to play for Ireland in all competitions. [4]
Waringstown are the most successful club in the competition with 6 wins. Leinster Cricket Club are the defending champions, having defeated Waringstown by 48 runs in the 2023 final. [5]
Team | Wins | Runners-up | Total Finals | Last Win |
---|---|---|---|---|
Waringstown | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2018 |
North County | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2008 |
Limavady | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2004 |
North Down | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1995 |
Lurgan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1990 |
Merrion | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2016 |
Brigade | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1999 |
Leinster | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2023 |
The Hills | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2014 |
Downpatrick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1991 |
Donemana | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2000 |
Railway Union | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2006 |
North of Ireland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1982 |
Strabane | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1998 |
CIYMS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2022 |
Malahide | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2002 |
Clontarf | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2013 |
Pembroke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 |
Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1986 |
St Johnston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1987 |
Rush | 0 | 2 | 2 | N/A |
Ballymena | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Bready | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Cliftonville | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Instonians | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Lisburn | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Sion Mills | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1982 | North of Ireland | Leinster | Rathmines, Dublin | North 91–4; Leinster 77–9 ( S Corlett 4–26). North won by 14 runs. Match reduced to 30 overs per side. |
1983 | Waringstown | North of Ireland | Ormeau, Belfast | Waringstown 190–8 (
D Harrison 60); North 118 all out. Waringstown won by 72 runs. |
1984 | Lurgan | Brigade | Rathmines, Dublin | Lurgan 257–6 (Rahul Mankad 130,
P McCrum 56); Brigade 170 all out. Lurgan won by 87 runs. |
1985 | Downpatrick | North Down | Strangford Road, Downpatrick | North Down 79 all out; Downpatrick 85–4.Downpatrick won by 6 wickets. |
1986 | Phoenix | Donemana | Rathmines, Dublin | Donemana 109 all out; Phoenix 110–1 (A Masood 51). Phoenix won by 9 wickets. |
1987 | St Johnston | Brigade | Beechgrove, Derry | Brigade 93 all out; St Johnston 94–3. St Johnston won by 7 wickets. |
1988 | Lurgan | North Down | Rathmines, Dublin | Lurgan 249–6 (G Hunter 100, S Kshirasgar 61); North Down 153 all out. Lurgan won by 96 runs. |
1989 | North Down | Donemana | Rathmines, Dublin | Donemana 101 all out; North Down 102–6. North Down won by 4 wickets. |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1990 | Lurgan | Clontarf | Rathmines, Dublin | Lurgan 251–9 (R McCollum 91, D Neill 52); Clontarf 178 all out. Lurgan won by 73 runs. |
1991 | Downpatrick | North of Ireland | The Green, Comber | Downpatrick 203–6 (K Merchant 60 no); North 200–8. Downpatrick won by 3 runs. |
1992 | Waringstown | Sion Mills | Rathmines, Dublin | Waringstown 171–5; Sion Mills 122 all out. Waringstown won by 49 runs. |
1993 | North Down | Brigade | Rathmines, Dublin | Brigade 155–9; North Down 156–3 ( C McCrum 87). North Down won by 7 wickets. |
1994 | Limavady | Strabane | Woodvale Road, Eglinton | Strabane 159 all out (
P Gillespie 55; Limavady 160–6 ( D Curry 111 no). Limavady won by 4 wickets. |
1995 | North Down | Bready | The Green, Comber | North Down 227–3 (
P McCrum 100 no, Robin Haire 64 no); Bready 226 all out ( A Rutherford 70). North Down won by 1 run. |
1996 | Brigade | Leinster | Rathmines, Dublin | Leinster 199–6 (JV Byrne 56, JE Byrne 53); Brigade 201–2 (C Jeffrey 84 no, Akram Raza 67). Brigade won by 8 wickets. |
1997 | Limavady | Leinster | Beechgrove, Derry | Leinster 172–6 (T McDonnell 50); Limavady 174–0 ( D Curry 102 no, D Cooke 64 no). Limavady won by 10 wickets. |
1998 | Strabane | Ballymena | Beechgrove, Derry | Strabane 189–4; Ballymena 165 all out ( Mark Gillespie 5–33). Strabane won by 24 runs. |
1999 | Brigade | Limavady | Beechgrove, Derry | Limavady 162 all out; Brigade 163–6 ( S Smyth 55). Brigade won by 4 wickets. |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Donemana | Limavady | Beechgrove, Derry | Limavady 215–8 (50 overs G Harron 83 no); Donemana 219–7 (49.1 overs, W Porterfield 59) Donemana won by 3 wickets. |
2001 | North County | Cliftonville | The Lawn, Waringstown | North County 272–7 (
A Botha 66,
J Mooney 61); Cliftonville 198–9 ( K McCallan 60). North County won by 74 runs. |
2002 | Malahide | Rush | Castle Avenue | Rush 148 all out; Malahide 149–6 (N Shaukat 4–26). Malahide won by 4 wickets. |
2003 | North County | Railway Union | Castle Avenue | North County 217–7 (
E Morgan 70); Railway Union 146 all out (C Mullen 58, P Mooney 4–19). North County won by 71 runs. |
2004 | Limavady | Strabane | Woodvale Road, Eglinton | Limavady 198–6 (50 overs, I McGregor 89); Strabane 110 all out (42.1 overs). Limavady won by 88 runs. |
2005 | North County | Railway Union | Castle Avenue | Railway Union 182–8 (50 overs A Murphy 80); North County 185–5 (44.2 overs J Mooney 57 no). North County won by 5 wickets. |
2006 | Railway Union | Rush | Castle Avenue | Rush 206–7 (50 overs,
S Iqbal 58); Railway Union 210–9 (43.2 overs A Murphy 50, N Mullen 4–32). Railway Union won by 1 wicket. |
2007 | North County | The Hills | Castle Avenue | North County 259–8 (50 overs,
A Botha 84); The Hills 154 all out (B Archer 52; R Lawrence 5–38). North County won by 105 runs. [6] |
2008 | North County | Donemana | Strabane | North County 165–8 (
Conor Armstrong 68;
Junior McBrine 4–42); Donemana 112 all out. North County won by 43 runs. [7] |
2009 | Leinster | Donemana | Milverton | Leinster 265–8 (50 overs A Scholtz 75, JP O'Dwyer 61); Donemana 238 all out (48.4 overs R Kee 61, A Shafique 55, R Miley 4–46). Leinster won by 27 runs. |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Merrion | Railway Union | Balrothery | Railway Union 317–3 (50 overs
Kevin O'Brien 76,
Trent Johnston 71, T Fisher 69); Merrion 164–1 (26 overs Greg Clarence 80no, Dominick Joyce 72no). Merrion won by 36 runs. ( Duckworth-Lewis par score: 128 in 26 overs) [8] |
2011 | Waringstown | Instonians | The Green, Comber | Instonians 237–8 (50 overs
Andrew White 76; Waringstown 125–2 (29 overs Simon Harrison 68). Waringstown won by 21 runs ( Duckworth-Lewis). [9] |
2012 | The Hills | Merrion | Castle Avenue | Merrion 153 (48 overs D Joyce 51, J Anderson 47; The Hills 154–2 (39.1 overs D Calder 64 not out). The Hills won by 8 wickets. [10] |
2013 | Clontarf | Merrion | Malahide | Merrion 253-7 (50 overs, B Thompson 78, J Anderson 87, D Joyce 51no, Z van der Merwe 4-46)
|
2014 | The Hills | Clontarf | Castle Avenue | The Hills 239 (50 overs, N Pretorius 34, C McLoughlin 75, M Baumgart 62, Z Van Merwe 4-30, J Morrissey 2-30, P Ryan 3-54)
|
2015 | Waringstown | Merrion | The Lawn, Waringstown | Waringstown 276-7 (L Nelson 44, G Thompson 78, J de Villiers 31, K McCallan 30no, D Joyce 4-62)
|
2016 | Merrion | Waringstown | Castle Avenue | Merrion 252-9 (J Anderson 109, D Joyce 67)
|
2017 | Waringstown | The Hills | Bready | The Hills 135 (M Donegan 40, M Sorensen 24no, H Shah 20; K McCallan 3/18, S Khan 2/14, P Eaglestone 2/21)
|
2018 | Waringstown | Merrion | Stormont | Waringstown 264-7 (J Hall 73, S Khan 71 not out; J Anderson 3-28)
|
2019 | Pembroke | Waringstown | Milverton | Pembroke won by 135 runs. [18] |
Season | Winners | Runners-Up | Venue | Match Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Not played | |||
2021 | Not played | |||
2022 | CIYMS | Lisburn | Bready | CIYMS 321-6 (50 overs; J Matchett 94, C Dougherty 93; N Whitworth 2-63)
|
2023 | Leinster | Waringstown | The Lawn | Leinster 259-6 (50 overs; J Carroll 78, P Francis 74*;
G Hume 2-35, B Snell 2-45)
|
Province | Wins |
---|---|
Leinster | 16 |
NCU | 16 |
North West | 8 |
Connacht | 0 |
Munster | 0 |
Wins | |
---|---|
Northern Ireland | 23 |
Republic of Ireland | 17 |