North of Ireland Cricket Club
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The North of Ireland Cricket Club (often referred to simply as North or by the abbreviation N.I.C.C. was a cricket
club in Belfast
, Northern Ireland
.
At the end of the 2001 season, the club, along with its sister rugby club, merged with Collegians R.F.C.
, Collegians Hockey Club
and the Belfast Bowling Club to form Belfast Harlequins
, based at Deramore. This involved leaving its historic home on the Ormeau Road (one of the earliest international sports venues in Ireland) after a series of sectarian arson attacks, including the burning of its pavilion. The club, with a mainly Protestant membership, was perceived as being "isolated in a zone of working-class nationalism".
The Collegians Cricket Club
had previously merged with Cooke Cricket Club to form Cooke Collegians Cricket Club, so the Belfast Harlequins cricket club was effectively a continuation of North. In 2004, however, dissatisfied with the Deramore pitch and the inability to attract new players, the cricket section of Belfast Harlequins folded and merged instead with Civil Service Cricket Club to form the Civil Service & North of Ireland Cricket Club, playing its first season in 2005.
† Won by 2nd XI
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
club in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
.
At the end of the 2001 season, the club, along with its sister rugby club, merged with Collegians R.F.C.
Collegians (Belfast)
Collegians is the name of a club for former pupils of Methodist College Belfast. In the 108-year history of the club, it had rugby union, cricket, hockey, basketball and athletics sections...
, Collegians Hockey Club
Collegians (Belfast)
Collegians is the name of a club for former pupils of Methodist College Belfast. In the 108-year history of the club, it had rugby union, cricket, hockey, basketball and athletics sections...
and the Belfast Bowling Club to form Belfast Harlequins
Belfast Harlequins
Belfast Harlequins is a multi-sports club located off the Malone Road in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. The club name provides the overall umbrella for rugby union, men's and ladies' hockey and squash...
, based at Deramore. This involved leaving its historic home on the Ormeau Road (one of the earliest international sports venues in Ireland) after a series of sectarian arson attacks, including the burning of its pavilion. The club, with a mainly Protestant membership, was perceived as being "isolated in a zone of working-class nationalism".
The Collegians Cricket Club
Collegians (Belfast)
Collegians is the name of a club for former pupils of Methodist College Belfast. In the 108-year history of the club, it had rugby union, cricket, hockey, basketball and athletics sections...
had previously merged with Cooke Cricket Club to form Cooke Collegians Cricket Club, so the Belfast Harlequins cricket club was effectively a continuation of North. In 2004, however, dissatisfied with the Deramore pitch and the inability to attract new players, the cricket section of Belfast Harlequins folded and merged instead with Civil Service Cricket Club to form the Civil Service & North of Ireland Cricket Club, playing its first season in 2005.
Honours
- Irish Senior CupIrish Senior CupIrish Senior Cup may refer to*Irish Senior Cup - knockout competition for senior men's cricket clubs in Ireland*Irish Senior Cup - knockout competition for senior men's hockey clubs in Ireland...
: 1- 1982
- NCU Senior LeagueNCU Senior LeagueThe Northern Cricket Union Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the NCU jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers counties Antrim, Armagh, Down and south Tyrone of Northern Ireland. The league was formed in 1897 and is currently divided into four sections, namely the Premier League,...
: 20 (5 shared)- 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1923, 1940, 1946, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963 (shared), 1965, 1971 (shared), 1986 (shared), 1987, 1990 (shared)
- NCU Challenge CupNCU Challenge CupThe NCU Challenge Cup, also called the NCU Senior Challenge Cup and the NCU Senior Cup, is the most important provincial cricket knock-out cup of the NCU jurisdiction in Ireland...
: 20- 1889, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1912, 1925, 1938, 1951, 1956, 1960, 1969, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1999
- NCU Junior CupNCU Junior CupThe NCU Junior Cup is a provincial cricket knock-out cup of the NCU jurisdiction in Ireland. The competition began in 1891 and is open to teams playing in the Sections 2 and 3 of the NCU Senior League and Section 1 of the NCU Junior League...
: 15 (1 shared)- †1898, †1900, †1901, †1905, †1907, †1913, †1921, †1937, †1949, †1956 (shared), †1957, †1972, †1979, †1994, †1996
† Won by 2nd XI