Strabane Cricket Club
Encyclopedia
Strabane Cricket Club is a cricket
club in Strabane
, County Tyrone
, Northern Ireland
, playing in North West Senior League 1
.
The club was founded in 1883, and merged with Strabane Rovers in 1903.
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 Strabane
Strabane
Strabane , historically spelt Straban,is a town in west County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It contains the headquarters of Strabane District Council....
, County Tyrone
County Tyrone
Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...
, 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...
, playing in North West Senior League 1
North West Senior League
The North West Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the North West Cricket Union jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers counties Londonderry, Fermanagh, and part of Tyrone in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. The league has eighteen members and is...
.
The club was founded in 1883, and merged with Strabane Rovers in 1903.
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- 1998
- Ulster CupUlster Cup (cricket)The Ulster Cup is knock-out cricket competition in Ireland run jointly by the Northern Cricket Union and the North West Cricket Union. The top eight teams in the previous season’s NCU Premier League and North West Senior League 1 are eligible to take part...
: 1- 2005
- North West Senior LeagueNorth West Senior LeagueThe North West Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the North West Cricket Union jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers counties Londonderry, Fermanagh, and part of Tyrone in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. The league has eighteen members and is...
: 14 (1 shared)- 1910, 1912, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1959, 1966, 1968, 2009 (shared), 2010
- North West Senior CupNorth West Senior Cup (cricket)The North West Senior Cup is the most important provincial cricket knock-out cup of the North West jurisdiction in Ireland. The competition is open to teams playing in the North West Senior League...
: 10- 1903, 1912, 1925, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1966, 1987, 1993