Donemana Cricket Club
Encyclopedia
Donemana Cricket Club is a cricket
club in Donemana
, County Tyrone
, Northern Ireland
, playing in North West Senior League 1
.
The club was founded in 1888 and won its first league title in 1948, holding on to the championship until 1955. It won nine league titles in a row between 1985 and 1993.
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 Donemana
Donemana
Donemana or Dunnamanagh is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 11 kilometres north-east of Strabane, on the banks of the Burn Dennett and at the foothills of the Sperrins...
, 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 1888 and won its first league title in 1948, holding on to the championship until 1955. It won nine league titles in a row between 1985 and 1993.
Honours
- Irish Senior CupIrish Senior Cup (cricket)The Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup is the most important knock-out cricket competition in Ireland, organised by Cricket Ireland and comprising the top teams from each of Ireland’s four provincial unions The Bob Kerr Irish Senior Cup is the most important knock-out cricket competition in Ireland,...
: 1- 2000
- 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- 2004
- 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...
: 28- 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2008
- 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...
: 16- 1950, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2001, 2004, 2009