Leinster Senior Cup (cricket)

The Leinster Senior Cup is the most important provincial cricket knock-out cup of the Leinster jurisdiction in Ireland. The competition began in 1919. It is currently known as the RSA Senior Cup.

The Cup is open to teams playing in top two divisions of the Leinster Senior League. It is sponsored by RSA Insurance and marketed as the RSA Senior Cup.

List of finals

1930s

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match Scores
1935	Pembroke	Phoenix
1936	Leinster	Merrion
1937	Phoenix	Dublin University
1938	Phoenix	Dublin University
1939	Phoenix	Leinster

1940s

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match Scores
1940	Merrion	Leinster
1941	Leinster	Dublin University
1942	Dublin University	Phoenix
1943	Clontarf	Pembroke
1944	Pembroke	Merrion
1945	Phoenix	Pembroke
1946	Pembroke	Merrion
1947	Phoenix	Clontarf
1948	Phoenix	Merrion
1949	Phoenix	Railway Union

1950s

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match Scores
1950	Clontarf	Railway Union
1951	Phoenix	Merrion
1952	Dublin University	Clontarf
1953	Leinster	Malahide
1954	Pembroke	Dublin University
1955	Leinster	Malahide
1956	Leinster	Phoenix
1957	Pembroke	Leinster
1958	Leinster	Phoenix
1959	Malahide	Leinster

1960s

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match scores
1960	Merrion	Clontarf
1961	Dublin University	Railway Union
1962	Dublin University	Pembroke
1963	Dublin University	Merrion
1964	Old Belvedere	Malahide
1965	Old Belvedere	Malahide
1966	Old Belvedere	Malahide
1967	Railway Union	Phoenix
1968	Leinster	Clontarf
1969	Clontarf	Phoenix

1970s

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match Scores
1970	Old Belvedere	Clontarf
1971	Malahide	Clontarf
1972	Pembroke	Malahide
1973	Phoenix	Pembroke
1974	Pembroke	Railway Union
1975	Phoenix	Leinster
1976	Phoenix	Leinster
1977	Phoenix	Old Belvedere
1978	Phoenix	Merrion
1979	Phoenix	?

1980s

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match Scores
1980	Pembroke	YMCA
1981	Leinster	Railway Union
1982	Phoenix	Malahide
1983	Pembroke	Leinster
1984	YMCA	Leinster
1985	Leinster	Merrion
1986	YMCA	Phoenix
1987	YMCA	Clontarf
1988	YMCA	Railway Union
1989	The Hills	Carlisle

1990s

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match scores
1990	YMCA	Clontarf
1991	YMCA	Leinster
1992	Clontarf	YMCA
1993	Pembroke	Old Belvedere
1994	YMCA	Malahide
1995	Clontarf	Merrion
1996	The Hills	Pembroke
1997	Pembroke	The Hills
1998	Leinster	Malahide
1999	Pembroke	The Hills

2000s

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match Scores
2000	Clontarf	North County
2001	YMCA	Clontarf
2002	YMCA	Merrion
2003	North County	Clontarf
2004	Clontarf	Rush
2005	The Hills	Clontarf
2006	The Hills	North County
2007	Clontarf	Merrion
2008	Clontarf	North County
2009	Clontarf	North County

2010s

Season	Winners	Runners-up	Match Scores
2010	Railway Union	Clontarf
2011	Merrion	North County
2012	Clontarf	Pembroke	Pembroke 236–8 (60.0 overs, T Lawson 79, A Balbirnie 57*, G Baugh 45, A Cusack 3–45) Clontarf 238–4 (55.5 overs, B Coghlan 62, A Poynter 56*, M Watterson 53, A Eastwood 2–38, A Leonard 2–58) Clontarf won by 6 wickets
2013	YMCA	Pembroke	YMCA 288-6 (60.0 overs, J Bray 130*, T Johnston 62, B McCarthy 2-61) Pembroke 209 (55.4 overs, B McCarthy 45, T Lawson 35, R Russell 28, A van der Merwe 4-39, Simmi Singh 3-35, Yacoub Ali 2-45) YMCA won by 79 runs
2014	Clontarf	Malahide	Clontarf 215 (Delany 57, Savile 5/40, B McCarthy 2-61) Malahide 171 (Strydom 48, Der Merwe 2/27, Morrissey 4/41, D'Arcy 3/38) Clontarf won by 44 runs
2015	Clontarf	YMCA	Clontarf 204 (S McAuley 40, M Granger 5/38) YMCA 208-2 (A D'Arcy 88no, B Coghlan 53) Clontarf won by 8 wickets

Summary of winners

Team	Wins
Phoenix	15
Clontarf	13
Pembroke	12
Leinster	10
YMCA	10
Dublin University	5
The Hills	4
Old Belvedere	4
Merrion	3
Malahide	2
Railway Union	2
North County	1

See also

• Leinster Senior League
• NCU Challenge Cup

References

• Cricket Leinster Archives

External links

• Cricket Leinster

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