Civil Service Cricket Club
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Civil Service Cricket Club (CSCC) [1][2] is one of Ireland's oldest cricket clubs. Formed in 1863 in Dublin's Phoenix Park, the club currently has over 40 members and competes in league and cup competitions arranged by the Leinster Cricket Union.
The club's first games were played on the lawn of the Viceregal Lodge (Now
History
In the early 1860s, the
Back in its early days, the club had trouble fielding sides, or to be more precise, fielding sides punctually. In those days the Civil Service worked on Saturday mornings, and as most matches were played on that day, starting at noon, the club was almost always a late starter. This situation gradually improved as office managers in Dublin Castle and the Custom House developed a blind eye on match days.
The club built a wooden pavilion with a bar in its basement, and attracted visiting sides from all parts of Ireland. Charles Stewart Parnell brought a Wicklow side to Civil Service in the 1870s. Club membership was opened to civil servants’ families and James Penny, the son of a civil servant, was the club's first international. The club produced several Irish international cricketers like George Christian and Paddy Murphy.
Civil Service was at its peak just before the
Teams
Currently Civil Service Cricket club has four teams that compete as follows:
- 1st XI - Division 3
- 2nd XI - Division 8
- 3rd XI - Division 10
- 4th XI - Division 14
Documentary
On 5 July 2006, RTE broadcast a documentary on Civil Service Cricket Club [3][4]
References
- ^ "Civil Service | Cricket Leinster". Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ^ "Home Page - Civil Service Cricket Club". Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.
- ^ "TOWNLANDS – A Good Innings *** New Series *** | RTÉ Presspack". RTÉ.ie.
- ^ "Project Cricket - Wildfire Films". Archived from the original on 30 June 2011.
External links
- Official website Archived 23 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Clip from the 2006 TV documentary