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Northern Cricket Union of Ireland

Provincial sports governing body

Summary

Provincial sports governing body

FieldValue
assocnameNorthern Cricket Union of Ireland
logoNorthern Cricket Union of Ireland logo.svg
logosize170px
sportCricket
founded1886
presidentBryan Milford
chiefexecCallum Atkinson
coachSimon Johnston
key staffMark Adair (Northern Knights captain)
abbrevNCUheadquarters=Belfasturl=www.northerncricketunion.org

The Northern Cricket Union of Ireland, more usually referred to as the N.C.U., is one of five provincial governing bodies for the sport in Ireland. Along with the Connacht, Leinster, Munster and North West unions, it makes up the Irish Cricket Union (now known as Cricket Ireland), the overall governing body of Irish cricket.

The North of Ireland jurisdiction covers counties Antrim, Armagh and Down and part of Tyrone in Northern Ireland. The object of the NCU is "to promote and improve cricket generally in Northern Ireland among men and women, the able-bodied and the disabled".

History

The Union was founded in 1886 and is the oldest of the five provincial unions in Ireland. It has organised the NCU Challenge Cup since 1887 and the NCU Senior League since 1897. In 2005, there were 50 clubs fielding 137 teams affiliated to the union.

In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed a three-day Interprovincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, NCU and the North West. The NCU team is known as the Northern Knights.

References

References

  1. (April 2020)
  2. Gerard Siggins (2005), ''Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005''. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.39
  3. [http://www.proni.gov.uk/introduction_-_northern_cricket_union_of_ireland_papers_d4213.pdf Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: Introduction to the NCU papers]
  4. Gerard Siggins (2005), ''Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005''. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., pp.126-127
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