List of Irish first-class cricketers

This is a list of Irish first-class cricketers. first-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. Generally, matches are eleven players a side but there have been exceptions. Today all matches must be scheduled to have at least three days' duration; historically, matches were played to a finish with no pre-defined timespan. This list is not limited to those who have played first-class cricket for Ireland and may include Irish players who played their first-class cricket elsewhere. The list is in alphabetical order.

Name	Career span	Matches	Teams
Robert Adair	1902	4	Ireland
Robert Alexander	1932	1	Ireland
John Allen	1948	1	Ireland
Wentworth Allen	1920–1926	7	Dublin University, Ireland
Albert Anderson	1926	1	Ireland
Charles Anderson	1926	1	Ireland
Ivan Anderson	1966–1982	19	Ireland
Oscar Andrews	1902–1909	6	Ireland
Barry Archer	1999	3	Ireland
Conor Armstrong	2005	4	Ireland
Lloyd Armstrong	1948–1953	5	Ireland
John Aston	1909–1925	4	Ireland
Keith Bailey	1991	1	Ireland
Hugh T. Baker	1926	1	Dublin University
John Barnes	1937	1	Ireland
Robert Barnes	1930–1947	8	Ireland
Edward Barry	1926	2	Ireland
Arthur Bateman	1913–1914	2	Ireland
Samuel Beckett	1925–1926	2	Dublin University
Justin Benson	1988–1997	57	Ireland, Leicestershire
Bernard Bergin	1937	1	Ireland
Stanley Bergin	1949–1965	27	Ireland
Rodney Bernstein	1960–1962	6	Ireland
Charles Billingsley	1910–1951	5	Ireland
Arthur Blair-White	1913	1	Ireland
Frederick Blaney	1939	1	Ireland
Ernest Bodell	1954–1959	5	Ireland
Louis Bookman	1920–1929	9	Ireland
Walter Booton	1970	1	Ireland
Andre Botha	1998–2006	15	Griqualand West, Griqualand West B, Ireland
James Boucher	1930–1954	28	Ireland
Wilfred Bourchier	1908–1909	3	Ireland
Jack Bowden	1946–1955	6	Ireland
Robert Bowers	1926	1	Ireland
Jeremy Bray	2004–2006	8	Ireland
James Brophy	1938	1	Ireland
Francis Browning	1902–1909	11	Ireland
John Brunskill	1895	4	Dublin University
Joseph Burke	1953–1958	3	Ireland
Eddie Bushe	1979–1980	2	Ireland
Jonathan Bushe	1998	1	Ireland
Owen Butler	1996	1	Ireland
John Byrne	1997	1	Ireland
Noel Cantwell	1956	1	Ireland
Joseph Caprani	1948–1960	5	Ireland
Thomas Carey	1924	1	Dublin University
Neil Carson	1999	2	Ireland
Peter Clarke	1912–1914	19	Ireland, MCC, Middlesex, Rest of England, Woodbrook Club and Ground
William Coffey	1909	1	Ireland
Mark Cohen	1980–1993	10	Ireland
Ossie Colhoun	1959–1979	28	Ireland
Dan Comyn	1895–1902	8	Dublin University, Ireland
Francis Connell	1934–1938	5	Ireland
Gilbert Cook	1936	1	Ireland
Gordon Cooke	1994–1999	5	Ireland
Alf Cooper	1954	1	Ireland
Douglas Cordner	1926	1	Ireland
Simon Corlett	1970–1987	33	Ireland, Oxford University
Harry Corley	1907–1909	4	Ireland
Charles Corry	1959–1966	4	Ireland
Joseph Coskery	1924	1	Ireland
Victor Craig	1948	1	Ireland
John Crawfurd	1900–1927	19	Harlequins, L Robinson's XI, Ireland, Oxford University
George Crothers	1931–1947	10	Ireland
Graham Crothers	1972	1	Ireland
William Crozier	1895	1	Dublin University
Charles Cuffe	1936–1939	3	Ireland
Simon Curley	1948–1951	5	Ireland
Dekker Curry	1993–1997	2	Ireland
Michael Dargan	1954	1	Ireland
John Davy	1997–1999	2	Ireland
Peter Davy	1999	2	Ireland
John Dearden	1922–1926	2	Ireland
Hubert de Burgh	1906–1926	2	Europeans (India), Ireland
David Dennison	1983–1987	2	Ireland
Colville Deverell	1926	1	Dublin University
Patrick Dineen	1962–1971	7	Ireland
Patrick Dixon	1926–1932	2	Dublin University, Ireland
Thomas Dixon	1926–1937	14	Delhi, Dublin University, Ireland, Viceroy's XI
Neil Doak	1993–1994	2	Ireland
Joseph Donnelly	1914	1	Ireland
EJ Donovan	1907	1	Ireland
Robert Donovan	1921	1	Ireland
Arthur Douglas	1925–1933	7	Ireland
Gerald Duffy	1953–1973	16	Ireland
Angus Dunlop	1990–2000	8	Ireland
Matthew Dwyer	1998–2000	2	Ireland
Ryan Eagleson	1996–1999	2	Derbyshire, Ireland
Samuel Edgar	1934	1	Ireland
John Elder	1973–1985	9	Ireland
James Ennis	1926	1	Dublin University
Ernest Ensor	1895	4	Dublin University
Walter Fawcett	1956–1959	6	Ireland
Francis Fee	1956–1959	5	Ireland
Noel Ferguson	1951–1964	5	Ireland
Wesley Ferris	1956	2	Ireland
Frank Filgas	1948	1	Ireland
Aubrey Finlay	1957–1965	9	Ireland
John Flood	1909	1	Ireland
James Foley	1923	1	Ireland
Harry Forsyth	1926	1	Dublin University
Jim Ganly	1921–1937	15	Dublin University, Ireland
Jonathan Garth	1986–1989	3	Ireland
James Gill	1948	1	Ireland
Roderick Gill	1947–1950	3	Ireland
Mark Gillespie	2000	1	Ireland
Peter Gillespie	1996–2006	11	Ireland
Douglas Goodwin	1965–1973	11	Ireland
Basil Goulding	1934	1	Ireland
David Graham	1948	1	Ireland
Godfrey Graham	1954	1	Ireland
James Graham	1936–1939	6	Ireland
Uel Graham	1992–1994	2	Ireland
Robert Gregory	1912	1	Ireland
Arthur Gwynn	1895	4	Dublin University
John David Gwynn	1926	1	Dublin University
John Tudor Gwynn	1919–1920	2	Europeans (India)
Lucius Gwynn	1895–1902	8	Dublin University, Gentlemen of England, Ireland
Robert Gwynn	1895	4	Dublin University
Ryan Haire	2000	1	Ireland
Derrick Hall	1924–1926	3	Dublin University, Ireland
Michael Halliday	1970–1989	14	Ireland
Blayney Hamilton	1907	1	Ireland
William Hamilton	1882–1883	9	MCC, Oxford University
George Harman	1895	1	Dublin University
William Harman	1907	1	Ireland
Thomas Harpur	1980–1981	2	Ireland
William Harrington	1902-1901	15	Ireland
Deryck Harrison	1978–1979	2	Ireland
Garfield Harrison	1983–1996	12	Ireland
Jim Harrison	1969–1977	8	Ireland
Roy Harrison	1968	1	Ireland
Christopher Harte	1973–1982	2	Ireland
Arnold Harvey	1902	2	Ireland
Bill Haughton	1953	1	Ireland
Jacko Heaslip	1920–1929	10	Dublin University, Ireland
Stanley Hewitt	1966	1	Ireland
Charles Hill	1927	1	Ireland
John Hill	1946–1951	7	Ireland
Conor Hoey	1991–1994	4	Ireland
Myer Hoffman	1925	1	Dublin University
Philip Hollick	1957	1	Ireland
Leland Hone	1878–1880	8	England, Lord Harris' XI, MCC
Nathaniel Hone	1881	3	Cambridge University
Pat Hone	1909–1928	6	Ireland
William Hone	1864–1877	9	MCC, Southgate
Sonny Hool	1947–1961	9	Ireland
Ken Hope	1958–1966	9	Ireland
Scott Huey	1951–1966	20	Ireland
Patrick Hughes	1965–1972	5	Ireland
Raymond Hunter	1958–1965	11	Ireland
Wilfred Hutton	1922	1	Dublin University
Eddie Ingram	1928–1953	31	Ireland, Middlesex
Finlay Jackson	1924–1925	3	Ireland
Harold Jackson	1923	1	Ireland
Paul Jackson	1981–1993	11	Ireland
Louis Jacobson	1948–1952	4	Ireland
Mervyn Jaffey	1953	1	Ireland
Tom Jameson	1919–1938	124	Army, Combined Services, Free Foresters, Gentlemen of England, Hampshire, Ireland, Lord Tennyson's XI, MCC, SB Joel's XI, South of England
Shaun Jeffares	1926	1	Dublin University
Alan Jeffrey	1989	1	Ireland
Trent Johnston	1999–2006	11	Ireland, New South Wales
Ian Johnston	1979–1983	3	Ireland
Gus Joyce	2000	1	Ireland
Dominick Joyce	2004–2006	6	Ireland
Ed Joyce	1997–2006	94	England A, Ireland, MCC, Middlesex, Sussex
Augustine Kelly	1920–1930	14	Dublin University, Ireland
Achey Kelly	1924–1926	4	Dublin University, Ireland
Gustavus Kelly	1922–1926	7	Dublin University, Ireland
Gus Kelly	1901–1914	26	Ireland, MCC, Oxford University
James Kempster	1920–1922	2	Ireland
Derrick Kennedy	1924	2	Dublin University, Ireland
Leslie Kidd	1910–1930	147	Cambridge University, Free Foresters, Gentlemen of England, HDG Leveson-Gower's XI, Ireland, L Robinson's XI, MCC, Middlesex, Combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities, South of England, Combined Surrey and Middlesex
Billy King	1922	1	Dublin University
Ken Kirkpatrick	1962	1	Ireland
Ham Lambert	1932–1947	9	Ireland
Bob Lambert	1902–1928	25	Ireland, London County, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Sep Lambert	1902–1921	7	Ireland
David Langford-Smith	2006–2007	4	Ireland
Noel Larmour	1938	1	Ireland
Jack Lawrence	1926	1	Dublin University
Denis Leng	1966	1	Ireland
Howard le Peton	1921	1	Ireland
Alan Lewis	1988–1996	8	Ireland
Ian Lewis	1956–1972	5	Ireland
Alfie Linehan	1972–1974	2	Ireland
Dickie Lloyd	1911–1922	6	Free Foresters, Ireland, Lancashire
Bill Loughery	1929–1933	2	Ireland
Joseph Lynch	1909	1	Ireland
Given Lyness	1961	1	Ireland
Reginald Lyons	1947	1	Ireland
Junior McBrine	1985–1992	4	Ireland
James McBrine	1986	1	Ireland
Conn McCall	1964–1968	7	Ireland
Kyle McCallan	1996–2007	15	Ireland
William MacCarthy-Morrogh	1895	1	Dublin University
Charles McCausland	1922–1925	5	Dublin University, Ireland
Thomas McCloy	1952–1965	12	Ireland
Adrian McCoubrey	1999–2005	14	Essex, Ireland
Charles McCrum	1992	1	Ireland
Paul McCrum	1990–1997	4	Ireland
Richard McDaid	1999	2	Ireland
Enda McDermott	1982	1	Ireland
James MacDonald	1926–1939	14	Ireland
Thomas MacDonald	1928–1936	7	Cambridge University, Ireland
Wilfred McDonough	1930	1	Ireland
Andy McFarlane	1937	1	Ireland
Dwayne McGerrigle	1999	1	Ireland
William McKee	1946	1	Ireland
James McKelvey	1954	2	Ireland
David McKibbin	1937	1	Ireland
Burry McMahon	1925–1926	3	Dublin University
Fred McMurray	1939	1	Ireland
NF McNamara	1913	1	Ireland
Archie McQuilken	1962	2	Ireland
George McVeagh	1925–1934	12	Dublin University, Ireland
James Magee	1907–1909	3	Ireland
Noel Mahony	1948–1953	5	Ireland
Eddie Marks	1953–1955	3	Ireland
Herbert Martin	1949–1968	19	Ireland
Thomas Martin	1934	1	Ireland
Patrick Maxwell	1895	4	Dublin University
George Meldon	1895	4	Dublin University
George Meldon	1907–1912	10	Ireland, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Jack Meldon	1902–1910	5	Ireland
Louis Meldon	1909–1912	4	Ireland
William Meldon	1909–1914	8	Ireland, Warwickshire
Charles Mellon	1937–1938	2	Ireland
Vivian Metcalfe	1928–1936	4	Ireland, Wales
Samuel Middleton	1922	1	Dublin University
Robert Millar	1994	1	Ireland
Frank Miller	1949–1954	7	Ireland
David Milling	1912–1914	2	Ireland
Hugh Milling	1983	1	Ireland
Stanley Mitchell	1974	1	Ireland
Raymond Moan	1970	1	Ireland
Greg Molins	1996–1999	4	Ireland
Jason Molins	1998–2005	11	Ireland, Oxford University
Dermott Monteith	1965–1984	28	Ireland, Middlesex
John Mooney	2004–2006	2	Ireland
Paul Mooney	1998–2006	11	Ireland
William Mooney	1909–1912	3	Ireland
Declan Moore	1996	1	Ireland
Edward Moore	1993–1994	2	Ireland
Paul Moore	1992	1	Ireland
Robert Moore	1926	2	Ireland
Eoin Morgan	2004–2006	10	Ireland, Middlesex
Henry Morgan	1931–1938	4	Ireland
George Morrison	1947	2	Ireland
George Morrow	1907–1912	8	Ireland
Henry Mulholland	1911–1914	32	Cambridge University, Ireland
Desmond Murphy	1920	1	Ireland
Patrick Murphy	1909–1912	2	Ireland
Andy Murtagh	1973–1977	27	Hampshire, Eastern Province
William Napper	1908–1909	5	Ireland
Naseer Shaukat	1984–2004	50	Faisalabad, Ireland, Water and Power Development Authority
Gary Neely	2000	1	Ireland
Alan Nelson	1988–1991	4	Ireland
Noel Nelson	1990	1	Ireland
Patrick Neville	1956–1960	4	Ireland
Thomas Newburn	1949	1	Ireland
Mark Nulty	1989	1	Ireland
Brendan O'Brien	1966–1981	11	Ireland
Donough O'Brien	1902–1907	3	Ireland, MCC
Gerard O'Brien	1976–1977	2	Ireland
John O'Brien	1910	1	Ireland
Niall O'Brien	2004–2006	41	Ireland, Kent
Robin O'Brien	1954–1958	40	Cambridge University, Ireland, MCC
Tim O'Brien	1881–1914	266	England, Gentlemen of England, I Zingari, Ireland, MCC, Middlesex, Non-Smokers, Oxford University, Rest of England, South of England, Various other teams
Paget O'Brien-Butler	1936	1	Ireland
Stephen Ogilby	2004	2	Ireland
David Olphert	1998	1	Ireland
Ciaran O'Maille	1953–1960	2	Ireland
Joey O'Meara	1963	1	Ireland
Peter O'Reilly	1982–1984	2	Ireland
Alec O'Riordan	1958–1977	25	Ireland
Cyril Parker	1922	1	Dublin University
Matthew Parry	1908–1925	4	Ireland, Warwickshire
Andrew Patterson	1996–2000	10	Ireland, Sussex
Mark Patterson	1996–1999	2	Surrey
Jim Patterson	1984–1992	4	Ireland
Joseph Peacocke	1925–1926	2	Dublin University, Ireland
Cecil Pemberton	1923–1928	4	Ireland
David Pickeman	1926	1	Ireland
David Pigot Junior	1966–1975	11	Ireland
David Pigot Senior	1922–1939	11	Dublin University, Ireland
James Pigot	1924–1930	5	Dublin University, Europeans (India)
Stuart Pollock	1939–1958	23	Free Foresters, Ireland, MCC
William Pollock	1909–1923	5	Ireland, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Marshall Porter	1895	4	Dublin University
William Porterfield	2006	2	Ireland
Charles Posnett	1947	1	Ireland
Richard Power	1920–1926	4	Ireland
Andrew Poynter	2005	1	Middlesex
Donald Pratt	1963–1966	6	Ireland
John Prior	1981–1986	6	Ireland
Bernard Quinlan	1911	1	Ireland
Patrick Quinlan	1912–1928	13	Ireland, Western Australia, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Francis Quinn	1936–1948	7	Ireland
Gerard Quinn	1937	1	Ireland
Kevin Quinn	1957–1959	3	Ireland
Stephen Radcliffe	1925–1926	2	Dublin University
Michael Rea	1985–1994	8	Ireland
Harry Read	1909–1912	3	Ireland
Frank Reddy	1931–1939	7	Ireland
Michael Reith	1970–1980	9	Ireland
Michael Ridley	1967–1970	23	Ireland, Oxford University
Arthur Robinson	1924–1929	7	Dublin University, Ireland
Herbert Rollins	1920	1	Ireland
EA Rooney	1913–1914	2	Ireland
Arthur Ross	1895	2	Dublin University
PC Ross	1912	1	Ireland
Tom Ross	1902–1910	10	Gentlemen of England, Ireland
Marcus Ruddle	1937	1	Ireland
Alan Rutherford	1996–1999	4	Ireland
James Ryan	1911–1914	9	Ireland, Northamptonshire
Wilson Scott	1958	1	Ireland
Edward Seymour	1927–1928	3	Ireland
Frederick Shaw	1913–1924	7	Army, Europeans (India), Ireland
Donald Shearer	1933–1952	14	Ireland, MCC
Peter Shields	1999–2000	2	Ireland
Jack Short	1974–1984	11	Ireland
Roland Shortt	1934	1	Ireland
Jack Simpson	1954	1	Ireland
Sandy Smith	1978–1979	2	Ireland
SC Smith	1907–1908	3	Ireland
Stephen Smyth	1991–1999	5	Ireland
Wallace Sproule	1923	1	Ireland
Fred Stedman	1899–1912	140	CB Fry's XI, Ireland, London County, SH Cochrane's XI, Surrey, Woodbrook Club and Ground
Mike Stevenson	1949–1967	66	Cambridge University, Derbyshire, Ireland, MCC
Mark Sugden	1922–1930	8	Dublin University, Ireland
Greg Thompson	2004–2005	5	Ireland
Nigel Thompson	1988–1991	3	Ireland
Roy Torrens	1966–1982	6	Ireland
Deryck Vincent	1988	1	Ireland
Patrick Waldron	1946–1947	4	Ireland
Arthur Walker	1913	1	Ireland
Lawrence Walker	1922–1926	3	Ireland
Paul Wallace	1988	1	Ireland
Arthur Wallis	1895	3	Dublin University
JC Walton	1925	1	Ireland
Basil Ward	1912–1920	4	Ireland
Thomas Ward	1936–1939	2	Ireland
Larry Warke	1950–1961	17	Ireland
Stephen Warke	1981–1994	13	Ireland
Adrian Watkin	1986	1	Ireland
Peter Webb	1953	2	Ireland
Andrew White	2004–2006	8	Ireland, Northamptonshire
Thomas Williams	1939	1	Ireland
James Willis	1922–1926	4	Dublin University, Ireland
Robert Wills	1981–1985	5	Ireland
George Wilson	1948–1951	3	Ireland
Gary Wilson	2005–2006	3	Ireland
Ian Wilson	1956–1961	3	Ireland

See also

• Irish cricket team
• List of Irish ODI cricketers
• First-class cricket

References

• Irish cricketers at Cricket Archive