This year sees the 175th anninversary of the foundation of Dublin University Cricket Club (DUCC)... [More]

WG Grace was a not infrequent visitor to Ireland but, though he is the subject of at least eight biographies and gave his name to two so-called autobiographies, scant mention is made of his Irish connections, both cricket and otherwise. This article is an attempt to set the record straight and to provide the missing chapter from those books... [More]

Introduction: The catalyst for this article was Ger Siggins' recent contribution about the remarkable innings by George Kenny for Dublin University 2nd XI against Rathmines School and the attached list of Irish double hundreds... [More]

THOMAS JOSEPH DART KELLY, the second Irishman to play Test Cricket, and the first, of any nationality to wear a blazer in Australian Cricket, was born in Co Waterford on 3 May 1844,... [More]

England's Ashes victories of 2005 and 2009 both owed much to swing bowling, but it is surely safe to say that neither the players nor the cheering multitudes at The Oval last month and four years ago, gave a single thought... [More]

Sports' history is a much neglected subject which is now, deservedly, gaining academic credibility as... [More]

The best cricketer ever to have been born in Scotland first saw the light of day 100 years ago this Saturday. He was ARCHIBALD JACKSON... [More]

Who was the Belfast born Lancashire batsman who played full back for the Lions on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, besides finding time to keep goal for Blackburn Rovers?... [More]

How many of the players in the Twenty Twenty World Cup about to burst upon us with all its attendant hype and razzmatazz, which - hopefully - will not entirely conceal the cricket, speak fluent Japenese?.. [More]

I was there I saw it all." Over the years of my self imposed exile in England, I have been fortunate to have witnessed some dramatic and epoch making cricket, often at Worcestershire's picture postcard New Road ground,... [More]