Carrick go into the unknown in Cups

Carrickfergus Cricket Club now know who they will face in all three of the main Cup competitions of 2013; and two clubs who they have never met before will visit Middle Road next season.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Dec 2012, 23:02 BST

In the RSA Irish Senior Cup, Carrick will play Munster Cricket Union 2012 Senior League runners-up and Senior Cup winners Cork County, who will make the long journey from the Mardyke on Saturday, May 11. Carrick have a dismal record in this competition, but they will be hopeful of making progress against a team who have also struggled in the tournament.

The following day, Sunday, May 12, St. Johnston - another another unknown quantity - will travel to Middle Road in the opening round of the Clubturf Ulster Shield. The only North West Cricket Union Club from County Donegal, they won the Irish Senior Cup in 1987, the North West Senior League in 1984 and the Senior Cup on four occasions, but now play in Section 2 of the Senior League.

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Carrick have been drawn away to Downpatrick in the Ulster Bank Challenge Cup on Saturday, May 25. Although they have won the trophy on six occasions (the last time being in 1997), the County Down side have spent recent seasons in the second tier of NCU cricket. Carrick last met them in the Challenge cup quarter-final of 2003 when they bowled them out for only 36 at Strangford Road, with Ryan Eagleson taking six for 13, and Robin Arbuthnot four for 22.

Meanwhile, on the same date, the club’s 2nd XI will entertain Lurgan II in the Intermediate Cup, while the 3rd XI will travel to play Instonians IV in the Lindsay Minor Cup.

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