Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team		Result
	Preliminary Round
04.05.2003	Belfast Harlequins	35-2	Glendermott		10 overs RSP
04.05.2003	Fox Lodge		Downpatrick		PP
04.05.2003	Cliftonville		Strabane		PP
18.05.2003	Fox Lodge		Downpatrick		Downpatrick won 4-3 After a Bowlout
	1st Round
24.05.2003	Downpatrick		Clontarf
24.05.2003	Donemana	133	North Down	131-7	Donemana won by 2 Runs
24.05.2003	Cork Harlequins	202	Merrion	203-3	Merrion won by 7 Wickets
24.05.2003	Instionians	205-2	Railway Union	209-6	Railway Union won by 4 Wickets
24.05.2003	Waringstown		Pembroke		PP – Rain
24.05.2003	Downpatrick		Clontarf		PP – Rain
24.05.2003	Old Belvedere		Glemdermott		PP – Rain
08.06.2003	Lisburn	131	North County	132-6	North County won by 4 Wickets
08.06.2003	Bangor	w/o	YMCA	scr.
08.06.2003	Old Belvedere	65	Glendermott	70-1	Glendermott won by 9 wickets
08.06.2003	Pembroke	183-8	Waringstown	181-8	Pembroke won by 2 Runs
08.06.2003	The Hills	193-6	Drummond	101-6	The Hills won by 92 Runs
08.06.2003	CYM	230-8	Eglington	183-7	CYM won by 47 Runs
08.06.2003	Ardmore	114	Cork County	115-1	Cork County won by 9 wickets
08.06.2003	Leinster	133	Bready	131	Leinster won by 2 Runs
08.06.2003	Downpatrick	81	Clontarf	82-4	Clontarf won by 6 wickets
	2nd Round
22.06.2003	Leinster	189-8	Phoenix	190-1	Phoenix won by 9 Wickets
22.06.2003	Merrion	303-5	Glendermott	79	Merrion won by 224 Runs
22.06.2003	Malahide	215-8	Donemana	216-6	Donemana won by 4 wickets
22.06.2003	CYM	196-8	Cork County	160-9	CYM won by Faster Run Rate
22.06.2003	Limavady	249	The Hills	243	Limavady won by 6 Runs
22.06.2003	Clontarf	205-7	Pembroke	206-9	Pembroke won by 1 Wicket
22.06.2003	Railway Union	257-8	Brigade	225	Railway Union won by 32 Runs
22.06.2003	North County	344-6	Bangor	156	North County won by 188 Runs
	Quarter-Finals
06.07.2003	North County	190-8	Merrion	104	North County won by 86 Runs
06.07.2003	Pembroke	77	Railway Union	78-3	Railway Union won by 7 wickets
06.07.2003	Donemana	318-6	CYM	95	Donemana won by 233 Runs
06.07.2003	Phoenix	323-2	Limavady	327-6	Limavady won by 4 wickets
	Semi-Finals
09.08.2003	Donemana	177	North County	182-1	North County won by 9 wickets
09.08.2003	Limavady	87	Railway Union	89-2	Railway Union won by 8 Wickets
	Final		Venue: Castle Avenue
24.08.2003	North County	217-7	Railway Union	146	North County won by 71 Runs

Report

North County were Cricket Ireland’s Royal Liver Irish Senior Cup winners in 2003 when they triumphed by 71 runs at Castle Avenue against Railway Union in an All-Leinster Final. North County had defeated Donemana by 9 Wickets in the Semi-Finals while Railway Union had knocked out Limavady by 8 wickets in the other Semi-Final. On the path to the Semi-Final and Final North County had defeated Lisburn by 4 wickets in the 1st Round, Bangor by 188 runs in the 2nd Round, and Merrion by 186 runs in the Quarter-Finals.

References

Images

[1] Cricket Ireland (2020) cilogo-340×218 [Internet] Available from: https://www.cricketireland.ie/images/sized/images/uploads/news_images/cilogo-340×218.jpg [Accessed 22 September 2020]

Newspaper Archives

[2] Anon. (2003) Sports Round-Up: Cricket: Monday, May 3, 2003 pg. 33 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2003/0505/Pg033.html#Ar03300 [The Irish Times Archive is a subscription archive]

[3] Anon. (2003) Sports Round-Up: Cricket: Monday, May 19, 2003 pg. 33 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2003/0519/Pg033.html#Ar03300 [The Irish Times Archive is a subscription archive]

[4] Anon. (2003) Sports Round-Up: Cricket: Monday, May 26, 2003 pg. 33 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2003/0526/Pg035.html#Ar03500 [The Irish Times Archive is a subscription archive]

[5] Anon. (2003) Sports Round-Up: Cricket: Monday, June 9, 2003 pg. 33 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2003/0609/Pg033.html#Ar03300 [The Irish Times Archive is a subscription archive]

[6] Anon. (2003) Sports Round-Up: Cricket: Monday, June 23, 2003 pg. 33 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2003/0623/Pg033.html#Ar03300 [The Irish Times Archive is a subscription archive]

[7] Anon. (2003) Sports Round-Up: Cricket: Monday, July 7, 2003 pg. 33 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2003/0707/Pg033.html#Ar03300 [The Irish Times Archive is a subscription archive]

[8] Anon. (2003) For the Record: Cricket: August 9, 2003 pg. 38 [Internet] Available from: [The Irish Newspaper Archive is a subscription archive]

[9] Anon. (2003) Sports Round-Up: Cricket: Monday, August 25, 2003 pg. 33 [Internet] Available from: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2003/0825/Pg035.html#Ar03500 [The Irish Times Archive is a subscription archive]

Internet Archive

[2] Cricket Ireland (Wayback Machine) (2018) League Tables : I P Champ [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20181203060002/https://www.cricketleinster.ie/results/tables [Accessed 20 May 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Stefan Byrne.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 20 May 2021

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved. Logos and Photos remain copyright of owners and are provided here for information and educational purposes only.