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Wednesday 30th July 2025
6.00pm - Armagh 4th XI play CIYMS 4th XI (The Mall)
Saturday 2nd August 2025
12.00pm - Armagh 1st XI play Laurelvale 1st XI (The Mall)
and AWAY Fixtures
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28th July 2025
🏏 RESULTS
Here's the results from our senior team fixtures form the weekend.
The 1st XI enjoyed an important win on the road at Bangor. Bowling first, Liebenberg, Mann and Hoey were in the wickets as Bangor posted 214, thanks to lower order resistance from the hosts in a 100+ 8th wicket partnership. This could have come back to haunt Armagh, but a superb 137 run partnership between Arnie Wright (75*) and Harry Boyd (72*) saw the away side home with 5 overs to spare.
Adam Woods' 2nd XI sadly exited the Intermediate Cup at the semi final stage at home to BISC. Put in to bat, Armagh were in a good position just after drinks at 83-4, and had a base to push on to a good score. However, in a crazy 5 overs, 6 wickets were lost for 9 runs, and sadly this swung the game in BISC's favour. However, Armagh game out fighting with the ball, with an excellent attitude in the field, making BISC work for their runs. A superb direct hit run out from McCall led to 4 more wickets falling, with Stoops and Archer bowling superbly, backed up by good fielding. Sadly, it wasn't enough in the end as BISC ran out winners by 5 wickets.
On the back pitch, the 3rd XI were well beaten by a strong Ardent Blues side. However, the 4ths came out winners on Sunday in a top of the table clash against Dunmurry in Junior 9. Stoops, Archer and Keith Wilson all taking 3 wickets, while Gibson (33) and Ollie Mann (48*) saw us home to win by 8 wickets. Well done lads!
27th July 2025
🏏 Summer Scheme
Week 3 of the 2025 Summer Scheme starts on Tuesday 29th July, with the focus on continuing the development of our youth players. If you are interested in attending the camp, please get in touch with Samuel (see poster above).
20th July 2025
🏏 Report
Armagh got their section one campaign back on some sort of track with an important win against Derriaghy on the Mall on Saturday. The visitors won the toss and elected to bowl first with cloudy overhead conditions and damp from the overnight rain but didn’t get the early breakthrough they would have been hoping for.
After a patient start, Matthew Steenson and Samuel Wilson started to look confident. Even when the former was trapped lbw for a brisk 32 Armagh strode on undeterred with Villiers joining Wilson and the runs began to flow. Wilson reached another half century and was beginning to dominate before being well caught for 66. Villiers fell to a similar fate just two runs later leading to Armagh needing a rebuild. They got this in part from Luan Liebenberg and Aaron Wright who took the score beyond 200 before both were deceived in quick succession, the former by a brilliant slower ball from Adams.
Unfortunately Armaghs innings slipped away in the latter stages after this with wickets falling at regular levels as Armagh ended up 238 all out, a decent and defendable score but less than Armagh would have liked at the halfway stage.
Regardless, with runs on the board the city side had something to defend and it looked better early on as Matthew Wright bowled Beckett then Bell was caught off Liebenberg. Aaron Wright then produced some magic as he caught and bowled Scott then the key man Lewis. When Bailey was brilliantly caught on the square leg boundary by Harry Doyle off Stuart Lester Derraighy were 57-5 and in big trouble. A recovery of sorts was stamped out when the aggressive Kinnin was caught behind by the returning McCarter off Liebenberg leaving Derriaghy pro Adams looking short of support.
He did find an ally in fellow South African Sinovich as they were able to add 53 with minimal risk as the Armagh efforts got a bit ragged in the field with extras creeping in. It was fielding that turned the game back in Armaghs favour though as Sinovich was run out by the combination of Aaron Wright and McCarter before a brilliant direct from Liebenberg hit ran out young wicketkeeper Currie. With no more support left Adams went on the attack, striking a couple of boundaries but taking one liberty too many as he picked out stand-in skipper Wilson on the boundary to take a safe catch, dismissing Adams for 60 to give Liebenberg his third wicket and seal a 65 run win for Armagh, their third home win of the campaign to date.
Stand in captain Samuel Wilson was delighted by the efforts on the day of his side. “We got a good score on the board with tough conditions early on and defended it brilliantly. A proper team performance.”
Armagh 238 (48.4 overs, S Wilson 66, M Steenson 32, M Villiers 33, L Liebenberg 36, R Adams 2-27, W Hughes 3-40)
Derriaghy 173 (38.5 overs, R Adams 60, A Kinnin 22, I Sinovich 22, L Liebenberg 3-28, A Wright 3-47)
Armagh beat Derriaghy by 65 runs
This weekend Armagh travel to Bangor on Saturday.
17th July 2025
🏏 Results
Here's our senior teams results from yesterday. The 1sts enjoyed a good win on the Mall against Derriaghy, with a half century fron Sammy Wilson being well supported by the top order. The bowling attack did their job, with Luan and Arnie Wright to the fore. Well done men!
Sadly both the 2nd and 4th XI weren't at the races and were well beaten. The 2nds have a cup semi final on the Mall next Saturday and will be looking to bounce back.
17th July 2025
🏏 Week 1 of Summer Scheme complete
Apart from the unpredictable weather we had an excellent first week of camp with the focus on developing each and every kid on their journey through this great sport.
We look forward to delivering 3 more weeks starting next Tuesday. Let’s hope the weather is kind to us!
If you would like to book your son or daughter into week 2 please contact Samuel.
14th July 2025
🏏 Sunshine, showers a rainbow… and some cricket on the Mall
8th July 2025
🏏 Results
Here are the weekend results for our senior teams.
Saturday didn't go well for our 1st and 2nd XI as both lost out to Laurelvale. Sunday however brought an important win for the 2nd XI over BISC - 6 wickets for Wright being the highlight. While Monday brought a fine win for Raymond Hetherington's 5ths, with runs for Archer and Beggs setting up a close win, where Ollie Trimble bowled a fine spell. Well done lads!
3rd July 2025
🏏 Results
A tad late, but here's a round up of last weekend's results.
Friday saw the 3rd XI enjoy a win against Muckamore. There were wickets for Matty Wilson, Garry archer and Josh stoops as Armagh's opponents were restricted to 84. In reply, Brownlee (45*) and Adam Wilson ensured that Armagh crossed the line with time to spare.
Saturday saw our 1st XI looking to correct their disappointing performance the week before against the same opponents, Lurgan. And that they did! Armagh put on a commanding total of 307, anchored by Sammy Wilson with 87, and a first Armagh century for overseas player Luan Liebenberg, who entertained the home support with a superb 108. Well done Luan, much more to come! In reply, Armagh's attack ensured Lurgan were well restricted, with wickets for Lester, Wright and Mackey, the latter executing a superb run out as well to cap off a great team performance and a much needed win. well done lads!
Adam Woods' 2nd XI travelled to Billy Neill to take on table-topping BISC III's, and on a difficult pitch found runs hard to come by. Ryan Hetherington, Ballantyne and Rodgers made starts but could not push on. Despite some tight Armagh bowling, particularly from youngsters Josh Wilson and Josh Stoops who were both rewarded with a wicket for their efforts, we didn't have enough runs on the board in the end, and BISC reached their total with 6 wickets to spare.
On the back pitch, the 4th XI were looking to cement their place at the top of the league table against BISC V's. They put a good total on the board, with Ashley (28), and Raymond Hetherington (64) with a fine half century, bolstering the Armagh innings. Sadly, despite two wickets from Andrew Bratten, BISC were able to chase down the target with a couple of overs to spare.
On Sunday, the 4th XI lost on the road to Ballymena. They restricted Ballymena to 144, with Keith Wilson, Adam Wilson and Sam Karlsen in the wickets. However, the 4th XI fell just short of the total, despite runs from Ryan Hetherington (25), and some late heroics by Karlsen (66). Good effort lads, onto the next game!
2nd July 2025
🏏U13s (Belated) Update
Armagh Cricket Club U13s finished off their season with another visit to Derriaghy, this time in the league. In a tight affair, the U13s were unable to maintain their winning streak with a narrow 3 run defeat.
Posting 110 for 3, our U13s couldn’t gather enough momentum to take the game.
Some good bowling and solid fielding (Callum Lewis once again showing the way forward) restricted Derriaghy to 110 and despite Jack Eakin, Oscar Steenson, Harry Halligan, Larkin Polack and Callum Lewis batting with intent, we couldn’t quite get over the line.
Needing 18 from the final over, a six off the first ball gave us some hope; however, despite the tremendous effort from Callum Lewis and Larkin Polack, it was not meant to be… thus bringing to an end a very exciting game.
A difficult result to take as, for much of the game, it seemed the U13s were in the driving seat and we’re still a little perplexed as to how we lost; nonetheless, there were plenty of positives… especially how much improvement has been seen since the first game against Donacloney.
Well played to Derriaghy and we look forward to our next encounter.
Hard luck to all the U13s… they should be proud of their efforts and improvement over the season and we look forward to next year.
2nd July 2025
🏏 U11s Update
The start of the week has seen our U11s involved in back-to-back games with mixed fortunes.
Monday saw Armagh Cricket Club take on Lurgan in the league where Lurgan reached 284 for 6 after 16 overs......before the weather took centre stage with the game evenly poised.
Once again, the U11s fielded with purpose (another fielder/keeper combo runout with Zach Dally and Tom Kindred involved) and bowled with enthusiasm with Harry McMahon, Coen Jameson, Harry Beggs taking a wicket each and Zach Dally taking 2 wickets for 2 runs from his 1 over.
With all left wondering whether the rest of match and positive play from both sides would play out, the continuous and torrential rain resulted in the match being abandoned.
Well played to Lurgan - hopefully, we have an opportunity to resume/replay the match....and, if not, we wish you all the best for the rest of the season.
And so to Tuesday, which saw the U11s take on North Down B in the Sports Hub Development Cup.
In a complete contrast to Monday, a wonderful, Summer's day saw the U11s showcase their skills in front of an exuberant, travelling fan club resulting in an entertaining game of cricket, seeing Armagh CC win by 32 run.
In a 15 over game, Armagh CC finished on 293 for 6 with some solid batting and boundary hitting from James Atkinson, William Morton, Harry Beggs, Charlie Dougan, Harry Beggs, Tom Kindred and Zach Dally.
In reply, North Down B started off well before some superb bowling, fielding and wicket-keeping put Armagh in the driving seat.
Leading the way in the field were Tom Kindred, William Steenson, Tom McMahon and James Atkinson along with some good glove-work behind the stumps from William Steenson and Zach Dally.
From a bowling perspective, whilst all bowlers kept the runs down, providing a solid enough grounding for a close game, Harry Beggs needs special mention as, requiring 18 off the last over to win, he put paid to any victory charge with 3 wickets for no runs in the final over.
Whilst the victory was pleasing (and I’m sure all were over the moon with the win), their efforts to bowl straighter, to look to run singles and to strike the ball with purpose was what really caught the eye……they’re all working hard to improve and it showed.
A big "thank you" and "well played" to North Down B; we look forward to a rematch in the future.
Well done to all… semi-final vs Waringstown awaits us!!
25th June 2025
🏏 U11s Update
Not to be outdone by our U13s' recent run of form, Armagh Cricket Club U11s were keen to start their own winning streak when taking on a Templepatrick B side in the cup.
A picture speaks a 1000 words... McDonalds, a dinner for winners... and so it proved to be with Armagh winning by 4 runs.
Posting 270 for 5, the U11s restricted Templepatrick B to 266 for 8.
Whilst the team batted with mixed fortune, it was… (and appearing to be a common theme across both U11s and U13s)… our bowling and fielding which won us the game.
Partnerships of 22 (William Steenson and Harry Beggs) and 18 (Tom Kindred and Zach Dally) ensured Templepatrick had a decent total to chase.
Taking the field, it was clear the team were up for the challenge with the 1 catch (William Steenson), 2 spectacular catch attempts (Harry McMahon), 1 runout (Zach Dally/William Steenson combining) and 1 close runout (William Morton/William Steenson combining) indicative of the enthusiasm shown by the boys.
The fielding spurred the bowling on… with all contributing to keep the score down, the pick of the bowlers were:
Harry Beggs with 2 wickets for 5 runs from his 2 overs
Tom Kindred with 1 wicket for 3 runs from his 2 overs
Harry McMahon conceding only 6 runs from his 2 overs
Tom McMahon conceding only 8 runs from his 2 overs
Isaac Villiers and Charlie Dougan with a wicket each.
Zach Dally with 1 wicket for 3 runs from his 2 overs including just 2 runs from his final over.
Thank you to Templepatrick for hosting us; a terrific game where the result could have gone either way.
Well done to our U11s... an incredible win... we’re through to the next round, away to North Down B!
25th June 2025
🏏 U13s Update
Whilst our final league fixture is to be played on 26th June vs Derriaghy B (Away), Armagh Cricket Club U13s managed to squeeze in a Friendly match against Instonians B yesterday evening, providing an opportunity for all to play with a freedom whilst putting to practice what they’ve learnt.
Whilst the match conditions were flexible, the U13s team put in a a very good performance to secure another victory.
It is satisfying to see how many bowling options are available to us… pretty much everyone taking wickets… and once again, some great fielding…..with 6 taken catches and a few near misses.
In terms of batting, we continued to show some great boundary hitting, strong running between the wickets and clear attempts to improve on rotating the strike.
All in all a good day's work and clear to see the game-on-game improvement.
Notable callouts:
Daniel Beggs & Dylan Coppard (25+ runs & retired) - the latter achieving that in 7 balls.
Zach Dally with a fantastic deplay behind the stumps in only his 2nd game as wicketkeeper (and 1st for the full game).
Jacob Wilson, William Steenson, Oscar Steenson, Jack Eakin, Dylan Coppard and Callum Lewis for well-held catches.
Everyone for their bowling and fielding - outstanding performance.
Thank you to Instonians for hosting and the game.
Well played all and looking forward to the next game at Derriaghy!
24th June 2025
🏏 Here's our senior results from the past weekend, truly a mixed weekend!
On Friday night our 5th XI just lost out to Dungannon. At present not too many scoring details, but it was a tight game, with Josh Wilson (3) and Josh Stoops (2) in the wickets. Thanks to the crowd of home support - it's always appreciated!
Saturday sadly brought a heavy defeat for the 1st XI on the road to Lurgan, with the returning Wright (28) and Luan (23) providing some resistance in an under par score. Lurgan knocked off the runs with 9 wickets remaining. They have a good opportunity to redeem themselves on Thursday evening against Bangor.
On the Mall however, the fantasy 3rds marched on in the cup against a North Down side two leagues above them. batting first, Armagh may have been slightly disappointed with their total from their 30 overs, with both Sam Karlsen and Garry archer getting into the 30's. However, it was Armagh's bowling and fielding performance that won the day as they dismissed their counterparts for 111, winning by 38 runs. The damage was done by a devastating opening spell from Matty Wilson who finished with 4 wickets, and Garry archer who finished with 3 wickets. Well done lads! They face Derriaghy 3rds in the next round.
On Sunday, the 3rds were unable to replicate their heroics on Saturday as they lost by 10 wickets to Templepatrick. Skipper Keith Wilson scored an excellent 45* with the bat in a tough day for the young side. Onto the next one lads!
The 3rds weren't the only team to pull off a cup win at the weekend, as the 2nd XI won on the road to a high-flying Templepatrick team in the league above. With skipper Woods unavailable, stand-in captain Dougan chose to bowl first and it paid off as wickets fell at regular intervals. The Armagh bowlers all bowled economically, and there were wickets for Archer (3-33), Wright (2-14), Matty Wilson (2-26) and Stoops (2-33), which was backed up by good fielding from the whole team. In response, a brilliant opening spell from Templepatrick's openers left us 24/3 after 10 overs in difficult conditions.
However, cometh the hour, cometh the Wilson! Adam backed up his half century during the week for the 2nds with another one, taking the responsibility to lead us home, ably supported by good partnerships with Nicholson and Wright, finishing on 68*. A great win for the 2nds, who look forward to a home semi final fixture against BISC 2nds on the Mall on Saturday 26th July.
24th June 2025
🏏 U13s Update
The beginning of the week saw Armagh Cricket Club U13s take on Waringstown in a highly anticipated league match.
Matches against this opponent are typically hard-fought and yesterday evening was no different with our U13s seeing through a thoroughly satisfying 10 run victory against a strong Waringstown team.
Armagh 138 for 6
Waringstown 128 for 4
Once again, every single one of the team made a significant contribution, whether with bat, ball, in the field or behind the stumps.
Solid batting performances from Oscar Steenson (25) and Dylan Coppard (40) laid the foundation for our total 138 and when it came to bowling and fielding, it genuinely was a “team” effort with notable call-outs to:
Oscar Steenson (1 wicket), Jacob Wilson (1 wicket) and Jenson Morton (2 wickets), all of whom slowed the run rate down and took the crucial wickets.
Daniel Beggs (2 catches), Harry Halligan (1 catch) and Dylan Coppard (1 catch) with some excellent “safe hands” catching.
Larkin Polack for holding his nerve to bowl the final over of what could have been a tricky finish to the game.
Callum Lewis and Jack Eakin for some “body on the line” fielding.
Well played to Waringstown Cricket Club and hope for a similar game in our next meeting - all the best for the rest of the season.
Well done to all - absolute pleasure to have watched the game from close quarters.
That's 2 back-to-back league victories for our U13s... let us hope we can make it 3 against Derriaghy B on Thursday.
23rd June 2025
🏏 UNDER 15s ON FORM AGAIN
Last Thursday Armagh’s under 15 team made the long journey to Bangor to play a league game against their County Down opponents at Bangor Grammar School.
Batting first Armagh racked up an impressive 146 for the loss of 4 wickets. Yet again Ryan Hetherington led the way with an impressive 50 not out and retired as per the league competition rules. Ryan has had a wonderful season with the bat at junior and senior level and this particular knock took him to near 500 runs for the season at all levels. Skipper Josh Wilson (25) and Wicket Keeper Jack Beggs (22) also looked good with the bat before being dismissed when both could have pushed on. Daniel Beggs, Matthew Kerr and Charlie Abbott hit some effective lusty blows in the dying overs to make sure Armagh had enough runs in the bank.
In reply Bangor had no answer for Armagh’s deadly pace attack and were bowled out for only 52. Josh Wilson and Noah Archer opened for Armagh and were virtually unplayable as they swung the ball with great success. Wilson conceded only one run in his 3 overs, an extra, while Archer took 1-4 in his 3 overs. Matthew Kerr bowled an excellent spell as the young bowler claimed 3 wickets in what has been a really good season for him so far. Mr Reliable Will Haynes also continued his good form with the ball claiming 3 wickets with his medium pace swing bowling and the underused spin of Ryan Hetherington took 2 wickets as Armagh were simply runaway winners.
It has been an excellent season so far for the under 15 team and they look to continue their impressive unbeaten league form with games coming up versus Derriaghy and Saintfield this week.
Armagh 146-4 (R Hetherington 50no, J Wilson 25, J Beggs 22)
Bangor 52 all out ( M Kerr 3-10, W Haynes 3-12 R Hetherington 2-9 N Archer 1-4, D Beggs 1-5)
ARMAGH UNDER 15s WON BY 94 RUNS.
22nd June 2025
🏏 Report
Armagh spun to another heavy defeat on a warm day at Lurgan on Saturday. The City side would have been happy to win the toss and bat first on a firm looking strip but again the struggles continued with the bat as none of the top order were able to put on much of a score after a good start. Only a brief partnership between the returning Aaron Wright and Luan Liebenberg gave some hope but both fell in quick succession to the spin of veteran Paul Stafford who ended up with a brilliant five wicket haul as Armagh were bundled out for just 104.
In response, Armagh needed early wickets and even though Liebenberg really threatened in an opening spell of good pace, home captain Johnston was the only wicket to fall when well caught by Mackey off Liebenberg. Home overseas Collingwood looked in terrific touch racing to 44 not out as Lurgan reached their target in quick time to win by nine wickets.
Armagh will need to improve in the upcoming games but will have two chances to do so this week as they host Bangor on Thursday evening in a rearranged t20 game before hosting Lurgan again on Saturday.
21st June 2025
🏏 U13s Update
A week of highs and lows saw our U13s complete two back-to-back games with mixed fortunes!
On Thursday, Armagh Cricket Club U13s faced a tough cup match against a strong Derriaghy team. Despite batting out their overs against a quick bowling attack (with Dylan Coppard dishing out some lusty blows), 66 for 4 appeared to be short of a good total and so proved to be the case as Derriaghy made short work of the total with no loss of wicket. Whilst there were some positives, it was a tough result to take for every player.
But.......what a turnaround on Friday!!! The team bounced back with an accomplished victory against a similar opponent in Lurgan.
With everyone contributing through enthusiastic fielding, accurate bowling and clinical batting; it was satisfying to see the team secure their first victory of the season.
Despite a good bowling display, Lurgan posted a respectable 116 for 7 with Dylan Coppard, Jacob Wilson, Larkin Polack, William Steenson and Daniel Beggs with a wicket each and Oscar Steenson with 2.
The bowling was underpinned by some sharp fielding with special mention to Callum Lewis, Harry Halligan, Sophie Jones, Conor Crumley (both through wicketkeeping and out fielding) and Zach Dally (wicketkeeping.
Armagh made short work of the total with a great knock of 51 (retired) from Oscar Steenson, ably supported by Daniel Beggs (15……including a huge hit for six where the ball is yet to come down!!) and Larkin Polack (18 not out)……some “easy on the eye” batting seeing us home.
Well done to all……and I’m sure, a real boost considering the result on Thursday.
Well played to Derriaghy (see you next week in the League) and Lurgan.
A fantastic way to end the week! …and more of the same next week.
19th June 2025
🏏 Some midweek results before the weekend!
The 2nd XI took on Donacloney Mill in a two night game. Adam Woods' men got off to the worst possible start batting first, being reduced to 7/5. However, Adam Wilson and Garry Archer set about rebuilding the innings, and after Archer departed for a well made 23, it was Adam Wilson who carried on to an excellent 65, giving us a total to defend. With some overs left one day one, the Armagh attack bowled tightly and reduced Donacloney to 62/4 at close of play, the game hanging in the balance. However, despite their best efforts, Armagh were unable to take the final 6 wickets, and Doncaloney ran out winners by 5 wickets. 3 wickets for Mackey, while Woods, Rodgers and young Josh Stoops bowled great spells. The 2nd XI have a great opportunity to bounce back in the rearranged quarter final fixture in the Intermediate Cup on Sunday away to Templepatrick.
On Wednesday, the table-topping 4th XI won on the road at CIYMS 5ths. Armagh amassed a good total of 170 form their 20 overs, Ashley in the runs again with 41, while experienced heads Hetherington (30) and Wilson (25*) were to the fore. In response, Armagh managed to restrict CIYMS to 101, with the Wilson brothers and Noah Archer claiming 2 wickets apiece. Well done to the mighty 4th XI who are having a superb season so far - keep er lit!
18th June 2025
🏏 U11s & U13s Update
After some very indifferent weather in recent weeks, it's great to see the promise of some sunshine for a sustained period of time... and that can only mean one thing... a packed schedule ahead for Armagh Cricket Club U11s and U13s!
Our young cricketers are in for an exciting run of matches over the coming weeks with a mixture of League, Cup and Friendly matches......and it's safe to say, our U11s and U13s are raring to go!
Upcoming Matches:
U13s
19th June - Cup vs Derriaghy B (Away)
20th June - League vs Lurgan (Home)
23rd June - League vs Waringstown (Home)
24th June - Friendly vs Instonians (Away)
25th June - Friendly vs Laurelvale (Away)
26th June - League vs Derriaghy B (Away)
U11s
18th June - Friendly vs Laurelvale (Away)
30th June - League vs Lurgan (Home)
2nd July - Cup vs Templepatrick (Away)
Home or away, if you're at a loose end, please come join us in cheering on the teams... all support would be welcomed!!
Good luck to our U11s and U13s!
16th June 2025
🏏 UNDER 15’s CONTINUE WINNING WAYS
Last Weekend proved to be a complete washout for Armagh’s senior teams but the under 15 squad managed to dodge the showers and host their Lurgan counterparts on Friday evening at the mall.
Batting first Armagh racked up an impressive 168 for the loss of 3 wickets. Ryan Hetherington led the way with an impressive 50 not out, continuing his rich vein of form this season. Jack Beggs again proved his worth with the bat striking 35 at a run a ball and Stieve Bernard and Daniel Beggs hit some lusty blows in the dying overs to make sure the hosts posted a formidable total.
In reply Lurgan could only manage 81 runs in their allotted 20 overs for the loss of 8 wickets. The hosts were always in control and used the game to rotate their bowling line up using 11 bowlers. Matthew Kerr and Charlie Abbott were the pick of the bowlers claiming 2 wickets each whilst Will Haynes and Stieve Bernard took 1.
The bowling in particular proved highly economical with Daniel Beggs and Noah Archer impressing with frugal returns. Zach Halligan & Will Haynes deserve mention in the field as their sharp work accounted for 2 run outs.
Armagh look to continue their excellent league form with games coming up versus Bangor and Derriaghy in the next 10 days.
Armagh 168-3 (R Hetherington 50no, J Beggs 35, S Bernard 20no, D Beggs 10no)
Lurgan 81-8 ( H Calvert 26, C Abbott 2-8, M Kerr 2-11, W Haynes 1-4, S Bernard 1-6)
ARMAGH UNDER 15’s WON BY 87 RUNS.
10th June 2025
🏏 FOURTH XI REPORT
Armagh Fourths continued their impressive start to the 2025 season with an emphatic victory over their CSNI counterparts at the weekend. The Fourth XI made it 5 league wins from 5 outings as they reclaimed their position at the summit of Junior League 9.
After winning the toss in gloomy conditions, Armagh's skipper Keith Wilson inserted the hosts on a wicket he hoped would assist his strong bowling line up. Armagh stuck to the task at hand with an impressive fielding display and a frugal return in the bowling department. CSNI finished on 109 for the loss of 9 wickets in their allotted 25 overs, a fine disciplined effort from the entire team.
Keith Wilson led the way with another 4 wicket haul ably supported by Ben Gardiner who claimed a brace with Matthew Wilson, Noah Archer and Josh Wilson all taking one apiece.
Special mention must go to Armagh’s wicket keeper Jack Beggs, who claimed 5 excellent dismissals, a great feat for any keeper especially in the shortened version of a 25 over game. Jack claimed 2 sharp stumpings, one from the bowling of Ben Gardiner and the other from Keith Wilson, and purely for the statistician his 3 catches came off the bowling of Keith Wilson (2) and Matthew Wilson(1). Well done Jack!
In reply Armagh started their run chase in the rain and it slightly disrupted their rhythm as they lost Ryan Hetherington and Ashley Dilbert in quick succession to leave the visitors 24 for 2. However that only steadied the ship as the experienced pairing of Raymond Hetherington and Garry Archer dug in and played with a mixture of defence coupled with controlled aggression to ease Armagh past the finish line by the margin of 8 wickets and with 3 overs to spare.
Archer in particular looked in good form with the bat hitting 48 not out including one towering “6” to secure the win.
CSNI V 109-9 (K Wilson 4-20, B Gardiner 2-13, N Archer 1-7, M Wilson 1-13, J Wilson 1-30)
ARMAGH IV 114-2 (G Archer 48no, Ray Hetherington, 26no)
ARMAGH IVs Won by 8 wickets.
See The Full Scorecard HERE
5th June 2025
🏏 200 Not Out!
Last but by absolutely no means least on the milestone trail this weekend at Armagh Cricket Club was Michael Villiers who made his 200th senior appearance in our Tuesday evening game against Cregagh on the Mall.
We wouldn’t like to give away anyone’s age but Michael made his team team debut in the previous century having been picked out as an outstanding talent under the coaching of Khawaja Basharatullah and Paul McCrum. Michael was a 1st team regular through his twenties as a consistent run-scorer between 2009 and 2014 in particular. Known for the style of his batting, opposition scorers have often thought he was De Villiers!
After captaining the side in 2015 family commitments meant that Michaels cricket took a bit of a backward step but of late it’s those same family commitments that see him spending more time on the Mall than ever as Isaac, Matthew and James are all absolutely cricket mad! The club were delighted to have Michael back in the first team squad in 2024 and the old adage that class is permanent certainly rang true.
Michael already has his cap for 100 appearances so got a warm handshake from Ben Mackey instead.
Michael is sponsored for the 2025 season by Polaris.
Congratulations to Michael on his milestone, the 22nd player to make 200 appearances for Armagh.
5th June 2025
🏏 New 100 Cap Club Member
Our next big milestone from the weekend was Ben Mackey who quickly became the 56th player to join the 100 Cap Club at Armagh Cricket Club in our cup game against Donaghcloney Mill on Saturday afternoon.
Since his first team debut way back in 2014 as a precocious talent Ben really burst into prominence in our 2017 Section One winning season where his new ball combination with Jarred Barnes helped fire Armagh to the Premier League. After taking a brief spell at CSNI in 2021 we were absolutely delighted to welcome Ben back to the Mall in early 2022 where he has continued to be a huge part of our club and team with his hard-hitting batting and quite remarkable fielding abilities.
Ben has also been forced to adapt from his seam bowling to take up spin of late and that skill and adaptability has been shown with a recent 5 wicket haul against Cloney. His 124 first team wickets currently has him 28th on the all-time list, just behind Matty Wright!
A richly deserved cap was presented on Saturday evening (31st May) by fellow 100 Cap Club member Gareth McCarter.
Ben is sponsored for the 2025 season by Darren Stewart of Stewart Electrical Services.
Congratulations to Ben on his milestone!
5th June 2025
🏏 New 100 Cap Club Member
A tough weekend on the field for the Armagh 1st XI but some significant milestones brought up in the process.
The first was Matty Wright who became the 55th player to join the 100 Cap Club at Armagh Cricket Club in our game against Carrick on Friday night. Since his first team debut way back in 2006 as a youngster Matthew has been a regular feature at the club but it’s been more in the 2020s that he has became a key component of the 1st XI particularly with the new ball.
With over 100 wickets for the first XI using skill and swing throughout we hope the newlywed Matthew has plenty more to offer. His 129 first team wickets currently has him 27th on the all-time list, just behind the legendary Andrew Walbran.
A richly deserved cap was presented on Friday evening (30th May) by fellow 100 Cap Club member Harry Doyle.
Matthew is sponsored for the 2025 season by DJ Window Cleaning.
Congratulations to Matthew on his milestone!
2nd June 2025
🏏 Under 15s Results
Last week was a busy time for Armagh under 15’s with 2 games in 2 days. On Thursday evening the team travelled to Carrickfergus and recorded a clinical 9 wicket win. Batting first Carrick were dismissed for a paltry 50 runs with Josh Wilson claiming 3 wickets, Conor McGoldrick 2 wickets, Will Haynes 2 wickets and Matthew Kerr 1 wicket. It was a very polished display with bowling and fielding of the highest notch.
In reply Armagh polished the runs off in only 9.2 overs as Josh Wilson hit the winning runs with 22 not out and Ryan Hetherington who also made 22 starring with the bat. Armagh welcomed back Stieve Bernard and he was the other not out batsman.
On Friday evening the team hosted Derriaghy under 15’s at the mall and unfortunately lost by the agonising margin of only 3 runs.
Derriaghy batted first, and posted a competitive 147/4 in 20 overs with Jonah Smyth top scoring with a hard hitting 44 not out, ably supported by Oscar Benson who scored 39. Josh Wilson took 2 for 18 with the ball as Armagh found wickets hard to come by.
In reply Armagh started off their run chase at a good pace but fell just short despite the gallant effort from their batsmen. Jack Beggs top scored with a career best 44 from only 36 balls, he was ably supported by opening batsman Ryan Hetherington who continued his rich vein of form this chalking up an excellent 36.
Daniel Beggs (15 not out) and Noah Archer (16 not out) gave the large home crowd a last gasp exciting finish but despite some late heroics the hosts fell just short.
The two games over two days were played in great spirits and despite Friday’s defeat our Junior players put on a great performance in both games that will stand them in great stead for the rest of the 2025 season.
2nd June 2025
🏏 2025 Summer Scheme Announced
Summer Scheme returns in 2025!
Excited to launch another year of Summer Scheme with the focus on developing our thriving youth system here at Armagh.
The scheme will be led by our experienced coaches in Samuel Wilson and overseas player Luan Liebenberg!
From beginner to experienced we have the knowledge and skill to help you learn, develop and enjoy each session.
Why not give it a try?
If your son or daughter is interested or if you have any queries please contact Samuel on the number provided on the poster above. All bookings to be confirmed before the session begins.
1st June 2025
🏏 REPORT
Armagh suffered a tough weekend with cup defeats to Carrick in the T20 cup and Donaghcloney Mill in the Challenge Cup.
Fridays night game was a heavy defeat with Armagh dismissed for just 63 on the Mall in a difficult batting display. Only two players made double figures in a score that was never likely to be enough and that was proven to be the case as Carricks opening bat Gilmour scored a quick and brutal half century to race towards the small Armagh total. Ben Mackey claimed the only wicket to fall as Carrick won by nine wickets.
Saturdays game didn’t fare much better as Armaghs batting underperformed again after a decent start at the Factory Ground. Regular wickets fell to poor shots as most of the Armagh line-up got a start then got out. Best for the City side was Michael Villiers who looked good for his 33 but a score of 144 looked short.
Cloneys Australian opener Markham was not able to repeat his stunning century from the league encounter as he was forced to retire hurt after being bloodied by a vicious bouncer from Liebenberg who also took the only wicket to fall courtesy of a sharp catch from Villiers. The other Armagh bowlers weren’t able to sustain threat or pressure and Cloney were able to race to their total. Young batsman Matthews scored a quite brilliant century bringing up his milestone with a six as well as the winning runs.
Armagh will hope for better this week with a rearranged game against Cregagh on the Mall on Tuesday evening before the arduous trip to Ballymena on Saturday.
1st June 2025
🏏 RESULTS
The weekend began with the 1st XI begin well beaten in the T20 Trophy. On Saturday they faced Donacloney on the road in the Challenge Cup. Batting first they were all out for 144 with Villiers top scoring with 33. Sadly, the opposition were able to knock off the runs, thanks to a century from Matthews.
On the Mall on Saturday, the 4th XI had a convincing win in the Development Cup. they bowled Bangor all out for 81, with Ben Gardiner, Josh Wilson, and the evergreen Keith Wilson doing the damage. In response, Ryan McCarter, Adam and Wilson and Ashley ensured it was a straightforward run chase. Well done men!
On the back pitch at the Mall, it was an entertaining game as Raymond Hetherington's 5th XI ran Victoria close in a tight game. Victoria put on a big total, with 4 wickets for Garry archer, well supported by Reuben Finlay with 2. In reply, a superb 149 first wicket partnership between Ollie Mann and Ryan Heatherington put Armagh in a great position to chase the total - Ollie finishing on 84 and Ryan on 56. And despite some late boundaries from Finlay and captain Raymond Hetherington, the young Armagh side were sadly beaten by 14 runs. Despite the result, it was a great effort by the young Armagh side, with some great individual performances. We entered a 5th XI to give young players even more exposure to senior cricket and give more game experience, so it is particularly pleasing to see them grow in confidence and showcase their abilities week by week. Well done lads!
1st June 2025
🏏 U13s Update
❗ Update on the update: Unfortunately, today's (Monday 2nd June) cup game has been cancelled with Armagh securing a walkover to the next round.The team were looking forward to the match but these things happen. Good luck to Instonians for the rest of the season.Cup Alert!
After a tough result against Donacloney in their last match, Armagh Cricket Club U13s are fired up and ready to bounce back in style as they prepare for their Round of 16, Sports Hub U13s Development Cup match against a strong opponent in Instonians… expecting the game to be a real test of character.
If you're curious to see if the U13s can progress to the next round, why not join us on The Mall to cheer the team on... your support would be welcomed!
Match Day: Monday 2nd June
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: The Mall
Good luck to U13s!!
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