Ireland Vs MCC
2-Innings Match Played At Castle Avenue Dublin, 05-Sep-1970, Three-Day
MCC Win Outright by 5 wkts
   
     | Round | 
     263 | 
   
   
     | Toss won by | 
     Ireland | 
   
   
     | Umpires | 
     B Carpenter (Ire) - GT Doyle | 
   
   
     | Home Side | 
     (neutral) | 
   
   
     | Comment | 
     263/57  5, 6 & 7 September | 
   
   
     | Match Report | 
     here | 
   
Ireland 1st Innings 228/10 All Out (Overs 97.3)
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-51(DR Pigot (Jnr)) 2-53(J Harrison) 3-70(IJ Anderson) 4-73(AJ O'Riordan) | 
   
   
     | 5-100(MS Reith) 6-116(PJ Dineen) 7-181(WI Lewis) 8-186(DE Goodwin) | 
   
   
     | 9-194(M Halliday) 10-228(GAA Duffy) | 
   
 | 
   
      | Bowler | 
      Overs | 
      Maid | 
      Runs | 
      Wkts | 
      wd | 
      nb | 
   
   
     | DC Wing | 
     16 | 
     3 | 
     41 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | RW Hooker | 
     24 | 
     7 | 
     52 | 
     3 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | GNS Ridley | 
     12 | 
     5 | 
     24 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | AR Duff | 
     22.3 | 
     8 | 
     49 | 
     4 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | AH Barker | 
     15 | 
     8 | 
     20 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | RA Gale | 
     6 | 
     0 | 
     28 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | EA Clark | 
     2 | 
     1 | 
     2 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
MCC 1st Innings 328/5 Declared (Overs 91.2)
   
      | Batsman | 
      Fieldsman | 
      Bowler | 
      Runs | 
      Min | 
      Bls | 
      4s | 
      6s | 
   
   
     | NJ Cosh | 
       | 
     b AJ O'Riordan | 
     7 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | RA Gale* | 
     c IJ Anderson | 
     b GAA Duffy | 
     62 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | EA Clark | 
     c AJ O'Riordan | 
     b M Halliday | 
     128 | 
     230 | 
     252 | 
     18 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | CHM Greetham | 
     c DE Goodwin | 
     b AJ O'Riordan | 
     58 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | G Dawson | 
     c AJ O'Riordan | 
     b GAA Duffy | 
     2 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | RW Hooker | 
     not out | 
       | 
     29 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | DL Hays+ | 
     not out | 
       | 
     22 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | AH Barker | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | GNS Ridley | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | AR Duff | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | DC Wing | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | extras | 
       | 
     (b5 lb13 w0 nb2) | 
     20 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | TOTAL | 
       | 
     5 wickets for | 
     328 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-18(NJ Cosh) 2-163(RA Gale) 3-243(CHM Greetham) 4-263(G Dawson) 5-283(EA Clark) | 
   
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Ireland 2nd Innings 304/8 Declared (Overs 115)
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-60(DR Pigot (Jnr)) 2-101(MS Reith) 3-106(J Harrison) 4-211(OD Colhoun) | 
   
   
     | 5-236(GAA Duffy) 6-254(AJ O'Riordan) 7-266(IJ Anderson) 8-287(PJ Dineen) | 
   
 | 
   
      | Bowler | 
      Overs | 
      Maid | 
      Runs | 
      Wkts | 
      wd | 
      nb | 
   
   
     | DC Wing | 
     21 | 
     4 | 
     57 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | RW Hooker | 
     20 | 
     6 | 
     57 | 
     3 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | GNS Ridley | 
     17 | 
     12 | 
     17 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | AR Duff | 
     15 | 
     6 | 
     40 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | AH Barker | 
     8 | 
     5 | 
     13 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | RA Gale | 
     10 | 
     0 | 
     33 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | EA Clark | 
     11 | 
     3 | 
     26 | 
     0 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | G Dawson | 
     10 | 
     1 | 
     39 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
   
     | CHM Greetham | 
     3 | 
     1 | 
     12 | 
     1 | 
     - | 
     - | 
   
MCC 2nd Innings 207/5 Closed (Overs 30.3)
   
      | Batsman | 
      Fieldsman | 
      Bowler | 
      Runs | 
      Min | 
      Bls | 
      4s | 
      6s | 
   
   
     | NJ Cosh | 
       | 
     b DE Goodwin | 
     19 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | RA Gale* | 
     run out | 
       | 
     38 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | DL Hays+ | 
     c WI Lewis | 
     b DE Goodwin | 
     47 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | EA Clark | 
       | 
     b AJ O'Riordan | 
     13 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | CHM Greetham | 
     not out | 
       | 
     48 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | RW Hooker | 
     lbw | 
     b DE Goodwin | 
     18 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | AH Barker | 
     not out | 
       | 
     10 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
     0 | 
   
   
     | G Dawson | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | GNS Ridley | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | AR Duff | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | DC Wing | 
     dnb | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | extras | 
       | 
     (b1 lb13 w0 nb0) | 
     14 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
     | TOTAL | 
       | 
     5 wickets for | 
     207 | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
       | 
   
   
      | FOW | 
   
   
     | 1-26(NJ Cosh) 2-96(DL Hays) 3-113(EA Clark) 4-124(RA Gale) 5-188(RW Hooker) | 
   
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