2nds win Intermediate Cup in 1924

Report from the Intermediate Cup Final of 1924

Intermediate Cup final

Clontarf II v Sandymount

Clontarf II at the Leinster Cricket Ground, Rathmines on Saturday gained the distinction of being the first team to win the Intermediate Cup under the new knock-out system at the expense of Sandymount, who as the League winners, have held it for the past three seasons. It was a bad day for cricket and although the wicket played easily enough, the light was never good and rain fell during the play.  Clontarf gained an advantage by batting first, both as regards the wicket and the light, as owing to a late start, the match did no conclude until 8:45.

Easily the outstanding feature of the winners’ innings was the fine effort of E.N. Seymour (an old Masonic schoolboy) who got more than half the runs scored.  He scored most of them by strong off-driving, and although cocking up a few through the slips, he gave no chance that came to hand and hit one 6 and nine 4’s. Tyndall (22) helped him in a good stand for the third wicket.

Sandymount started the effort to get the runs unpromisingly, Archer dismissing the first two men with really good catches in the slips, and the third wicket fell at 17. Afterwards, however, nearly every wicket gave trouble, and when Stapleton and Holland were batting confidently for the seventh wicket, the holders had good prospects of pulling the game off, but with with latter of l.b.w. and the former caught behind the wicket, the end soon came with Clontarf winners by 14 runs.   Stapleton made a really fine effort for his side and was batting one and three quarter hours, while Holland scored quickly and brought off several fine shots.  The fielding of both sides was good and that of the winners especially so, despite the fact that a couple of chances were not accepted.  A feature of the match was that Maher the losers wicket keeper did not allow a single extra.

G.A. Tyndall who starred with bat and ball walks out to bat in a later game at Rathmines

Score

Clontarf II

G.A. Tyndall  b Hayden                                  22

J. O’Shaughnessy  b Keating                           0

F. Palmer  b Keating                                        3

E. Seymour b Byrne                                        84

L.J. Heaney  c Maher b Knowles                    10

J.W. Kelly  b Keating                                        3

D. Ryan b Keating                                            6

C.J. Boylan c Hayden b Knowles                    11

R. Archer  b Keating                                         9

F. Watson b Byrne                                            6

A.E. Webb not out                                             0

Extras                                                                0

Total                                                                156

Bowling: Keating 5 for 44, Knowles 2 for 38, P. Byrne 2 for 47, Hayden 1 for 27

Sandymount

R.J. Nicholls  c Archer by Tyndall                       1

M.H. Maher  c Archer by Tyndall                       3

P.J. Byrne  b Tyndall                                           9

E. Branson  b Heaney                                       13

M.W. Stapleton c Watson b Kelly                     54

B.H. Hayden b Heaney                                       0

E. Head b Seymour                                            10

E.O. Holland  lbw Heaney                                 32

M.F. Knowles not out                                         6

P.J. Keating run out                                            0

G. Dempsey  c Palmer b Kelly                            1

Extras                                                                 13

Total                                                                 142

Bowling: Tyndall 3 for 31, Heaney 3 for 51, Kelly 2 for 16, Seymour 1 for 22