North of Ireland Cricket Club


The North of Ireland Cricket Club after a series of sectarian arson attacks, including the burning of its pavilion. The club, with a mainly Protestant membership, was perceived as being "isolated in a zone of working-class nationalism".
The Collegians Cricket Club had previously merged with Cooke Cricket Club to form Cooke Collegians Cricket Club, so the Belfast Harlequins cricket club was effectively a continuation of North. In 2004, however, dissatisfied with the Deramore pitch and the inability to attract new players, the cricket section of Belfast Harlequins folded and merged instead with Civil Service Cricket Club to form the Civil Service & North of Ireland Cricket Club, playing its first season in 2005.

Honours

† Won by 2nd XI