Observatory Lane

Leinster Cricket Club was founded in 1852, originally playing matches at nearby Grosvenor Square, before moving to Observatory Lane in 1865. The ground hosted six first-class matches before World War II, including a match between Ireland and the touring New Zealanders in 1937, in which no team passed 100 in any of the four innings. Ireland played the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1948, with a 27 year wait before the next first-class match was played at the ground in 1975. A third List A match was played there between Leinster Lightning and Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup, with Leinster Lightning due to play a further List A match there in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup. To date six WODIs have been played at the ground, Rugby international The Ireland rugby union team played their first home match at Observatory Lane in 1875 against England, ==Records==

First-class • Highest team total: 462 by Ireland v Canada, 2011 • Lowest team total: 30 by Ireland v New Zealanders, 1937 • Highest individual innings: 144 by Andrew White for Ireland v Netherlands, 2010 • Best bowling in an innings: 8-80 by Robert Gregory for Ireland v Scotland, 1912 • Best bowling in a match: 10-45 by James Boucher for Ireland v Minor Counties, 1937 List A • Highest team total: 239/8 by Leinster Lightning v Northern Knights, 2017 • Lowest team total: 132 by Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning, as above • Best bowling in an innings: 5-23 by Andrew Britton for North West Warriors v Leinster Lightning, 2018 ==See also==