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  3. Division 3 - 2011 Season Review
7th November 2011 by Paul Reynolds

Division 3 - 2011 Season Review

Somewhat infamously, Division 3 offered it's own version of a promotion race. With Dublin University finishing their seventh fixture on May 8th (and winning five of those matches in the process), it was left to the other teams in the division to try and catch them to get promoted to Division 2.

Leinster 2 were the dominant side in the division, and after winning their first seven league games, only needed to win three of the last six matches to win Division 3 for the second successive year. They wrapped the league up in the first week of September, to become the third 2nd XI to play in Division 2, after The Hills 2 and North County 2.

But it was the race for the second promotion spot that saw any excitement in Division 2. Effectively, any side wishing to overtake Trinity could only afford to lose three matches - a fourth loss would leave them no chance (or at least a chance so slim as to be only a dream).

Malahide were the first to drop out, losing their first four matches by 15th May ,to be quickly followed by Clontarf who also lost their first four matches by May 22nd. Oakhill also lost their first four matches although they were more leisurely in doing so, nit playing the fourth game until June 19th.

So it was a four way battle between Civil Service, Pembroke, and Balbriggan  (along with Trinity). Before July was out though, Civil Service and Pembroke both lost their fourth matches, meaning that it was just down to Balbriggan. Although they also lost their fourth match on August, bonus points gave them a glimmer of a chance. 115 points were needed from Balbriggan's last five matches - all five had to be wins, with 15 further bonus points needed.

Although they started with a good win in Pembroke (with Albert Harper starring with 59 and 3-21), the 13 run margin of victory meant five bonus points were dropped. So 95 needed from the last four matches. Civil Service were then blown away, dismissed for 59 as Dwayne Harper and Sarfraz Anwar took five wickets each. Seventy needed from three matches.

Bottom of the table Oakhill were next, and an eight wicket victory followed, with Barry Archer to the fore with 84*. 46 points now needed from two matches. Champions Leinster were the next visitors to Balbriggan, and with so much on the line a great match ensued. Chasing 180, Balbriggan were 106-0 (Anwar and Archer to the fore), before an attack of nerves saw them collapse to 169-8, before Mehdi and Martin saw them home for a crucial 21 point victory. That meant that only the maximum 25 points would be enough for Balbriggan in their last match against Civil Service.

Service were dismissed for 89, but Balbriggan could only afford to lose one wicket in chasing. Barry Archer fell with the score on 18, and as the score crept up, Balbriggan began to dream that they may have acheived the impossible. Heart-breakingly thouigh, Sarfraz Anwar was dismissed with the score on 65, and despite losing no more wickets, Balbriggan had missed out on promotion by one point

Barry Archer led the run aggregate chart by some way, scoring 614 runs at 51.17. Joe Byrne of Leinster was the only other player to pass 400 runs, with 483 at 53.67.  Mohammed Safeen was in third spot with 356 runs at 29.67. Four other players scored 100 runs at an average of over 50. Danny Barclay (Pembroke) and David Lucas (Leinster) both scored 311 runs at 51.83, Hugh McDonnell of Leinster scored 203 at 67.67 and Tom Bouch of Trinity scored 160 runs at 53.33

There were ten centuries, spread amongst eight centurions. Joe Byrne (top score in the division with 141*) scored two, as did Barry Archer. The others were Mohammed Safeen, Eoghan Delany (Trinity), Vijay Gopal (Clontarf), Eoghan Conway (Trinity), Rohit Bahl (Pembroke) and Damien Ryan (Malahide)

#NameClubMtsInnNO50s100sHSAvgRuns
1B ArcherBalb131313212651.17614
2J ByrneLein1111212141*53.67483
3M SafeenCivil1212-2111329.67356
4S KiranMal101012-7935.89323
5V GopalTarf1110-1110531.7317
6D BarclayPemb8823-72*51.83311
7D LucasLein10933-83*51.83311
8P JohnstonLein109-3-6331.89287
9D RyanMal66-1110147.67286
10S AnwarBalb9922-6739.43276
11A HancockWick1212-1-5619.42233
12O ButlerCivil9912-6128.88231
13S McDonnellPemb121011-7325.56230
14D NicolPemb9912-82*28.25226
15J BalbirniePemb1010-2-6521.8218
16J FitzsimonsWick111111-6121.8218
17D JoyceWick77-2-8731217
18B GilmoreMal66-3-6935.33212
19H McDonnellLein6521-8367.67203
20R ReidTarf6612-71*39.2196
21R WeirMal99-1-6821.78196
22P RyanTarf10811-6127.14190
23E DelanyTrinity7621110644.25177
24R KearBalb13131--4514.67176
25N NagarLein11621-58*43.25173
26G GilmoreLein12102--45*21.25170
27A HusseinLein11831-53*33.8169
28G PursehouseTrinity7721-54*32.6163
29T BouchTrinity7522-6353.33160
30N DelanyTarf97-1-7222.57158
31Robert ForrestTarf1091--4819.75158
32K WebsterCivil99-1-6517.11154
33M O'BrienMal55-1-6330.8154
34Albert HarperBalb131021-5919.12153
35E ConwayTrinity77--110221.86153
36S FaizanLein44-1-5734.75139
37M Fayyaz SayyamCivil66-1-7122.83137
38N BoyneMal1212---3911.17134
39R BahlPemb43--110244.33133
40Adrian HarperBalb11102--3116.62133
41Killian ByrneMal99---3114.67132
42G MorganBalb99-1-6114.67132
43R BarkerWick77---3518.71131
44K ReynoldsMal10101--4214.56131
45C CowleyWick77-1-6718.43129
46A ReynoldsMal3321-70*124124
47R HastieWick10103--36*17.57123
48H PikeTrinity7711-56*20.33122
49G BaughPemb552--43*39.33118
50A Ullah ChathaCivil1211---3710.73118
51J WaliaPemb1211---4310.73118
52N BeuckWick1111---3710.55116
53R RussellPemb551--3928.75115
54J NagleLein983--3023115
55D OliverPemb77-1-5216.29114
56G RussellBalb1311---2510.36114
57M SiddiqueCivil99---3112.11109
58S AkbarWick991--3513.5108
59Nicky FuscoWick11111--2210.1101

Balbriggan players did the double as well, with Dwayne Harper topping the bolwing list with 28 runs at 12.86 - a great performance, and well clear of Owen Butler of Civil Service in second place. The third spot in a very distiguished top three was Richard Hasite of Oakhill, with 22 wickets at 12.36.

It wasn't a division where bowlers went through the opposition with great regularity, but OFX Butler of Ireland and Civil Service proved that class is permanent with the top two performances - 6-34 against Clontarf and 5-17 against Oakhill

#NameClubOversMaidsRuns5IBBowlEconAvgWkts
1Dwayne HarperBalb103.5193601 5-293.4712.8628
2O ButlerCivil78112542 6-343.2611.0423
3R HastieWick87.5122721 5-493.112.3622
4R McGeehanMal91.110514- 4-535.6424.4821
5J WaliaPemb95.25384- 4-294.0318.2921
6N BoyneMal86.35395- 4-314.5720.7919
7A HusseinLein945425- 4-294.5222.3719
8S KiranMal828400- 4-364.8822.2218
9G DelanyLein65.572901 5-314.4116.1118
10R KearBalb89.46322- 4-433.5917.8918
11G KirwanMal8312343- 4-214.1320.1817
12R GeraghtyLein907397- 3-254.4123.3517
13D BarclayPemb60.47188- 4-103.111.7516
14E ConwayTrinity585185- 4-203.1911.5616
15S AnwarBalb76.182931 5-263.8518.3116
16P RyanTarf79.113298- 4-353.7621.2914
17Albert HarperBalb86.414349- 3-104.0326.8513
18M Amir AnwarTrinity516160- 3-193.1412.3113
19P MartinBalb8111277- 4-63.4221.3113
20N DelanyTarf68.47262- 3-303.8221.8312
21A LeonardPemb47.52215- 4-404.4917.9212
22Richard BridgeWick724333- 3-354.6227.7512
23M SiddiqueCivil678219- 4-113.2719.9111
24A Ullah ChathaCivil57.52305- 2-155.2727.7311
25C HoeyTrinity67.512192- 3-382.8317.4511
26E DelanyTrinity49.14217- 4-144.4119.7311
27D NicolPemb37.22168- 3-314.516.810
28M CollierTarf31.5-132- 3-114.1513.210
29R MehtaLein451253- 3-525.6225.310
30A CullenTarf44.51228- 3-435.0925.339
31V GopalTarf678248- 4-143.727.569
32R KenealyLein754285- 3-263.831.679
33H McDonnellLein403180- 3-304.5209
34J FitzsimonsWick646300- 3-334.6933.339

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