LEINSTER TOP LEVEL ALL TIME BOWLING AVERAGES (12.11.2026)

Jimmy Boucher (Phoenix CC) has taken the most wickets in Leinster Senior Cricket – in 405 senior appearances for Phoenix over a 39 year period, Boucher took 1,303 wickets at 11.49 per wicket including a 5-wicket haul on a staggering 124 occasions. 

Jimmy Boucher leads the all-time aggregate list with 1,303 wickets

Alec O’Riordan (Old Belvedere CC) has the best bowling average for anyone who has taken 100 wickets or more – in a senior career which spanned over 30 years, O’Riordan amassed 849 wickets at an incredible average of just 8.89 runs per wicket.

If you take into account the average number of runs per wicket per year, Matt Petrie (Merrion CC) heads the table with a weighted average of 9.36. This is the only average below 10.

Matt Petrie holds the record for the lowest average runs per wicket in modern times

Four players in the history of senior cricket have taken 10 wickets in an innings, the last of which was Alun Brophy (Malahide) who took 10/25 against Merrion at Anglesea Road in 1991.

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