At the start of August there is all to play for in Division 5 with the eight teams packed closely together. Clontarf lead with 66% but Pembroke, Railway, Merrion and Leinster are all bunched together between 64% and 49%. Given the importance of getting a club's 3rd team into Division 4, this is one of the key divisions in the league. 32 matches have been played to date.
Still top score in the league [despite his injury] is Nicky Kenny [Merrion] with 321 runs and a highest score of 160*. Nine players have got more than 150 runs and there have been 6 centuries. N Jagoe [Railway U] has the most wickets with the best bowling performance of 6/34 from M Rizwan of Railway.
Averages Division 5 [Runs : 150 / Wickets : 10]
| Name | Club | Mts | Inn | NO | 50s | 100s | HS | Avg | Runs |
| N Kenny | Merr | 4 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 160* | 160.50 | 321 |
| A O'Neill | RU | 6 | 6 | - | 4 | - | 79 | 44.67 | 268 |
| A Hafiz | RU | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 107 | 65.00 | 260 |
| B McDermott | Tarf | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 118* | 85.00 | 255 |
| R Stanton | Merr | 6 | 6 | - | 3 | - | 69 | 37.17 | 223 |
| S Tomlinson | RU | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | 65 | 40.00 | 200 |
| M Farooq | RU | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 95 | 33.17 | 199 |
| D Rooney | NC | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | - | 58 | 32.67 | 196 |
| D Raj | Pemb | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 110 | 45.75 | 183 |
| Name | Club | Mts | Overs | Runs | 5I | BBowl | Econ | Avg | Wkts |
| N Jagoe | RU | 7 | 47 | 181 | - | 4-12 | 3.85 | 12.93 | 14 |
| R O'Connor | Lein | 6 | 49 | 190 | - | 3-26 | 3.88 | 14.62 | 13 |
| J Norton | Tarf | 4 | 21.2 | 114 | 1 | 5-43 | 5.34 | 10.36 | 11 |
| Rex Walsh | Merr | 5 | 41.4 | 221 | - | 3-30 | 5.3 | 20.09 | 11 |
| K Clarke | NC | 5 | 42 | 205 | - | 3-21 | 4.88 | 18.64 | 11 |
| D Lappin | Lein | 7 | 43.4 | 180 | - | 3-13 | 4.12 | 16.36 | 11 |
| M Singh | NC | 3 | 27.2 | 98 | - | 4-24 | 3.59 | 9.80 | 10 |
| F Khan | Pemb | 5 | 40.4 | 172 | - | 4-55 | 4.23 | 17.20 | 10 |