European Under 13 Championships
The ECC Under 13 First Division Championship was held in Dublin in glorious weather from Tuesday 19th to Thursday 21st July.
Tuesday saw Ireland take on Holland at Clontarf CC on the wicket which had been used for the ICC Trophy final the week before. Holland won the toss and batted and scored 188/8 with Coster scoring 75 and de la Mar 36. For Ireland Fleming took 3/26. Ireland won by 5 wickets in the 37th over. Their 190/5 contained 60 from Getkate, 37 from Delany and 30 not out from Fleming. Scotland won the toss and batted against Denmark at Railway Union CC and scored 307/7 in their 40 overs. Smith with 83 not out, Bailwal with 54 and Chalmers and Coleman with 49 and 47 respectively were the main contributors. Denmark batted out their 40 overs scoring 114/9 leaving Scotland winners by 193 runs.
On the second day Ireland took on Denmark at Malahide CC. Denmark won the toss and invited Ireland to bat. In their 40 overs they scored 263/8 with Russell scoring 63, Fleming 54, McBrine 50 and Dockrell 41. Denmark were all out for 103 in 36 overs with Shah scoring 32 and Conway taking 3/10 leaving Ireland winners by 160 runs. At Rush CC Holland won the toss and batted against Scotland and totalled 194/9. Coster scored 36 and Chalmers took 3/28. In reply Scotland reached 164/3 but collapsed against the bowling of Tewarie who took 6/33 and were all out for 188. Bailwal with 71 and Coleman with 55 were the pick of the Scottish batsmen.
On the final day Holland played Denmark at North County CC. They won the toss and batted and the highlight of their 251/6 was a partnership of 156 between Coster (93) and Wories (43). De Graauw contributed 37 not out at the end. In reply Denmark could only manage 90 with Tewarie taking 6/24 from his 8 overs.
In the other game Ireland won the toss and batted against Scotland at The Hills CC. In a low scoring game Ireland were all out for 122 with Getkate scoring 30 and Cowan taking 4/10 and Oliver 3/27. Scotland totalled 123/9 for a one wicket win. Coleman scored 40 and Getkate took 3/12 and Andrews 3/19.
These results left Ireland, Scotland and Holland all with 2 wins and on Net Run Rate Ireland won with Scotland second and Holland third. Had Ireland only taken 8 Scottish wickets Scotland would have been overall winners. If Holland had scored 10 more runs and conceded 2 fewer wickets they could have won.
\* The Spirit of Cricket Award went to Denmark.
\* The player of the Tournament was Vinoo Tewarie from Holland.
The tournament was played in a great spirit and the umpires were pleased they had no incidents to report.
