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The Northern Cricket Union of Ireland, more usually referred to as the N.C.U., is one of five provincial governing bodies in Ireland. Along with the Connacht, Leinster, Munster and North West unions, it makes up the Irish Cricket Union (now known as Cricket Ireland), the supreme governing body of Irish cricket. The North of Ireland jurisdiction covers counties Antrim, Armagh and Down and part of Tyrone in Northern Ireland. The object of the NCU is “to promote and improve cricket generally in the North of Ireland among men and women, the able-bodied and the disabled”.〔(NCU General Rules )〕 The Union was founded in 1884 and is the oldest of the four provincial unions.〔Gerard Siggins (2005), ''Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005''. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.39〕 It has organised the NCU Challenge Cup since 1887 and the NCU Senior League since 1897.〔(Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: Introduction to the NCU papers )〕 In 2005, there were 50 clubs fielding 137 teams affiliated to the union.〔Gerard Siggins (2005), ''Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005''. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., pp.126-127〕 ==Interprovincial team== In 2013, Cricket Ireland formed the three-day Interprovincial Championship, featuring teams from Leinster, NCU and the North West. The NCU team is known as the Northern Knights. On 8 April, they announced Eugene Moleon as their coach.〔http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/coaches-announced-for-inter-provincial-series〕 *Andrew White *Mark Adair *Allen Coulter *Chris Dougherty *Peter Eakin *Phil Eaglestone *Ryan Haire *James Hall *Nigel Jones *Gary Kidd *Rory McCann *James McCollum *Robert McKinley *Eugene Moleon *Lee Nelson *Zach Rushe *James Shannon *Alistair Shields *David Simpson *Michael Taiaroa *Greg Thompson *Jason Van Der Merwe 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Northern Cricket Union of Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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