# Observatory Lane

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{{Short description|Cricket ground in Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Irish English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket ground
|       ground_name = Observatory Lane
|          nickname = 
|           country = Ireland 
|             image = 
|          location = [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Ireland)
|             coord = {{coord|53.3256|-6.2620|display=inline}}
|     establishment = 1865<ref name="HIST">{{cite web|url=http://inrathmines.ie/index.php/history|title=Rathmines History|publisher=www.inrathmines.ie|access-date=16 July 2018|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717041550/http://inrathmines.ie/index.php/history|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|  seating_capacity = 
|              end1 = Rathmines<ref name="CE">{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/CEIRELAND/DATABASE/GROUNDS/RATHMINES/index.shtml|title=Rathmines, Dublin|publisher=CricketEurope|access-date=16 July 2018|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717012929/https://www.cricketeurope.com/CEIRELAND/DATABASE/GROUNDS/RATHMINES/index.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|              end2 = Mount Pleasant<ref name="CE"/>
|     international = true
|     firstwodidate = 17 August 
|     firstwodiyear = 1990
|     firstwodihome = Ireland
|     firstwodiaway = England 
|      lastwodidate = 17 July 
|      lastwodiyear = 2013
|      lastwodihome = Ireland
|      lastwodiaway = Pakistan 
|    firstwt20idate = 29 May 
|    firstwt20iyear = 2009
|    firstwt20ihome = Ireland
|    firstwt20iaway = Pakistan
|     lastwt20idate = 6 August 
|     lastwt20iyear = 2009
|     lastwt20ihome = Ireland
|     lastwt20iaway = Netherlands 
|             year1 = 2017&ndash;2018
|             club1 = [Leinster Lightning](/source/Leinster_Lightning)
|              date = 3 September 
|              year = 2020
|            source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312.html Ground profile
}}

'''Observatory Lane''' is a [cricket](/source/cricket) ground in [Rathmines](/source/Rathmines), [Dublin](/source/Dublin), [Ireland](/source/Ireland).

==History==
[Leinster Cricket Club](/source/Leinster_Cricket_Club) was founded in 1852, originally playing matches at nearby [Grosvenor Square](/source/Grosvenor_Square%2C_Dublin), before moving to Observatory Lane in 1865.<ref name="HIST"/>

[First-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) was first played at Observatory Lane in 1912 when [Ireland](/source/Ireland_cricket_team) played [Scotland](/source/Scotland_cricket_team).<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref> The ground hosted six first-class matches before [World War II](/source/World_War_II), including a match between Ireland and the touring [New Zealanders](/source/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team) in 1937, in which no team passed 100 in any of the four innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16419.html|title=Ireland v New Zealanders, 1937|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref> Ireland played the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) in 1948, with a 27 year wait before the next first-class match was played at the ground in 1975.<ref name="FCM"/> To date, 13 first-class matches have been played at Observatory Lane, the last in 2012 against [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan_national_cricket_team) in the [ICC Intercontinental Cup](/source/2011%E2%80%9313_ICC_Intercontinental_Cup).<ref name="FCM"/> [List A cricket](/source/List_A_cricket) was first played at Observatory Lane in the [2005 ICC Trophy](/source/2005_ICC_Trophy), with the ground hosting two matches.<ref name="LAM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312_a.html|title=List A Matches played on Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref> A third List A match was played there between [Leinster Lightning](/source/Leinster_Lightning) and [Northern Knights](/source/Northern_Knights_(cricket_team)) in the [2017 Inter-Provincial Cup](/source/2017_Inter-Provincial_Cup), with Leinster Lightning due to play a further List A match there in the [2018 Inter-Provincial Cup](/source/2018_Inter-Provincial_Cup).<ref name="LAM"/> Women's international cricket was first played at Observatory Lane in 1990, when [Ireland women](/source/Ireland_women's_cricket_team) played [England women](/source/England_women's_cricket_team) in a [Women's One Day International](/source/Women's_One_Day_International) (WODI).<ref name="WODI">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312_wo.html|title=Women's One-Day International Matches played on Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref> To date six WODIs have been played at the ground,<ref name="WODI"/> along with two [Women's Twenty20 International](/source/Women's_Twenty20_International)s in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312_witt.html|title=Women's Twenty-20 International Matches played on Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>

===Rugby international===
The [Ireland rugby union team](/source/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team) played their first home match at Observatory Lane in 1875 against [England](/source/England_national_rugby_union_team),<ref>{{cite web |title=Irish International Teams: Results, Scorers, Dates and Venues – 1874 to June 1999 |url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/history/css/arch_history_1.htm |access-date=16 July 2018 |publisher=Irishrugby.ie |archive-date=18 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118215707/http://www.irishrugby.ie/history/css/arch_history_1.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="HIST" /> after [Lansdowne Road](/source/Lansdowne_Road) was deemed unsuitable.<ref>Gerard Siggins (2005), ''Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792–2005''. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.37</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan=6| Ireland International Rugby Union Matches
|-
! Date
! Home
! Score
! Opponent
! Competition
! Attendance 
|-
| 13 December 1875 || {{ru|IRE}} || 0G–1G || '''{{ru|ENG}}'''  || [1875–76 Home Nations](/source/1875%E2%80%9376_Home_Nations_rugby_union_matches) || <ref name="IRE ENG 1875">{{cite web |title=ENGLAND TOUR - Dublin, 13 December 1875 |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/18907.html |website=espnscrum |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="ENG Rathmines">{{cite web |title=History shines brightest on England against Ireland in Dublin |url=https://tv5.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/18920601/how-england-faced-ireland-dublin-ahead-their-six-nations-grand-slam-decider-run-all-meetings |website=espnscrum |access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Records==
===First-class===
* '''Highest team total:''' 462 by [Ireland](/source/Ireland_cricket_team) v [Canada](/source/Canada_national_cricket_team), 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/266/266108.html|title=Ireland v Canada, 2011|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref>
* '''Lowest team total:''' 30 by Ireland v [New Zealanders](/source/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team), 1937<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312/f_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin - Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
* '''Highest individual innings:''' 144 by [Andrew White](/source/Andrew_White_(Irish_cricketer)) for Ireland v [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands_national_cricket_team), 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312/f_Centuries.html|title=Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin - Centuries in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
* '''Best bowling in an innings:''' 8-80 by [Robert Gregory](/source/Robert_Gregory_(cricketer)) for Ireland v [Scotland](/source/Scotland_cricket_team), 1912<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312/f_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
* '''Best bowling in a match:''' 10-45 by [James Boucher](/source/James_Boucher_(cricketer)) for Ireland v [Minor Counties](/source/Minor_Counties_cricket_team), 1937<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16139.html|title=Ireland v Minor Counties, 1937|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>

===List A===
* '''Highest team total:''' 239/8 by [Leinster Lightning](/source/Leinster_Lightning) v [Northern Knights](/source/Northern_Knights_(cricket_team)), 2017<ref name="LVN">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1027/1027112.html|title=Leinster Lightning v Northern Knights, 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
* '''Lowest team total:''' 132 by Northern Knights v Leinster Lightning, as above<ref name="LVN"/>
* '''Highest individual innings:''' 126[*](/source/not_out) by [Kenneth Kamyuka](/source/Kenneth_Kamyuka) for [Uganda](/source/Uganda_national_cricket_team) v [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_national_cricket_team), 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312/a_Centuries.html|title=Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin - Centuries in List A matches |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
* '''Best bowling in an innings:''' 5-23 by [Andrew Britton](/source/Andrew_Britton_(cricketer)) for [North West Warriors](/source/North_West_Warriors) v Leinster Lightning, 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/11083/scorecard/1136924/leinster-lightning-vs-north-west-warriors-6th-match-cricket-ireland-inter-provincial-limited-over-cup-2018|title=Leinster Lightning v North West Warriors, 2018|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of Leinster Lightning grounds](/source/List_of_Leinster_Lightning_grounds)
*[List of cricket grounds in Ireland](/source/List_of_cricket_grounds_in_Ireland)

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312.html Observatory Lane, Dublin] at CricketArchive

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Category:Cricket grounds in County Dublin
Category:Sports venues in Dublin (city)
Category:Sports venues completed in 1865
Category:1865 establishments in Ireland
Category:Rugby union stadiums in Ireland

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