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North Down Cricket Club is one of the oldest clubs in Ireland, founded in 1857. The Club is situated close to the shores of Strangford Lough in the town of Comber, famous for Thomas Andrews, designer of 'Titanic', whiskey, potatoes and cricket.
Currently the Club fields four Saturday/Sunday XIs, Colts XI and U-13 and U-15 sides.
Over the year, many exceptional cricketers and personalities have played the game with great success. In total North Down have won the Senior League 16 times, the Challenge Cup 30 times (1 tied) and the Irish Senior Cup 3 times.
Since 1999, 5 league wins (one shared), 5 cup wins and an Ulster Cup victory have made it arguably the most successful period in the club's history ranking alongside the success of the eighteen nineties and the nineteen twenties/ thirties.
The Club places a heavy importance on its youth policy and this has paid dividends with a number of the current senior squad having come through the ranks.
Six former players are now umpiring in the senior ranks and the club has a number of highly qualified coaches available to work with our promising young players. All the Junior sides have had major successes during the last decade with special mention going to the U-15s who won the Graham Cup in 1995 and the Colts who swept all before them in 1996 and 1998.
The future looks bright with the continuing success of the '100 club' helping to finance the clubhouse refurbishment, the success of which has allowed us to invest in much needed ground equipment.
This is our sesquicentennial year in 2007, hopes are high that on and off the field of play this great club will continue to flourish.
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