History 1959 to1968

  Tours took place to Galway (1954) and the Isle of Man (1956 ) and Jn.Qu. Leagues G,F,E, were won by the 1stXI. A 2nd XI was formed in 1957 as interest in cricket increased with players emerging from MOYGASHEL MILLS and RSD. Dungannon c.c (1959--1980) - ------------------------------------------------- The era 1959 to 1963 was the most successful in the club's history. All the elements for success were in place. The Batting was adequit but the strength of the side was the bowling attack which often demolished the opposition. MAIN PERFORMERS WITH BAT AND BALL WERE :------- 1955-59 1960-63 RK. BATSMEN RUNS RK. BOWLERS WKTS. RK. BATSMEN RUNS RK. BOWLERS WKTS. 1 P.HOMAN 932 1 R. McNAMEE 139 1 E.J.HODGETT 859 1 R. McNAMEE 112 2 E.J. HODGETT 766 2 P. HOMAN 94 2 P. HOMAN 654 2 V. EAKIN 87 3 R. McNAMEE 508 3 R. NIXON 72 3 R. McNAMEE 644 3 E. ROSS 86 4 J.H. CROOK 444 4 W. DUFF 49 4 J.H. CROOK 583 4 R.SEMPLE 75 5 Des. BURROWES 324 5 ROB. SEMPLE 45 5 Des BURROWES 563 5 W. DUFF 18 6 R. NIXON 177 6 V. EAKIN 273 6 N. SEMPLE 17 7 P.C. ORR 216 7 T. HOUSTON 16 Hodgett , Burrowes were primarly batsmen. Hodgett bowled in the early 1950s Homan, McNamee, Eakin were all-rounders . Ross, Duff, Nixon , Semple were bowlers . Crook was the keeper All the bowlers were medium to medium fast except Hodgett (off break ) and Homan (leg break ). The TEAM RELIED HEAVILY ON HOMAN, HODGETT AND McNAMEE FOR RUNS and McNAMEE, EAKIN,ROSS and SEMPLE FOR WICKETS. The 1st XI won 5 leagues in row Jn. Qu. D 1959> C. 1960> B. 1961 > A. 1962 >A. 1963 and the Jn.Qu. Cup in 1959. The 2nd XI did quite well as they struggled to field a team and George Hamill had the distinction of taking ALL 10 WKTS. AGAINST ARMAGH III in the Minor Qu. Cup. This turned out to be his only 5 WICKET innings. The club entered the SENIOR QU. LEAGUE in 1964. Victor Eakin was the only surviving bowler by 1966. Ronnie MAC, Eddie Ross, Robin Semple and Phil Homan had also gone by 1966 and the arrival of Paul McCullough (ex. Woodvale) and ex. QUB and NICC captain was not enough to save the team from relegation. The miserable stats for 1964 and 65 illustrate the difference in class between Dungannon and the other teams in SENIOR QUALIFYING:-- PLAYER E. HODGETT : P. HOMAN : P.C. ORR: Des BURROWES : V. EAKIN : R. McNAMEE: J.H. CROOK 1964 RUNS 191 65 103 50 85 113 9 1965 RUNS 61 X 52 17 76 X 36 PLAYER V. EAKIN : R. McNAMEE: H. MOORE: T. HOUSTON: E. ROSS 1964 WKTS. 32 18 X 3 X 1965 WKTS. 27 X 16 6 8 In 1964 ONLY three batsmen reached 100 runs for the season and in 1965 the highest total was 76 .This made in impossible to win games. Only five in total were won in 3 seasons . In 1966 Basil McNamee and captain Paul McCullough scored half centuries and exceeded 100 runs for the season, DCC WON three matches in 1964, one in 1965 and one in 1966. The Club relegated itself to the lowest possible league JN. QU. D IN 1967. in 1967 the 1stXi won six from seven league games with Basil McNamee leading the batting. Newcomer Billy Adrain began to score a few runs. An Indian doctor ,CS KURIAN, dominated the opposition taking 27 wickets including 5 wkts. for 4 runs to bowl out Mossely for 12 runs. His pace off 5 yards was surprising. 1967 STATS. PLAYER: B.T. McNAMEE; D. BURROWES : J. RICHARDSON; B.HYLAND: C.S. KURIAN: W. ADRAIN; A. BUCHANAN: RUNS : 126 52 31 28 15 75 57 WKTS. : 14 0 11 12 27 2 0 The 2nds won 3 fron 7 with Roy Joseph scoring 81 runs and RSD schoolboy, JAV. Graham, 56 no in his only match showing his promise. Unfortunately he only played a few seasons. Ceciil Lindsay took 19 wkts. and RSD schoolboy Boyd Hunter 10 wkts. CONTINUED ON THE NEXT HISTORY PAGE -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------