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| P | W | T | NR | L | Pts | NRR | |
| Lurgan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.64 |
| Derriaghy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.88 |
| Donacloney Mill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.28 |
| Armagh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Downpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Laurelvale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carrickfergus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ballymena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.28 |
| Cregagh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.88 |
| Bangor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1.64 |
5 May Armagh v Downpatrick (The Mall)
5 May Bangor v Carrickfergus (Upritchard Park)
5 May Cregagh v Ballymena (Cregagh Memorial)
5 May Laurelvale v Donacloney Mill (Laurelvale)
5 May Lurgan v Derriaghy (Pollock Park)
10 May Ballymena v Lurgan (Eaton Park)
10 May Carrickfergus v Downpatrick (Middle Road)
10 May Cregagh v Laurelvale (Cregagh Memorial)
10 May Derriaghy v Bangor (Queensway)
10 May Donacloney Mill v Armagh (Factory Ground)
24 May Armagh v Cregagh (The Mall)
24 May Bangor v Ballymena (Upritchard Park)
24 May Carrickfergus v Derriaghy (Middle Road)
24 May Downpatrick v Donacloney Mill (The Meadow)
24 May Lurgan v Laurelvale (Pollock Park)
7 June Ballymena v Armagh (Eaton Park)
7 June Cregagh v Lurgan (Cregagh Memorial)
7 June Donacloney Mill v Bangor (Factory Ground)
7 June Downpatrick v Derriaghy (The Meadow)
7 June Laurelvale v Carrickfergus (Laurelvale)
14 June Armagh v Bangor (The Mall)
14 June Carrickfergus v Ballymena (Middle Road)
14 June Cregagh v Donacloney Mill (Cregagh Memorial)
14 June Laurelvale v Derriaghy (Laurelvale)
14 June Lurgan v Downpatrick (Pollock Park)
21 June Ballymena v Derriaghy (Eaton Park)
21 June Bangor v Laurelvale (Upritchard Park)
21 June Carrickfergus v Donacloney Mill (Middle Road)
21 June Cregagh v Downpatrick (Cregagh Memorial)
21 June Lurgan v Armagh (Pollock Park)
28 June Armagh v Lurgan (The Mall)
28 June Derriaghy v Ballymena (Queensway)
28 June Donacloney Mill v Carrickfergus (Factory Ground)
28 June Downpatrick v Cregagh (The Meadow)
28 June Laurelvale v Bangor (Laurelvale)
5 July Ballymena v Downpatrick (Eaton Park)
5 July Bangor v Cregagh (Upritchard Park)
5 July Donacloney Mill v Derriaghy (Factory Ground)
5 July Laurelvale v Armagh (Laurelvale)
5 July Lurgan v Carrickfergus (Pollock Park)
19 July Armagh v Derriaghy (The Mall)
19 July Cregagh v Carrickfergus (Cregagh Memorial)
19 July Donacloney Mill v Lurgan (Factory Ground)
19 July Downpatrick v Bangor (The Meadow)
19 July Laurelvale v Ballymena (Laurelvale)
26 July Ballymena v Carrickfergus (Eaton Park)
26 July Bangor v Armagh (Upritchard Park)
26 July Derriaghy v Laurelvale (Queensway)
26 July Donacloney Mill v Cregagh (Factory Ground)
26 July Downpatrick v Lurgan (The Meadow)
2 August Armagh v Laurelvale (The Mall)
2 August Carrickfergus v Lurgan (Middle Road)
2 August Cregagh v Bangor (Cregagh Memorial)
2 August Derriaghy v Donacloney Mill (Queensway)
2 August Downpatrick v Ballymena (The Meadow)
9 August Ballymena v Laurelvale (Eaton Park)
9 August Bangor v Downpatrick (Upritchard Park)
9 August Carrickfergus v Cregagh (Middle Road)
9 August Derriaghy v Armagh (Queensway)
9 August Lurgan v Donacloney Mill (Pollock Park)
16 August Armagh v Carrickfergus (The Mall)
16 August Ballymena v Donacloney Mill (Eaton Park)
16 August Cregagh v Derriaghy (Cregagh Memorial)
16 August Laurelvale v Downpatrick (Laurelvale)
16 August Lurgan v Bangor (Pollock Park)
23 August Ballymena v Cregagh (Eaton Park)
23 August Carrickfergus v Bangor (Middle Road)
23 August Derriaghy v Lurgan (Queensway)
23 August Donacloney Mill v Laurelvale (Factory Ground)
23 August Downpatrick v Armagh (The Meadow)
30 August Ballymena v Bangor (Eaton Park)
30 August Derriaghy v Carrickfergus (Queensway)
30 August Cregagh v Armagh (Cregagh Memorial)
30 August Donacloney Mill v Downpatrick (Factory Ground)
30 August Laurelvale v Lurgan (Laurelvale)
6 September Armagh v Donacloney Mill (The Mall)
6 September Bangor v Derriaghy (Upritchard Park)
6 September Downpatrick v Carrickfergus (The Meadow)
6 September Laurelvale v Cregagh (Laurelvale)
6 September Lurgan v Ballymena (Pollock Park)
13 September Armagh v Ballymena (The Mall)
13 September Bangor v Donacloney Mill (Upritchard Park)
13 September Carrickfergus v Laurelvale (Middle Road)
13 September Derriaghy v Downpatrick (Queensway)
13 September Lurgan v Cregagh (Pollock Park)
Downpatrick v Laurelvale - postponed
The Meadow, 26 April.
Downpatrick 
Laurelvale
Carrickfergus v Armagh - postponed
Middle Road, 26 April.
Carrickfergus 
Armagh
Bangor lost to Lurgan by 6 wickets
Upritchard Park, 26 April.
Bangor 105 (36 overs: A Farrell 23, M Hutchinson 21; J Guy 3-25, P Maxwell 2-5, J Collingwood 2-15, N Babu 2-39)
Lurgan 106/4 (26 overs: J Collingwood 51*; G Prince 2-18) (Delayed start - match reduced to 43 overs)
Lurgan made a winning start with a six wickets victory over Bangor in a match reduced to 43 overs. Only two players topped 20 in the Bangor innings of 105 all out, with John Guy taking three for 25. An unbeaten 51 from Jake Collingwood eased the visitors to victory with 17 overs to spare.
Derriaghy beat Cregagh by 38 runs
Queensway, 26 April.
Derriaghy 132 (34 overs: R Adams 34, C Lewis 27; A McCormick 3-25, A Beattie 2-5, B Moore 2-27, M Shannon 2-32)
Cregagh 94 (28.4 overs: J Hunter 25; A McCormick 23; R Bailey 3-6, W Hughes 3-20, C Lewis 2-17, (Delayed start - Match reduced to 43 overs)
The Derriaghy bowlers made up for a disappointing batting display to claim a 38 runs victory in their opening game. Bowled out for 132, despite 34 from Renco Adams and Craig Lewis’ 27 – Adam McCormick took three wickets – Cregagh collapsed from 42-0 to 94 all out. Wayne Hughes and Ross Bailey shared six of the wickets, Bailey finishing the match with 3-6 in 4.4 overs.
Donacloney Mill beat Ballymena by 1 wicket
Factory Ground, 26 April.
Ballymena 249/8 (50 overs: S Willoughby 83, W Montgomery 46, P Bristow 29, M Glass 25, S Glass 21*; M Lyttle 2-23, J Markham 2-38)
Donacloney Mill 250/9 (47.3 overs: N Kilpatrick 70, M Hanna 40*, S Warren 35, R Matthews 20; S Glass 3-27, J Watt 2-41)
Scott Willoughby started the season off in sensational fashion with a stunning 83 from 42 balls in an opening stand of 109. It allowed Ballymena to total 249-8 with William Montgomery scoring 46. But their efforts were in a losing cause as Neil Kilkpatrick responded with 70 off 66 balls and a superb last wicket partnership of 38 between Mark Hanna (40 not out) and Tim McClure (10 not out) saw Donaghcloney Mill home with 15 balls to spare.
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