Welcome to the Website of the Leinster Cricket Umpires and Scorers' Association.

I am deeply grateful to all the members who elected me President of the LCUASA at the AGM on 20 February. Looking back over the names of my eleven predecessors I have some big acts to follow, none less than the last two incumbents - Liam Keegan and Martin Russell.

Under their caring and careful tutelage the fortunes of the association have been turned around and I'm lucky enough to inherit the presidency when our reputation has rarely been higher. The quality of umpiring that we provide to the member clubs of the LCU is in general excellent and this is in no small part due to the regular training and workshop facilities we provide for members and trainees.

Now we must look to extend the number of umpires who stand regularly in Leinster cricket. In doing so, it is vital that we maintain the standards that we have set so far and instill them into our new recruits both in the training environment and on the field of play. I shall look forward to working with all our members and our playing and administrative colleagues in bringing these hopes to fruition.

After serving the last nine years as Appointments Secretary, Kevin Gallagher has now taken over this post. My sincere thanks are due to all our members, club fixture secretaries and others who have worked with me over that period. Please look after Kevin just as well.

The status of umpires, to put it mildly, was low in the mid-century game. Although appointed by the Leinster Cricket Union (LCU), this organisation took no responsibility for payment of the umpires’ expenses. Umpires were paid on the day of a match by the home club. As umpires were not permitted access to, or invited into, most Club bars in these times they had to wait outside – often for a considerable time – until the Club Treasurer got around to paying them. And this humiliation all for the princely sum of five shillings (32 cent).