At the fourth time of asking this year’s Ulster Bank Schools Cup final was completed and after falling at the penultimate hurdle in the last two years to RBAI, the North West school won when it mattered.

Half centuries from the McCarter brothers Graeme and Dean plus a third from Aaron Kitson, who hit five fours and three sixes, helped Foyle post an imposing 243 for six in 36 overs and although Akshey Dhareula and Michael Irwin replied with an opening stand of 52, the Belfast school were 64 runs short when they were dismissed in the 34th over.

Nick Donnell broke the opening stand and followed up with three more wickets and Mark Porter, who ended Dhareula’s resistance immediately after the opener had brought up his 50, finished with three wickets. GraemeMcCarter, who added 109 for the fourth Foyle wicket in just 10.3 overs, was the game’s top scorer with an unbeaten 67, including seven fours and two sixes, and he finished the match by bowling Callum Atkinson to bring the Schools Cup to Londonderry for the first time since 2003.

In the Ulster Bank Premier League, Waringstown made it a four-way tie at the top of the table with a five wickets victory in their 20/20 match at Stormont last night.

Keith Morrison hit 31 off 13 balls as Waringstown scored 46 off the last five overs and reached their victory target of 128 with four20balls to spare. Civil Service North have lost five of their first seven.

Scores:

Ulster Bank Premier League

At Stormont, Civil Service North 127- 4 (20 overs, N Jones 56, S Dyer 35 not out, G McKee 24) Waringstown 128-5 (19.2 overs, K McCallan 42, L Nelson 32, K Morrison 31 not out; K Noema Barnett 2-12)..

Ulster Bank Schools Cup final

At Bready, Foyle & Londonderry College 243-4 (36 overs D McCarter 54, G McCarter 67*, A Kitson 57)

RBAI 179 (33.4 overs, A Dhareula 50, J Gibson 27, M Irwin 25, N Donnell 4-38, M Porter 3-25, A Kitson 2-36) Foyle and Londonderry College won by 64 runs.

Under 15 inter-provincial championships

At Bready, NCU 247-7 (45 overs, N Burns 76, R Adair 59, J Hall 37; S Campbell 3-26, K Gibson 2-51) North West 159 (41 overs, P Douglas 34 not out, M Pollock 22; J Hall 3-19, C McMorran 2-18). NCU won by 88 runs.

Leinster 311-9 (45 overs, D Nicol 82, C McLoughlin 40, M Ingram 32; T Clifford 3-47) Munster 211 (45 overs, C Scannell 96, T Kane 6-29). Leinster won by 100 runs.