Home Counties Premier Cricket League
The Home Counties Premier Cricket League[1] is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Home Counties of England, and has been a designated ECB Premier League.[2] since its founding in 2000. It originally served Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, although there are at present no Bedfordshire clubs in the league and all but one of the Hertfordshire clubs withdrew after the 2013 season.
Until 2013 the league consisted of a Division One of ten clubs and a Division Two (East) and a Division Two (West), each of ten clubs, with promotion between Divisions and to and from the feeder leagues. With the withdrawal of the Hertfordshire clubs, the structure was simplified and there is now just Division One and Division Two.
The Division One teams for 2019 are: Aston Rowant, Banbury, Buckingham Town, Datchet, Finchampstead, Henley, High Wycombe, Horspath, Slough, and Tring Park.
There are two feeder leagues, covering narrower areas within the region:
- Cherwell Cricket League - Primarily Oxfordshire, but also with clubs from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Northamptonshire. In the past there have also been clubs from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. [3]
- Thames Valley Cricket League - A wide area to the west of London. Most clubs have traditionally been from Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, but there are also clubs from Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, and Surrey.
With the exception of Tring Park who have remained in the Home Counties Premier Cricket League, the Hertfordshire clubs now take part in the Hertfordshire Cricket League.
Winners
| Year | Champions |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Banbury |
| 2001 | Finchampstead |
| 2002 | High Wycombe |
| 2003 | High Wycombe |
| 2004 | Henley |
| 2005 | High Wycombe |
| 2006 | Slough |
| 2007 | Oxford |
| 2008 | High Wycombe |
| 2009 | Henley |
| 2010 | Henley |
| 2011 | High Wycombe |
| 2012 | High Wycombe |
| 2013 | Henley |
| 2014 | Henley |
| 2015 | High Wycombe |
| 2016 | Finchampstead |
| 2017 | Henley |
| 2018 | Henley |
Performance by season from 2000
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Champions |
| Blue | Left League |
| Red | Relegated |
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Rowant | 10 | 9 | 3 | x | ||||||||||||||||
| Banbury | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | x |
| Basingstoke and North Hants | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Beaconsfield | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicester and North Oxford | 7 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bishop's Stortford | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bletchley Town | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Buckingham Town | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| Burnham | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Datchet | x | |||||||||||||||||||
| Falkland | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Farnham Royal | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Finchampstead | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | x | |||||||||
| Gerrards Cross | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Great and Little Tew | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harefield | 8 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Harpenden 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hemel Hempstead Town | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Henley | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | x | ||
| High Wycombe | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | x |
| Horspath 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | x | ||||||||||||||||
| Luton Town | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Mymms 1 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oxford 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| Oxford and Horspath 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Potters Bar 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Radlett | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Reading | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||
| Slough | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | x | ||||
| Thame Town | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tring Park | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | x | |||||||
| Welwyn Garden City 1 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| West Herts | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| [4] | [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] | [19] | [20] | [21] | [22] | ||
- ^1 — Harpenden, North Mymms, Potters Bar, and Welwyn Garden City left Division 1 after the 2013 season. They and all the clubs in Division 2 East joined the Hertfordshire Cricket League.
- ^2 — Oxford and Horspath split into two clubs after the 2003 season; Oxford took the place in Division One while Horspath have since also reached Division One.
References
- ^ HCPL Website
- ^ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cherwell League
- ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- ^ "Division 1 - 2003".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2004".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2005".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2006".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2007".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2008".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2009".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2010".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2011".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2012".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2013".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2014".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2015".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2016".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2017".
- ^ "Division 1 - 2018".
External links
- Home Counties Premier Cricket League - official site
- Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Play-Cricket site