East Anglian Premier Cricket League
The East Anglian Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the English region of East Anglia. Since it was formed in 1999 the league has been a designated ECB Premier Leagues.[1][2] It has three feeder leagues, the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Premier League (which also includes one club from Lincolnshire), the Norfolk Alliance, and the Two Counties Championship (which covers Suffolk and the north of Essex).[2] The winners of these three leagues are eligible for promotion to the East Anglian Premier Cricket League. Should more than one of them wish to join the league in the same season then a playoff is held.[3]
The competing teams for 2020 were intended to be: Burwell and Exning, Bury St Edmunds, Cambridge, Copdock and Old Ipswichian, Frinton on Sea, Great Witchingham, Horsford, Mildenhall, Saffron Walden, Sawston and Babraham, Sudbury, and Swardeston. The 2020 competition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A replacement competition was organised for the later part of the season when cricket again became possible, but with the winners not to be regarded as official league champions.
Winners
| Year | Champions |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Vauxhall Mallards |
| 2000 | Norwich |
| 2001 | Norwich |
| 2002 | Vauxhall Mallards |
| 2003 | Vauxhall Mallards |
| 2004 | Vauxhall Mallards |
| 2005 | Bury St Edmunds |
| 2006 | Bury St Edmunds |
| 2007 | Swardeston |
| 2008 | Swardeston |
| 2009 | Vauxhall Mallards |
| 2010 | Cambridge Granta |
| 2011 | Cambridge Granta |
| 2012 | Swardeston |
| 2013 | Swardeston |
| 2014 | Swardeston |
| 2015 | Swardeston |
| 2016 | Swardeston |
| 2017 | Sudbury |
| 2018 | Sudbury |
| 2019 | Frinton on Sea |
| 2020 | not played because of COVID-19 pandemic |
Source: [4]
Performance by season from 1999
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Champions |
| Red | Relegated |
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burwell 1 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Burwell and Exning 1 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bury St Edmunds | ? | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Cambridge 4 | ? | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Cambridge and Godmanchester 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cambridge St Giles 2 | ? | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Clacton on Sea 3 | ? | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| Copdock and Old Ipswichian | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Fakenham | 10 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Frinton on Sea | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Godmanchester Town 2 | ? | 9 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Great Witchingham | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||
| Halstead | ? | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Horsford | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| Maldon | 9 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mildenhall | ? | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Norwich | ? | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 12 | |||
| Ramsey | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saffron Walden | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Sudbury | 7 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Swardeston | ? | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Vauxhall Mallards | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| Woolpit | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] | [19] | [20] | [21] | [22] | [23] | [24] | ||
- ^1 — Burwell entered into a merger and became Burwell and Exning before the 2018 season.
- ^2 — Cambridge St Giles and Godmanchester Town entered into a merger after the 2000 season and became Cambridge and Godmanchester, but this merger was dissolved after the 2003 season and Godmanchester Town took the place in the Premier League.
- ^3 — Clacton on Sea resigned from the Premier League after the 2013 season.
- ^4 — Cambridge were known as Cambridge Granta until the end of the 2018 season.
References
- ^ ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ^ a b History, East Anglia Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ^ Promotion and Relegation, East Anglian Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ^ Archive League Tables, East Anglia Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
- ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- ^ "Premier League - 2003".
- ^ "Premier League - 2004".
- ^ "Premier League - 2005".
- ^ "Premier League - 2006".
- ^ "Premier League - 2007".
- ^ "Premier League - 2008".
- ^ "Premier League - 2009".
- ^ "Premier League - 2010".
- ^ "Premier League - 2011".
- ^ "Premier League - 2012".
- ^ "Premier League - 2013".
- ^ "Premier League - 2014".
- ^ "Premier League - 2015".
- ^ "Premier League - 2016".
- ^ "Premier League - 2017".
- ^ "Premier League - 2018".
- ^ "Premier League - 2019".