Cricket tournament
| Countries |  England |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Cheshire Cricket Board |
| Format | Limited Overs |
| First edition | 1975 |
| Tournament format | League |
| Number of teams | 12 (Premier Division) |
| Current champion | Alderley Edge CC |
| Most successful | Bowdon CC (10) |
| Website | https://www.cheshirecountycl.org.uk/ |
The Cheshire County Cricket League is a cricket league based in England. It is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Cheshire area and is a designated ECB Premier League.
The league was founded in 1975, and the twelve founder member clubs were Alderley Edge, Bowdon, Bramhall, Brooklands, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Heaton Mersey, Macclesfield, Marple, Northwich, Warrington, and Winnington Park. The clubs were divided into two divisions in 1995, by which time there were 24 clubs in membership, and since 1999 they have been divided into three divisions. The league became an ECB Premier League in 1999.
The clubs competing in the 1st XI Premier Division for 2020 were intended to be: Alderley Edge, Cheadle, Chester Boughton Hall, Didsbury, Hyde, Nantwich, Neston, Oulton Park, Oxton, Timperley, Toft, and Widnes. The 2020 competition was cancelled due to 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.
League structure
The Cheshire County Cricket League covers the historic county of Cheshire, which includes the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Warrington Borough Council and the Borough of Halton, and the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. It is the top tier of the pyramid structure of leagues in the area.
The league for 1st XI teams has a Premier and three lower divisions. There are currently 12 teams in each division. Along with the 1st XI divisions, the Cheshire County Cricket League runs concurrent leagues for 2nd and 3rd XIs. The 2nd league is a duplicate 1st XI league with 12 teams per division. The 3rd XI league plays ten teams per division. It has a premier division, and divisions 1 and 2; but below that the teams play within their geographical county areas as 3rd XI Division 3 West and 3rd XI Division 3 East. A 3rd XI Division 4 is also offered to clubs in the Greater Manchester region with additional XIs.
| 1st XI ECB Premier League (12 teams) | 2nd XI Premier League (12 teams) | 3rd XI Premier League (10 teams) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st XI Division 1 (12 teams) | 2nd XI Division 1 (12 teams) | 3rd XI Division 1 (10 teams) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st XI Division 2 (12 teams) | 2nd XI Division 2 (12 teams) | 3rd XI Division 2 (10 teams) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st XI Division 3 (12 teams) | 2nd XI Division 3 (12 teams) | 3rd XI Premier Division (10 teams) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd XI Division 3 West (10 teams) | 3rd XI Division 3 East (10 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st XI Division 1 Cheshire Cricket league | 3rd XI Division 4 (Greater Manchester Only) (10 teams) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clubs play in the Cheshire County Cricket League based on the performances of their 1st XIs. The 1st XI Premier Division relegates two clubs and get two promoted clubs from the 1st XI Division 1 every season. This two up, two down format is replicated throughout the County League. The bottom two clubs in 1st XI Division 3 are relegated from the County League to the 1st XI Division 1 of the Cheshire Cricket League, they are replaced with the two top promoted clubs from this feeder league.
Champions
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Year Champions 1975 Alderley Edge 1976 Bowdon 1977 Cheadle Hulme 1978 Cheadle Hulme 1979 Brooklands 1980 Cheadle Hulme 1981 Cheadle Hulme 1982 Cheadle Hulme 1983 Alderley Edge and Bowdon* 1984 Cheadle Hulme 1985 Warrington 1986 Heaton Mersey 1987 Marple 1988 Bramhall 1989 Bowdon 1990 Cheadle Hulme 1991 Toft 1992 Macclesfield 1993 Macclesfield 1994 Widnes -
Year Champions 1995 Poynton 1996 Bowdon 1997 Bowdon 1998 Bowdon 1999 Macclesfield 2000 Bowdon 2001 Didsbury 2002 Bowdon 2003 Bowdon 2004 Bowdon 2005 Oulton Park 2006 Oulton Park 2007 Oulton Park 2008 Alderley Edge 2009 Oulton Park 2010 Nantwich 2011 Nantwich 2012 Nantwich 2013 Chester Boughton Hall 2014 Hyde -
Year Champions 2015 Hyde 2016 Alderley Edge 2017 Chester Boughton Hall 2018 Nantwich 2019 Chester Boughton Hall 2020 League suspended 2021 Nantwich 2022 Didsbury 2023 Alderley Edge
- * – denotes a shared title
Premier seasons since 1999
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Champions |
| Red | Relegated |
| Club | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderley Edge | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Alsager | ? | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birkenhead Park | 12 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowdon | ? | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| Bramhall | 5 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Brooklands | ? | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cheadle | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cheadle Hulme | ? | 10 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chester Boughton Hall | ? | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Christleton | 3 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Didsbury | ? | 8 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Grappenhall | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Heaton Mersey | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hyde | ? | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Macclesfield | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Marple | 5 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nantwich | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Neston | ? | 9 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | |
| Oulton Park | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Oxton | ? | 4 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||
| Poynton | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Timperley | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Toft | ? | 3 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||
| Urmston | 11 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| Widnes | ? | 6 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| References | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Coronavirus pandemic forced a reduction in league activity.
References
- List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- "Cheshire County Cricket League". cheshirecountycl.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2002: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2003: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2004: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2005: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2006: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2007: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2008: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2009: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2010: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2011: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2012: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2013: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2014: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2015: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2016: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2017: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2018: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2019: Table".
- "Season 2020 competitions".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2021: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2022: Table".
- "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2023: Table".