Grantham and Melton Cricket Association

The Grantham & Melton Cricket Association (GMCA) is a Sunday League that administer's cricket clubs that participate in its League, Cup and trophy competitions.[1] The league headquarters is based in Grantham, Lincolnshire.[2]

Grantham & Melton Cricket Association
Countries England
FormatLimited overs cricket
First edition1984 (Founded)
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams20 (Divisions 1 & 2)
Current championGrantham CC
Websitehttps://gmca.play-cricket.com

The Grantham & Melton Cricket Association was established in 1984 and membership of the Association was opened to all cricket clubs within a radius of 20 miles from Leicestershire village of Buckminster (situated on the Leicestershire - Lincolnshire border) - referred to as The District.[3] Clubs participating in the league are mainly from the north east of Leicestershire and South Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, but some clubs are from beyond the county boundary, with representatives from Rutland, Nottinghamshire and as far west as Hinckley, Leicestershire, which is only a few kilometers from the Warwickshire border. During the 2021 season, the GMCA held 28 clubs in the League which were divided into 3 Divisions.[1][4]

The most notable team in recent years is Queniborough. In 2019, after an impressive four-year run as League Champions, Queniborough CC were heading towards their 5th successive League Championship title, only for it to be snatched away by the British Shoe Corporation CC.[5]

Grantham & Melton Cricket Association 2021
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Past winners
YearChampions
2013Buckminster
2014Houghton-on-the-Hill
2015Queniborough
2016Queniborough
2017Queniborough
2018Queniborough
2019British Shoe Corporation
2020League suspended[lower-alpha 1]
2021Soft Touch
2022Grantham
  1. Coronavirus pandemic forced all formal competitive sporting activities to be suspended.

Performance by season from 2013 [Division 1]
Key
Gold Champions
Blue Left League
Red Relegated
Performance by season, from 2013
Club 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Afghan Strikers 4 4
Ashby Carington 3 6 5 5 5
Barkby United 5 8 9
Barrowby 10
Belton Park 6 11
Belvoir 3 6
Billesdon 7 6
Bingham 7 8 7
Bottesford 8 10
British Shoe Corporation 2 1 2
Buckminster [lower-alpha 1] 1 9
Egerton Park 4 4 8
Evington Lions 3 5
Empingham 2 5 7 5
Frisby, Hoby & Rotherby 12
Grantham 3 5 1
Harlaxton 3 3
Hinckley Town 3 2 4 5 6
Houghton-on-the-Hill 1 2 2 3 3 2 5 8
Illston Abey 7 6
Kinoulton 9
Pickwell, Leesthorpe & Somerby 11
Queniborough 1 1 1 1 4
Rothley Park 6
Sileby Town 4 4 8 8 7 8
Soft Touch 1 2
Sproxton 10
Syston Town 8 9
Thorpe Arnold 6
Woolsthorpe by Belvoir 7 7 6
References [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13][lower-alpha 2] [14] [15]
  1. Buckminster entered into a merger after the 2014 season and became Buckminster & Barrowby.
  2. Coronavirus pandemic forced all formal competitive sporting activities to be suspended.

References
  1. "Grantham & Melton Cricket Association". gmca.play-cricket.com. GMCA. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. "Grantham & Melton Cricket Association HQ". gmca.play-cricket.com. GMCA. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. "GMCA League Handbook Rules" (PDF). Croxton Kerrial CC. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. "Leicestershire County Cricket Club". leicestershirecricket.co.uk. Leicestershire Cricket. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. "Queniborough's grip on the Grantham and Melton Association title seems to be slipping after they faded to a third straight defeat on Sunday". meltontimes.co.uk. Melton Times. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  6. "GMCA Division 1 - 2013".
  7. "GMCA Division 1 - 2014".
  8. "GMCA Division 1 - 2015".
  9. "GMCA Premier Division - 2016".
  10. "GMCA Premier Division - 2017".
  11. "GMCA Premier Division - 2018".
  12. "GMCA Premier Division - 2019".
  13. "GMCA Premier Division - 2020".
  14. "GMCA Premier Division - 2021".
  15. "GMCA Division 1 - 2022".
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