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.[3]

Home Counties Premier Cricket League
Countries United Kingdom
FormatLimited Overs
First edition2000
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams10 (Division 1)
Current championHigh Wycombe CC
Most successfulHigh Wycombe CC (9)
Websitehttps://hcpcl.play-cricket.com

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,[3] the structure was simplified and there is now just Division One and Division Two.

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.[4]
  • 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.[5]

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.[6]

Champions
  • YearClub
    League Champions
    2000–2019
    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
    2019 Henley
  • YearClub
    League Champions
    2020–2023
    2020 no competition
    2021 High Wycombe
    2022 Aston Rowant
    2023 High Wycombe

    Championships won
    • League Champions
      WinsClub
      9High Wycombe
      8Henley
      2Finchampstead
      1Aston Rowant
      Banbury
      Oxford
      Slough

      Performance by season from 2000
      Key
      Gold Champions
      Blue Left League
      Red Relegated
      Performance by season, from 2000
      Club 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
      Aston Rowant 10 9 3 4 4 1 3
      Banbury 1 2 6 4 2 5 6 5 2 2 5 7 2 3 4 2 4 4 5 2 3 2 5
      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 7 6 9
      Burnham 6 6 7 6 7 10
      Datchet 3 5 6 4
      Falkland 7 5 8 10 10
      Farnham Royal 9 10
      Finchampstead 5 1 9 8 8 4 10 1 3 7 6 7 8 7
      Gerrards Cross 10
      Great and Little Tew 8 9
      Great Brickhill
      Harefield 8 7 10 9
      Harpenden [lower-alpha 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 1 2 3 6
      High Wycombe 2 3 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 6 1 1 7 2 1 3 5 4 5 1 5 1
      Horspath [lower-alpha 2] 9 8 8 9
      Luton Town 9 10
      North Mymms [lower-alpha 1] 10 8
      Oxford [lower-alpha 2] 7 6 8 1 4 8 3 5 10 6 10 2 9 8 10
      Oxford and Horspath [lower-alpha 2] 6
      Oxford Downs
      Potters Bar [lower-alpha 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 10 7 10
      Thame Town 10 9
      Tring Park 9 3 4 4 2 3 5 5 8 6 6 6 8 10
      Wargrave 2
      Welwyn Garden City [lower-alpha 1] 7 7 2 6 5 9
      West Herts 10
      Wokingham 4 8
      References [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]
      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
      1. "Home Counties Premier Cricket League". hcpcl.play-cricket.com. Home Counties Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
      2. List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
      3. "Hertfordshire Cricket Clubs have voted to leave the Home Counties Premier League". watfordobserver.co.uk. Watford Observer, Newsquest Media Group Ltd. 1 November 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
      4. "Cherwell Cricket League". cherwellleague.play-cricket.com. Cherwell Cricket League. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
      5. "Thames Valley Cricket League". thamesvalleycl.play-cricket.com. Thames Valley Cricket League. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
      6. "Hertfordshire Cricket League". hertfordshire.play-cricket.com. Hertfordshire Cricket League. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
      7. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
      8. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
      9. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
      10. "Division 1 - 2003".
      11. "Division 1 - 2004".
      12. "Division 1 - 2005".
      13. "Division 1 - 2006".
      14. "Division 1 - 2007".
      15. "Division 1 - 2008".
      16. "Division 1 - 2009".
      17. "Division 1 - 2010".
      18. "Division 1 - 2011".
      19. "Division 1 - 2012".
      20. "Division 1 - 2013".
      21. "Division 1 - 2014".
      22. "Division 1 - 2015".
      23. "Division 1 - 2016".
      24. "Division 1 - 2017".
      25. "Division 1 - 2018".
      26. "Division 1 - 2019".
      27. "Division 1 - 2021".
      28. "Division 1 - 2022".
      29. "Division 1 - 2023".
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