Lincolnshire Premier League

The Lincolnshire Premier League (referred to in some sources as Lincolnshire County Board Premier League and Lincolnshire Cricket Board Premier League) is the top level of competition for club cricket in Lincolnshire, England.

Lincolnshire Premier Cricket League
Countries England
AdministratorECB
FormatLimited Overs
First edition2000
Tournament formatECB Premier League
Number of teams12
Current championBourne Cricket Club
Most successfulBracebridge Heath Cricket Club (12 titles)
WebsitePlay Cricket Site

The league was created in the year 2000 as part of the full restructuring of club cricket by the ECB.[1] As part of the restructuring each county was given the chance to create a premier league for top clubs in that county and create a better bridge between club cricket and county cricket. The leagues all play 50 over games and have featured both overseas, county and test cricketers.

The league has just one division, and is fed by the Lincolnshire County Cricket League which covers the north of the county, and the South Lincolnshire and Border League which covers the south of the county. Clubs in the league are also eligible to play in the 2 premier national club cricket competitions, The ECB National Club Twenty20 with the local tournament known as the Winkworth Cup and the ECB National club cup (A 50 over competition)

The league adopted a new format in 2019, with the top four teams at the end of the league season qualifying for semi-finals and a final to decide the championship, in the first season Woodhall Spa won the playoff after Bracebridge Heath was unable to field a side for the final.[2]

The competing teams in 2020 were intended to be: Boston, Bourne, Bracebridge Heath, Grantham, Lindum, Louth, Market Deeping, Scunthorpe Town, Sleaford, and Woodhall Spa. 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.

Champions
  1. Woodhall Spa won the playoff after Bracebridge Heath was unable to field a side for the final.[2]

    Premier Division 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 2020 2021 2022
    Alford and District 10 11
    Billingborough 12
    Boston 8 11 10 10 10 12 10 3 12 9 7 5 10 8
    Bourne 1 1 2 2 4 5 4 7 3 10 1 2 7 8 1 4 6 3 6 3 1 1
    Bracebridge Heath 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 8
    Caistor 8 6 10 9 9 11 11 11
    Grantham 10 3 1 12 11 9 2 2 2 5 2 4
    Grimsby Town 3 7 9 6 6 3 3 2 8 6 8 6 8 7 10 10 11 11 12
    Hartsholme 12 10 9 12
    Haxey 12 1 11
    Lindum 7 9 6 5 7 4 2 3 7 5 3 8 5 3 2 7 5 6 8 6 6 5
    Long Sutton 9 10 10 9 11
    Louth 6 6 3 9 5 10 9 8 5 7 9 10 9 9 10
    Market Deeping 6 2 5 3 2 6 8 8 4 8 7 7 11 5 7 6 4 8 7 7 7 6
    Market Rasen 5 5 3 8 12 11 11
    Messingham 4 4 7 4 5 8 7 10 9 12
    Nettleham 6 9 5 9 6 12 12 9
    Owmby[lower-alpha 1] 7 8 7
    Scunthorpe Town 9 8 5 3
    Skegness[lower-alpha 2] 2 5 11 3 6 6 8 10 12
    Sleaford 2 8 4 9 3 2 5 4 10 4 2 4 4 1 4 2 3 5 3 4 4 2
    Spalding 10 9 12 12 11
    Woodhall Spa 5 2 7 11 9 6 2 5 3 8 4 4 1 10 7
    References [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23][lower-alpha 3] [24] [25]
    1. Owmby resigned from the Premier League after the 2005 season.
    2. Skegness resigned from the Premier League after the 2016 season.
    3. Coronavirus pandemic forced a reduction in league activity.

    References
    1. List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
    2. "Woodhall Spa CC handed". horncastlenews.co.uk. Lincolnshire World, JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
    3. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
    4. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
    5. "ECB Premier League - 2002".
    6. "ECB Premier League - 2003".
    7. "ECB Premier League - 2004".
    8. "ECB Premier League - 2005".
    9. "ECB Premier League - 2006".
    10. "ECB Premier League - 2007".
    11. "ECB Premier League - 2008".
    12. "ECB Premier League - 2009".
    13. "ECB Premier League - 2010".
    14. "ECB Premier League - 2011".
    15. "ECB Premier League - 2012".
    16. "ECB Premier League - 2013".
    17. "ECB Premier League - 2014".
    18. "ECB Premier League - 2015".
    19. "ECB Premier League - 2016".
    20. "ECB Premier League - 2017".
    21. "ECB Premier League - 2018".
    22. "ECB Premier League - 2019".
    23. "ECB Premier League - 2020".
    24. "ECB Premier League - 2021".
    25. "ECB Premier League - 2022".
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