Home Counties Premier Cricket League

Home Counties Premier Cricket League
Countries	United Kingdom
Format	Limited Overs
First edition	2000
Tournament format	League
Number of teams	10 (Division 1)
Current champion	High Wycombe CC
Most successful	High Wycombe CC (9)
Website	https://hcpcl.play-cricket.com

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]

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

League Champions
2000–2019
Year	Club
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

Year Club
League Champions
2020–2023
2020 no competition

2021 High Wycombe

2022 Aston Rowant

2023 High Wycombe

Championships won

League Champions

Wins Club

9 High Wycombe

8 Henley

2 Finchampstead

1 Aston 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
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 ^[a]											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 ^[b]																9		8	8	9
Luton Town	9	10
North Mymms ^[a]						10								8
Oxford ^[b]					7	6	8	1	4	8	3	5	10		6	10		2	9		8	10
Oxford and Horspath ^[b]				6
Oxford Downs
Potters Bar ^[a]					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 ^[a]									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]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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

^ "Home Counties Premier Cricket League". hcpcl.play-cricket.com. Home Counties Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Cherwell Cricket League". cherwellleague.play-cricket.com. Cherwell Cricket League. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Thames Valley Cricket League". thamesvalleycl.play-cricket.com. Thames Valley Cricket League. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Hertfordshire Cricket League". hertfordshire.play-cricket.com. Hertfordshire Cricket League. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
^ "Division 1 - 2003".
^ "Division 1 - 2004".
^ "Division 1 - 2005".
^ "Division 1 - 2006".
^ "Division 1 - 2007".
^ "Division 1 - 2008".
^ "Division 1 - 2009".
^ "Division 1 - 2010".
^ "Division 1 - 2011".
^ "Division 1 - 2012".
^ "Division 1 - 2013".
^ "Division 1 - 2014".
^ "Division 1 - 2015".
^ "Division 1 - 2016".
^ "Division 1 - 2017".
^ "Division 1 - 2018".
^ "Division 1 - 2019".
^ "Division 1 - 2021".
^ "Division 1 - 2022".
^ "Division 1 - 2023".

External links

Home Counties Premier Cricket League Official play-cricket website

[fn1-7] 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.

[fn2-8] 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.

[HCPCL-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

[Hertfordshire_leave_league_2013-3] "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.

[9] Club Cricket Yearbook 2006

[10] Club Cricket Yearbook 2006

[11] Club Cricket Yearbook 2006

[12] "Division 1 - 2003".

[13] "Division 1 - 2004".

[14] "Division 1 - 2005".

[15] "Division 1 - 2006".

[16] "Division 1 - 2007".

[17] "Division 1 - 2008".

[18] "Division 1 - 2009".

[19] "Division 1 - 2010".

[20] "Division 1 - 2011".

[21] "Division 1 - 2012".

[22] "Division 1 - 2013".

[23] "Division 1 - 2014".

[24] "Division 1 - 2015".

[25] "Division 1 - 2016".

[26] "Division 1 - 2017".

[27] "Division 1 - 2018".

[28] "Division 1 - 2019".

[29] "Division 1 - 2021".

[30] "Division 1 - 2022".

[31] "Division 1 - 2023".

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