Northamptonshire Cricket League

The Hevey Building Supplies Northamptonshire Cricket League[1] is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Northamptonshire, England, and since 1999 has been a designated ECB Premier League.[2] The league headquarters is based in Wellingborough.[3]

Northamptonshire Cricket League
Countries England
AdministratorECB
FormatLimited Overs
First edition1999 (ECB Premier League)
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams10 (ECB Premier Division)
Current championFinedon Dolben CC
Most successfulFinedon Dolben CC (13)
Websitehttps://ncl.play-cricket.com/

Although the league primarily serves Northamptonshire, it also has member clubs from the surrounding counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and Leicestershire.

The competing teams in 2020 were intended to be: Brigstock, Brixworth, Desborough Town, Finedon Dolben, Geddington, Horton House, Northampton Saints, Old Northamptonians, Oundle Town, Overstone Park, Peterborough Town, and Rushden and Higham Town. 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.

Winners

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Premier Division performance by season from 1999

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Key
Gold Champions
Blue Left League
Red Relegated
Performance by season, from 1999
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
Bedford Town ? 6 5 3 4 3 12
Brigstock 10 7 6 4 2
Brixworth ? 4 9 7 6 10 10 12 11 10 4 6 6 10 8 7 6 8 9 10
Burton Latimer 10 11 10 11 11 11 10 12
Desborough Town 11 8 11 6 8 12 11 8 8 5
Finedon Dolben 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 6 4 3 4 1 2 2 1 1
Geddington 12 9 9 8 3 5 8
Horton House ? 7 10 8 10 9 11 8 12 9 12 11 7 11 10 8 4 10 11
Irthlingborough Town ? 10 12 7 7 12
Kislingbury Temperance 7 6
Northampton Saints ? 9 8 11 8 4 2 2 5 6 2 3 2 2 7 8 3 9 7 5 5
Northamptonshire Academy[a] ? 2 3 6 2 1 1 3 4 1 7 8 7 9
Old Northamptonians ? 8 4 2 5 6 3 6 3 5 4 4 6 4 3 5 5 1 1 2 3 4 3 7
Old Wellingburians ? 11 11 12
Oundle Town 8 4 7 11 5 7 4 5 6 3
Overstone Park 9 9 10
Peterborough Town ? 3 6 4 3 5 7 4 2 3 6 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 4
Rothwell Town 7 10 11 12
Rushden Town[b] 7 7 9 10 9 4 3 9 12 3 1 4 10 6
Rushden and Higham Town[b] 6 7 10
Rushton 5 9 11 7 9 5 8 5 4 2 6 5 2 wd
Stony Stratford Town 5 9 8 6 5 8 9 8 6 10 7 9 11 9 8 12
Wellingborough Town ? 5 2 9 12 12 8 12 12
Wollaston 10 5 7 5 10 5 9 10 6 11 11 12 9
References [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25][c] [26] [27] [28]
  1. ^ Northamptonshire Academy withdrew from league cricket after the 2012 season.
  2. ^ a b Rushden Town entered into a merger after the 2018 season and became Rushden and Higham Town.
  3. ^ Coronavirus pandemic forced a reduction in league activity - halving the number of matches played.

References

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  1. ^ "Northamptonshire Cricket League (NCL) Constitution 2021". ncl.play-cricket.com. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. ^ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Northamptonshire Cricket League (NCL) AboutUs". ncl.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  5. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  6. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  7. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  8. ^ "Premier - 2003: Table".
  9. ^ "Premier - 2004: Table".
  10. ^ "Premier - 2005: Table".
  11. ^ "Premier - 2006: Table".
  12. ^ "Premier - 2007: Table".
  13. ^ "Premier - 2008: Table".
  14. ^ "Premier - 2009: Table".
  15. ^ "Premier - 2010: Table".
  16. ^ "Premier - 2011: Table".
  17. ^ "Premier - 2012: Table".
  18. ^ "Premier - 2013: Table".
  19. ^ "Premier - 2014: Table".
  20. ^ "Premier - 2015: Table".
  21. ^ "Premier - 2016: Table".
  22. ^ "Premier - 2017: Table".
  23. ^ "Premier - 2018: Table".
  24. ^ "Premier - 2019: Table".
  25. ^ "Premier - 2020: Table".
  26. ^ "Premier - 2021: Table".
  27. ^ "Premier - 2022: Table".
  28. ^ "Premier - 2023: Table".
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