Essex Cricket League

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The Hamro Foundation Essex Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Essex, England. The league was founded in 1972. Since 1999 it has been a designated ECB Premier League.[1]

The teams competing in the Premier Division in 2020 were intended to be: Belhus, Billericay, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Chingford, Colchester and East Essex, Hadleigh and Thundersley, Harold Wood, Hornchurch, and Wanstead and Snaresbrook. 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[]

Year Champions
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984 and (shared)
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 Chingford
2015
2016
2017
2018 Hornchurch
2019
2020 not played because of COVID-19 pandemic
2021

Source: [2]

Performance by season from 1999[]

Key
Gold Champions
Blue Left League
Red Relegated
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Ardleigh Green 5 1 2 10 8 10
Belhus 8
Billericay 5 10 6 6
Brentwood 4 4 8 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 1
Buckhurst Hill 7 10 7 9 9
Chelmsford 9 4 3 6 2 5 5 1 3 1 5 3
Chingford 7 10 6 1 5 8 6 4 7
Colchester and East Essex 5 5 9 5 7 6 6 5 5 9 4 6 9
Fives and Heronians 1 7 3 8 8 10
Gidea Park and Romford 7 8 4 1 2 6 5 6 6 5 8 10
Hadleigh and Thundersley 3 9 10 7 4
Hainault and Clayhall 4 5 6 6 4 3 2 1 8 6 5 5 9
Harold Wood 7 10
Hornchurch 9 4 5 1 5
Horndon on the Hill 10
Ilford 5 7 7 7 9 8 4 6 7 4 8 7 7 8 10
Loughton 8 4 7 4 3 4 8 10 4 10 8 9
Orsett and Thurrock 9
Saffron Walden 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 3
Shenfield 6 6 8 10 9 3 3 9 5 4 9
South Woodford 7 6 5 6 9 9 9 3 8 4 6 6 10
Southend on Sea and EMT 8 10
Upminster 4 7 9 8 10 10
Wanstead 2 3 1 2 2 7 2 3
Wanstead and Snaresbrook 2 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 2
Westcliff on Sea 8 10
Wickford 10 4 8 10
Woodford Wells 9 3 7 7 9
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
^1 – Saffron Walden left the league after the 2008 season to join the East Anglian Premier Cricket League
^2 – Wanstead entered into a merger after the 2005 season and became Wanstead and Snaresbrook

References[]

  1. ^ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 15 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "1st XI League Records 1972 to date".
  3. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  4. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  5. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  6. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2002".
  7. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2003".
  8. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2004".
  9. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2005".
  10. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2006".
  11. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2007".
  12. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2008".
  13. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2009".
  14. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2010".
  15. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2011".
  16. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2012".
  17. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2013".
  18. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2014".
  19. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2015".
  20. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2016".
  21. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2017".
  22. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2018".
  23. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2019".

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