Liverpool and District Cricket Competition
Countries | United Kingdom |
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Format | Time (target 110 overs per game) |
First edition | 1892 (known as 'Liverpool Competition'), 1949 (officially constituted), 2000 (as ECB Premier League) |
Tournament format | League |
Website | Liverpool and District Cricket Competition |
The Love Lane Liverpool and District Cricket Competition is regarded as the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Liverpool area and since 2000 has been a designated ECB Premier League. The Competition operates a three divisional system with Premier, First and Second Divisions. The Southport and District Amateur Cricket League is its feeder league.[1]
History[]
Although many of the district's clubs had met regularly as far back as 1850, if not earlier, it was not until 1892 that a Liverpool newspaper began publishing a weekly table and calling it the Liverpool Competition to create more interest in the game. The eleven senior clubs making up the original table were Birkenhead Park, , , , Liverpool, , Northern, , Oxton, and Sefton.[1]
Neston were offered first team fixtures in 1908 and, in 1919, Hightown and Southport and Birkdale joined whilst Wallasey took over the fixtures of the Rock Ferry club who did not resume after the First War. Boughton Hall (later known as Chester Boughton Hall) were invited to join in 1923. The Competition continued until 1947 when it was decided to admit a sixteenth club, and Preston were voted in. Two years later, fixtures were standardised by all clubs agreeing to meet each other, and although there was no suggestion of a league, it was decided to regard the table as official. Preston resigned at the end of the 1952 season to be replaced by St Helens Recs in 1953.[1]
In recent years the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition has changed radically. There was an expansion in 1996 that introduced clubs from further afield in Lancashire and North Wales but saw founder members Birkenhead Park, Chester Boughton Hall, Neston and Oxton resign to join the Cheshire County Cricket League for the 1998 season. Of the four, only Oxton had failed to be champions of the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition. In 1999 a two division structure was introduced, and in 2000 the 1st XI Premier Division was awarded ECB Premier League status.[1]
From the end of the 2004 season, promotion from and relegation to the Merseyside and Southport Cricket Alliance feeder league was introduced, but was then curtailed from the end of the 2009 season. At this time, additional clubs from the Alliance were invited to join, to form a new three divisional structure.[1]
2nd XIs play in a similar three divisional structure but independent of the 1st XIs. There is a two divisional structure for Saturday 3rd XIs and below, with another structure for those clubs preferring to play on Sundays. They have four Divisions, North East, North West, South East and South West.
Champions[]
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Year Club League Champions
1949–19681949 1950 1951 Chester Boughton Hall 1952 Liverpool 1953 Liverpool 1954 Liverpool and [a] 1955 Birkenhead Park 1956 1957 Chester Boughton Hall and [a] 1958 and [a] 1959 Liverpool 1960 Birkenhead Park 1961 Birkenhead Park 1962 Birkenhead Park 1963 Birkenhead Park 1964 Birkenhead Park 1965 1966 Birkenhead Park 1967 1968 Liverpool -
Year Club League Champions
1969–19881969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 St Helens Recs 1979 1980 1981 Liverpool 1982 1983 1984 1985 Chester Boughton Hall 1986 Birkenhead Park 1987 1988 Birkenhead Park -
Year Club League Champions
1989–20081989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Chester Boughton Hall 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Wallasey 2001 2002 Wallasey 2003 2004 2005 Northern 2006 2007 2008 -
Year Club League Champions
2009–20212009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Northern 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Northern 2019 2020 League suspended 2021 Northern
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Year Club 2nd XI Champions
1999–20181999 2000 Sefton Park 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 St Helens Recs 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Wallasey 2013 Birkenhead Park 2014 2015 2016 Ainsdale 2017 2018 -
Year Club 2nd XI Champions
2019–20212019 2020 League suspended 2021 Wallasey
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Year Club 3rd XI Champions
2010–20212010 St Helens Recs 2011 Ainsdale 2012 Birkenhead Park 2013 Sefton Park 2014 2015 2016 2017 Liverpool 2018 2019 Liverpool 2020 League suspended 2021 Northern
Premier Division performance by season from 2003[]
Key | |
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Gold | Champions |
Blue | Left League |
Red | Relegated |
Club | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Ainsdale | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Birkenhead Park | 7 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Bootle | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
Colwyn Bay | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||
Fleetwood Hesketh | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||||
Formby | 10 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
Highfield | 4 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Hightown | 12 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||
Huyton | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Leigh | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 3 | ||||
Lytham | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 12 | ||
Maghull | 9 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 12 | |||||||||||
New Brighton | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 9 | |
Newton-le-Willows | 12 | 10 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
Northern | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Northop Hall | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Ormskirk | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Orrell Red Triangle | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Prestatyn | 9 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Rainford | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
Rainhill | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Sefton Park | 7 | 8 | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Southport & Birkdale | 11 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
St Helens Town | 12 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
Wallasey | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |||
Wigan | 11 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
References | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] | [19][a] | [20] |
- ^ Coronavirus pandemic forced a reduction in league activity - halving the number of matches played.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "L&DCC History". lpoolcomp.co.uk. L&DCC. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2003".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2004".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2005".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2006".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2007".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2008".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2009".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2010".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2011".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2012".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2013".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2014".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2015".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2016".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2017".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2018".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2019".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2020".
- ^ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2021".
External links[]
- English domestic cricket competitions
- Cricket in Merseyside
- Sport in Liverpool
- ECB Premier Leagues