Yorkshire and Derbyshire Cricket League
The Yorkshire and Derbyshire Cricket League (YDCL) is a Saturday League, founded in 1969.[1] The league administers cricket clubs that participate in its League, Cup and Trophy competitions[2] and is in formal association with the Cricket Boards of Yorkshire, Derbyshire, and the League Cricket Conference.[3]
The league consists of 4 Divisions. Division 1 contains a maximum of 10 teams, Divisions 2 and 3 hold 8 teams and Division 4 contains the remaining teams.[2] Clubs participating in the league are mainly from the Sheffield region of South Yorkshire, and the rest are clubs from North East Derbyshire and the Peak District.
Since the formation of the league in 1969, the YDCL has witnessed build an almost unassailable tally of 12 League Championship titles (not including the shared Championship title with in 1971).[4] won their first YDCL Championship in 1970, one year after the formation of the league, and maintained a high standard throughout the league's history, culminating with their most recent win in the season of 2019. follow with 8 Championship titles to their name.[5]
Past Winners[]
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Year Champions 1969 1970 1971 and * 1972 1973 1974 1975 and * 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 -
Year Champions 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 -
Year Champions 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 League suspended[a] 2021
- ^ Coronavirus pandemic
- * – denotes a shared title
Performance by season from 2006[]
Key | |
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Gold | Champions |
Red | Relegated |
Blue | Left League |
Division One | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
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Apperknowle | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Ashford in the Water | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||
Calver | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||
De La Salle Sheffield | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | - | 5 |
Grindleford | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Hallam | 9 | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Hathersage | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | - | 9 | ||||
Hollinsend Methodist | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Holmesfield [a] | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Hundall | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||
Millhouses [b] | 12 | |||||||||||||||
Millhouses Works [b] | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Parkhead [c] | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Ridgeway | 3 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Sheffield Centralians | 11 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | - | 8 | ||||
Sheffield Civil Service | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
Sheffield Collegiate | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | - | |||||||||||
Sheffield Medics | 9 | - | 7 | |||||||||||||
Sheffield Super Kings | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Sheffield Transport | - | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Sheffield University Staff | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | - | 10 | ||
Sheffield Works Department [d] | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Stanton in the Peak | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||
Stocksbridge | 9 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
Super Strikers | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Totley Bent [e] | 8 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | |||||||||||
Totley Sports & Social [e] | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
[6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] | [19] | [20][f] | [21] |
- ^ Holmesfield resigned from the League after the 2016 season.
- ^ a b Millhouses became Millhouses Works after the 2009 season.
- ^ Parkhead resigned from the League after the 2019 season.
- ^ Sheffield Works Department resigned from the League after the 2009 season.
- ^ a b Totley Sports & Social became Totley Bent after the 2016 season.
- ^ Coronavirus pandemic forced all formal competitive sporting activities to be suspended.
References[]
- ^ The Yorkshire and Derbyshire Cricket League Handbook 2017. YDCL. 2017. p. 7.
- ^ a b "YDCL play-cricket website". yorksderby.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ The Yorkshire and Derbyshire Cricket League Handbook 2021. YDCL. 2021. p. 11.
- ^ "Yorkshire & Derbyshire Cricket League: Parkhead vs Sheffield Collegiate". Cricket Yorkshire. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
- ^ The Yorkshire and Derbyshire Cricket League Handbook 2021 Honours Table. YDCL. 2021. p. 58.
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2006".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2007".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2008".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2009".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2010".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2011".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2012".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2013".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2014".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2015".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2016".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2017".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2018".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2019".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2020".
- ^ "YDCL Division One - 2021".
External links[]
- Club cricket
- English domestic cricket competitions
- Cricket in Yorkshire
- Cricket in South Yorkshire
- Cricket competitions in Yorkshire
- Cricket in Derbyshire
- Cricket competition stubs