Home Counties Premier Cricket League Explained

Home Counties Premier Cricket League
Country:	United Kingdom
Cricket Format:	Limited Overs
First:	2000
Tournament Format:	League
Participants:	10 (Division 1)
Champions:	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, 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

• Year	Club	+ League Champions
  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	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	2024
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											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																9		8	8	9
Luton Town	9	10
North Mymms						10								8
Oxford					7	6	8	1	4	8	3	5	10		6	10		2	9		8	10
Oxford and Horspath				6
Oxford Downs
Potters Bar					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									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]

External links

• Home Counties Premier Cricket League Official play-cricket website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home Counties Premier Cricket League . hcpcl.play-cricket.com . 2022-01-15 . Home Counties Premier Cricket League .
2. http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/non-first-class/premier-leagues/premier-leagues,1443,BP.html List of ECB Premier Leagues
3. Web site: Hertfordshire Cricket Clubs have voted to leave the Home Counties Premier League . watfordobserver.co.uk . 2022-01-15 . 2013-11-01 . Watford Observer, Newsquest Media Group Ltd. .
4. Web site: Cherwell Cricket League . cherwellleague.play-cricket.com . 2022-01-15 . Cherwell Cricket League .
5. Web site: Thames Valley Cricket League . thamesvalleycl.play-cricket.com . 2022-01-15 . Thames Valley Cricket League .
6. Web site: Hertfordshire Cricket League . hertfordshire.play-cricket.com . 2022-01-15 . Hertfordshire Cricket League .
7. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
8. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
9. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
10. Web site: Division 1 - 2003.
11. Web site: Division 1 - 2004.
12. Web site: Division 1 - 2005.
13. Web site: Division 1 - 2006.
14. Web site: Division 1 - 2007.
15. Web site: Division 1 - 2008.
16. Web site: Division 1 - 2009.
17. Web site: Division 1 - 2010.
18. Web site: Division 1 - 2011.
19. Web site: Division 1 - 2012.
20. Web site: Division 1 - 2013.
21. Web site: Division 1 - 2014.
22. Web site: Division 1 - 2015.
23. Web site: Division 1 - 2016.
24. Web site: Division 1 - 2017.
25. Web site: Division 1 - 2018.
26. Web site: Division 1 - 2019.
27. Web site: Division 1 - 2021.
28. Web site: Division 1 - 2022.
29. Web site: Division 1 - 2023.