North West Senior League Explained

The North West Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the North West Cricket Union jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers counties Londonderry, Fermanagh, and part of Tyrone in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. The league has fifteen members. The season begins with the teams divided into two groups, and after playing each other once the top four teams from each group play off as the Premier League to determine the champions, while the remaining seven clubs play a separate competition.[1] It is sponsored by Long's Supervalu. Teams play each other twice per season, once at home and once away, each season, with two points awarded for a win and one for a tie or for “no result”.

The league began as the County Derry League from 1894 until 1897, when it stopped after only five teams entered. It resumed again in 1904.[2]

Sectarian attacks forced the City of Derry club to withdraw from the North West League at the start of the Troubles.[3]

Members for 2021 season

List of champions

SeasonChampions
1894unknown
1895Ballymoney[4]
1896unknown
1897Ballymoney[5]
1898-1903no competition
1904Sion Mills
1905Waterside
1906Waterside
1907Sion Mills
1908Clooney
1909Sion Mills
1910Strabane
1911Sion Mills
1912Strabane
1913Sion Mills
1914Clooney
1915-18no competition
1919Sion Mills
1920Sion Mills
1921City of Derry
1922City of Derry
1923Sion Mills
1924City of Derry
1925Sion Mills
1926Sion Mills
1927Sion Mills
1928Sion Mills
1929Sion Mills
1930Brigade and Sion Mills (shared)
1931Strabane
1932Strabane
1933Sion Mills
1934Strabane
1935Strabane
1936Brigade
1937Brigade
1938Sion Mills
1939Strabane
1940Sion Mills
1941Strabane
1942no competition
1943Strabane
1944Brigade
1945Brigade
1946City of Derry
1947Sion Mills
1948Donemana
1949Donemana
1950Donemana
1951Donemana
1952Donemana
1953Sion Mills
1954Sion Mills
1955Sion Mills
1956Eglinton
1957Sion Mills
1958Sion Mills
1959Strabane
1960Donemana
1961Limavady
1962Sion Mills
1963Donemana
1964Sion Mills
1965Donemana
1966Strabane
1967Donemana
1968Strabane
1969Donemana
1970Eglinton
1971Brigade
1972Eglinton
1973Brigade
1974Donemana
1975Sion Mills
1976Limavady
1977Donemana
1978Sion Mills
1979Donemana
1980Donemana
1981Donemana
1982Donemana
1983Brigade
1984St Johnston
1985Donemana
1986Donemana
1987Donemana
1988Donemana
1989Donemana
1990Donemana
1991Donemana
1992Donemana
1993Donemana
1994Limavady
1995Limavady
1996Limavady
1997Limavady
1998Limavady
1999Limavady
2000Limavady
2001Brigade
2002Brigade
2003Donemana
2004Brigade
2005Donemana
2006Brigade
2007Brigade
2008Donemana
2009Limavady and Strabane (shared)
2010
2011Brigade[6]
2012Donemana[7]
2013Coleraine[8]
2014Strabane[9]
2015Coleraine[10]
2016Donemana[11]
2017Donemana[12]
2018Bready[13]
2019Brigade[14]
2020no competition (COVID19 pandemic)
2021Bready[15]
2022Newbuildings[16]
2023Ardmore[17]

Summary of winners

TeamWins
Donemana31
Sion Mills27 (1 shared)
Brigade15 (1 shared)
Strabane15 (1 shared)
Limavady10 (1 shared)
City of Derry4
Eglinton3
Ballymoney2
Bready2
Clooney2
Coleraine2
Waterside2
Ardmore1
Eglinton1
Newbuildings1
St Johnston1

See also

References for list of league champions

References

  1. https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000007/000772.shtml Cricket Europe
  2. Gerard Siggins (2005), Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.41
  3. Siggins (2005), p.81
  4. J. Clarence Hiles (2003) A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, p.62
  5. J. Clarence Hiles (2003) A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, p.63
  6. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES4/articles/000023/002324.shtml Title back at Beechgrove after soggy end to race
  7. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES5/articles/000022/002250-p.shtml Donemana complete the League and Cup double for the first time in 20 years
  8. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES6/articles/000046/004619.shtml Bannsiders clinch historic first title
  9. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES7/articles/000051/005105.shtml STRABANE CLAIM NORTH WEST PREMIERSHIP CROWN
  10. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2015/articles/000049/004968.shtml NWCU statement on Premiership play-off
  11. http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES2016/articles/000022/002257.shtml Cricket Europe
  12. http://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2017/articles/000047/004725.shtml Cricket Europe
  13. https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2018/articles/000015/001575.shtml Cricket Europe
  14. https://northwestcricket.com/latest-news/brigade-crowned-north-west-champions/ North West Cricket Union
  15. https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000000/000087.shtml Cricket Europe
  16. https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2022/articles/000012/001230.shtml Cricket Europe
  17. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/ardmore-win-thriller-in-style-to-end-144-year-wait-for-first-premiership-title/a548034279.html Belfast Telegraph

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