Essex Cricket League

The Essex Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Essex, England. The league was founded in 1972, with one of the driving forces behind its creation being Ron Lynch, the former Essex cricketer.[1] Since 1999 it has been a designated ECB Premier League.[2]

The teams competing in the Premier Division in 2018 are: Billericay, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Chingford, Hadleigh and Thundersley, Hornchurch, Ilford, Shenfield, Southend on Sea and EMT, and Wanstead and Snaresbrook.

Winners

YearChampions
1999Fives and Heronians
2000Wanstead
2001Saffron Walden
2002Gidea Park and Romford
2003Saffron Walden
2004Saffron Walden
2005Saffron Walden
2006Hainault and Clayhall
2007Ardleigh Green
2008Wanstead and Snaresbrook
2009Brentwood
2010Brentwood
2011Brentwood
2012Wanstead and Snaresbrook
2013Wanstead and Snaresbrook
2014Chingford
2015Chelmsford
2016Wanstead and Snaresbrook
2017Chelmsford

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
Ardleigh Green 5 1 2 10 8 10
Billericay 5 10 x
Brentwood 4 4 8 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 x
Buckhurst Hill 7 10 7 9
Chelmsford 9 4 3 6 2 5 5 1 3 1 x
Chingford 7 10 6 1 5 8 6 x
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 x
Hainault and Clayhall 4 5 6 6 4 3 2 1 8 6 5 5 9
Harold Wood 7 10
Hornchurch 9 4 5 x
Horndon on the Hill 10
Ilford 5 7 7 7 9 8 4 6 7 4 8 7 7 x
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 x
South Woodford 7 6 5 6 9 9 9 3 8 4 6 6 10
Southend on Sea and EMT 8 x
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 x
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]
^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. ↑ "League News". www.essexcricket.com. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  2. ↑ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  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".
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