Essex Cricket League

Essex Cricket League
Countries United Kingdom
AdministratorEssex League Executive Committee
FormatSingle Innings Declaration and Limited Overs
First edition1972
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams10 (Premier Division)
Current championHornchurch CC
Most successfulChelmsford CC (6) and Saffron Walden CC (6)
Websitehttps://www.essexcricket.com/

The Hamro Foundation Essex Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Essex and East London, England. The league was founded in 1972.[1] Since 1999 it has been a designated ECB Premier League.[2]

Champions

  1. ^ The Championship title was shared between Colchester and East Essex Cricket Club and Westcliff on Sea Cricket Club.

Source: [3]

Championships won

  • League Championship
    Wins Club
    6 Chelmsford
    Saffron Walden
    5 Gidea Park and Romford
    Wanstead and Snaresbrook
    4 Brentwood
    Colchester and East Essex [a]
    Wanstead
    Woodford Wells
    2 Fives and Heronians
    Hornchurch
    Old Brentwoods
    Orsett and Thurrock
    1 Ardleigh Green
    Chingford
    Hainault and Clayhall
    Ilford
    South Woodford
    Westcliff on Sea [b]
  1. ^ Colchester and East Essex Cricket Club have 1 shared title.
  2. ^ Shared title.

Performance by season from 1999

Key
Gold Champions
Blue Left League
Red Relegated
Premier Division 1st XI performance by season, from 1999
Club 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023[a] 2024
Ardleigh Green[b] 5 1 2 10 8 10
Belhus 8 6 9
Billericay 5 10 6 6 10
Brentwood 4 4 8 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 3 2 3
Buckhurst Hill 7 10 7 9 9 9
Chelmsford 9 4 3 6 2 5 5 1 3 1 5 3 1 6 4
Chingford 7 10 6 1 5 8 6 4 7 8 8 10
Colchester and East Essex 5 5 9 5 7 6 6 5 5 9 4 6 9 7 3 2
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 7 4 4 4 6
Hainault and Clayhall[c] 4 5 6 6 4 3 2 1 8 6 5 5 9
Harold Wood 7 10 9
Hornchurch 9 4 5 1 5 5 7 1
Horndon on the Hill 10
Hutton 5 7
Ilford 5 7 7 7 9 8 4 6 7 4 8 7 7 8 10
Loughton 8 4 7 4 3 4 8 10 4 10 8 9 8
Orsett and Thurrock 9
Saffron Walden[d] 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 3
Shenfield 6 6 8 10 9 3 3 9 5 4 9 10
South Woodford 7 6 5 6 9 9 9 3 8 4 6 6 10
Southend on Sea and EMT 8 10
Upminster 4 7 9 8 10 10
Wanstead[e] 3 1 2 2 7 2 3
Wanstead and Snaresbrook[e] 3 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 5
Westcliff on Sea 8 10
Wickford 10 4 8 10
Woodford Wells 9 3 7 7 9
References [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]
  1. ^ No teams were relegated from the premier division at the end of the 2023 season due to the ineligibility of clubs from the division below to be promoted.
  2. ^ Ardleigh Green entered into a merger after the 2018 season and became Ardleigh Green and Havering-Atte-Bower. They subsequently left the Hamro Foundation Essex League after the conclusion of the 2023 season and joined the T-Rippon Mid-Essex League for the 2024 season.
  3. ^ Hainault and Clayhall changed its name to Frenford in 2019.[4]
  4. ^ Saffron Walden left the league after the 2008 season to join the East Anglian Premier Cricket League.
  5. ^ a b Wanstead entered into a merger after the 2005 season and became Wanstead and Snaresbrook.

References

  1. ^ "The Essex League". essexcl.play-cricket.com/home. The Essex League. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 15 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Essex League Winners 1972 to Date". essexcricket.com. The Essex League. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Hainault to change name to Frenford in 2019". ilfordrecorder.co.uk. Ilford Recorder, Archant Community Media Ltd. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  6. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  7. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  8. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2002".
  9. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2003".
  10. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2004".
  11. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2005".
  12. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2006".
  13. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2007".
  14. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2008".
  15. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2009".
  16. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2010".
  17. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2011".
  18. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2012".
  19. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2013".
  20. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2014".
  21. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2015".
  22. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2016".
  23. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2017".
  24. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2018".
  25. ^ "1st XI Premier Division – 2019".
  26. ^ "Division 01 - 1st XI Premier Division - 2021".
  27. ^ "Division 01 - 1st XI Premier Division - 2022".
  28. ^ "Division 01 - 1st XI Premier Division - 2023".