Essex Cricket League
The Hamro Foundation Essex Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Essex, England. The league was founded in 1972. Since 1999 it has been a designated ECB Premier League.[1]
The teams competing in the Premier Division in 2020 were intended to be: Belhus, Billericay, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Chingford, Colchester and East Essex, Hadleigh and Thundersley, Harold Wood, Hornchurch, and Wanstead and Snaresbrook. The 2020 competition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A replacement competition was organised for the later part of the season when cricket again became possible, but with the winners not to be regarded as official league champions.
Winners
| Year | Champions |
|---|---|
| 1972 | Gidea Park and Romford |
| 1973 | Gidea Park and Romford |
| 1974 | Orsett and Thurrock |
| 1975 | Chelmsford |
| 1976 | South Woodford |
| 1977 | Gidea Park and Romford |
| 1978 | Wanstead |
| 1979 | Wanstead |
| 1980 | Orsett and Thurrock |
| 1981 | Colchester and East Essex |
| 1982 | Colchester and East Essex |
| 1983 | Gidea Park and Romford |
| 1984 | Colchester and East Essex and Westcliff on Sea (shared) |
| 1985 | Colchester and East Essex |
| 1986 | Woodford Wells |
| 1987 | Woodford Wells |
| 1988 | Old Brentwoods |
| 1989 | Woodford Wells |
| 1990 | Ilford |
| 1991 | Old Brentwoods |
| 1992 | Chelmsford |
| 1993 | Chelmsford |
| 1994 | Woodford Wells |
| 1995 | Saffron Walden |
| 1996 | Saffron Walden |
| 1997 | Wanstead |
| 1998 | Fives and Heronians |
| 1999 | Fives and Heronians |
| 2000 | Wanstead |
| 2001 | Saffron Walden |
| 2002 | Gidea Park and Romford |
| 2003 | Saffron Walden |
| 2004 | Saffron Walden |
| 2005 | Saffron Walden |
| 2006 | Hainault and Clayhall |
| 2007 | Ardleigh Green |
| 2008 | Wanstead and Snaresbrook |
| 2009 | Brentwood |
| 2010 | Brentwood |
| 2011 | Brentwood |
| 2012 | Wanstead and Snaresbrook |
| 2013 | Wanstead and Snaresbrook |
| 2014 | Chingford |
| 2015 | Chelmsford |
| 2016 | Wanstead and Snaresbrook |
| 2017 | Chelmsford |
| 2018 | Hornchurch |
| 2019 | Brentwood |
| 2020 | not played because of COVID-19 pandemic |
Source: [2]
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 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardleigh Green | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Belhus | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Billericay | 5 | 10 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brentwood | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Buckhurst Hill | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chelmsford | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| Chingford | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hainault and Clayhall | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
| Harold Wood | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hornchurch | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Horndon on the Hill | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 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 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Wanstead and Snaresbrook 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 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] | [22] | [23] | |
- ^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
- List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 15 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- "1st XI League Records 1972 to date".
- Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2002".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2003".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2004".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2005".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2006".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2007".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2008".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2009".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2010".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2011".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2012".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2013".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2014".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2015".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2016".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2017".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2018".
- "1st XI Premier Division – 2019".
External links
- Essex League – Official website
- Essex League – play-cricket website
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