North West Senior League

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 sixteen members and is divided into two sections of eight clubs, namely the Premiership and the Championship. There is promotion and relegation of one club between each division. 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.[1]

Sectarian attacks forced the City of Derry club to withdraw from the North West League at the start of the Troubles.[2]

Members for 2019 season
Location of teams in the North West Premiership

Premiership

Championship

  • Ardmore
  • Ballyspallen
  • Bonds Glen
  • Burndennett
  • Drummond
  • Killyclooney
  • Newbuildings
  • St Johnston

Source: North West of Ireland Cricket Union

List of champions
Season Champions
1894 unknown
1895 Ballymoney[3]
1896 unknown
1897 Ballymoney[4]
1898-1903 no competition
1904 Sion Mills
1905 Waterside
1906 Waterside
1907 Sion Mills
1908 Clooney
1909 Sion Mills
1910 Strabane
1911 Sion Mills
1912 Strabane
1913 Sion Mills
1914 Clooney
1915-18 no competition
1919 Sion Mills
1920 Sion Mills
1921 City of Derry
1922 City of Derry
1923 Sion Mills
1924 City of Derry
1925 Sion Mills
1926 Sion Mills
1927 Sion Mills
1928 Sion Mills
1929 Sion Mills
1930 Brigade and Sion Mills (shared)
1931 Strabane
1932 Strabane
1933 Sion Mills
1934 Strabane
1935 Strabane
1936 Brigade
1937 Brigade
1938 Sion Mills
1939 Strabane
1940 Sion Mills
1941 Strabane
1942 no competition
1943 Strabane
1944 Brigade
1945 Brigade
1946 City of Derry
1947 Sion Mills
1948 Donemana
1949 Donemana
1950 Donemana
1951 Donemana
1952 Donemana
1953 Sion Mills
1954 Sion Mills
1955 Sion Mills
1956 Eglinton
1957 Sion Mills
1958 Sion Mills
1959 Strabane
1960 Donemana
1961 Limavady
1962 Sion Mills
1963 Donemana
1964 Sion Mills
1965 Donemana
1966 Strabane
1967 Donemana
1968 Strabane
1969 Donemana
1970 Eglinton
1971 Brigade
1972 Eglinton
1973 Brigade
1974 Donemana
1975 Sion Mills
1976 Limavady
1977 Donemana
1978 Sion Mills
1979 Donemana
1980 Donemana
1981 Donemana
1982 Donemana
1983 Brigade
1984 St Johnston
1985 Donemana
1986 Donemana
1987 Donemana
1988 Donemana
1989 Donemana
1990 Donemana
1991 Donemana
1992 Donemana
1993 Donemana
1994 Limavady
1995 Limavady
1996 Limavady
1997 Limavady
1998 Limavady
1999 Limavady
2000 Limavady
2001 Brigade
2002 Brigade
2003 Donemana
2004 Brigade
2005 Donemana
2006 Brigade
2007 Brigade
2008 Donemana
2009 Limavady and Strabane (shared)
2010 Strabane
2011 Brigade [5]
2012 Donemana [6]
2013 Coleraine [7]
2014 Strabane [8]
2015 Coleraine [9]
2016 Donemana [10]
2017 Donemana [11]
2018 Bready [12]
2019 Brigade [13]

Summary of winners
Team Wins
Donemana 31
Sion Mills 27 (1 shared)
Brigade 15 (1 shared)
Strabane 15 (1 shared)
Limavady 10 (1 shared)
Eglinton 3
City of Derry 4
Ballymoney 2
Clooney 2
Coleraine 2
Waterside 2
Bready 1
Eglinton 1
St Johnston 1

See also

References for list of league champions
  • CricketIreland Archives
  • J. Clarence Hiles (2003), A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, Comber:Hilltop Publishing Ltd

References
  1. Gerard Siggins (2005), Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.41
  2. Siggins (2005), p.81
  3. J. Clarence Hiles (2003) A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, p.62
  4. J. Clarence Hiles (2003) A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, p.63
  5. Title back at Beechgrove after soggy end to race
  6. Donemana complete the League and Cup double for the first time in 20 years
  7. Bannsiders clinch historic first title
  8. STRABANE CLAIM NORTH WEST PREMIERSHIP CROWN
  9. NWCU statement on Premiership play-off
  10. Cricket Europe
  11. Cricket Europe
  12. Cricket Europe
  13. North West Cricket Union
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