East Anglian Premier Cricket League

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Thurlow Nunn East Anglian Premier Cricket League
CountriesFlag of England.svg England
FormatLimited Overs
First edition1999
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams12 (ECB Premier Division)
Current championSwardeston CC
Most successfulSwardeston CC (8)
Website https://eapcl.play-cricket.com

The East Anglian Premier Cricket League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn East Anglian Premier League for sponsorship purposes, is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the English region of East Anglia. Since it was formed in 1999 the league has been a designated ECB Premier League. [1] It has three feeder leagues: the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Premier League, [2] the Norfolk Cricket Alliance, [3] and the Two Counties Cricket Championship (which covers Suffolk and the north of Essex). [4] The winners of these three leagues are eligible for promotion to the East Anglian Premier Cricket League. Should more than one of them wish to join the league in the same season then a playoff is held. [5]

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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.

Champions

YearClub
League Champions
1999–2018
1999 Vauxhall Mallards
2000 Norwich
2001 Norwich
2002 Vauxhall Mallards
2003 Vauxhall Mallards
2004 Vauxhall Mallards
2005 Bury St Edmunds
2006 Bury St Edmunds
2007 Swardeston
2008 Swardeston
2009 Vauxhall Mallards
2010 Cambridge Granta
2011 Cambridge Granta
2012 Swardeston
2013 Swardeston
2014 Swardeston
2015 Swardeston
2016 Swardeston
2017 Sudbury
2018 Sudbury
YearClub
League Champions
2019-2023
2019 Frinton on Sea
2020 COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Sawston and Babraham
2022 Sawston and Babraham
2023 Swardeston

    Performance by season from 1999

    Key
    GoldChampions
    BlueLeft League
    RedRelegated
    Performance by season, from 1999
    Club1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
    Burwell [a] 7910310888
    Burwell and Exning [a] 91112
    Bury St Edmunds1076788116278571099911118583
    Cambridge [b] 24434224834111126324866
    Cambridge and Godmanchester [c] 345
    Cambridge St Giles [c] 810
    Clacton on Sea [d] 5672675395691046
    Copdock and Old Ipswichian611453567848
    Fakenham104881010912
    Frinton on Sea26641101010
    Godmanchester Town [c] 993792612
    Great Witchingham57862552610375459
    Halstead48101111812
    Horsford5791056385711125411611
    Maldon982910
    Mildenhall75599106109310324
    Norwich31163596482101231041012
    Ramsey10
    Saffron Walden52118411129796
    Sawston and Babraham112
    Sudbury79127113937
    Swardeston632576421133311111222271
    Vauxhall Mallards12811137341442774571012
    Wisbech Town12
    Witham115
    Woolpit981112
    References [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [e] [28] [29] [30]
    1. 1 2 Burwell entered into a merger and became Burwell and Exning before the 2018 season.
    2. Cambridge were known as Cambridge Granta until the end of the 2018 season.
    3. 1 2 3 Cambridge St Giles and Godmanchester Town entered into a merger after the 2000 season and became Cambridge and Godmanchester, but this merger was dissolved after the 2003 season and Godmanchester Town took the place in the Premier League.
    4. Clacton on Sea resigned from the Premier League after the 2013 season.
    5. Coronavirus pandemic forced a reduction in league activity.

    References

    1. ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2016-06-15.
    2. "Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Premier League". cambhuntpremierleague.play-cricket.com. Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Premier League. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
    3. "Norfolk Cricket Alliance". norfolkca.play-cricket.com. Norfolk Cricket Alliance. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
    4. "Two Counties Cricket Championship". twocounties.play-cricket.com. Two Counties Cricket Championship. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
    5. "East Anglian Premier Cricket League". eapcl.play-cricket.com. East Anglian Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
    6. "Premier League - 1999".
    7. "Premier League - 2000".
    8. "Premier League - 2001".
    9. "Premier League - 2002".
    10. "Premier League - 2003".
    11. "Premier League - 2004".
    12. "Premier League - 2005".
    13. "Premier League - 2006".
    14. "Premier League - 2007".
    15. "Premier League - 2008".
    16. "Premier League - 2009".
    17. "Premier League - 2010".
    18. "Premier League - 2011".
    19. "Premier League - 2012".
    20. "Premier League - 2013".
    21. "Premier League - 2014".
    22. "Premier League - 2015".
    23. "Premier League - 2016".
    24. "Premier League - 2017".
    25. "Premier League - 2018".
    26. "Premier League - 2019".
    27. "Premier Division - 2020".
    28. "Premier Division - 2021".
    29. "Premier Division - 2022".
    30. "Premier Division - 2023".