Essex Cricket League

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Essex Cricket League
CountriesFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Administrator Essex 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)
Website https://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]

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

Performance by season from 1999

Key
GoldChampions
BlueLeft League
RedRelegated
Premier Division 1st XI performance by season, from 1999
Club199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202120222023 [lower-alpha 1] 2024
Ardleigh Green [lower-alpha 2] 51210810
Belhus869
Billericay5106610
Brentwood44811142322331323
Buckhurst Hill7107999
Chelmsford943625513153164
Chingford71061586478810
Colchester and East Essex5595766559469732
Fives and Heronians1738810
Gidea Park and Romford7841265665810
Hadleigh and Thundersley391074446
Hainault and Clayhall [lower-alpha 3] 4566432186559
Harold Wood7109
Hornchurch94515571
Horndon on the Hill10
Hutton57
Ilford5777984674877810
Loughton847434810410898
Orsett and Thurrock9
Saffron Walden [lower-alpha 4] 2213111233
Shenfield66810933954910
South Woodford76569993846610
Southend on Sea and EMT810
Upminster47981010
Wanstead [lower-alpha 5] 3122723
Wanstead and Snaresbrook [lower-alpha 5] 32122211231222215
Westcliff on Sea810
Wickford104810
Woodford Wells93779
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. 1 2 Wanstead entered into a merger after the 2005 season and became Wanstead and Snaresbrook.

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