Home Counties Premier Cricket League

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Home Counties Premier Cricket League
CountriesFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
FormatLimited Overs
First edition2000
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams10 (Division 1)
Current championHigh Wycombe CC
Most successfulHigh Wycombe CC (9)
Website https://hcpcl.play-cricket.com

The Home Counties Premier Cricket League [1] is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Home Counties of England, and has been a designated ECB Premier League [2] since its founding in 2000. It originally served Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, although there are at present no Bedfordshire clubs in the league and all but one of the Hertfordshire clubs withdrew after the 2013 season. [3]

Contents

Until 2013 the league consisted of a Division One of ten clubs and a Division Two (East) and a Division Two (West), each of ten clubs, with promotion between Divisions and to and from the feeder leagues. With the withdrawal of the Hertfordshire clubs, [3] the structure was simplified and there is now just Division One and Division Two.

There are two feeder leagues, covering narrower areas within the region:

With the exception of Tring Park who have remained in the Home Counties Premier Cricket League, the Hertfordshire clubs now take part in the Hertfordshire Cricket League. [6]

Champions

    Championships won

    • League Champions
      WinsClub
      9High Wycombe
      8Henley
      2Finchampstead
      1Aston Rowant
      Banbury
      Oxford
      Slough

      Performance by season from 2000

      Key
      GoldChampions
      BlueLeft League
      RedRelegated
      Performance by season, from 2000
      Club200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192021202220232024
      Aston Rowant10934413
      Banbury12642565225723424452325
      Basingstoke and North Hants645769
      Beaconsfield47710
      Bicester and North Oxford7810
      Bishop's Stortford89
      Bletchley Town10
      Buckingham Town769
      Burnham6676710
      Datchet3564
      Falkland7581010
      Farnham Royal910
      Finchampstead519884101376787
      Gerrards Cross10
      Great and Little Tew89
      Great Brickhill
      Harefield87109
      Harpenden [lower-alpha 1] 8374
      Hemel Hempstead Town9
      Henley481437611441132111236
      High Wycombe23114124136117213545151
      Horspath [lower-alpha 2] 9889
      Luton Town910
      North Mymms [lower-alpha 1] 108
      Oxford [lower-alpha 2] 768148351061029810
      Oxford and Horspath [lower-alpha 2] 6
      Oxford Downs
      Potters Bar [lower-alpha 1] 1069810
      Radlett8985935579
      Reading36335376949
      Slough52232128923557210710
      Thame Town109
      Tring Park934423558666810
      Wargrave2
      Welwyn Garden City [lower-alpha 1] 772659
      West Herts10
      Wokingham48
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      1. 1 2 3 4 Harpenden, North Mymms, Potters Bar, and Welwyn Garden City left Division 1 after the 2013 season. They and all the clubs in Division 2 East joined the Hertfordshire Cricket League.
      2. 1 2 3 Oxford and Horspath split into two clubs after the 2003 season; Oxford took the place in Division One while Horspath have since also reached Division One.

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