Countries | United Kingdom |
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Format | Limited Overs |
First edition | 2000 |
Tournament format | League |
Number of teams | 10 (Division 1) |
Current champion | High Wycombe CC |
Most successful | High 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]
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]
Year | Club |
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2000 | Banbury |
2001 | Finchampstead |
2002 | High Wycombe |
2003 | High Wycombe |
2004 | Henley |
2005 | High Wycombe |
2006 | Slough |
2007 | Oxford |
2008 | High Wycombe |
2009 | Henley |
2010 | Henley |
2011 | High Wycombe |
2012 | High Wycombe |
2013 | Henley |
2014 | Henley |
2015 | High Wycombe |
2016 | Finchampstead |
2017 | Henley |
2018 | Henley |
2019 | Henley |
Year | Club |
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2020 | no competition |
2021 | High Wycombe |
2022 | Aston Rowant |
2023 | High Wycombe |
League Champions | |
Wins | Club |
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9 | High Wycombe |
8 | Henley |
2 | Finchampstead |
1 | Aston Rowant |
Banbury | |
Oxford | |
Slough | |
Key | |
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Gold | Champions |
Blue | Left League |
Red | Relegated |
Club | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Aston Rowant | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Banbury | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Basingstoke and North Hants | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Beaconsfield | 4 | 7 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bicester and North Oxford | 7 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bishop's Stortford | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bletchley Town | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Buckingham Town | 7 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Burnham | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Datchet | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Falkland | 7 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
Farnham Royal | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finchampstead | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||
Gerrards Cross | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Great and Little Tew | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Great Brickhill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harefield | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Harpenden [lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hemel Hempstead Town | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Henley | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||
High Wycombe | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
Horspath [lower-alpha 2] | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Luton Town | 9 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
North Mymms [lower-alpha 1] | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Oxford [lower-alpha 2] | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
Oxford and Horspath [lower-alpha 2] | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Oxford Downs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Potters Bar [lower-alpha 1] | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
Radlett | 8 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Reading | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | |||||||||||||
Slough | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | ||||||
Thame Town | 10 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tring Park | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
Wargrave | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Welwyn Garden City [lower-alpha 1] | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
West Herts | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wokingham | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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