Liverpool and District Cricket Competition

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Liverpool and District Cricket Competition
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England
FormatTime (target 110 overs)
First edition1892 (known as Liverpool Competition)
1949 (Officially constituted)
2000 (ECB Premier League)
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams12 (1st XI ECB Premier League)
Current championOrmskirk CC
Website Liverpool and District Cricket Competition

The Love Lane Liverpool and District Cricket Competition is regarded as the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Liverpool area and since 2000 has been a designated ECB Premier League. The Competition operates a three divisional system with Premier, First and Second Divisions. The Southport and District Amateur Cricket League is its feeder league. [1]

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History

Although many of the district's clubs had met regularly as far back as 1850, if not earlier, it was not until 1892 that a Liverpool newspaper began publishing a weekly table and calling it the Liverpool Competition to create more interest in the game. The eleven senior clubs making up the original table were Birkenhead Park, Bootle, Formby, Huyton, Liverpool, New Brighton, Northern, Ormskirk, Oxton, Rock Ferry and Sefton. [1]

Neston were offered first team fixtures in 1908 and, in 1919, Hightown and Southport and Birkdale joined whilst Wallasey took over the fixtures of the Rock Ferry club who did not resume after the First War. Boughton Hall (later known as Chester Boughton Hall) were invited to join in 1923. The Competition continued until 1947 when it was decided to admit a sixteenth club, and Preston were voted in. Two years later, fixtures were standardised by all clubs agreeing to meet each other, and although there was no suggestion of a league, it was decided to regard the table as official. Preston resigned at the end of the 1952 season to be replaced by St Helens Recs in 1953. [1]

In recent years the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition has changed radically. There was an expansion in 1996 that introduced clubs from further afield in Lancashire and North Wales but saw founder members Birkenhead Park, Chester Boughton Hall, Neston and Oxton resign to join the Cheshire County Cricket League for the 1998 season. Of the four, only Oxton had failed to be champions of the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition. In 1999 a two division structure was introduced, and in 2000 the 1st XI Premier Division was awarded ECB Premier League status. [1]

From the end of the 2004 season, promotion from and relegation to the Merseyside and Southport Cricket Alliance feeder league was introduced, but was then curtailed from the end of the 2009 season. At this time, additional clubs from the Alliance were invited to join, to form a new three divisional structure. [1]

2nd XIs play in a similar three divisional structure but independent of the 1st XIs. There is a two divisional structure for Saturday 3rd XIs and below, with another structure for those clubs preferring to play on Sundays. They have three Divisions, Premier, Division 1 North and Division 1South .

Champions

  1. 1 2 3 Shared.

      Premier Division performance by season from 2003

      Key
      GoldChampions
      BlueLeft League
      RedRelegated
      Performance by season, from 2003
      Club200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
      Ainsdale12
      Birkenhead Park761211
      Bootle1141121645564524111
      Colwyn Bay2675571110491112
      Fleetwood Hesketh9575131011
      Formby1014521035575
      Highfield496111212
      Hightown12869781012
      Huyton296713
      Leigh7410614343891759333
      Lytham4251154416143899712
      Maghull912911139712
      New Brighton583102323588217610491010
      Newton-le-Willows121081112
      Northern83134889231434513142
      Northop Hall10101171012
      Ormskirk65743132122123122421
      Orrell Red Triangle78911
      Prestatyn91112
      Rainford101211114
      Rainhill978368669
      Sefton Park781212
      Southport & Birkdale119121279101111101087
      St Helens Town1214
      Wallasey3628101161165106886216
      Wigan11758
      References [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [lower-alpha 1] [20] [21] [22]
      1. ↑ Coronavirus pandemic forced a reduction in league activity - halving the number of matches played.

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      3. ↑ "1st XI ECB Premier League - 2004".
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