Mansfield and District Cricket League

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Mansfield and District Cricket League
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England
Format Limited overs cricket
First edition1947 (Founded)
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams9 (Premier)
Current championWelbeck CC
Website https://manssunlge.play-cricket.com/

The Mansfield and District Cricket League (MDCL) is a Sunday League, founded in 1947. The league in 2022 listed 59 teams from 53 clubs split into 6 Divisions, with regionalisation of the divisions organised into the bottom 4 sections. The League headquarters is based in Rotherham. [1]

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The Mansfield and District Cricket League traditionally covers the northern half of Nottinghamshire's Sunday recreational cricket, with the Newark Club Cricket Alliance covering the south, [2] but a significant number of clubs also take part from Derbyshire and South Yorkshire. Since 2007, Welbeck has held the highest number of league championship titles, with their latest win in 2023.

Mansfield and District Cricket League 2021
Mansfield and District Cricket League

Past winners

YearChampions
2007 Welbeck
2008 Kirkby Portland
2009 Mansfield Hosiery Mills
2010 Cuckney
2011 Eckington
2012 Welbeck
2013 Eckington
2014 Anston
2015 Anston
2016 Eckington
2017 Thoresby Colliery
2018 Farnsfield
2019 Welbeck
2020 League suspended
2021 Welbeck
2022 Welbeck
2023 Welbeck

    Performance by season from 2007

    Key
    GoldChampions
    BlueLeft League
    RedRelegated
    Performance by season, from 2007
    Club20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
    Anston41172510
    Ashover872
    Aston Hall9
    Blidworth69
    Chesterfield66
    Coal Aston9
    Cuckney221771075496447
    Cutthorpe58
    Denby8
    Eckington843152110
    Edwinstowe44589
    Farnsfield2245336612258
    Glapwell Colliery1053532275
    Grassmoor Works49
    Handsworth Junior Sporting Club5
    Hucknall6617843335732
    Kirkby Portland5187109839
    Mansfield46966
    Mansfield Hosiery Mills2711068105
    Millhouses Works89
    Morton Colliery4
    Newstead Abbey and Village410
    Notts & Arnold Amateur3
    Papplewick and Linby3
    Parkhead698
    Sheffield Collegiate81048
    Sheffield Works Department367
    Spital9
    Teversal9
    The Wednesday
    Thoresby Colliery177624
    Underwood78109
    Waleswood Sports7
    Welbeck1353153262841111
    References [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [lower-alpha 1] [17] [18] [19]
    1. Coronavirus pandemic forced all formal competitive sporting activities to be suspended.

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