Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League

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Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England
Administrator ECB
FormatLimited overs
First edition2016
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams12 (ECB Premier Division)
Current championSheffield Collegiate CC
Most successfulWakefield Thornes CC (3 titles)
Website https://www.ycspl.co.uk

The Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League, known until 2020 as the Yorkshire South Premier League, was formed in early 2016, as part of the restructuring of club cricket in Yorkshire, [1] and is an ECB Premier League. Of the twelve initial teams competing, seven came from the now disbanded Yorkshire ECB County Premier League (Appleby Frodingham, Barnsley, Cleethorpes, Doncaster Town, Rotherham Town, Sheffield and Phoenix United, and Sheffield Collegiate), four from the South Yorkshire Premier League (Aston Hall, Treeton, Whitley Hall and Wickersley Old Village) and one from the Central Yorkshire League (Wakefield Thornes). The League headquarters is based in Bircotes, Doncaster. [2]

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A process of promotion and relegation is in operation. Originally the bottom two teams each season were replaced by the top two teams from the South Yorkshire Championship, formerly South Yorkshire Premier League. [1] The South Yorkshire Championship amalgamed with the Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League in time for the 2021 season.

The league winners qualify to take part in the Yorkshire Championship, together with the winners of the Bradford Premier League and the Yorkshire Premier League North, and the leading Yorkshire club in the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League.

Winners

YearChampions
2016 Wakefield Thornes
2017 Wakefield Thornes
2018 Wakefield Thornes
2019 Doncaster Town
2020 no competition
2021 Appleby Frodingham
2022 Appleby Frodingham
2023 Sheffield Collegiate

Overall Performance

Key
GoldChampions
RedRelegated
BlueLeft League
Performance by season, from 2016
Club20162017201820192021202220232024
Appleby Frodingham2511114
Aston Hall71071211
Barnsley [lower-alpha 1] 8
Barnsley Woolley Miners [lower-alpha 1] 837543
Cawthorne1011
Cleethorpes69611107
Doncaster Town1151986
Elsecar86910
Hallam78101112
Rotherham Town12
Sheffield and Phoenix United912
Sheffield Collegiate5224251
Shiregreen
Tickhill115822
Treeton10443379
Wakefield Thornes1112435
Whiston Parish Church1212
Whitley Hall33106768
Wickersley Old Village469912
References [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
  1. 1 2 Barnsley entered into a merger after the 2016 season and became Barnsley Woolley Miners.

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