North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League

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North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England
Administrator ECB
FormatLimited Overs
First edition1892 (Founded)
2012 (ECB Premier League)
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams12 (ECB Premier Division)
Current championSaltburn CC
Most successfulDarlington CC (22)
Website https://nysdl.play-cricket.com

The North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League, commonly abbreviated to NYSD, is the top-level competition for recreational club cricket in the north of Yorkshire and south of Durham, England. The league was founded as long ago as 1892, the first competition was held in the following year.

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Since 2012 the league has been a designated ECB Premier League, and since 2016 the league's leading Yorkshire club qualifies to take part in the Yorkshire Championship, together with the winners of the Bradford Premier League, Yorkshire Premier League North, and Yorkshire Cricket Southern Premier League.

The league chose to play an official, if shortened, competition after most ECB Premier Leagues formally cancelled the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is a successful league in the country, in national inter-league competitive cricket, having won the LCC National inter-league competition (latterly known as the Presidents Trophy) on no fewer than 12 occasions. The League hold the record for the longest sequence of consecutive titles (7 from 1988 to 1994) and the longest sequence of consecutive victories (36). Within that competition they hold the record for the highest total recorded (425-6 in 45 overs v the NEPL at Marske in 2010). In 2018 Richmondshire Cricket Club won the ECB National Club Championship.

League members

Winners

#ClubYears by century
19th20th21st
22 Darlington 18961904, 1906, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1944, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1962, 1977, 1985, 1987, 19902014
17 Guisborough 18951905, 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1942, 1972, 1976, 1981, 1989, 19962001, 2002, 2003, 2004
12 Middlesbrough 1911, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 1993, 19942007, 2008, 2010, 2022
11 Norton 18981902, 1903, 1914, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1998
8 Redcar 18941924, 1927, 1931, 1952, 1965, 1991, 1992
8 Saltburn 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974, 19792000, 2005, 2023
7 West Hartlepool 18991900, 1901, 1908, 1913, 1928, 1964
6 Richmondshire 19952012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021
5 Bishop Aukland 1934, 1966, 1973, 1980, 1999
5 Normanby Hall 1940, 1947, 1956, 1963, 1997
3 Blackhall 1933, 1936, 1939
3 Darlington Railway Athletic 1929, 1932, 1944
3 Hartlepool 1978, 1982, 1988
3 Stockton 18971948, 1975
3 Thornaby 1943, 1945, 1986
2 Barnard Castle 2016, [lower-alpha 1] 2018 [lower-alpha 1]
2 Great Ayton 2006, 2017
2 Marske 1971, 1984
2 Marton 2009, 2011
1 Billingham Sythonia 1983
1 Constable Burton Inaugural
  1. 1 2 Leading Yorkshire club: Great Ayton.

Source: [2]

Premier division since ECB Premier League status

Key
GoldChampions
BlueLeft League
RedRelegated
Performance by season, from 2012
Club2012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Barnard Castle885413137234
Billingham Synthonia141369312
Bishop Auckland129
Darlington22183851146
Darlington Railway Athletic10
Great Ayton34422129610612
Guisborough7569811
Hartlepool9776910883453
Marske13125461141012
Marton538134724711
Middlesbrough461177710102915
Normanby Hall101310121111
Norton111012
Redcar91014
Richmondshire112152311122
Saltburn101355101
Seaton Carew91269912
Sedgefield121214
Stockton98
Stokesley611331154711687
Thornaby11146588711
References [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [lower-alpha 1] [12] [13] [14]
  1. Coronavirus pandemic forced a reduction in league activity.

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