Southern Premier Cricket League

The Southern Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in central southern England. The League was founded in 1969 under the name Southern Cricket League, and in 2000 it adopted the name Southern Premier Cricket League when it became an ECB Premier League.[1]

Southern Premier Cricket League
Southern Premier Cricket League
Countries England
AdministratorHampshire Cricket Board
FormatLimited Overs
First edition1969 (Originally Founded)
2000 (ECB Premier League)
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams10 (ECB Premier Division)
Current championBurridge CC
Most successfulHavant CC (14 titles)
Relegation toDivision One
Websitehttps://www.southernpremierleague.co.uk/

The league primarily covers Hampshire, but also has clubs from Dorset, Isle of Wight, Surrey, West Sussex, and Wiltshire. In the past there have also been clubs from Berkshire.

The league runs a Premier Division, Division One, Division Two and a Division Three. Relegated teams from Division Three are relegated into the Hampshire Cricket League.[2]


Champions

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ECB Premier Division

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Championships won

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  • ECB Premier Division Champions
    Wins Club
    14 Havant
    7 South Wilts
    6 The Deanery
    4 BAT Sports/Totton and Eling
    Old Tauntonians
    3 Bournemouth
    2 Hungerford
    Lymington
    St Cross Symondians
    South Hants Touring Club
    1 Bashley (Rydal)
    Burridge
    Hursley Park
    Portsmouth
    Trojans
    United Services Portsmouth
    Winchester
    Winchester Krakatoa Simmarians

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ECB Premier Division Performance by season from 2000

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Key
Gold Champions
Blue Left League
Red Relegated
Performance by season, from 2000
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
Alton 9 7 9 6 7 6 5 9 3 8 6 9 9 8 10 9
Andover [a] 4 8 8 7 8 9 6 10 10 10
Bashley (Rydal) 7 3 3 5 5 5 2 6 7 7 5 9 2 3 6 3 3 2 7 1 4 4 8
Basingstoke and North Hants 4 10
Bournemouth 5 5 5 2 6 3 5 4 5 5 1 2 10 10 9 3 7 7
Burridge 9 7 10 8 9 2 6 2 6 8 9 1
Calmore Sports 2 4 9 10
Cove 10
Hampshire Academy 3 4 7 7 2 4 4 2 5 9 5 4 4 9 8 3 5 5 2 4
Havant 1 2 1 4 2 6 3 1 1 1 8 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 6 7 6 5 6
Hook & Newnham Basics 7 10
Hungerford 8 10
Hursley Park 10 8 9 10
Liphook and Ripsley 9 6 8 9 8 10
Lymington 8 9 7 6 6 7 5 5 4 8 4 9 6 5
New Milton 7 7 10
Old Tauntonians and Romsey 10
Portsmouth 7 9 7 4 6 10
St Cross Symondians 5 8 9 6 4 4 8 9 6 8 5 1 2 2 1 3
Sarisbury Athletic 10
South Wilts 6 6 4 6 1 2 4 8 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 4 3 5 3 1 3 2
Totton and Eling [b] 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 4 8 7 7 10 8 10
Ventnor 10 8 4 5 7 10
References [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
  1. ^ Andover were relegated in 2005 because their ground failed to meet league requirements.
  2. ^ Totton and Eling were called BAT Sports until after the 2006 season.

References

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  1. ^ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Hampshire Cricket League". hantscl.play-cricket.com. Hampshire Cricket League. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Southern League Champions 1969-1999". southernpremierleague.com. SPCL. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Division One - 2000".
  5. ^ "Division One - 2001".
  6. ^ "Division One - 2002".
  7. ^ "Division One - 2003".
  8. ^ "Division One - 2004".
  9. ^ "Division One - 2005".
  10. ^ "Division One - 2006".
  11. ^ "Division One - 2007".
  12. ^ "Division One - 2008".
  13. ^ "Division One - 2009".
  14. ^ "Division One - 2010".
  15. ^ "Division One - 2011".
  16. ^ "Division One - 2012".
  17. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2013".
  18. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2014".
  19. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2015".
  20. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2016".
  21. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2017".
  22. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2018".
  23. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2019".
  24. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2021".
  25. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2022".
  26. ^ "ECB Premier Division - 2023".
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