Cornwall Cricket League

ECB Premier League

Cricket tournament

Cornwall Cricket LeagueCountries|  Cornwall

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Administrator| Cornwall Cricket Board
Format| Limited overs (50 per team)
First edition| 2001; 24 years ago (2001)
Tournament format| League
Number of teams| 10
Current champion| Wadebridge CC
Most successful| St Just CC (8 titles)
Website| Cornwall Cricket League

The Bond Timber Cornwall Cricket League Premier Division is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Cornwall, United Kingdom and is a designated an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Premier League.[1] St Just CC are the most successful club, having won the competition on eight occasions.

## History

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From 1905 until 1989 there were two top divisions in Cornwall; Cornwall Senior League 1 East and Cornwall Senior League 1 West. The teams finishing in first place in the two divisions played for the Western Morning News Cup with the winner declared champions of Cornwall. The last winners of the Western Morning News Cup were St Gluvias who beat St Austell by 22 runs. In 1990 the top six clubs in the east and west leagues formed County League One with St Just winning the league despite only finishing 6th in the Western league the previous season. The irony of St Just winning the first title was that they were initially opposed to an all-Cornwall league because of the increased expenditure of travel for teams in the far west.[2]

The English Cricket Board accredited Cornwall Cricket League Premier Division was formed in 2001, with a number of changes to the format of the matches. The league was reduced from twelve to ten with each teams playing the others on three occasions. Matches now consisted of a maximum of 120 overs with the team batting first having the option of using up to 60 overs, postponed matches did not have to be replayed, and winning and losing draws were once more allowed. It was also the first time that there was a Cornwall-wide administrative body; previously the east and west leagues had separate administrators. There were a number of advantages to participating in the ECB league structure which included financial assistance of £9,500 per year and encouragement to improve facilities and coaching.[2]

Truro were champions in the first two seasons without losing a single match, having an unbeaten run of over fifty matches. Newquay followed their promotion the previous season by becoming champions of Cornwall for the first time in 2003. St Buryan had been the runners-up in the first three seasons but decided to withdraw from the league in November 2003, due to the belief that their team would not competitive, leading to the division being reduced to nine teams. In 2004 the clubs decided to share the 110 overs per match equally and St Just won the first of their six successive championships beating Truro, the second-placed team, on the final day of the season.[2] St Just's run came to an end in 2010 when local rivals Paul won the championship for the first time (having been runner-up three seasons previous).[3]

Draws were once again abolished before the 2016 season.

## Format

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The ECB Cornwall Premier League consists of ten teams each playing the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 18 matches each.

## Winners

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County League One Champions
1990–2000 [4] 1990  | St Just
1991  | Falmouth
1992  | Falmouth
1993  | St Austell
1994  | St Austell
1995  | Troon
1996  | Truro
1997  | Truro
1998  | St Just
1999  | St Buryan
2000  | St Buryan
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Premier League Champions
2001–2023 2001  | Truro
2002  | Truro
2003  | Newquay
2004  | St Just
2005  | St Just
2006  | St Just
2007  | St Just
2008  | St Just
2009  | St Just
2010  | Paul
2011  | Truro
2012  | Werrington
2013  | Werrington
2014  | St Just
2015  | Werrington
2016  | St Just
2017  | Truro
2018  | Werrington
2019  | Penzance
2020  | no competition
2021  | Penzance
2022  | Penzance
2023  | Wadebridge

## Premier Division performance by season from 2001

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Key

Gold  | Champions
Blue  | Left League
Red  | Relegated
Performance by season, from 2001  Club  | 2001  | 2002  | 2003  | 2004  | 2005  | 2006  | 2007  | 2008  | 2009  | 2010  | 2011  | 2012  | 2013  | 2014  | 2015  | 2016  | 2017  | 2018  | 2019  | 2021  | 2022  | 2023  | 2024

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Callington  | 4  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 8  |  | 8  | 4  | 4  | 3  | 3  | 10  |  | 10  | 9  | 9  | 8  | 9  |
Camborne  | 3  | 10  |  | 6  | 8  |  | 8  | 7  | 7  | 10  |  | 11  |  | 6  | 4  | 6  |
Falmouth  | 8  | 5  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 5  | 8  | 9  | 6  | 2  | 6  | 7  | 7  | 7  | 7  | 10  |
Grampound Road  | 6  | 3  | 5  | 4  | 7  | 4  | 6  | 8  |  | 6  | 7  | 7  | 6  | 4  | 6  | 8  | 9  | 9  | 8  | 10  |
Hayle  |  | 7  | 8  |  | 8  |  | 7  | 10  |
Helston  | 10  |  | wd  |  | 4  | 10  |  | 8  |
Menheniot/Looe  |  | 7  | 9  | 7  | wd  |
Mullion  |  | 8  | 10  |
Newquay  |  | 1  | 5  | 5  | 5  | 7  | 7  | 6  | 9  | 10  |  | 8  | 8  | 10  |
Paul  |  | 2  | 5  | 7  | 1  | 3  | 9  | 8  |
Penzance  | 9  |  | 10  |  | 9  | 3  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  |
Redruth  |  | 10  | 9  | 5  | 9  | 6  | 5  | 2  | 4  | 6  | 7  |
St Austell  |  | 6  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 5  | 9  | 5  | 4  | 5  | 5  | 4  | 5  | 5  | 5  | 3  |
St Buryan  | 2  | 2  | 2  |
St Just  | 5  | 4  | 6  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 5  | 2  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 6  | 4  | 3  | 2  | 5  |
Troon  | 7  | 9  | 8  | 9  |  | 8  | 10  |
Truro  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 3  | 2  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 3  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 7  | 2  | 10  |  |
Wadebridge  |  | 8  | 6  | 7  | 3  | 1  |
Werrington  |  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 5  | 4  | 2  | 7  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 6  | 4  | 1  | 3  | 8  | 9  | 4  |
References  | [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] | [19] | [20] | [21] | [22] | [23] | [24] | [25] | [26] |

## References

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1. ^ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b c Gilbert, Martin (2005). One Hundred Years of The Cornwall Cricket League.
3. ^ Weeks, Michael, ed. (2012). Cricket In Cornwall 2011. Cornwall Cricket Board Ltd.
4. ^ "Cornwall County Cricket League Division 1 Winners". Association of Cricket Statisticians. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
5. ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
6. ^ "Premier Division - 2002: Table".
7. ^ "Premier Division - 2003: Table".
8. ^ "Premier Division - 2004: Table".
9. ^ "Premier Division - 2005: Table".
10. ^ "Premier Division - 2006: Table".
11. ^ "Premier Division - 2007: Table".
12. ^ "Premier Division - 2008: Table".
13. ^ "Premier Division - 2009: Table".
14. ^ "Premier Division - 2010: Table".
15. ^ "Premier Division - 2011: Table".
16. ^ "Premier Division - 2012: Table".
17. ^ "Premier Division - 2013: Table".
18. ^ "Premier Division - 2014: Table".
19. ^ "Premier Division - 2015: Table".
20. ^ "Premier Division - 2016: Table".
21. ^ "Premier Division - 2017: Table".
22. ^ "Premier Division - 2018: Table".
23. ^ "Premier Division - 2019: Table".
24. ^ "Premier Division - 2021: Table".
25. ^ "Premier Division - 2022: Table".
26. ^ "Premier Division - 2023: Table".

## External links

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* Cornwall portal

* Cornwall Cricket website
* play-cricket website