The Surrey Championship is a cricket organisation in Surrey running 6 divisions for 1st & 2nd XI cricket, 4 for 3rd XI and 4 for 4th XI. Since 2000 it has been a designated ECB Premier League.List of ECB Premier Leagues
History The competition was founded in 1968 by 17 clubs within Surrey, the idea to create a more competitive form of club cricket, rather than the friendly leagues that had previously been the formats for many clubs. The 17 founder member clubs were: Addiscombe, Banstead, Beddington, Cheam, Dulwich, East Molesey, Epsom, Guildford, Malden Wanderers, Mitcham, Old Emanuel, Old Whitgiftians, Purley, Spencer, Streatham, Sunbury and Sutton. Up until 1977, there were only 1st XI and 2nd XI sections within the organisation. The Eve Group became the first sponsors of the competition in 1982, and kept that role for 19 seasons, until Castle Lager became sponsors in 2001, Travelbag, were the sponsors up until 2016. The current sponsors are AJ Fordham Sports.
1st XI Champions + 1st XI Champions, Year Club 1968 Sutton 1969 Epsom 1970 Mitcham 1971 Mitcham 1972 Guildford 1973 Mitcham 1974 Dulwich 1975 Dulwich 1976 Dulwich 1977 Malden Wanderers 1978 Mitcham 1979 Epsom 1980 East Molesey 1981 Wimbledon 1982 Epsom 1983 Esher 1984 Wimbledon 1985 Wimbledon 1986 Banstead 1987 Guildford + 1st XI Champions, Year Club 1988 Sunbury 1989 Malden Wanderers 1990 Cheam 1991 Sutton 1992 Wimbledon 1993 Esher 1994 Spencer 1995 Wimbledon 1996 Esher 1997 Wimbledon 1998 Sunbury 1999 Weybridge 2000 Wimbledon 2001 Guildford 2002 Wimbledon 2003 Weybridge 2004 Weybridge 2005 Reigate Priory 2006 Sutton 2007 Reigate Priory + 1st XI Champions, Year Club 2008 Reigate Priory 2009 Sutton 2010 Reigate Priory 2011 Wimbledon 2012 Wimbledon 2013 Wimbledon 2014 Reigate Priory 2015 Sunbury 2016 Sunbury 2017 Normandy 2018 Weybridge 2019 East Molesey 2020 no competition 2021 East Molesey 2022 Wimbledon 2023 Sunbury 2024 East Molesey 2025 Wimbledon 2026 East Molesey
Championships won
ECB Premier Division ChampionsWinsClub 13 Wimbledon 5 East Molesey Reigate Priory Sunbury 4 Esher Mitcham Weybridge 3 Dulwich Epsom Guildford 2 Malden Wanderers 1 Banstead Cheam Normandy
Performance by season from 2000 Key Gold Champions 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 2025 2026 Ashtead 5 9 6 7 3 6 8 7 8 4 5 5 Bank of England 10 Banstead 3 2 5 7 8 10 8 4 5 4 6 10 5 3 9 6 3 9 Beddington 8 10 Camberley 10 Cheam 9 6 9 10 Cobham Avorians 9 6 5 4 9 Cranleigh 6 10 10 9 Dulwich 8 7 8 9 10 East Molesey 9 8 8 8 1 1 3 3 1 4 1 Esher 7 4 8 5 6 3 9 8 4 4 6 5 8 2 Farnham 10 4 5 9 Guildford 5 1 2 4 10 3 7 7 6 7 6 5 7 8 7 7 9 10 2 9 10 Leatherhead 6 10 Malden Wanderers 9 8 7 7 10 2 7 10 6 10 9 Normandy 6 5 2 8 2 10 4 9 2 5 1 9 7 6 10 6 Reigate Priory 8 5 4 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 4 1 4 2 3 2 2 6 2 5 2 2 7 Spencer 10 3 9 3 10 5 9 7 8 Sunbury 2 6 9 5 6 3 3 2 2 3 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 8 1 7 9 Sutton 4 7 7 10 1 4 8 1 8 7 7 8 3 5 9 7 9 10 8 6 3 Valley End 7 9 10 Weybridge 6 3 3 1 1 6 6 10 9 6 8 8 2 5 3 3 5 1 5 3 5 7 10 Wimbledon 1 8 1 3 2 5 4 3 4 5 2 1 1 1 2 6 4 4 4 4 5 1 4 3 1 4 ReferencesClub Cricket Yearbook 2006 Club Cricket Yearbook 2006 Club Cricket Yearbook 2006Club Cricket Yearbook 2006Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
References
External links Surrey Championship - official site Surrey Championship - Play-Cricket site