The Home Counties Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the Home Counties of England, and has been a designated ECB Premier LeagueList of ECB Premier Leagues since its founding in 2000. It originally served Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire, although there are at present no Bedfordshire clubs in the league and all but one of the Hertfordshire clubs withdrew after the 2013 season.
Until 2013 the league consisted of a Division One of ten clubs and a Division Two (East) and a Division Two (West), each of ten clubs, with promotion between Divisions and to and from the feeder leagues. With the withdrawal of the Hertfordshire clubs, the structure was simplified and there is now just Division One and Division Two.
There are two feeder leagues, covering narrower areas within the region: Cherwell Cricket League - Primarily Oxfordshire, but also with clubs from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, and Northamptonshire. In the past there have also been clubs from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. Thames Valley Cricket League - A wide area to the west of London. Most clubs have traditionally been from Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, but there are also clubs from Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, and Surrey.
With the exception of Tring Park who have remained in the Home Counties Premier Cricket League, the Hertfordshire clubs now take part in the Hertfordshire Cricket League.
Champions YearClub+ League Champions 2000 Banbury 2001 Finchampstead 2002 High Wycombe 2003 High Wycombe 2004 Henley 2005 High Wycombe 2006 Slough 2007 Oxford 2008 High Wycombe 2009 Henley 2010 Henley 2011 High Wycombe 2012 High Wycombe 2013 Henley 2014 Henley 2015 High Wycombe 2016 Finchampstead 2017 Henley 2018 Henley 2019 Henley
YearClub+ League Champions 2020 no competition 2021 High Wycombe 2022 Aston Rowant 2023 High Wycombe 2024 Henley 2025 High Wycombe 2026 High Wycombe
Championships won League championsWinsClub 11 High Wycombe 9 Henley 2 Finchampstead 1 Aston Rowant Banbury Oxford Slough
Performance by season from 2000
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 2025 2026 Aston Rowant 10 9 3 4 4 1 3 4 4 5 Banbury 1 2 6 4 2 5 6 5 2 2 5 7 2 3 4 2 4 4 5 2 3 2 5 7 5 3 Basingstoke and North Hants 6 4 5 7 6 Beaconsfield 4 7 7 10 Bicester and North Oxford 7 8 10 Bishop's Stortford 8 9 Bletchley Town 10 Buckingham Town 7 6 9 Burnham 6 6 7 6 7 10 Datchet 3 5 6 4 9 Falkland 7 5 8 10 10 Farnham Royal 9 10 Finchampstead 5 1 9 8 8 4 10 1 3 7 6 7 8 7 2 3 4 Gerrards Cross 10 Great and Little Tew 8 9 Great Brickhill 8 7 10 Harefield 8 7 10 9 8 7 Harpenden 8 3 7 4 Hemel Hempstead Town 9 Henley 4 8 1 4 3 7 6 1 1 4 4 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 6 1 6 6 High Wycombe 2 3 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 6 1 1 7 2 1 3 5 4 5 1 5 1 3 1 1 Horspath 9 8 8 9 Luton Town 9 10 North Mymms 10 8 Oxford 7 6 8 1 4 8 3 5 10 6 10 2 9 8 10 Oxford and Horspath 6 Oxford Downs 5 2 2 Potters Bar 10 6 9 8 10 Radlett 8 9 8 5 9 3 5 5 7 9 Reading 3 6 3 3 5 3 7 6 9 4 9 Slough 5 2 2 3 2 1 2 8 9 2 3 5 5 7 2 10 7 10 9 Stoke Green 10 Thame Town 10 9 Tring Park 9 3 4 4 2 3 5 5 8 6 6 6 8 10 Wargrave 2 6 9 Welwyn Garden City 7 7 2 6 5 9 West Herts 10 Wokingham 4 8 10 8 ReferencesClub Cricket Yearbook 2006
References
External links Home Counties Premier Cricket League Official play-cricket website