The Durham County Cricket League was a league operating in County Durham in the North East of England. The league was originally formed in 1937 but only lasted two seasons before it disbanded. The league reformed in 1948 with the first champions being Peases West Welfare CC, who were based in Crook. 17 different clubs won the league over its 64 seasons. Crook Town CC were the most successful club with 12 league titles to their credit followed by Esh Winning CC with 7 wins, Kimblesworth CC with 6 and Dean and Chapter CW CC, Ushaw Moor CC and Evenwood CC with 5 titles each.
The league disbanded at the end of the 2012 season and merged with the Durham Senior League and Durham Coast League to form the Durham Cricket League after each of the three leagues lost clubs to the enlarged North East Premier League.
List of league champions 1948 - Peases West Welfare 1949 - Dean and Chapter CW 1950 - Seaham Park 1951 - Crook Town 1952 - Langley Park CW 1953 - Murton CW 1954 - Murton CW 1955 - Seaham Park 1956 - Murton CW 1957 - Hetton Lyons 1958 - Dean and Chapter CW 1959 - Dean and Chapter CW 1960 - Dean and Chapter CW 1961 - Dean and Chapter CW 1962 - Shildon BR 1963 - Crook Town 1964 - Crook Town 1965 - Ushaw Moor 1966 - Shildon BR 1967 - Ushaw Moor 1968 - Ushaw Moor 1969 - Ushaw Moor 1970 - Ushaw Moor 1971 - Shildon BR 1972 - Etherley 1973 - Ushaw Moor 1974 - Crook Town 1975 - Willington 1976 - Langley Park 1977 - Evenwood 1978 - Langley Park 1979 - Evenwood 1980 - Crook Town 1981 - Crook Town 1982 - Crook Town 1983 - Crook Town 1984 - Leadgate 1985 - Esh Winning 1986 - Crook Town 1987 - Crook Town 1988 - Tudhoe 1989 - Esh Winning 1990 - Esh Winning 1991 - Crook Town 1992 - Crook Town 1993 - Sedgefield 1994 - Kimblesworth 1995 - Tudhoe 1996 - Tudhoe 1997 - Hetton Lyons 1998 - Tudhoe 1999 - Leadgate 2000 - Leadgate 2001 - Kimblesworth 2002 - Evenwood 2003 - Evenwood 2004 - Evenwood 2005 - Esh Winning 2006 - Kimblesworth 2007 - Esh Winning 2008 - Kimblesworth 2009 - Kimblesworth 2010 - Kimblesworth 2011 - Esh Winning 2012 - Esh Winning
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