The Grantham & Melton Cricket Association (GMCA) is a Sunday League that administers cricket clubs that participate in its league, cup and trophy competitions. The league headquarters is based in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
The Grantham & Melton Cricket Association was established in 1984 and membership of the Association was opened to all cricket clubs within a radius of 20 miles from Leicestershire village of Buckminster (situated on the Leicestershire - Lincolnshire border) - referred to as The District. Clubs participating in the league are mainly from the north east of Leicestershire and South Kesteven District of Lincolnshire, but some clubs are from beyond the county boundary, with representatives from Rutland, Nottinghamshire and as far west as Hinckley, Leicestershire, which is only a few kilometers from the Warwickshire border. During the 2021 season, the GMCA held 28 clubs in the League which were divided into 3 Divisions.
The most notable team in recent years is Queniborough. In 2019, after an impressive four-year run as League Champions, Queniborough CC were heading towards their 5th successive League Championship title, only for it to be snatched away by the British Shoe Corporation CC.
Past winners YearChampions 2013 Buckminster 2014 Houghton-on-the-Hill 2015 Queniborough 2016 Queniborough 2017 Queniborough 2018 Queniborough 2019 British Shoe Corporation 2020 League suspended 2021 Soft Touch 2022 Grantham 2023 Evington Lions 2024 Rothley Park 2025 Syston Town 2026 Barrow Town
Performance by season from 2013 (Division 1) Key Gold Champions Blue Left League Red Relegated
+ Performance by season, from 2013 Club 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Afghan Strikers 4 4 Ashby Carington 3 6 5 5 5 9 Barkby United 5 8 9 9 7 6 Barrow Town 4 5 5 1 Barrowby 10 Belton Park 6 11 Belvoir 3 6 2 3 6 Billesdon 7 6 Bingham 7 8 7 Bottesford 8 10 British Shoe Corporation 2 1 2 Buckminster 1 9 Egerton Park 4 4 8 Evington Lions 3 5 1 Empingham 2 5 7 5 Frisby, Hoby & Rotherby 12 Grantham 3 5 1 4 Harlaxton 3 3 Hinckley Town 3 2 4 5 6 Houghton-on-the-Hill 1 2 2 3 3 2 5 8 Houghton Stars 5 Illston Abey 7 6 7 2 Kinoulton 9 Leicester University Staff 10 Oadby Royals 5 7 2 2 Pickwell, Leesthorpe & Somerby 11 Queniborough 1 1 1 1 4 Quorn 9 Rothley Park 6 3 1 3 4 Sileby Town 4 4 8 8 7 8 6 8 7 Soft Touch 1 2 Sproxton 10 Syston Town 8 9 6 4 1 3 Thorpe Arnold 6 8 Woolsthorpe by Belvoir 7 7 6 Wreake Nomads 8 8 References
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