The Scarborough Beckett Cricket League, founded in 1958, is a Saturday League that administer's cricket clubs that participate in its League, Cup and Trophy competitions. The league headquarters is based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
The Scarborough Beckett Cricket League format is the result of an amalgamation with the Derwent Valley League in 2016. The league consists of 5 Divisions. The Premier Division contains a maximum of 12 teams, Divisions 1 to 3 hold 10 teams and Division 4 contains the remaining teams. Clubs participating in the league are mainly from eastern North Yorkshire, with some clubs from the northern border region of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Since 2008, the Championship has fluctuated between four clubs, with Staithes Athletic winning 4 and Staxton 4 titles, until the emergence of Filey, achieving a double championship win in 2018 and 2019.
At the end of 2024, the Scarborough Beckett Cricket League and the remaining clubs in the York Vale Cricket League merged into the Yorkshire Premier League North, expanding its membership to 130 clubs. Committee members from both leagues joined its administration.
Winners YearClub+ Champions, 2008 Forge Valley 2009 Staxton 2010 Staithes Athletic Club 2011 Heslerton 2012 Staxton 2013 Heslerton 2014 Staxton 2015Staithes Athletic Club 2016 Staithes Athletic Club 2017 Staxton 2018 Filey 2019 Filey 2020 League suspended 2021 Staithes Athletic Club 2022 Mulgrave 2023 Ebberston 2024 Staxton
Performance by season from 2008 to 2024
Key Gold Champions Red Relegated Blue Left League
+ Performance by season, from 2008 to 2024. Club 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Bridlington 8 12 Brompton 7 6 10 7 ? Cayton 7 9 7 3 8 6 2 8 9 7 4 4 3 4 ? Cloughton 4 3 5 10 9 12 11 ? Ebberston 2 2 3 2 2 7 4 4 10 7 4 10 3 2 1 ? Filey 5 10 9 7 6 3 1 1 5 6 Flamborough 9 7 Flixton II 9 7 10 8 6 8 10 11 Folkton & Flixton 8 9 Foords 8 8 Forge Valley 1 6 4 8 6 3 3 8 7 5 12 Great Habton 8 ? Heslerton 1 4 1 2 5 9 4 9 12 7 10 Kirkbymoorside 5 6 9 5 7 Mulgrave 10 10 3 9 1 2 3 Nawton Grange 10 6 5 10 5 5 Scalby 9 3 8 8 6 2 5 5 ? Seamer & Irton 7 6 9 10 4 6 6 9 7 11 2 Settrington 11 11 Sherburn 8 10 ? Staithes Athletic Club 5 4 1 4 5 4 5 1 1 2 3 2 6 1 4 6 ? Staxton 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 8 10 9 3 1 Thornton Dale 11 Whitby 6 Wykeham 4 References
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