Devon Cricket League

Devon Cricket League
Logo of the Devon Cricket League
Countries England
AdministratorDevon Cricket Foundation
FormatLimited Overs
First edition1972
Tournament formatLeague
Number of teams10 (Premier Division)
Current championSandford CC
Most successfulExmouth CC (11)
Websitehttp://www.devoncricket.co.uk/

The Tolchards Devon Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Devon, England, and the League Headquarters is in Little Torrington, Devon.[1] The league was founded in 1972, and since 2000 it has been a designated ECB Premier League.[2]

The league consists of a Premier division of 10 teams, and 14 feeder divisions lettered A-H, regionalised to East and West in the C-H divisions.[3] Prior to the 2013 season, it was possible to obtain a draw in a game if the side batting second was not bowled out, but since then each innings in a match is limited to a number of overs (which varies depending on the division) and the team with the higher total from their allotted overs wins.

Winners

Source: Devon Cricket League[4]

Performance by season from 2000

Key
Gold Champions
Blue Left League
Red Relegated
Premier Division 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
Abbotskerswell 9
Barton 5 5 2 2 6 6 9
Bovey Tracey 3 3 1 10 3 4 3 3 3 4 5 7 1 7 8 4 6 9
Bradninch [a] 4 5 7 6 9 2 9 1
Bradninch and Kentisbeare 2
Braunton 9 10
Brixham 10
Budleigh Salterton 8 8 1 5 2 6 6 4 7 10
Chudleigh 10
Cornwood 8 10 10 8 9 9 7 5 4
Exeter 1 6 2 3 5 5 5 2 5 7 9 6 5 6 2 6 2 5 9
Exmouth 2 7 9 4 2 8 8 10 5 2 1 3 4 4 4 5 6 10 5
Hatherleigh 10 8 9
Heathcoat 8 9 7 8 3 7 3 1 1 3 6
Kilmington
North Devon 9 8 9 1 7 5 2 1 5 4 6 3 5 5 6 9 4 10
Paignton 4 4 6 4 7 1 2 4 9 7 10 9 10 2 6 8 7
Plymouth 6 8 3 6 4 5 2 7 8 8 4 4 3 10
Plympton 6 8 4 6 6 4 7 3 3 2 8 9 10 8
Sandford 1 7 1 1 7 3 6 4 10 10 10 8 7 2 2 1
Seaton 10 10
Sidmouth 7 9 3 7 10 9 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 1 3 5 7 3
Tavistock 10
Torquay 5 2 8 5 3 3 4 7 8 9 8 7 8 1 6 9 10
References [5] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
  1. ^ Bradninch entered into a merger after the 2022 season and became Bradninch and Kentisbeare.

International Cricketers

The following international cricketers have featured in the league:-

England

Afghanistan

Australia

Ireland

New Zealand

Pakistan

South Africa

West Indies

Zimbabwe

See also

References

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  2. ^ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Tolchards Devon Cricket League Table & Results". Fixtures. devoncricket.co.uk. Devon Cricket Board. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Devon Cricket League Champions". devoncricket.com. Devon Cricket League. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b "DCL Archives".
  6. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2002".
  7. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2003".
  8. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2004".
  9. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2005".
  10. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2006".
  11. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2007".
  12. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2008".
  13. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2009".
  14. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2010".
  15. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2011".
  16. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2012".
  17. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2013".
  18. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2014".
  19. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2010".
  20. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2016".
  21. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2017".
  22. ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2018".
  23. ^ "Premier Division - 2019".
  24. ^ "Premier Division - 2021".
  25. ^ "Premier Division - 2022".
  26. ^ "Premier Division - 2023".
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