The Home Counties Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket

Club cricket

Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal, form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening. There is a great deal of variation in game format although the Laws of Cricket are always observed...

 in the Home Counties

Home Counties

The home counties is a term which refers to the counties of South East England and the East of England which border London, but do not include the capital city itself...

 of England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, and since 2000 has been a designated ECB

England and Wales Cricket Board

The England and Wales Cricket Board is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was created on 1 January 1997 combining the roles of the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council...

 Premier League

ECB Premier Leagues

In 1997 the ECB published "Raising the Standard", the ECB Management Board Blueprint for the Future Playing Structure of cricket. This introduced the concept of ECB Premier Leagues, designed to raise the playing standard of the top tier of club cricket and to bridge the gap between recreational...

. It serves Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire.

The league consists of a First Division 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.

The league primarily serves the counties of Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....

, Berkshire

Berkshire

Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...

, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....

, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

 and Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

. It has three feeder leagues, which cover narrower areas within the region:

• Cherwell Cricket League - Bedfordshire, North Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire
• Hertfordshire Cricket League
  Hertfordshire Cricket League
  The Hertfordshire Cricket League is an amateur league cricket competition based in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It serves as a feeder league to the Home Counties Premier Cricket League, which is a designated ECB Premier League, the highest level of recreational club cricket in England and...
  
   - Hertfordshire
• Thames Valley Cricket League
  Thames Valley Cricket League
  The Thames Valley Cricket League is a mostly amateur cricket league, catering to clubs geographically to the west of London, with clubs coming from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire and Surrey, though most are from Berkshire and Buckinghamshire...
  
   - Areas to the West of London, with teams coming from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire and Surrey

Winners

Year	Champions
2009	Henley Cricket Club
2008	High Wycombe Cricket Club
2007	Oxford Cricket Club
2006	Slough Cricket Club
2005	High Wycombe Cricket Club
2004	Henley Cricket Club
2003	High Wycombe Cricket Club
2002	High Wycombe Cricket Club
2001	Finchampstead Cricket Club
2000	Banbury Cricket Club

External links

• Home Counties Premier Cricket League - official site
• Home Counties Premier Cricket League - Play-Cricket site