Devon Cricket League
ECB Premier League
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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]
Logo of the Devon Cricket League | |
| Countries |  England |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Devon Cricket Foundation |
| Format | Limited Overs |
| First edition | 1972 |
| Tournament format | League |
| Number of teams | 10 (Premier Division) |
| Current champion | Bradninch & Kentisbeare CC |
| Most successful | Exmouth CC (11) |
| Website | http://www.devoncricket.co.uk/ |
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
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Year Champions 2012 Sidmouth 2013 Exmouth 2014 Sidmouth 2015 Torquay 2016 Sidmouth 2017 Bovey Tracey 2018 Sidmouth 2019 Heathcoat 2020 no competition 2021 Heathcoat 2022 Bradninch 2023 Sandford 2024 Bradninch & Kentisbeare
Source: Devon Cricket League[4]
Performance by season from 2000
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Champions |
| Blue | Left League |
| Red | Relegated |
| 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 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 9 | ||||||
| Bradninch [a] | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bradninch and Kentisbeare | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Exeter | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Exmouth | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||
| Hatherleigh | 10 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heathcoat | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| North Devon | 9 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Paignton | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | ||||||
| Plymouth | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Plympton | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Sandford | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 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 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 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] | [27] | [28] |
International Cricketers
The following international cricketers have featured in the league:-
England
- Bill Athey[29] (Paignton)
- Sonny Baker[30] (Torquay)
- Dom Bess[31](Exeter & Sidmouth)
- John Childs[32] (Kingskerswell, Exeter & South Devon)
- Lewis Gregory (Plympton)
- Heather Knight (Plymstock)
- Mark Lathwell (Braunton)
- Craig Overton[33] (North Devon)
- Jamie Overton[34] (North Devon)
- Chris Read (Paignton)
Afghanistan
- Munir Ahmad[35] (Bovey Tracey)
Australia
- Hilton Cartwright[36] (Sidmouth)
- Marnus Labuschagne[37] (Plymouth)
- Stuart MacGill (Heathcoat)
- Chris Rogers (Exeter & North Devon)
Ireland
- Max Sorrenson[32] (South Devon)
New Zealand
- Adam Parore[36] (Barton)
- Andrew Mathieson[38] (Sidmouth)
- Roger Twose[36] (Paignton & Torquay)
Pakistan
- Naveed Anjum[39] (Barton)
- Aizaz Cheema[40] (Cornwood)
- Mohammad Salman[41] (Cornwood)
- Agha Zahid[42] (Barton)
South Africa
- Kyle Abbott (Lewdown)
- Fanie De Villiers[32] (Torquay)
- JP Duminy[36] (Exmouth)
- Zubayr Hamza[43] (Paignton)
- Vernon Philander[36] (Budleigh Salterton)
- Jacques Rudolph[36] (Paignton)
- Alfonso Thomas[44] (Exeter)
- Kyle Verreyne[45] (North Devon)
- Codi Yusuf[46] (Sidmouth)
West Indies
- Omari Banks[47] (Budleigh Salterton)
- Akeal Hosein[48] (Exmouth)
Zimbabwe
- Jonathan Campbell[49] (Sandford)
- Brian Chari[50] (Bovey Tracey)
- Prince Masvaure[32] (Sandford & Plymstock)
- Tarisai Musakanda[51] (Budleigh Salterton & Barton)
- Tinotenda Mutombodzi[52] (Hatherleigh & Plympton)
- Cephas Zhuwao[53] (Barton)
See also
Notes
- Bradninch entered into a merger after the 2022 season and became Bradninch and Kentisbeare.