{"history":[],"article":{"id":"b8afbe07-831a-44fb-9c1c-46e520e8cfb2","title":"Hertfordshire Cricket League","slug":"hertfordshire-cricket-league","content":":::summary\n**Name:** Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League \n**Imagesize:** 200px \n**Country:** 🇬🇧 [United Kingdom](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-kingdom) \n**Administrator:** [Hertfordshire Cricket Limited](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Cricket Format:** mixture of Limited Overs and Timed fixtures \n**First:** 1974 \n**Tournament Format:** League \n**Participants:** 290 teams over 29 Divisions (incl Premiership Divisions) \n**Champions:** Harpenden CC \n**Trophy Holder:** Harpenden CC \n**Most Successful:** Radlett CC (8 titles) \n**Website:** https://www.HertsPremierCL.co.uk/ \n:::\n\n# \n**[Hertfordshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/hertfordshire) Premier Cricket League** is a league [cricket](https://bliptext.com/articles/cricket) competition based in the county of [Hertfordshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/hertfordshire), [England](https://bliptext.com/articles/england).\nSince 2015 it has been a designated [ECB Premier League](https://bliptext.com/articles/ecb-premier-leagues), the highest level of recreational [club cricket](https://bliptext.com/articles/club-cricket) in England and Wales.\n\n# History\nLeague cricket in Hertfordshire began in 1968 with the forming of the Hertfordshire Cricket Competition.\nIn 1974 the leading clubs broke away from the Competition and formed the Hertfordshire Cricket League, and then in 1994 the two tournaments once again merged under the name Hertfordshire Cricket League.\nWhen the system of ECB Premier Leagues was introduced, it was decided that the Hertfordshire Cricket League together with the Cherwell Cricket League and Thames Valley Cricket League should become feeders to a newly formed [Home Counties Premier Cricket League](https://bliptext.com/articles/home-counties-premier-cricket-league).\nAccordingly, between 2000 and 2013 the top Hertfordshire clubs played in that league and not in the Hertfordshire Cricket League.\nHertfordshire's relationship with the Home Counties Premier Cricket League was always uneasy, and in autumn 2013 the Hertfordshire clubs all resigned from the Home Counties Premier Cricket League (with the exception of [Tring Park](https://bliptext.com/articles/tring-park-cricket-club), who had not played in the Hertfordshire Cricket League since 1981, when they switched to the Thames Valley Cricket League).\nThe Hertfordshire clubs then returned to the Hertfordshire Cricket League, which was awarded ECB Premier League status in time for the 2015 season.\nUntil 2022, the league used a format where the championship was not decided on league performance alone; the top four in the league table then played semi finals and a final to decide the champions.\nThis format was discontinued for the 2023 season.\nAlthough most of the league's member clubs are located within the borders of the county, teams from [North London](https://bliptext.com/articles/north-london) and [Bedfordshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/bedfordshire) are also members, and in the past there have been member clubs from [Buckinghamshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/buckinghamshire) and [Essex](https://bliptext.com/articles/essex) as well.\nThe league is sponsored by The Saracens Foundation.\n\n# Winners\n\n## Hertfordshire Cricket Competition 1968 to 1973\n

\n\n## Hertfordshire Cricket League 1974 to 1999\n

\nBetween 2000 and 2013 the leading Hertfordshire clubs played in the [Home Counties Premier Cricket League](https://bliptext.com/articles/home-counties-premier-cricket-league).\n\n## Hertfordshire Cricket League from 2014\n

\nSource:\n\n# Performance by season from 2015","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T11:16:35.464Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T11:16:35.464Z","search_vector":"'cricket':2 'hertfordshir':1 'leagu':3","search_content":" \n**Name:** Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League \n**Imagesize:** 200px \n**Country:** 🇬🇧 [United Kingdom](https://bliptext.com/articles/united-kingdom) \n**Administrator:** [Hertfordshire Cricket Limited](https://bliptext.com/articles/undefined) \n**Cricket Format:** mixture of Limited Overs and Timed fixtures \n**First:** 1974 \n**Tournament Format:** League \n**Participants:** 290 teams over 29 Divisions (incl Premiership Divisions) \n**Champions:** Harpenden CC \n**Trophy Holder:** Harpenden CC \n**Most Successful:** Radlett CC (8 titles) \n**Website:** https://www.HertsPremierCL.co.uk/ \n \n\n# \n**[Hertfordshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/hertfordshire) Premier Cricket League** is a league [cricket](https://bliptext.com/articles/cricket) competition based in the county of [Hertfordshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/hertfordshire), [England](https://bliptext.com/articles/england).\nSince 2015 it has been a designated [ECB Premier League](https://bliptext.com/articles/ecb-premier-leagues), the highest level of recreational [club cricket](https://bliptext.com/articles/club-cricket) in England and Wales.\n\n# History\nLeague cricket in Hertfordshire began in 1968 with the forming of the Hertfordshire Cricket Competition.\nIn 1974 the leading clubs broke away from the Competition and formed the Hertfordshire Cricket League, and then in 1994 the two tournaments once again merged under the name Hertfordshire Cricket League.\nWhen the system of ECB Premier Leagues was introduced, it was decided that the Hertfordshire Cricket League together with the Cherwell Cricket League and Thames Valley Cricket League should become feeders to a newly formed [Home Counties Premier Cricket League](https://bliptext.com/articles/home-counties-premier-cricket-league).\nAccordingly, between 2000 and 2013 the top Hertfordshire clubs played in that league and not in the Hertfordshire Cricket League.\nHertfordshire's relationship with the Home Counties Premier Cricket League was always uneasy, and in autumn 2013 the Hertfordshire clubs all resigned from the Home Counties Premier Cricket League (with the exception of [Tring Park](https://bliptext.com/articles/tring-park-cricket-club), who had not played in the Hertfordshire Cricket League since 1981, when they switched to the Thames Valley Cricket League).\nThe Hertfordshire clubs then returned to the Hertfordshire Cricket League, which was awarded ECB Premier League status in time for the 2015 season.\nUntil 2022, the league used a format where the championship was not decided on league performance alone; the top four in the league table then played semi finals and a final to decide the champions.\nThis format was discontinued for the 2023 season.\nAlthough most of the league's member clubs are located within the borders of the county, teams from [North London](https://bliptext.com/articles/north-london) and [Bedfordshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/bedfordshire) are also members, and in the past there have been member clubs from [Buckinghamshire](https://bliptext.com/articles/buckinghamshire) and [Essex](https://bliptext.com/articles/essex) as well.\nThe league is sponsored by The Saracens Foundation.\n\n# Winners\n\n## Hertfordshire Cricket Competition 1968 to 1973\n \n \n \n\n## Hertfordshire Cricket League 1974 to 1999\n \n \n \n \nBetween 2000 and 2013 the leading Hertfordshire clubs played in the [Home Counties Premier Cricket League](https://bliptext.com/articles/home-counties-premier-cricket-league).\n\n## Hertfordshire Cricket League from 2014\n \n \n \nSource:\n\n# Performance by season from 2015","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}