The East Anglian Premier Cricket League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn East Anglian Premier League for sponsorship purposes, is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the English region of East Anglia. Since it was formed in 1999 the league has been a designated ECB Premier League.[1] It has three feeder leagues: the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Premier League,[2] the Norfolk Cricket Alliance,[3] and the Two Counties Cricket Championship (which covers Suffolk and the north of Essex).[4] The winners of these three leagues are eligible for promotion to the East Anglian Premier Cricket League. Should more than one of them wish to join the league in the same season then a playoff is held.[5]

The 2020 competition was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A replacement competition was organised for the later part of the season when cricket again became possible, but with the winners not to be regarded as official league champions.

Champions

  • YearClub
    League Champions
    1999–2018
    1999 Vauxhall Mallards
    2000 Norwich
    2001 Norwich
    2002 Vauxhall Mallards
    2003 Vauxhall Mallards
    2004 Vauxhall Mallards
    2005 Bury St Edmunds
    2006 Bury St Edmunds
    2007 Swardeston
    2008 Swardeston
    2009 Vauxhall Mallards
    2010 Cambridge Granta
    2011 Cambridge Granta
    2012 Swardeston
    2013 Swardeston
    2014 Swardeston
    2015 Swardeston
    2016 Swardeston
    2017 Sudbury
    2018 Sudbury
  • YearClub
    League Champions
    2019–2022
    2019 Frinton on Sea
    2020 COVID-19 pandemic
    2021 Sawston and Babraham
    2022 Sawston and Babraham

    Performance by season from 1999

    Key
    Gold Champions
    Blue Left League
    Red Relegated
    Performance by season, from 1999
    Club 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
    Burwell [lower-alpha 1] 7 9 10 3 10 8 8 8
    Burwell and Exning [lower-alpha 1] 9 11 12
    Bury St Edmunds 10 7 6 7 8 8 1 1 6 2 7 8 5 7 10 9 9 9 11 11 8 5 8
    Cambridge [lower-alpha 2] 2 4 4 3 4 2 2 4 8 3 4 1 1 11 2 6 3 2 4 8 6 6
    Cambridge and Godmanchester [lower-alpha 3] 3 4 5
    Cambridge St Giles [lower-alpha 3] 8 10
    Clacton on Sea [lower-alpha 4] 5 6 7 2 6 7 5 3 9 5 6 9 10 4 6
    Copdock and Old Ipswichian 6 11 4 5 3 5 6 7 8 4
    Fakenham 10 4 8 8 10 10 9 12
    Frinton on Sea 2 6 6 4 1 10 10
    Godmanchester Town [lower-alpha 3] 9 9 3 7 9 2 6 12
    Great Witchingham 5 7 8 6 2 5 5 2 6 10 3 7 5 4 5
    Halstead 4 8 10 11 11 8 12
    Horsford 5 7 9 10 5 6 3 8 5 7 11 12 5 4 11 6
    Maldon 9 8 2 9 10
    Mildenhall 7 5 5 9 9 10 6 10 9 3 10 3 2
    Norwich 3 1 1 6 3 5 9 6 4 8 2 10 12 3 10 4 10 12
    Ramsey 10
    Saffron Walden 5 2 11 8 4 11 12 9 7 9
    Sawston and Babraham 1 1
    Sudbury 7 9 12 7 1 1 3 9 3
    Swardeston 6 3 2 5 7 6 4 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 7
    Vauxhall Mallards 1 2 8 1 1 1 3 7 3 4 1 4 4 2 7 7 4 5 7 10 12
    Witham 11
    Woolpit 9 8 11 12
    References [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27][lower-alpha 5] [28] [29]
    1. 1 2 Burwell entered into a merger and became Burwell and Exning before the 2018 season.
    2. ↑ Cambridge were known as Cambridge Granta until the end of the 2018 season.
    3. 1 2 3 Cambridge St Giles and Godmanchester Town entered into a merger after the 2000 season and became Cambridge and Godmanchester, but this merger was dissolved after the 2003 season and Godmanchester Town took the place in the Premier League.
    4. ↑ Clacton on Sea resigned from the Premier League after the 2013 season.
    5. ↑ Coronavirus pandemic forced a reduction in league activity.

    References

    1. ↑ ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2014-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
    2. ↑ "Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Premier League". cambhuntpremierleague.play-cricket.com. Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire Premier League. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
    3. ↑ "Norfolk Cricket Alliance". norfolkca.play-cricket.com. Norfolk Cricket Alliance. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
    4. ↑ "Two Counties Cricket Championship". twocounties.play-cricket.com. Two Counties Cricket Championship. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
    5. ↑ "East Anglian Premier Cricket League". eapcl.play-cricket.com. East Anglian Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
    6. ↑ "Premier League - 1999".
    7. ↑ "Premier League - 2000".
    8. ↑ "Premier League - 2001".
    9. ↑ "Premier League - 2002".
    10. ↑ "Premier League - 2003".
    11. ↑ "Premier League - 2004".
    12. ↑ "Premier League - 2005".
    13. ↑ "Premier League - 2006".
    14. ↑ "Premier League - 2007".
    15. ↑ "Premier League - 2008".
    16. ↑ "Premier League - 2009".
    17. ↑ "Premier League - 2010".
    18. ↑ "Premier League - 2011".
    19. ↑ "Premier League - 2012".
    20. ↑ "Premier League - 2013".
    21. ↑ "Premier League - 2014".
    22. ↑ "Premier League - 2015".
    23. ↑ "Premier League - 2016".
    24. ↑ "Premier League - 2017".
    25. ↑ "Premier League - 2018".
    26. ↑ "Premier League - 2019".
    27. ↑ "Premier Division - 2020".
    28. ↑ "Premier Division - 2021".
    29. ↑ "Premier League - 2022".
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