North West Senior League
The North West Senior League is the provincial cricket league within the North West Cricket Union jurisdiction in Ireland, which covers counties Londonderry, Fermanagh, and part of Tyrone in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. The league has sixteen members and is divided into two sections of eight clubs, namely the Premiership and the Championship. There is promotion and relegation of one club between each division. It is sponsored by Long's Supervalu. Teams play each other twice per season, once at home and once away, each season, with two points awarded for a win and one for a tie or for “no result”.
The league began as the County Derry League from 1894 until 1897, when it stopped after only five teams entered. It resumed again in 1904.[1]
Sectarian attacks forced the City of Derry club to withdraw from the North West League at the start of the Troubles.[2]
Members for 2017 season
Premiership |
Championship
|
Source: North West of Ireland Cricket Union
List of champions
Season | Champions |
---|---|
1894 | unknown |
1895 | Ballymoney[3] |
1896 | unknown |
1897 | Ballymoney[4] |
1898-1903 | no competition |
1904 | Sion Mills |
1905 | Waterside |
1906 | Waterside |
1907 | Sion Mills |
1908 | Clooney |
1909 | Sion Mills |
1910 | Strabane |
1911 | Sion Mills |
1912 | Strabane |
1913 | Sion Mills |
1914 | Clooney |
1915-18 | no competition |
1919 | Sion Mills |
1920 | Sion Mills |
1921 | City of Derry |
1922 | City of Derry |
1923 | Sion Mills |
1924 | City of Derry |
1925 | Sion Mills |
1926 | Sion Mills |
1927 | Sion Mills |
1928 | Sion Mills |
1929 | Sion Mills |
1930 | Brigade and Sion Mills (shared) |
1931 | Strabane |
1932 | Strabane |
1933 | Sion Mills |
1934 | Strabane |
1935 | Strabane |
1936 | Brigade |
1937 | Brigade |
1938 | Sion Mills |
1939 | Strabane |
1940 | Sion Mills |
1941 | Strabane |
1942 | no competition |
1943 | Strabane |
1944 | Brigade |
1945 | Brigade |
1946 | City of Derry |
1947 | Sion Mills |
1948 | Donemana |
1949 | Donemana |
1950 | Donemana |
1951 | Donemana |
1952 | Donemana |
1953 | Sion Mills |
1954 | Sion Mills |
1955 | Sion Mills |
1956 | Eglinton |
1957 | Sion Mills |
1958 | Sion Mills |
1959 | Strabane |
1960 | Donemana |
1961 | Limavady |
1962 | Sion Mills |
1963 | Donemana |
1964 | Sion Mills |
1965 | Donemana |
1966 | Strabane |
1967 | Donemana |
1968 | Strabane |
1969 | Donemana |
1970 | Eglinton |
1971 | Brigade |
1972 | Eglinton |
1973 | Brigade |
1974 | Donemana |
1975 | Sion Mills |
1976 | Limavady |
1977 | Donemana |
1978 | Sion Mills |
1979 | Donemana |
1980 | Donemana |
1981 | Donemana |
1982 | Donemana |
1983 | Brigade |
1984 | St Johnston |
1985 | Donemana |
1986 | Donemana |
1987 | Donemana |
1988 | Donemana |
1989 | Donemana |
1990 | Donemana |
1991 | Donemana |
1992 | Donemana |
1993 | Donemana |
1994 | Limavady |
1995 | Limavady |
1996 | Limavady |
1997 | Limavady |
1998 | Limavady |
1999 | Limavady |
2000 | Limavady |
2001 | Brigade |
2002 | Brigade |
2003 | Donemana |
2004 | Brigade |
2005 | Donemana |
2006 | Brigade |
2007 | Brigade |
2008 | Donemana |
2009 | Limavady and Strabane (shared) |
2010 | Strabane |
2011 | Brigade [5] |
2012 | Donemana [6] |
2013 | Coleraine [7] |
2014 | Strabane [8] |
2015 | Coleraine [9] |
2015 | Donemana [10] |
Summary of winners
Team | Wins |
---|---|
Donemana | 30 |
Sion Mills | 27 (1 shared) |
Strabane | 15 (1 shared) |
Brigade | 14 (1 shared) |
Limavady | 10 (1 shared) |
Eglinton | 3 |
City of Derry | 4 |
Ballymoney | 2 |
Clooney | 2 |
Coleraine | 2 |
Waterside | 2 |
Eglinton | 1 |
St Johnston | 1 |
See also
References for list of league champions
- CricketIreland Archives
- J. Clarence Hiles (2003), A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, Comber:Hilltop Publishing Ltd
References
- ↑ Gerard Siggins (2005), Green Days:Cricket in Ireland 1792-2005. Nonsuch Publishing Ltd., p.41
- ↑ Siggins (2005), p.81
- ↑ J. Clarence Hiles (2003) A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, p.62
- ↑ J. Clarence Hiles (2003) A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, p.63
- ↑ Title back at Beechgrove after soggy end to race
- ↑ Donemana complete the League and Cup double for the first time in 20 years
- ↑ Bannsiders clinch historic first title
- ↑ STRABANE CLAIM NORTH WEST PREMIERSHIP CROWN
- ↑ NWCU statement on Premiership play-off
- ↑ Cricket Europe