North East Premier League

The Dukes North East Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the North East of England, serving the counties of Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. Since 2000 it has been a designated ECB Premier League.[1]

The most successful team has been South Northumberland Cricket Club who have been champions on twelve occasions in the league's twenty year history, including six consecutive championships between 2003 and 2008.

In 2013, the league expanded into two divisions (Premier and Division 1) following a restructure of the cricketing leagues in the North East. Subsequently, the Durham Cricket League and Northumberland & Tyneside Senior Cricket League began to feed into the NEPL in the revised pyramid structure for the purposes of promotion and relegation.

The teams competing in the Premier League in 2020 were due to be: Benwell Hill, Burnmoor, Burnopfield, Chester-le-Street, Eppleton, Felling, Hetton Lyons, Sacriston, South Northumberland, Tynemouth, Washington, and Whitburn.

The teams in Division One in 2020 were due to be: Ashington, Blaydon, Boldon, Castle Eden, Crook Town, Gateshead Fell, Lanchester, Newcastle, Philadelphia, Shotley Bridge, Sunderland, and Willington.

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.


Winners
YearPremier DivisionDivision One
2000Sunderland
2001Chester-le-Street
2002Benwell Hill
2003South Northumberland
2004South Northumberland
2005South Northumberland
2006South Northumberland
2007South Northumberland
2008South Northumberland
2009Chester-le-Street
2010Chester-le-Street
2011South Northumberland
2012South Northumberland
2013StocktonWhitburn
2014South NorthumberlandSouth Shields
2015South NorthumberlandEppleton
2016Chester-le-StreetFelling
2017South NorthumberlandSacriston
2018South NorthumberlandBurnopfield
2019BurnmoorWashington
2020not played because of COVID-19 pandemicnot played because of COVID-19 pandemic


Performance by season from 2000
Key
Gold Champions of Premier Division

Promoted from Division One

Blue Left League
Red Relegated

Premier Division

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Benwell Hill 7 2 1 9 5 4 5 6 11 4 3 4 11 7 5 5 10 4 7 7
Blaydon 3 3 7 6 3 10 4 3 5 2 5 3 2 5 4 12
Burnmoor 1
Burnopfield 8
Chester-le-Street 6 1 5 4 4 2 2 5 3 1 1 2 3 6 3 2 1 3 2 3
Durham Academy 2 5 8 2 7 6 6 4 6 8 4 6 5 10 10 4 5 5 9
Eppleton 11 7 8 4
Felling 11 10 11
Gateshead Fell 8 11 6 12 9 3 8 9 9 7 8 12 12 11 11 11 12
Hetton Lyons 12 10 5 7 3 2 6 7 6 3 5
Newcastle 11 4 10 8 8 11 11 10 12 11 6 8 10 4 6 3 2 2 5 12
Norton 5 9 9 10 11 9 10 11 8 12
Philadelphia 4 7 12 12
Sacriston 11 9
Sth North/land 4 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 2
South Shields 7 2 5 11 11 8 12 9 6 12
Stockton 9 7 11 3 6 5 9 12 7 9 7 10 6 1 7 10 9 9 12
Sunderland 1 6 3 5 2 7 7 2 4 6 9 7 4 9 12
Tynemouth 10 10 12 11 10 8 3 8 10 10 12 9 9 8 8 7 3 8 4 6
Whitburn 9 8 8 10 6 10
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Division One

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Ashington 4
Blaydon 11 10 11 9
Boldon 5 7 6 5 5 9 8
Brandon 2 3 7 7 4 4
Burnmoor 4 4 3 2
Burnopfield 2 1
Castle Eden 3 6
Crook Town 5
Eppleton 8 4 1
Felling 9 9 5 1
Gateshead Fell 9 8 10
Mainsforth 6 12
Sacriston 3 5 10 2 1
Seaham Harbour 10 6 8 9 11
Shotley Bridge 3
South Hetton 6 10 12
South Shields 1 10 11
Sunderland 11 10 6 5 2
Tudhoe 9 12
Washington 4 2 2 8 8 7 1
Whitburn 1
Willington 7 8 3 3 7 6 7
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References
  1. List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  3. Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
  4. "First Division - 2002".
  5. "First Division - 2003".
  6. "First Division - 2004".
  7. "First Division - 2005".
  8. "First Division - 2006".
  9. "First Division - 2007".
  10. "First Division - 2008".
  11. "First Division - 2009".
  12. "First Division - 2010".
  13. "First Division - 2011".
  14. "First Division - 2012".
  15. "Premier Division - 2013".
  16. "Premier Division - 2014".
  17. "Premier Division - 2015".
  18. "Premier Division - 2016".
  19. "Premier Division - 2017".
  20. "Premier Division - 2018".
  21. "Premier Division - 2019".
  22. "First Division - 2013".
  23. "Division 1 - 2014".
  24. "Division 1 - 2015".
  25. "Division 1 - 2016".
  26. "Division 1 - 2017".
  27. "Division 1 - 2018".
  28. "Division 1 - 2019".
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