ECB National Club Cricket Championship

The ECB National Club Cricket Championship is a forty over limited overs knockout club cricket competition in England. The most successful clubs have been Scarborough, from North Yorkshire, with five titles and Old Hill, from Staffordshire, with four.

The competition was originally only open to "senior" cricket sides (sides playing in the senior county leagues) and in 1972 the National Village Cup competition was formed for village sides unable to enter this competition. In 1997 the ECB released a blueprint to the future of cricket written by Lord MacLaurin called "Raising the Standards",^[1] the report suggested counties created county board ran leagues, designed to raise the standard of club cricket and bridge the gap between Club and county cricket. This led to the creation of the ECB Premier Leagues. Preference for entry to the competition was given to clubs in ECB Premier Leagues, although lower-level clubs are able to take part if they can be accommodated.

The format has largely stayed the same from the initial season to the present day. All teams are split into 16 regional knockouts, with the 16 winners going into a national round.

Winners

1969: Hampstead
1970: Cheltenham
1971: Blackheath
1972: Scarborough
1973: Wolverhampton
1974: Sunbury
1975: York
1976: Scarborough
1977: Southgate
1978: Cheltenham
1979: Scarborough
1980: Moseley
1981: Scarborough
1982: Scarborough
1983: Shrewsbury
1984: Old Hill
1985: Old Hill
1986: Stourbridge
1987: Old Hill
1988: Enfield
1989: Teddington
1990: Blackpool
1991: Teddington
1992: Optimists
1993: Old Hill
1994: Chorley
1995: Chorley
1996: Walsall
1997: Eastbourne
1998: Doncaster Town
1999: Wolverhampton
2000: Sheffield Collegiate
2001: Bramhall
2002: Saffron Walden
2003: Sandiacre Town
2004: Kibworth
2005: Horsham
2006: South Northumberland
2007: Bromley
2008: Kibworth
2009: Chester-le-Street
2010: South Northumberland
2011: Shrewsbury
2012: York
2013: West Indian Cavaliers
2014: Sandiacre Town
2015: Blackheath
2016: South Northumberland
2017: Wanstead and Snaresbrook
2018: Richmondshire
2019: Swardeston
2020: no competition
2021: Bath
2022: Bexley
2023: Cuckney
2024: Brentwood

Source:^[2]

Competition name

Due to sponsorship, the competition has been known by the following names:

Period	Name
1969–1975	DH Robins Cup
1976–1982	John Haig Trophy
1983–1986	William Younger Cup
1987–1990	Cockspur Cup
1991–1992	Club Cricket Championship
1993–1998	Abbot Ale Cup
1999–2000	Club Cricket Championship
2001–2002	Club Cricket Championship - sponsored by play-cricket.com
2003	Club Cricket Championship
2004–2008	Cockspur Cup
2009–2012	ECB National Club Championship
2013–present	Royal London Club Championship