The South Wales Premier Cricket League, is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in South Wales. The league was founded in 1999 as the South East Wales League, being renamed following its accreditation as an ECB Premier League in 2001.
| Countries |  Wales |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Cricket Wales |
| Format | Limited Overs |
| First edition | 1999 (Founded) 2001 (ECB Premier League) |
| Tournament format | League |
| Number of teams | 10 (Premier Division One 1st XI) |
| Current champion | St Fagans |
| Most successful | St Fagans CC (4) |
| Website | https://swpcl.play-cricket.com/ |
The original South Wales Premier Cricket League did not include all of South Wales's leading clubs. Its clubs came from South Glamorgan and the traditional county of Monmouthshire, while clubs from further west played in the South Wales Cricket Association, a league which has been in existence since 1926. That league too sought ECB Premier League status, but the ECB was not willing to accredit two Premier Leagues in South Wales.
In 2010, the South Wales Premier Cricket League was reorganised. The top five clubs in the 2009 season, together with the top five clubs in the South Wales Cricket Association in 2009, formed a new Premier Division. The original league became a feeder to it and was renamed as the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Cricket League, and in 2016 it was renamed again as the South East Wales Cricket League. The South Wales Cricket Association continued to operate, and became the other feeder to the South Wales Premier Cricket League. Before the 2015 season, the South Wales Premier Cricket League formed a Division Two by taking five further clubs from each of the two feeder leagues.[1]
Winners
editWinners from 2010
edit| Year | Champions |
|---|---|
| 2010 | Sully Centurions |
| 2011 | Cardiff |
| 2012 | Ammanford |
| 2013 | Mumbles |
| 2014 | Cardiff |
| 2015 | Bridgend Town |
| 2016 | Newport |
| 2017 | Cardiff |
| 2018 | Newport |
| 2019 | St Fagans |
| 2020 | no competition |
| 2021 | St Fagans |
| 2022 | St Fagans |
| 2023 | Swansea |
| 2024 | St Fagans |
Winners 1999 to 2009
edit| Year | South Wales Premier Cricket League | South Wales Cricket Association |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Abergavenny | Pontarddulais |
| 2000 | Newport | Ynysygerwn |
| 2001 | Pentyrch | Swansea |
| 2002 | Sudbrook | Swansea |
| 2003 | Sully Centurions | Swansea |
| 2004 | Sully Centurions | Briton Ferry Steel |
| 2005 | St Fagans | Briton Ferry Steel |
| 2006 | St Fagans | Neath |
| 2007 | Sully Centurions | Pontarddulais |
| 2008 | Sully Centurions | Ammanford |
| 2009 | Cardiff | Ammanford |
Performance by season from 2001
editSouth Wales Premier Cricket League from 2010
edit| Key | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Champions |
| Blue | Left League |
| Red | Relegated |
| Club | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammanford | 7 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Bridgend Town | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
| Cardiff | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3 | |
| Clydach | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Mumbles | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Neath | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |||||
| Newport | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Panteg | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Penarth | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Pentyrch | ||||||||||||||
| Pontarddulais | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 6 | |
| Port Talbot Town | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | |
| St Fagans | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Sully Centurions [a] | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Swansea | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Usk | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Ynystawe | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Ynysygerwn | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| References | [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6] | [7] | [8] | [9] | [10] | [11] | [12] | [13] | [14] | |
- ^ Sully Centurions resigned from the Premier League after the 2013 season and moved to the Glamorgan and Monmouthshire Cricket League.
South Wales Premier Cricket League 2001 to 2009
edit| Key | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Champions |
| Red | Relegated |
| Club | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abergavenny | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| Blackwood Town | 12 | ||||||||
| Bridgend Town | 12 | ||||||||
| Cardiff | 2 | 2 | ? | ? | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Chepstow | 9 | ? | 8 | 9 | 12 | ||||
| Croesyceiliog | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| Miskin Manor | 10 | 11 | |||||||
| Newport | 4 | 6 | ? | ? | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Panteg | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Penarth | 8 | ? | ? | 6 | 11 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Pentyrch | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 7 | |
| Pontypridd | 8 | 5 | 10 | 12 | |||||
| St Fagans | 7 | 4 | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Sudbrook | 3 | 1 | ? | ? | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Sully Centurions [a] | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Tondu | 11 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Usk | 5 | 7 | ? | ? | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| References | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] | [19] | [20] | [21] | [22] | [23] |
- ^ Sully Centurions were relegated for disciplinary reasons after the 2005 season.
South Wales Cricket Association 2001 to 2009
edit| Key | |
|---|---|
| Gold | Champions |
| Red | Relegated |
| Club | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammanford | 6 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Briton Ferry Steel | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
| Carmarthen Wanderers | 7 | ||||||||
| Cowbridge | 8 | 10 | |||||||
| Dafen Welfare | 10 | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Gowerton | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Llanelli | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | |||||
| Llangennech | 8 | 10 | |||||||
| Maesteg Celtic | 8 | 5 | 9 | ||||||
| Mumbles | 5 | 10 | 6 | ||||||
| Neath | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Pontardawe | 6 | 10 | |||||||
| Pontarddulais | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
| Port Talbot Town | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Skewen | 10 | ||||||||
| Swansea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| Ynystawe | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Ynysygerwn | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| References | [24] | [25] | [26] | [27] | [28] | [29] | [30] | [31] | [32] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ List of ECB Premier Leagues Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2010".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2011".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2012".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2013".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2014".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2015".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2016".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2017".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2018".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2019".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2021".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2022".
- ^ "Premier Division One 1st XI - 2023".
- ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2003".
- ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2004".
- ^ Club Cricket Yearbook 2006
- ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2006".
- ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2007".
- ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2008".
- ^ "Premier Division 1st XI - 2009".
- ^ "First XI League Tables - Season 2001".
- ^ "First XI League Tables - Season 2002".
- ^ "First XI League Tables - Season 2003".
- ^ "First XI League Tables - Season 2004".
- ^ "First XI League Tables - Season 2005".
- ^ "First XI League Tables - Season 2006".
- ^ "First XI League Tables - Season 2007".
- ^ "First XI League Tables - Season 2008".
- ^ "First XI League Tables - Season 2009".
External links
edit- South Wales Premier Cricket League - SWPCL Play-Cricket site
- Cricket Wales
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