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 fifteen members. The season begins with the teams divided into two groups, and after playing each other once the top four teams from each group play off as the Premier League to determine the champions, while the remaining seven clubs play a separate competition.[1] 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.[2]
Sectarian attacks forced the City of Derry club to withdraw from the North West League at the start of the Troubles.[3]
Members for 2021 season
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List of champions
edit| Season | Champions |
|---|---|
| 1894 | unknown |
| 1895 | Ballymoney[4] |
| 1896 | unknown |
| 1897 | Ballymoney[5] |
| 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[6] |
| 2012 | Donemana[7] |
| 2013 | Coleraine[8] |
| 2014 | Strabane[9] |
| 2015 | Coleraine[10] |
| 2016 | Donemana[11] |
| 2017 | Donemana[12] |
| 2018 | Bready[13] |
| 2019 | Brigade[14] |
| 2020 | no competition (COVID19 pandemic) |
| 2021 | Bready[15] |
| 2022 | Newbuildings[16] |
| 2023 | Ardmore[17] |
| 2024 | Donemana[18] |
Summary of winners
edit| Team | Wins |
|---|---|
| Donemana | 32 |
| Sion Mills | 27 (1 shared) |
| Brigade | 15 (1 shared) |
| Strabane | 15 (1 shared) |
| Limavady | 10 (1 shared) |
| City of Derry | 4 |
| Eglinton | 3 |
| Ballymoney | 2 |
| Bready | 2 |
| Clooney | 2 |
| Coleraine | 2 |
| Waterside | 2 |
| Ardmore | 1 |
| Eglinton | 1 |
| Newbuildings | 1 |
| St Johnston | 1 |
See also
editReferences for list of league champions
edit- CricketIreland Archives
- J. Clarence Hiles (2003), A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster, Comber:Hilltop Publishing Ltd
References
edit- ^ Cricket Europe
- ^ 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
- ^ Cricket Europe
- ^ Cricket Europe
- ^ North West Cricket Union
- ^ Cricket Europe
- ^ Cricket Europe
- ^ Belfast Telegraph
- ^ Belfast Telegraph