- North West Senior League
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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 eighteen members and is divided into two sections, namely Senior League 1 (ten clubs) and Senior League 2 (eight clubs). There is promotion and relegation of one club between each division. It is sponsored by the Henderson Property Group. 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]
Contents
Members for 2011 season
Senior League 1
Senior League 2
- Ardmore
- Burndennett
- Creevedonnell
- Drummond
- Killyclooney
- The Nedd
- St Johnston
- Sion Mills
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] Summary of winners
Team Wins Donemana 28 Brigade 14 (1 shared) Strabane 14 (1 shared) Limavady 10 (1 shared) Sion Mills 5 (1 shared) Eglinton 3 City of Derry 4 Ballymoney 2 Clooney 2 Waterside 2 Eglinton 1 St Johnston 1 See also
- North West Senior Cup
- Irish Senior Cup
- Ulster Cup
- NCU Senior League
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
External links
Senior League 2 Ardmore · Burndennett · Creevedonnell · Drummond · Killyclooney · The Nedd · St Johnston · Sion MillsGoverning bodies National teams Leagues Cups Irish Senior Cup · Ulster Cup · Ulster Shield · Leinster Senior Cup · Munster Senior Cup · NCU Challenge Cup · North West Senior Cup · NCU Junior CupCategories:- Senior cricket leagues in Ireland
- Cricket in Ulster
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