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Template:Refimprove Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox cricket tournament main The Huddersfield ECB Premier League is the premier cricket competition in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

The league has been in existence since 1891 with teams representing suburbs of Huddersfield and villages in the Huddersfield district area.[1] There are now 41 teams in the league. Now there are teams from South Yorkshire and Saddleworth, as well as clubs that have joined the league from the now defunct Huddersfield Central Cricket League and former Central Yorkshire Cricket League.

In January 2025 the league achieved ECB Premier League status, following a three year application process[2][3], making it the 33rd ECB Accredited Premier League nationally and the fifth in Yorkshire.[4][5]

A number of local players have come from the Huddersfield League to play for in the English County Championship, mainly for Yorkshire and have gone on to represent England. Other county players and international players have played club cricket in the Huddersfield League.

Champions[6]

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Championships won

  • League Championship
    Wins Club
    19 Elland
    15 Huddersfield
    12 Holmfirth
    9 Hoylandswaine
    Slaithwaite
    6 Honley
    Meltham
    5 Golcar
    Lascelles Hall
    Paddock
    4 Broad Oak
    Scholes
    3 Friarmere
    Kirkburton
    Kirkheaton
    Linthwaite
    Shepley
  • League Championship
    Wins Club
    2 Almondbury
    Armitage Bridge
    Delph & Dobcross
    Hall Bower
    Meltham Mills
    Moorlands
    Rastrick
    Skelmanthorpe
    Thongsbridge
    1 Dalton
    Linthwaite Hall
    Lockwood
    Meltham

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Performance by season from 2017

Key
Gold Champions
Blue Left League
Red Relegated
Premiership Division performance by season, from 2017
Club 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Almondbury Wesleyan 13 11 8 8 3 9
Armitage Bridge 11 6 10 9 13 12
Barkisland 14 8 8 5 5 6 11
Broad Oak 5 4 11 7 9 7 12
Cawthorne 8 13
Delph & Dobcross 2 9 9 12 14 11
Golcar 12 11 7 3 12 5 5 10
Honley 6 2 5 4 2 10 9 10 3
Hoylandswaine 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1
Kirkburton 9 7 12 5 7 4 4 7 5
Mirfield Parish Cavaliers 14 14 11 11
Moorlands 4 8 2 2 8 1 1 6 6
Rastrick 2 4
Scholes 7 10 4 11 3 6 2 9 2
Shelley 12 14
Shepley 3 3 3 10 6 9 7 8 7
Skelmanthorpe 13 10 2 10 4 8
Slaithwaite 13
Thongsbridge 10 5 6 6 4 12 12
References [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

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Notable players

Many Huddersfield Cricket League players have gone on to play First-class and Test cricket. Template:Col-start Template:Col-2

Almondbury

Almondbury Wesleyans

  • Gurman Randhawa - Durham

Armitage Bridge

Broad Oak

  • Charlie Roebuck - Yorkshire
  • Steven Crook - Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex
  • Gurman Randhawa - Durham
  • Tony Palladino - Derbyshire

Cawthorne

Delph & Dobcross

Elland

Emley Clarence

Golcar

Holmfirth

Honley

  • Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
  • Craig White – Yorkshire and England
  • Matthew Wood – Yorkshire
  • Steven Crook – Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Middlesex

Template:Col-2 Hoylandswaine

  • Ryan Robinson – Durham
  • Alex Morris – Yorkshire, Hampshire
  • Zac Morris – Hampshire
  • Richard Wilkinson – Yorkshire

Kirkheaton

Lascelles Hall

  • Arnie Sidebottom – Yorkshire and England
  • Matthew Wood – Yorkshire

Lepton Highlanders

Linthwaite

Meltham

  • Ryan Sidebottom – Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and England
  • Neil Carter – Warwickshire

Paddock

Primrose Hill

Scholes James Wharton - Yorkshire CCC

Shelley

Shepley

Skelmanthorpe

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Overseas professionals

Most of the teams have had professional players who have come from overseas. A few notable ones include: Template:Col-start Template:Col-2 Barkisland

Broad Oak

Golcar

Holmfirth

Honley

Kirkheaton

  • Andrew Hudson – South Africa

Lepton

Linthwaite

Template:Col-2 Lascelles Hall

Marsden

Meltham

Paddock

Rastrick

Scholes

Shelley

Shepley

Slaithwaite

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Member clubs

The league currently, as of 2024, is split into 7 sections, where club's first and second teams play.[17]

Elland has won the most 1st XI competitions, leagues and various cups, with 42 trophies in the history of the league. Broad Oak with 32 trophies have had most success in 2nd XI competitions.[18]

Here are the clubs playing in the league during the 2024 season (they are linked to the locality where they are based):

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Former clubs

Source:[19]

  • Bradey Mills
  • Cawthorne
  • Elland
  • Friarmere
  • Halifax
  • Huddersfield
  • Kexborough
  • Lepton
  • Linthwaite Hall
  • Lockwood
  • Meltham Mills
  • Micklehurst
  • Paddock
  • Primrose Hill

References

  1. ↑ Davies, Peter; Light, Robert (2012). Cricket and Community in England: 1800 to the Present Day. Manchester University Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780719082795. 
  2. ↑ "Howzat! Huddersfield Cricket League returns with ECB Premier League status for 2025". Huddersfield Hub. 2025-04-26. https://huddersfieldhub.co.uk/howzat-huddersfield-cricket-league-returns-with-ecb-premier-league-status-for-2025/. 
  3. ↑ "Huddersfield Cricket League Becomes ECB Accredited Premier League for 2025 Season". HPCL. 2025-01-07. https://www.huddersfieldcricketleague.co.uk/blog/huddersfield-cricket-league-becomes-ecb-accredited-premier-league-for-2025-season. 
  4. ↑ "Crème de la Prem: The current state of ECB Premier League cricket". Wisden. 2025-03-10. https://www.wisden.com/cricket-news/crme-de-la-prem2. 
  5. ↑ "A new era for the Huddersfield Premier Cricket League". Cricket Yorkshire. 2025-01-08. https://cricketyorkshire.com/huddersfield-ecb-premier-league/. 
  6. ↑ Huddersfield Premier Cricket League Handbook 2026. HPCL. 2026. p. 118. 
  7. ↑ "Premiership - 2017". https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTUJX1CoBKxVPypBPaNDM2efG7R9P6cNvhKXlJfl9CLyBc2uhVhEwxLmajSYIKAb_5HLxc998wxKDvM/pubhtml. 
  8. ↑ "Premiership - 2018". https://huddersfieldcl.play-cricket.com/website/division/77564. 
  9. ↑ "Premiership - 2019". https://huddersfieldcl.play-cricket.com/website/division/82796. 
  10. ↑ "Premiership - 2021". https://huddersfieldcl.play-cricket.com/website/division/88259. 
  11. ↑ "Premiership - 2022". https://huddersfieldcl.play-cricket.com/website/division/101611. 
  12. ↑ "Premiership - 2023". https://huddersfieldcl.play-cricket.com/website/division/109495. 
  13. ↑ "Premiership - 2024". https://huddersfieldcl.play-cricket.com/website/division/116560. 
  14. ↑ "ECB Premiership - 2025". https://huddersfieldcl.play-cricket.com/website/division/125620. 
  15. ↑ "ECB Premiership - 2026". https://huddersfieldcl.play-cricket.com/website/division/134705. 
  16. ↑ Warner, David (2012). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2012 Yearbook (114th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. pp. 81–82. ISBN 978-1-905080-06-9. 
  17. ↑ Huddersfield Cricket League Tables
  18. ↑ Huddersfield Cricket League Roll of Honour
  19. ↑ Huddersfield Cricket League Roll of Honour
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