ALL TIME LEAGUE RECORDS
The Northern Cricket League was formed following
a meeting between eleven clubs at a Whalley Hotel on 10
November 1951 and commenced in the 1952 season. Nine of the
founding clubs were formerly members of the Ribblesdale League
while Kendal and Furness were former members of the North
Lancashire League.
Of the founding clubs, Blackpool, Chorley,
Darwen, Fleetwood, Kendal, Lancaster, Leyland, Morecambe and
St Annes have enjoyed unbroken service with the league.
Furness left after the 1958 season to re-join the North
Lancashire League. They were replaced by Netherfield, former
members of the North Lancashire League.
Leyland Motors resigned in 2006, merging with
Leyland after losing their ground. Preston joined from the
Liverpool Competition in 1953 while recent newcomers have been
Barrow (2004) and Carnforth (2006), both former members of the
North Lancashire League.
Lancashire Colts entered the League Division One
in 2010, playing each member club once all away from home with
the points couting in the league table. They resingned from the League in 2014
Carnforth resigned from the League in 2012
Darwen resigned from the League in 2016
In 2018 the League became partners with the Smalley Palace Shield with relegation of the bottom two Northern League clubs to be replaced by the top two Palace Shield Premier League clubs.
Division Two was discontinued and the second teams were transferred to Smalley Palace Shield Division 1B.
In 2024 Settle join the League.
In 2025 the League was reorganised into two Divisions.
Division 1 comprising of the top 10 clubs at the end of season 2024. Divison 2 was created from the three relegated clubs from 2024 with the top six clubs from the Palace Shield Premier in 2024 plus Carlisle CC.
The complete record of games played for the competing clubs in the League reads as follows:
There was no Championship in 2020 due to Covid-19
DIVISION ONE RECORDS, 1952-2024
| First Year |
Last Year |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Champions |
| Barrow |
2004 |
2019 |
383 |
121 |
131 |
131 |
0 |
| Blackpool |
1952 |
|
1615 |
660 |
640 |
315 |
18 |
| Carnforth |
2006 |
2012 |
173 |
31 |
64 |
78 |
0 |
| Chorley |
1952 |
|
1615 |
538 |
639 |
438 |
2 |
| Darwen |
1952 |
2016 |
1459 |
447 |
610 |
402 |
5 |
| Eccleston (Chorley) |
2023 |
** |
22 |
1 |
6 |
15 |
0 |
| Euxton |
2024 |
* |
24 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
0 |
| Fleetwood |
1952 |
** |
1593 |
512 |
569 |
512 |
6 |
| Fulwood & Broughton |
2018 |
|
134 |
51 |
32 |
51 |
0 |
| Furness |
1952 |
1958 |
152 |
54 |
67 |
31 |
2 |
| Garstang |
2018 |
|
134 |
68 |
30 |
36 |
1 |
| Kendal |
1952 |
** |
1593 |
484 |
617 |
492 |
5 |
| Lancashire Colts |
2010 |
2014 |
64 |
15 |
20 |
29 |
0 |
| Lancaster |
1952 |
** |
1525 |
460 |
631 |
434 |
6 |
| Leyland |
1952 |
|
1615 |
514 |
630 |
471 |
7 |
| Leyland Motors |
1952 |
2006 |
1216 |
270 |
508 |
438 |
1 |
| Longridge |
2019 |
|
112 |
48 |
30 |
34 |
|
| Mawdesley |
2024 |
** |
24 |
1 |
4 |
19 |
0 |
| Morecambe |
1952 |
** |
1525 |
428 |
609 |
488 |
5 |
| Netherfield |
1959 |
|
1463 |
488 |
576 |
399 |
6 |
| Penrith |
2014 |
** |
183 |
51 |
51 |
81 |
0 |
| Preston |
1953 |
2018 |
1483 |
367 |
547 |
569 |
3 |
| Settle |
2024 |
* |
24 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
| St Annes |
1952 |
|
1615 |
434 |
626 |
555 |
6 |
| Vernon Carus |
2022 |
** |
22 |
2 |
5 |
15 |
0 |
| Totals |
|
|
19768 |
6054 |
7660 |
6054 |
73 | |
Blackpool and Preston joint winners in 1967
Clubs promoted to Division 1 from Division 2
| Year |
Clubs |
Year |
Clubs |
Year |
Clubs |
| 2026 |
|
|
|
|
|
Clubs promoted to League from Smalley Palace Shield Premier League
| Year |
Clubs |
Year |
Clubs |
Year |
Clubs |
| 2018 |
Fulwood & Broughton & Garstang |
2019 |
Longridge & Kendal |
2020 |
No Games due to Covid 19 |
| 2021 |
Lancaster & Morecambe |
2022 |
Penrith & Vernon Carus |
2023 |
Fleetwood & Eccleston (Chorley) |
| 2024 |
Euxton & Mawdesley |
|
|
|
|
Clubs relegated from League to Smalley Palace Shield Premier League
| Year |
Clubs |
Year |
Clubs |
Year |
Clubs |
| 2017 |
Kendal & Lancaster |
2018 |
Morecambe & Preston |
2019 |
Barrow & Penrith |
| 2020 |
No games due to Covid 19 |
2021 |
Morecambe & Fleetwood |
2022 |
Lancaster & Vernon Carus |
| 2023 |
Penrith & Eccleston (Chorley) |
|
|
|
|
DIVISION TWO RECORDS, 1952-2017
Divison Two comprises of Division One second teams for the above dates.
Discontinued in 2017 with 2nd teams moving to Smalley Palace Shield Division 1b.
| Club |
First Year |
Last Year |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Champions |
| Barrow |
2004 |
|
334 |
95 |
115 |
124 |
0 |
| Blackpool |
1952 |
|
1476 |
656 |
519 |
301 |
12 |
| Carnforth |
2006 |
2012 |
170 |
26 |
43 |
101 |
0 |
| Chorley |
1952 |
|
1476 |
521 |
528 |
427 |
1 |
| Darwen |
1952 |
2016 |
1454 |
490 |
586 |
378 |
2 |
| Fleetwood |
1952 |
|
1476 |
558 |
446 |
472 |
10 |
| Furness |
1952 |
1958 |
152 |
46 |
47 |
59 |
0 |
| Kendal |
1952 |
|
1476 |
376 |
477 |
623 |
2 |
| Lancaster |
1952 |
|
1476 |
609 |
455 |
412 |
16 |
| Leyland |
1952 |
|
1476 |
458 |
499 |
519 |
9 |
| Leyland Motors |
1952 |
2006 |
1216 |
354 |
446 |
416 |
1 |
| Morecambe |
1952 |
|
1476 |
467 |
503 |
506 |
7 |
| Netherfield |
1959 |
|
1324 |
425 |
443 |
456 |
1 |
| Penrith |
2014 |
|
94 |
23 |
16 |
55 |
0 |
| Preston |
1953 |
|
1456 |
394 |
483 |
579 |
2 |
| St Annes |
1952 |
|
1476 |
452 |
481 |
543 |
3 |
| Totals |
|
|
18008 |
5948 |
6089 |
5971 |
66 |
