I'anson League
| Countries |  United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Administrator | I'Anson Management Committee |
| Format | Limited overs (number varies) |
| First Edition | 1901 |
| Tournament format | League |
| Current champion | Grayshott |
| Website | https://ia.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/105299 I'Anson League] |
The I'Anson League is a competition for recreational club cricket in Southern England.[1] Grayshott, who are founder members, won the 1st division of the league in 2018, their ninth win.[2]
The teams competing in the 1st Division for 2019 are: Blackheath, Tilford, Grayswood, Grayshott, Puttenham and Wanborough, Frensham, Headley, Fernhurst, Dogmersfield and Tongham. The lower 6 divisions comprise of various sides from Brook, Farncombe, Chiddingfold, Witley, Elstead, Pirbright, Midhurst, Badshot Lea, Shalford, Harting, Bramley, Wood Street, Hindhead, The Bourne, Wrecclesham, Thursley, Frimley, Kingsley, Peper Harrow, Alton, Milford, Farncombe Wanderers, Liphook and Ripsley and Churt.[3]
History
I'Anson League administrators believe that the league is the oldest cricket league in the UK and possibly in the world. It was founded in January 1901.[4] There was a break in the competition during the First World War from 1914 to 1918 and for the Second World War between 1940–1945. Arthur Conan Doyle played in the league in 1903. [5] The league is named for architect Edward Blakeway I’Anson who donated the original silver trophy that has been on display since 1910 in The Barley Mow public house in Tilford. Graham Thorpe made his cricket debut in the league for Wrecclesham against Lindford as a 12-year-old. [6]
Format
The I'Anson League 1st division consists of ten teams each playing the others on a home and away basis, to make a total of 18 matches each. There are 7 divisions, each division has ten teams.
From the 2018 season, games between April 22nd–May 27th and August 26th–September 23rd are played in the Limited overs win/lose format (whereby in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 an innings is a maximum of 45 overs and any one bowler can bowl a maximum of 9 overs; in divisions 4, 5, 6 and 7 an innings is a maximum of 40 overs and any one bowler can bowl a maximum of 8 overs). The rest of the games from June 3rd–August 19th are played in the traditional format (in Divisions 1, 2 and 3 a match is a maximum of 90 overs and the innings of the side batting cannot last longer than 48 overs with any one bowler able to bowl a maximum of 14 overs; in divisions 4, 5, 6 and 7 a match is a maximum of 80 overs and the innings of the side batting cannot last longer than 43 with any one bowler able to bowl a maximum of 12 overs).[7] [8]
Previous winners
2017 Grayswood
2016 Puttenham & Wanborough
2015 Blackheath
2014 Tilford
2013 Grayswood
2012 Grayswood
2011 Grayshott
2010 Grayshott
2009 Frensham
2008 Frensham
2007 Puttenham & Wanborough
2006 Grayshott
2005 Cranleigh St Andrew's
2004 Puttenham & Wanborough
2003 Puttenham & Wanborough
Other I'Anson Competitions
The I'Anson Management Committee also organise The Stevens Cup and The Pope Cup, which is named for L. T. Pope, former news editor of the Herald series of newspapers based in Farnham, Surrey.[10] These are both tournament-type competitions. The 2019 holders are Grayswood and Frimley respectively.[11]
References
- ↑ https://ia.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/105300 I'Anson Play Cricket website
- ↑ http://www.grayshottcc.co.uk/about/ianson-history/ Greyshott I'Anson History
- ↑ https://ia.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/105305 I'Anson Play Cricket website
- ↑ https://ia.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/105300 I'Anson Play Cricket website
- ↑ http://www.grayshottcc.co.uk/about/ianson-history/ Greyshott I'Anson History
- ↑ https://www.kiaoval.com/main-news/cricket-in-the-county-ianson-cup/ Oval Cricket Ground website
- ↑ http://www.worldoftilfordcricket.com/ianson/ Tilford Cricket Club website
- ↑ http://www.altonherald.com/article.cfm?id=114770&headline=I%E2%80%99Anson%20goes%20limited-overs%20at%20last%20%E2%80%93%20for%20half%20the%20season§ionIs=sport&searchyear=2016 Alton Herald
- ↑ https://ia.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/105305 I'Anson Play Cricket website
- ↑ http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/books/cricket.htm Inside cover of A "Century Not Out - One hundred years of the I'Anson Cup" by Graham Collyer
- ↑ https://ia.play-cricket.com/website/web_pages/105305 I'Anson Other Competitions page
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