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The Bradford Cricket League (currently known as the JCT600 Bradford Cricket League for sponsorship reasons) is an amateur cricket competition centred in Bradford, West Yorkshire. It has been described as "arguably the country's strongest amateur competition." The league is structured into two divisions, with eleven teams in Division One, and fourteen in Division Two. Most teams are from Bradford, but some are from neighbouring towns. ==History== The League was formed in 1903 with twelve clubs but only four (Undercliffe, Bankfoot, Manningham Mills and Great Horton) of the inaugural twelve are current members. The first club to win the League was Shelf, in 1903, claiming their only Bradford League title. In total, the League has had twenty-six different winners of its top division. The most successful club is Bradford CC, with 10 titles. The most successful club to still operate in the Bradford League is Undercliffe, who have 9 titles to their name. The last decade has seen the domination of Pudsey Congs and Woodlands within the top division. Pudsey Congs won five consecutive titles between 2000 and 2004, and Woodlands won the following four titles. The only other team to win the title since 2000 is Baildon, who were victorious in 2009. Woodlands are the current champions, and their five titles could be considered as quite a feat as they were only readmitted to the League in 2001 (they previously spent two seasons in the second division in 1910 and 1911). The League runs two cup competitions for the first and second teams of every club within the League. The first team competition is the Priestley Cup, which has been running since 1904, and the second team competition is the Priestley Shield, which has been running since 1911. The only club ever to have won the Cup three times in a row is East Bierley, who won in 1998, 1999 and 2000. However, the most successful club in the competition is Undercliffe, who have won it fourteen times. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bradford Cricket League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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