Birmingham and District Premier League - 2007 Season

2007 Season

Walsall Cricket Club won the Birmingham league for the second time in a row, the second time this has happened since the Premier League was put into place in 1998. Walsall Seamer Gareth Williams is the only player in Premier League history to win the Birmingham League title with three different clubs (Halesowen, Barnt Green and Walsall). 2003 and 2004 winners Wellington were relegated, as were Coventry and North Warwickshire. Leamington won Division one despite having a very young side, while former heavyweights Wolverhampton are back in the top flight in 2008 for the first time since 2003. Wolverhampton have done this with another young side, opening the batting with 14 year old Anish Kapil. Water Orton and Aston Manor were the teams relegated from Division 1, Aston Manor after having achieved 3 successive promotions before 2007. Division Two was won by Attock (who field an all Asian team), followed by Dorridge who narrowly missed out in 2006. Bridgnorth and Fordhouses both went down to Division Three. Division Three was won by Shropshire side St Georges, followed by a strong Ombersley side who had a number of ex-Worcestershire pros in their side. Whitchurch could count themselves unlucky after finishing third with 326 Points, which in any other season would have surely seen them to promotion.

Four teams were relegated out of the Birmingham League and into the feeder leagues:-

Old Wulfs Tettenhall (Staffordshire) Pelsall (Staffordshire) Solihull Blossomfield (Warwickshire) Wem (Shropshire)

No Worcestershire team was relegated.

The winners of each of the feeder leagues (Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire,Worcestershire) were as follows:-

• Shropshire Premier Cricket League: Oswestry
• Staffordshire Club Cricket Championship: Lichfield
• Warwickshire Cricket League: Bablake Old Boys
• Worcestershire County Cricket League: Brockhampton