- Source: Palace Shield
The Palace Shield, officially known as the MHA Palace Shield for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket competition based in Preston and surrounding districts in Lancashire, England. There are eight divisions in the main Saturday competition, three Sunday leagues, a Twenty20 competition and a junior competition.
Test cricketers such as Andrew Flintoff and Simon Kerrigan began their careers in the Palace Shield, although it remains a competition for amateurs only. Richard Gleeson who played One Day International and Twenty20 Cricket for England Cricket Team also played in the competition.
In 2024, changes were made to the competition which saw a coalition between the Northern Premier Cricket League (NCPL), the Palace Shield and the Westmorland Cricket League. It resulted in the NCPL becoming a two-division league, leaving the Palace Shield as an amateur competition and incorporating the Westmorland League into the pyramid in a more recognised fashion than previously. Division One and Division Two of the NCPL will have ten teams, as will the Palace Shield Premier Division.
Clubs
Teams for the 2025 season:
= Palace Shield Premier Division (10 teams)
=Eccleston
Fylde
Heysham
Lancaster
Morecambe
Penrith
Preston
Rufford
Torrisholme
Westgate
= Northern Premier Cricket League Division One (10 teams)
=Blackpool
Chorley
Fleetwood
Fulwood & Broughton
Garstang
Kendal
Leyland
Longridge
Netherfield
Settle
= Northern Premier Cricket League Division Two (10 teams)
=Barrow
Carlisle
Carnforth
Euxton
Great Eccleston
Mawdesley
Penwortham
St Annes
Thornton-Cleveleys
Vernon Carus
References
External links
Palace Shield website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Marcus Rashford
- Michael Carrick
- Rob Holding
- Ashley Cole
- Patrick Vieira
- Manchester United F.C.
- Wilfried Zaha
- Mathieu Flamini
- Marcos Rojo
- Adnan Januzaj
- Palace Shield
- Poulton-le-Fylde
- Crystal Palace F.C.
- Northern Premier Cricket League
- Gun shield
- Kofi Balmer
- Lancaster, Lancashire
- Grimsargh
- Thornton, Lancashire
- Goyeneche Palace, Arequipa
