Strathmore & Perthshire Cricket Union

The Strathmore & Perthshire Cricket Union (SPCU) is a regional cricket league in Scotland. From 1998 to 2011 it was a feeder league for the North and Midlands of the country into the Scottish National Cricket League. It continues to be a feeder for the SNCL's successor in the East of Scotland, the Eastern Premier League. Its one of four regional feeder leagues. The Strathmore Union was formed in 1928[1] and the Perthshire League was formed in 1963. The two merged in 2004.[2]

In the late 1990s the Union had a representative team in the Regional League Championship, which pitted the best players in each league against each other.[3] The SPCU has fielded a representative XI, notably as part of one of its founder members, Arbroath United's 125th anniversary year.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Strathmore Cricket Union The First 90 Years A History 1928 - 2018, David Potter, Richard Miller and Gavin McKiddie, Dundee 2018
  2. ^ "Strathmore & Perthshire Union Archive". Cricket Scotland.
  3. ^ Cricket Archive. "Strathmore Union select 2000 Archive". Retrieved 5 October 2012.
  4. ^ Sport. "Arbroath Herald Archive". Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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