Top class (cricket)

The top class (previously Hoofdklasse ) is the highest competition in Dutch cricket . Until 2016, the league played with eight teams in a double round-robin tournament, followed by relegation and championship games. As of 2017, the league was converted into a simple ten-team, double-round tournament.

The dominant club in terms of league title was the HCC (Hague Cricket Club). The club, based in The Hague , was founded in 1878 and won its first Dutch title in 1884. By 2018 the club had won 48 top-class titles, most recently in 2008. The club was so dominant in Dutch cricket in the years after the First World War that its second XI was allowed to play in the first division and won the title five times between 1928 and 1935 - and in 1926 shared the title with the HCC First XI.

Dutch national champions in cricket

1884 - HCC 1885 - HCC 1886 - HCC 1887 - USV Hercules 1888 - HC & FV Olympia 1889 - GC & FC Olympia 1890 - Rood en Wit 1891 - Amstel's CC 1892 - Rood en Wit 1893 - Rood en Wit 1894 - Rood en Wit 1895 - HCC 1896 - Amstel's CC 1897 - Ajax (L) 1898 - Rood en Wit 1899 - HCC 1900 - Rood en Wit 1901 - HCC 1902 - Rood en Wit 1903 - HCC 1904 - Volharding 1905 - Amstel's CC 1906 - HCC 1907 - Rood en Wit 1908 - Volharding 1909 - Amstel's CC 1910 - Rood en Wit 1911 - Rood en Wit 1912 - HCC 1913 - Rood en Wit 1914 - not played out 1915 - Rood en Wit 1916 - HCC 1917 - HCC 1918 - Prisoners of War A 1919 - HCC 1920 - HCC 1921 - HCC 1922 - HCC 1923 - HCC 1924 - VRA 1925 - HCC 1926 - HCC I and HCC II 1927 - HCC 1928 - HCC II 1929 - HCC II

1930 - HCC II 1931 - HCC 1932 - HCC II & VOC 1933 - HCC 1934 - HCC 1935 - HCC II 1936 - HCC 1937 - VRA 1938 - Hermes DVS 1939 - PW 1940 - ACC (north), HCC (south) 1941 - HCC 1942 - ACC 1943 - ACC 1944 - VVV 1945 - no competition 1946 - Hermes DVS 1947 - HCC 1948 - ACC 1949 - ACC 1950 - ACC 1951 - ACC 1952 - HCC II 1953 - ACC 1954 - ACC 1955 - HCC II 1956 - HCC 1957 - HCC 1958 - HCC 1959 - HCC 1960 - HCC 1961 - HCC II 1962 - Rood en Wit 1963 - HCC 1964 - HCC 1965 - Quick (H) & VOC 1966 - HCC 1967 - HCC 1968 - HCC 1969 - HBS & Rood en Wit 1970 - Quick (H) 1971 - Rood en Wit 1972 - HCC 1973 - HCC II 1974 - VOC 1975 - VOC

1976 - HCC 1977 - VOC 1978 - HBS 1979 - HBS 1980 - HBS 1981 - VRA 1982 - VOC 1983 - VOC 1984 - VOC 1985 - HCC 1986 - HV & CV Quick (H) 1987 - VOC 1988 - Kampong 1989 - Kampong 1990 - Con. UD 1991 - Excelsior '20 1992 - Kampong 1993 - Excelsior '20 1994 - VOC 1995 - Excelsior '20 1996 - Excelsior '20 1997 - Excelsior '20 1998 - VRA 1999 - VRA 2000 - Excelsior '20 2001 - VRA 2002 - VCC 2003 - VRA 2004 - Excelsior '20 2005 - VRA 2006 - VRA 2007 - VRA 2008 - HCC 2009 - Excelsior '20 2010 - VRA 2011 - VRA 2012 - Excelsior '20 2013 - HV & CV Quick 2014 - HV & CV Quick 2015 - Dosti United CC 2016 - Excelsior '20 2017 - Excelsior '20 2018 - VOC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ This is where today's Ajax (L) emerged
2. ↑ Excelsior'20 increases its titles , kncb.nl, 22 Aug 2017