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RULES 1. NAME 2. OFFICIALS 3. DETAILS FOR HANDBOOK 3.2 If, after publication, any of this information is changed, the Club concerned must inform the League Administrator, the Fixtures/Results Secretaries, the Secretary of the Umpires Association, and the Secretaries of all Clubs in the affected divisions. This must be notified to the League at the April Club Secretaries Meeting. Clubs failing to do so may be fined a sum not exceeding £10. 4. FINANCIAL YEAR 5. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
6. SPECIAL MEETINGS 6.2 Voting at Annual and Special Meetings 7. COMMITTEE OF LEAGUE MANAGEMENT 7.2 The Committee shall be solely responsible for transacting the business of the League and shall meet at least once per month from April to September inclusive, and over and above this as the business of the League may require. Each representative and official shall have one vote, and the President or Chairman shall have a casting vote. SEVEN members of the Committee shall form a quorum. In the event of a Club being involved in a complaint, any representative of such Club holding a seat on this Committee will not be entitled to vote in the finalising of such complaint. 7.3 The Administrator shall be responsible for requesting the presence, at a Committee of League Management Meeting, of any club official or player partaking in cricket under the auspices of this League, when the presence of such a representative or player is deemed necessary to enable the Committee to administer the Rules of this League. If such a request is disregarded a fine will be imposed for the first offence. For a second offence; if by a Club, it will be expelled by the League; if by a player, he shall be suspended until the matter has been finalised. 7.4 The Committee of League Management shall appoint from its members a Disciplinary Committee of 7 members, 4 to constitute a quorum. (see 21.1) The Committee of League Management shall have powers to create such other sub-committees as it deems necessary to conduct the League’s affairs. 8. CLUB REPRESENTATIVE MEETING 9 CONSTITUTION OF LEAGUE 9.2 In the event of a team or teams resigning from the League, the resultant vacancy may be filled at the discretion of the Committee of League Management. 10. MEMBERSHIP 10.2 A fee of £10 shall be paid on application for membership of the League. Full membership shall be conditional on the satisfactory completion of one probationary year. Club grounds shall be subject to inspection by the Grounds Inspection Committee which shall report to the Committee of League Management. In the event of an adverse report, that Committee shall warn such Club that unless the necessary improvement is effected within a specified period, it will not be allowed to continue in membership. 10.3 The Committee of League Management shall have authority when considering new applications to join the League, to use its discretion to place the applicant in a higher division than the bottom division, if its standard is worthy of this. At the same time the interests of the present teams are to be protected in respect of promotion and relegation. 10.4 A Club or team wishing to transfer to another League shall not approach such League without first obtaining permission in writing from the League. Such permission shall only be withheld if the club/team has failed to fulfil its financial obligations or has failed to observe the rules of the league. On request the League shall provide the necessary written permission within fourteen (14) days. Such Clubs or teams wishing to resign from the League shall also give 12 months written notice, which must be submitted not later than 31st March of their final year of membership of the League. 10.5 Any Club withdrawing a team from the League, e.g. through disbanding,
must notify the Administrator no later than 30 November, or the following
scale of minimum fines will apply: 10.6 Where a Club has more than one team in the League and Alliance and wishes to withdraw one team from either, then it must be its lowest placed team. Further, any Club withdrawing its first eleven from any Division in order to play in another competition shall not be allowed to replace that team with its second team unless permission is granted by the Committee of League Management. Any resultant vacancy may be filled at the Annual General Meeting. 11. INSURANCE 12. SUBSCRIPTION 13. ANNUAL DINNER AND PRESENTATION
14.2 The fixtures for each season shall be completed and issued to each club by 31st January. Any alteration to such fixtures must be notified to the Fixtures Secretary by EACH club concerned by 14th February. After that time the fixtures must be strictly adhered to otherwise Rule 20 will apply. 14.3 Teams are allowed to arrange up to 2 home Sunday league fixtures, or 3 if the Club has three or more teams playing on the same ground. There is no restriction on the number of away fixtures a Club may arrange to play on Sundays providing they are at the home Club’s request. 14.4 In exceptional circumstances, and subject to a fee of £5, permission may be given to re-arrange a fixture by the Administrator. Should permission be granted then, prior to the date of the original fixture, the home club must inform the Results Secretary and any appointed umpires that the fixture is being re-arranged. Within 7 days of the original fixture, both clubs must agree on the date for the fixture to be played and both clubs must notify the Administrator accordingly. 14.5 In the event of teams being unable to agree on a date to re arrange a fixture, the date will be arranged by the Fixtures Secretary, whose decision shall be final. 15. ELIGIBILITY AND TRANSFER OF PLAYERS 15.2 To ensure all Clubs comply with the transfer rule, a list of players must be e-mailed by 31st March to Linzey Scothern A fine of £10 will be levied against any Club which failes to comply.
15.4 No professional player, that is one who in the current season has received payment in cash or kind for playing cricket, shall be permitted to play in the Sheffield Cricket League. 15.5 Not more than three players from a Sheffield League Club side playing in any other league or leagues shall be allowed to play in a Sheffield League team at any one time. For the purpose of interpreting this Rule, a player shall be deemed to be a player of another league when he has taken part in six matches in another league in the current season, unless he has also played in six Sheffield League matches in the current season when he shall therefore be deemed to be a Sheffield League Player. 15.6The onus is on all Clubs to ensure that players are eligible and that all transfers have been carried out according to rule. Any Club fielding an ineligible player will be fined £25, the match awarded to their opponents and also may have points deducted. For a further offence, a Club may be expelled from the League. 15.7Any player having played for a Club which has left the League and not paid all outstanding dues, may be allowed to play for another club in the League upon payment of £10 or 10% of all outstanding dues, whichever is the greater. 15.8 No affiliated League Club, either through its officials or any person or society interested in the Club, shall approach during the current season any player of any other affiliated League Club for the purpose of securing his services at any time, without first giving seven days notice of its intention to negotiate. This notice must be given to the Secretary of any player’s Club in writing and by registered post. No player shall negotiate with any other League Club unless he can produce, in writing, an official permission from his present Club. Such permission shall not be withheld unless the player has failed to fulfil all financial obligations to his Club. Transfers will not be granted for one match only.
It is the policy of both the Sheffield and Doncaster League to support
representative competitions, such as the White Rose Trophy and the Inter-League
Competition. Therefore, any player selected to play in an Alliance Representative
XI will not be permitted to play for any club in any competition, including
friendly fixtures, on that same day. 17. JUNIOR PLAYERS As notified to all clubs in May this year, the Committee of League Management
now proposes to formally include the following ECB guidance into its rules: 18. HOURS AND CONDITIONS OF PLAY 18.2 All matches shall commence as follows: April 1.30 p.m. 18.3 Clubs agreeing to commence earlier must notify the Administrator, the Umpires Secretary and the appointed umpires not later than four clear days prior to the match. 18.4 A team shall consist of a minimum of 8 players. 18.5 PUNCTUALITY is essential. Should a team, i.e. of at least 8 players not be present to start 15 minutes prior to the starting time, they shall forfeit the choice of innings. Umpires will enter the field of play 5 minutes before the start, followed by the fielding side and the opening batsmen. Umpires, where appointed, or Captains when no umpires are in attendance, must report in writing to the Administrator any team not ready to commence at the appointed time. Offending Clubs are liable to a fine.
(1) The maximum duration of play in all Divisions shall be 88 six-ball
overs, with a tea interval of not more than 30 minutes between innings.
Each innings shall be of a maximum of 44 six-ball overs. Examples: (4) If a ground is unfit at the scheduled commencement of play and is
still unfit 90 minutes after that time, the match shall be abandoned.
(A) The team scoring the most runs will be the winners and awarded 20 points, plus any bonus points achieved. (B) If the scores are level in a complete match, 10 points will be awarded to each team plus any bonus points achieved. (C) In an abandoned game, a game not started or a game in which a definite result is not reached due to weather conditions, 7 points will be awarded to each team plus any bonus points achieved. (D) Bonus points will be awarded as follows: Batting (max 5 points per innings) Bowling (max 5 points per innings) If a team has less than 11 players and has lost all its available wickets within the allotted overs, and providing there is sufficient number of balls remaining for the bowling side to have been able to take those remaining wickets, it will be deemed that the batting side shall have lost those wickets, or as many as the number of balls remaining. 20. NON-FULFILMENT OF FIXTURES 20.2 The offending Club must notify the Administrator within 5 days of the fixture, the reason why it failed to fulfil the fixture. Failure to do so will result in a £5 fine. 20.3 The defaulting Club shall be responsible for any expenses incurred by the other Club, the other Club’s members, the officials and by the League in dealing with the matter. 20.4 Any team which fails to fulfil its programme of fixtures may be expelled from the League and/or have its playing record for the season deleted.
22.2 Results and League Tables will be posted on the League’s web-site as early as possible: 23. COMPLAINTS 23.2 All such protests must reach the Administrator not later than 7 days following the match. At the same time, a copy of such protest must reach the Secretary of the club against whom the protest is laid or, in the case of a complaint against an umpire, the copy must be sent to the Secretary of the Umpire’s Association. 23.3 The Administrator will also notify the clubs against who the complaint has been made and the club must submit its response to the Administrator within 10 days of the date of the Administrator’s letter. Failure to do so may result in the complaint being upheld against them without a formal disciplinary hearing.
24.1 Disciplinary Committee 24.1.1 If any issue shall arise in connection with the League competition, the Disciplinary Committee shall have full power to inflict such penalties on Clubs, players and umpires as they shall think fit. By way of example, and not by definition, such penalties may be either a fine, deduction of points, suspension or expulsion from the League or a combination of them. The amount of any fine, the number of points deducted, or period of suspension, shall be at the absolute discretion of the Disciplinary Committee, PROVIDED THAT before any such penalty is imposed, the Club, player or umpire against whom any complaint has been made: (a) shall be notified in writing of the complaint and shall be advised that in the event of the complaint being sustained the Disciplinary Committee may act in reliance in the powers as contained in this rule. b) shall be notified of the date, place and time when the Disciplinary Committee shall consider the complaint and shall be entitled to attend and listen to all evidence given in support of the complaint, to question any person giving any such evidence, to call evidence on their own behalf and to address the Disciplinary Committee and comment on all points raised. 24.1.2 Any Club, player or umpire who fails to attend a Disciplinary Committee meeting will waive automatic right of appeal. The Disciplinary Committee shall be made up of a minimum of 4 members of the Committee of League Management. 24.2 Appeals Committee 24.2.2Any notice of appeal, stating full reasons for appeal, must be received in writing no later than ten days after the date of the Disciplinary Committee meeting. 24.2.3The player, Club or umpire who have lodged an appeal shall be notified of the date, time and place where the Appeals Committee shall consider the appeal to enable them to present their case. 24.2.4 The Appeals Committee shall have full power to vary any penalties imposed by the Disciplinary Committee, either by increase or decrease, and their decision shall be final. The Appeals Committee shall comprise a minimum of three members of the Committee of League Management who were not part of the Disciplinary Committee at the initial hearing. 25. UMPIRES 25.2 NOTE that it may be necessary to change umpires from those printed in the Handbook. 26. EXPENSES 26.1 Any change in the expenses payable to neutral umpires shall be submitted for approval by Clubs at the AGM. 26.2 In all games each team shall be responsible for the payment of one
umpire. In the case of only one umpire officiating in a match, and being
requested by both Captains to take the bowling at both ends, he shall
receive expenses as agreed by Clubs at the AGM. Such expenses will be
divided equally between the two teams. Expenses shall be paid during the
tea interval or within five minutes of a game being completed or abandoned. 26.3 If the match is abandoned without a ball being bowled, each umpire shall receive 50% of their expenses providing they are at the ground. (Billy Oates to be the same.)
30.2 All trophies to be returned to Sheaf Sports, by 31st August. A fine of £10 will be imposed for non-compliance. 30.3 Each Club shall give an undertaking for the safe conduct and return of the Trophies and each team shall be provided with a souvenir or souvenirs to be 31. PROMOTION & RELEGATION 31.2 The 2 teams finishing bottom of the Alliance Division 2 will be relegated to Division 3 of their respective League. In the event of both teams being from the Sheffield League, the remaining divisions will be re-constituted to accommodate them. 31.3 Subject to the above and Rule 9, the top two teams in Divisions B, C etc. will be promoted to Divisions A , B, etc. Similarly, the two teams finishing bottom of Divisions A, B etc., shall be relegated to Divisions B, C etc. 32. FINES (b) For the breach of any of the foregoing rules for which no specific penalty is provided the League empowers its Committee of League Management to impose such sanctions as it thinks appropriate and in the interest of the League. 32.2 Clubs concerned shall be given 7 days notice of any meeting of the Committee of League Management at which any case concerning them is to be considered. Clubs have the right to submit evidence in person at such a meeting if it is so wished. 33. CONTACTING OF LEAGUE OFFICIALS 34. EXTRA RULING 35. FIRST AID BOX 36. GROUND REPORTS PLEASE REMEMBER
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