The 1985 John Player Special League was the seventeenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Essex County Cricket Club.
Rain affected most rounds of the Sunday League that season with many abandoned, (27 no results, 20% of fixtures) and shortened matches. On 7 July at Knypersley, Derbyshire established a league record by hitting 18 sixes in their score of 292-9 from 40 overs. In the final round of matches on 15 September Essex beat Yorkshire at Chelmsford to retain the Sunday League. Sussex finished second and Hampshire finished third.[1]
Essex had a great record in that season's three one-day competitions. Also winning the NatWest Trophy and finishing runners up in the third competition Benson and Hedges Cup.
1985, john, player, special, league, seventeenth, competing, what, generally, known, sunday, league, competition, third, time, essex, county, cricket, club, administrator, test, county, cricket, boardcricket, formatlimited, overs, cricket, overs, innings, tour. The 1985 John Player Special League was the seventeenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League The competition was won for the third time by Essex County Cricket Club 1985 John Player Special LeagueAdministrator s Test and County Cricket BoardCricket formatLimited overs cricket 40 overs per innings Tournament format s LeagueChampionsEssex 3rd title Participants17Matches136Most runs663 Bill Athey Gloucestershire Most wickets26 Kevin Curran Gloucs Norman Gifford Warwicks 19841986 Rain affected most rounds of the Sunday League that season with many abandoned 27 no results 20 of fixtures and shortened matches On 7 July at Knypersley Derbyshire established a league record by hitting 18 sixes in their score of 292 9 from 40 overs In the final round of matches on 15 September Essex beat Yorkshire at Chelmsford to retain the Sunday League Sussex finished second and Hampshire finished third 1 Essex had a great record in that season s three one day competitions Also winning the NatWest Trophy and finishing runners up in the third competition Benson and Hedges Cup Contents 1 Standings 2 Batting averages 3 Bowling averages 4 See also 5 ReferencesStandings EditTeam Pld W T L N R A Pts R REssex C 16 9 1 3 2 1 44 5 026Sussex 16 10 0 5 0 1 42 5 065Hampshire 16 8 0 4 2 2 40 5 225Derbyshire 16 8 0 5 2 1 38 4 980Northamptonshire 16 7 1 4 2 2 38 5 118Gloucestershire 16 8 0 8 0 0 32 5 263Leicestershire 16 5 1 5 4 1 32 4 408Warwickshire 16 7 0 7 0 2 32 5 460Yorkshire 16 6 0 6 1 3 32 5 263Kent 16 6 0 7 1 2 30 4 790Somerset 16 5 0 6 2 3 30 4 875Middlesex 16 5 0 7 3 1 28 4 657Nottinghamshire 16 6 0 8 1 1 28 5 178Glamorgan 16 4 1 7 2 2 26 4 544Lancashire 16 3 2 6 2 3 26 4 873Worcestershire 16 5 0 9 1 1 24 5 346Surrey 16 4 0 9 3 0 22 5 349Team marked C finished as champions Source CricketArchive 2 Batting averages EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2011 Bowling averages EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2011 See also EditSunday LeagueReferences Edit Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Fourth Edition September 1984 to September 1985 Editor David Lemmon Guild Publishing London John Player Special League 1985 Table CricketArchive Retrieved 18 January 2011 nbsp This article related to a cricket competition is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1985 John Player Special League amp oldid 1084488962, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
