1985 John Player Special League

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 League
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(40 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)League
ChampionsEssex (3rd title)
Participants17
Matches played136
Most runs663 Bill Athey (Gloucestershire)
Most wickets26 Kevin Curran (Gloucs)/Norman Gifford (Warwicks)

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.

Standings

Team Pld W T L N/R A Pts R/R
Essex (C)1691321445.026
Sussex16100501425.065
Hampshire1680422405.225
Derbyshire1680521384.980
Northamptonshire1671422385.118
Gloucestershire1680800325.263
Leicestershire1651541324.408
Warwickshire1670702325.460
Yorkshire1660613325.263
Kent1660712304.790
Somerset1650623304.875
Middlesex1650731284.657
Nottinghamshire1660811285.178
Glamorgan1641722264.544
Lancashire1632623264.873
Worcestershire1650911245.346
Surrey1640930225.349
Team marked  (C)  finished as champions.
Source: CricketArchive[2]

Batting averages

Bowling averages

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See also

Sunday League

References

  1. Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Fourth Edition: September 1984 to September 1985 Editor David Lemmon Guild Publishing London
  2. "John Player Special League 1985 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-01-18.


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