1985 John Player Special League

April 2022 Test and County Cricket Board Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) League Essex 3 17 136 663 Bill Athey (Gloucestershire) 26 Kevin Curran (Gloucs)/Norman Gifford (Warwicks) 1984 1984 John Player Special League 1986 1986 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. 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.Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Fourth Edition: September 1984 to September 1985 Editor David Lemmon Guild Publishing London 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 TeamPldWTLN/RAPtsR/R Essex (C) 16 9 1 3 2 1 44 5.026 Sussex 16 10 0 5 0 1 42 5.065 Hampshire 16 8 0 4 2 2 40 5.225 Derbyshire 16 8 0 5 2 1 38 4.980 Northamptonshire 16 7 1 4 2 2 38 5.118 Gloucestershire 16 8 0 8 0 0 32 5.263 Leicestershire 16 5 1 5 4 1 32 4.408 Warwickshire 16 7 0 7 0 2 32 5.460 Yorkshire 16 6 0 6 1 3 32 5.263 Kent 16 6 0 7 1 2 30 4.790 Somerset 16 5 0 6 2 3 30 4.875 Middlesex 16 5 0 7 3 1 28 4.657 Nottinghamshire 16 6 0 8 1 1 28 5.178 Glamorgan 16 4 1 7 2 2 26 4.544 Lancashire 16 3 2 6 2 3 26 4.873 Worcestershire 16 5 0 9 1 1 24 5.346 Surrey 16 4 0 9 3 0 22 5.349Team marked #ccffcc (C) darkgray finished as champions.Source: CricketArchivesubscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/John_Player_Special_League_1985.html John Player Special League 1985 Table CricketArchive 2011-01-18 Batting averages January 2011 Bowling averages January 2011 See also Sunday League References John Player Category:Pro40