1969 Player's County League

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1969 Player's County League
Administrator Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(40 overs per innings)
Tournament formatLeague
Champions Lancashire (1st title)
Participants17
Matches136
Most runs517 Michael Smith (Middlesex)
Most wickets29 Ray East (Essex)
1970 →

The 1969 Player's County League was the first competing of what was colloquially known as the Sunday League. The second one-day league in England and Wales, it consisted of the seventeen first-class counties playing each other on Sunday afternoons throughout the season. The competition was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club.

Contents

Standings

TeamPldWTLN/RAPtsR/R
Lancashire (C)16120301494.217
Hampshire 16120400484.142
Essex 16110410454.305
Kent 1691600383.948
Surrey 1690610373.762
Gloucestershire 1680800323.690
Middlesex 1670702304.181
Yorkshire 1670702303.958
Warwickshire 1660604283.959
Glamorgan 1670900283.619
Leicestershire 1660703274.086
Worcestershire 1660712273.956
Nottinghamshire 1651901234.142
Northamptonshire 1650911223.988
Derbyshire 16501001213.852
Somerset 16501001213.635
Sussex 16301120144.193
Team marked  (C)  finished as champions.
Source: CricketArchive [1]

Batting averages

PlayerCountyMatches Innings Runs Average Highest Score 100s 50s
Greg Chappell Somerset 151545638.00128*12
Michael Smith Middlesex 141451736.9210314
Harry Pilling Lancashire 151540533.7576*05
Barry Richards Hampshire 131340533.7585*03
Brian Bolus Nottinghamshire 151546233.008604
Brian Luckhurst Kent 161642430.287603
Qualification: 400 runs. Source: CricketArchive [2]

Bowling averages

PlayerCounty Balls Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi 5wi
Keith Boyce Essex 7082612.002.543/1500
Peter Sainsbury Hampshire 6442813.963.644/2320
Stuart Turner Essex 6392714.853.764/1410
Ken Higgs Lancashire 6732615.233.534/2210
Ray East Essex 6602915.244.016/1802
Butch White Hampshire 6982617.924.005/3111
Qualification: 25 wickets. Source: CricketArchive [3]

See also

Sunday League

References

  1. ↑ "Player's County League 1969 Table" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Player's County League 1969 (Ordered by Runs)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Bowling in Player's County League 1969 (Ordered by Average)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2010.


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