1983 John Player Special League

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1983 John Player Special League
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(40 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)League
Champions Yorkshire (1st title)
Participants17
Matches136
Most runs661 Gordon Greenidge (Hampshire)
Most wickets27 John Shepherd (Gloucestershire)
1982
1984

The 1983 John Player League was the fifteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

Contents

Standings

TeamPldWTLN/RAPtsR/R
Yorkshire (C)16100312464.741
Somerset 16100312465.283
Kent 1680323425.805
Sussex 1690511404.707
Hampshire 1690601385.463
Derbyshire 1670513364.757
Essex 1670504365.489
Lancashire 1651523324.648
Middlesex 1670702324.801
Glamorgan 1660811285.084
Leicestershire 1640714264.758
Surrey 1640705265.067
Worcestershire 1643702264.852
Gloucestershire 1640804245.308
Northamptonshire 16501001224.422
Nottinghamshire 1641902224.917
Warwickshire 1641920225.479
Team marked  (C)  finished as champions.
Source: CricketArchive [1]

Batting averages

Bowling averages

See also

Sunday League

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References

  1. "John Player Special League 1983 Table" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2011.