Batting averages
 | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2011) |
| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (40 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | League |
| Champions | Essex (2nd title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 136 |
| Most runs | 720 Chris Smith (Hampshire) |
| Most wickets | 29 Wayne Daniel (Middlesex) |
The 1984 John Player Special League was the sixteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second time by Essex County Cricket Club.
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | N/R | A | Pts | R/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex (C) | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5.338 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5.181 |
| Sussex | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 4.876 |
| Lancashire | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.653 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 5.085 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 4.549 |
| Warwickshire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 5.282 |
| Surrey | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 5.130 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 4.967 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5.420 |
| Kent | 16 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4.963 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5.067 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 4.753 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 4.956 |
| Somerset | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4.832 |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.962 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5.321 |
| Team marked (C) finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive [1] | ||||||||
| | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2011) |
| | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2011) |
The NatWest Pro40 League was a one-day cricket league for first-class cricket counties in England and Wales. It was inaugurated in 1999, but was essentially the old Sunday League retitled to reflect large numbers of matches being played on days other than Sunday.
The 1969 English cricket season was the 70th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The Sunday League began, sponsored by the John Player tobacco company. All matches were played on Sundays with each of the 17 first-class counties playing each other once. Matches were of 40 overs a side. One match each Sunday was televised by the BBC and the idea was a commercial success, though it had its critics among cricket's "traditional" supporters.
The 1984 English cricket season was the 85th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. West Indies and Sri Lanka toured England. On the domestic front the County Championship was retained by Essex who also won the Sunday League.
The 1983 English cricket season was the 84th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. The third Prudential World Cup was won by India. New Zealand won a Test match in England for the first time. Essex won the Schweppes County Championship and Yorkshire won the Sunday League. The MCCA Knockout Trophy was inaugurated.
The 1982 English cricket season was the 83rd in which the County Championship had been an official competition. India and Pakistan toured but both were defeated by England in their Test series. Middlesex won the County Championship.
Phil Veivers is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer. He played for the Southern Suburbs, St. Helens and Huddersfield as a fullback. He is the brother of Australian international rugby league captain Greg Veivers.
The County Ground is a cricket ground in Swindon, Wiltshire. The ground is located to the north of the County Football Ground used by Swindon Town. It has played host to first-class and List A cricket matches, in addition to playing host to Wiltshire County Cricket Club in minor counties cricket.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1983 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and twelve years. In the County Championship, they won seven matches to finish ninth in their seventy ninth season in the Championship. They came sixth in the John Player Special League. They did not progress from the group in the Benson & Hedges Cup and reached round two in the National Westminster Bank Trophy.
The 1970 John Player League was the second competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second consecutive year by Lancashire County Cricket Club.
The 1971 John Player League was the third competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Worcestershire County Cricket Club.
The 1973 John Player League was the fifth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second consecutive year by Kent County Cricket Club.
The 1975 John Player League was the seventh competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Hampshire County Cricket Club.
The 1976 John Player League was the eighth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Kent County Cricket Club.
The 1978 John Player League was the tenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second time by Hampshire County Cricket Club.
The 1979 John Player League was the eleventh competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Somerset County Cricket Club.
The 1980 John Player League was the twelfth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Warwickshire County Cricket Club.
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.
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.
The 1986 John Player Special League was the eighteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Hampshire County Cricket Club.
  | This article related to an English domestic cricket competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |