1971 John Player League
Cricket tournament
Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | League |
Champions | Worcestershire (1st title) |
Participants | 17 |
Matches | 136 |
Most runs | 650 Michael Buss (Sussex) |
Most wickets | 33 Keith Boyce (Essex)/Lawrence Williams (Glamorgan) |
← 1970 1972 → |
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.
Standings
Team | Pld | W | T | L | N/R | A | Pts | R/R |
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Worcestershire | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.522 |
Essex | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.519 |
Lancashire | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.575 |
Leicestershire | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.335 |
Somerset | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 4.436 |
Hampshire | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 4.366 |
Sussex | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4.704 |
Kent | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4.435 |
Surrey | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 4.056 |
Glamorgan | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4.287 |
Derbyshire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4.111 |
Nottinghamshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 4.365 |
Middlesex | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.721 |
Northamptonshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.137 |
Yorkshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 4.347 |
Gloucestershire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 4.052 |
Warwickshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4.695 |
Team marked (C) finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive[1] |
Batting averages
Player | County | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | Highest Score | 100s | 50s |
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Gordon Barker | Essex | 12 | 11 | 449 | 56.12 | 87* | 0 | 4 |
Ron Headley | Worcestershire | 16 | 16 | 554 | 55.40 | 73* | 0 | 5 |
Garry Sobers | Nottinghamshire | 14 | 14 | 587 | 53.36 | 116* | 1 | 4 |
Geoffrey Boycott | Yorkshire | 9 | 9 | 443 | 49.22 | 93 | 0 | 5 |
Brian Close | Somerset | 15 | 14 | 461 | 46.10 | 89* | 0 | 3 |
Michael Buss | Sussex | 16 | 16 | 650 | 40.62 | 121 | 1 | 3 |
Ian Buxton | Derbyshire | 16 | 16 | 400 | 36.36 | 71* | 0 | 2 |
John Shepherd | Kent | 16 | 15 | 415 | 34.58 | 65 | 0 | 3 |
Qualification: 400 runs. Source: CricketArchive[2] |
Bowling averages
Player | County | Balls | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | 4wi | 5wi |
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Derek Underwood | Kent | 529 | 24 | 12.00 | 3.26 | 4/25 | 3 | 0 |
Vanburn Holder | Worcestershire | 697 | 32 | 12.18 | 3.35 | 4/17 | 2 | 0 |
Lawrence Williams | Glamorgan | 561 | 33 | 12.39 | 4.37 | 5/31 | 2 | 1 |
Keith Boyce | Essex | 730 | 33 | 12.69 | 3.44 | 8/26 | 2 | 1 |
Peter Sainsbury | Hampshire | 618 | 24 | 15.16 | 3.53 | 4/34 | 1 | 0 |
David Hughes | Lancashire | 636 | 24 | 15.58 | 3.52 | 4/29 | 1 | 0 |
John Shepherd | Kent | 723 | 26 | 17.07 | 3.68 | 4/20 | 2 | 0 |
Stuart Turner | Essex | 627 | 24 | 17.58 | 4.03 | 4/29 | 2 | 0 |
Tony Greig | Sussex | 680 | 28 | 17.71 | 4.37 | 6/28 | 0 | 1 |
Terry Spencer | Leicestershire | 678 | 24 | 19.50 | 4.14 | 4/21 | 2 | 0 |
Qualification: 24 wickets. Source: CricketArchive[3] |
See also
References
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