1969 Player's County League

1969 Player's County League
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format

Limited overs cricket

(40 overs per innings)

Tournament format(s) League
Champions Lancashire (1st title)
Participants 17
Matches played 136
Most runs 517 Michael Smith (Middlesex)
Most wickets 29 Ray East (Essex)

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.

Standings

Team Pld W T L N/R A Pts R/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

Player County Matches Innings Runs Average Highest Score 100s 50s
Chappell, GregGreg Chappell Somerset 15 15 456 38.00 128* 1 2
Smith, MichaelMichael Smith Middlesex 14 14 517 36.92 103 1 4
Pilling, HarryHarry Pilling Lancashire 15 15 405 33.75 76* 0 5
Richards, BarryBarry Richards Hampshire 13 13 405 33.75 85* 0 3
Bolus, BrianBrian Bolus Nottinghamshire 15 15 462 33.00 86 0 4
Luckhurst, BrianBrian Luckhurst Kent 16 16 424 30.28 76 0 3
Qualification: 400 runs. Source: CricketArchive[2]

Bowling averages

Player County Balls Wickets Average Economy BBI 4wi 5wi
Boyce, KeithKeith Boyce Essex 708 26 12.00 2.54 3/15 0 0
Sainsbury, PeterPeter Sainsbury Hampshire 644 28 13.96 3.64 4/23 2 0
Turner, StuartStuart Turner Essex 639 27 14.85 3.76 4/14 1 0
Higgs, KenKen Higgs Lancashire 673 26 15.23 3.53 4/22 1 0
East, RayRay East Essex 660 29 15.24 4.01 6/18 0 2
White, ButchButch White Hampshire 698 26 17.92 4.00 5/31 1 1
Qualification: 25 wickets. Source: CricketArchive[3]

See also

Sunday League

References

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