| 1985 John Player Special League | |||
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| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board | ||
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (40 overs per innings) |
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| Tournament format(s) | League | ||
| Champions | Essex (3rd title) | ||
| Participants | 17 | ||
| Matches played | 136 | ||
| Most runs | 663 Bill Athey (Gloucestershire) | ||
| Most wickets | 26 Kevin Curran (Gloucs)/Norman Gifford (Warwicks) | ||
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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.
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| Team | Pld | W | T | L | N/R | A | Pts | R/R |
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| Essex (C) | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 5.026 |
| Sussex | 16 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5.065 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 5.225 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 4.980 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 5.118 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 5.263 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 4.408 |
| Warwickshire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 5.460 |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 5.263 |
| Kent | 16 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 4.790 |
| Somerset | 16 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 4.875 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 4.657 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 5.178 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 4.544 |
| Lancashire | 16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 4.873 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5.346 |
| Surrey | 16 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 5.349 |
| Team marked (C) finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive[1] |
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