1970 John Player League
1970 John Player League | |
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Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
Cricket format |
Limited overs cricket (40 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | League |
Champions | Lancashire (2nd title) |
Participants | 17 |
Matches played | 136 |
Most runs | 625 Harry Pilling (Lancashire) |
Most wickets | 32 Bob Woolmer (Kent) |
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.
Standings
Team | Pld | W | L | N/R | A | Pts | R/R |
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Lancashire (C) | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 5.14 |
Kent | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 4.78 |
Derbyshire | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.42 |
Essex | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 4.52 |
Warwickshire | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4.43 |
Worcestershire | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4.15 |
Leicestershire | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 4.59 |
Gloucestershire | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 4.34 |
Surrey | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 4.16 |
Nottinghamshire | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.04 |
Middlesex | 16 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4.44 |
Hampshire | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.64 |
Northamptonshire | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.18 |
Yorkshire | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 4.2 |
Somerset | 16 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4.1 |
Glamorgan | 16 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 3.85 |
Sussex | 16 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4.3 |
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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Richards, BarryBarry Richards | Hampshire | 12 | 11 | 592 | 65.77 | 155* | 3 | 0 |
Lloyd, CliveClive Lloyd | Lancashire | 14 | 14 | 521 | 57.88 | 134* | 1 | 2 |
Pilling, HarryHarry Pilling | Lancashire | 16 | 15 | 625 | 52.08 | 85 | 0 | 5 |
Luckhurst, BrianBrian Luckhurst | Kent | 11 | 11 | 520 | 52.00 | 142 | 1 | 3 |
Harris, PastyPasty Harris | Nottinghamshire | 16 | 16 | 596 | 45.84 | 104* | 1 | 4 |
Davis, BryanBryan Davis | Glamorgan | 13 | 13 | 535 | 44.58 | 74 | 0 | 6 |
Denness, MikeMike Denness | Kent | 16 | 16 | 582 | 41.57 | 94* | 0 | 4 |
Qualification: 400 runs. Source: CricketArchive[2] |
Bowling averages
Player | County | Balls | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | 4wi | 5wi |
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Shuttleworth, KenKen Shuttleworth | Lancashire | 553 | 24 | 11.04 | 2.87 | 4/3 | 1 | 0 |
Boyce, KeithKeith Boyce | Essex | 573 | 28 | 12.39 | 3.63 | 4/27 | 1 | 0 |
Simmons, JackJack Simmons | Lancashire | 601 | 26 | 14.07 | 3.65 | 3/8 | 0 | 0 |
Hughes, DavidDavid Hughes | Lancashire | 496 | 24 | 14.50 | 4.20 | 5/26 | 1 | 1 |
Woolmer, BobBob Woolmer | Kent | 727 | 32 | 16.87 | 4.45 | 4/39 | 1 | 0 |
Underwood, DerekDerek Underwood | Kent | 597 | 24 | 17,350 | 4.22 | 5/25 | 1 | 1 |
Taylor, MikeMike Taylor | Nottinghamshire | 705 | 24 | 19.83 | 4.05 | 4/26 | 1 | 0 |
Qualification: 24 wickets. Source: CricketArchive[3] |
See also
References
- ↑ "John Player League 1970 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ↑ "Batting and Fielding in John Player League 1970 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ↑ "Bowling in John Player League 1970 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
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