1979 John Player League

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.

1979 John Player League
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(40 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)League
ChampionsSomerset (1st title)
Participants17
Matches136
Most runs668 Younis Ahmed (Worcestershire)
Most wickets24 Derek Underwood (Kent)/John Lever (Essex)/Brian Brain (Gloucs)
1978
1980

Standings

edit
Team Pld W T L N/R A Pts R/R
Somerset (C) 16 12 0 3 0 1 50 4.257
Kent 16 11 0 3 0 2 48 4.185
Worcestershire 16 9 0 4 1 2 42 5.032
Middlesex 16 9 0 5 0 2 40 4.385
Yorkshire 16 8 0 4 1 3 40 4.322
Essex 16 8 0 6 1 1 36 4.277
Leicestershire 16 7 0 5 1 3 36 4.361
Gloucestershire 16 7 0 7 0 2 32 4.414
Nottinghamshire 16 6 0 6 1 3 32 4.376
Hampshire 16 7 0 8 0 1 30 4.368
Lancashire 16 6 0 7 3 0 30 4.154
Glamorgan 16 6 0 10 0 0 24 4.108
Northamptonshire 16 5 0 9 1 1 24 4.170
Surrey 16 5 0 9 1 1 24 4.255
Sussex 16 6 0 10 0 0 24 4.220
Derbyshire 16 4 0 9 0 3 22 4.065
Warwickshire 16 2 0 13 0 1 10 4.694
Team marked  (C)  finished as champions.
Source: CricketArchive[1]

Batting averages

edit

Bowling averages

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "John Player League 1979 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 January 2011.