The 1991 Refuge Assurance League was the twenty-third competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club.
| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | League |
| Champions | Nottinghamshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 136 |
| Most runs | 917 Tom Moody (Worcestershire) |
| Most wickets | 30 Franklyn Stephenson (Sussex) |
The season
editSomerset played Lancashire at Taunton on Friday 5 July 1991 to be the first Sunday League game not to be played on a Sunday.[1]
Nottinghamshire beat Derbyshire, the previous seasons champions, in the final round of matches at Trent Bridge to claim the title. Tom Moody of Worcestershire had an excellent season scoring a record 917 runs (including 5 centuries).
Standings
edit| Team | Pld | W | T | L | N/R | A | Pts | Rp100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottinghamshire (C) | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 83.471 |
| Lancashire | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 89.781 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 86.264 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 95.162 |
| Warwickshire | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 82.534 |
| Essex | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 84.419 |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 86.388 |
| Somerset | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 80.858 |
| Surrey | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 81.945 |
| Kent | 16 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 87.460 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 79.150 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 76.146 |
| Sussex | 16 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 81.421 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 78.291 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 84.389 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 82.610 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 79.242 |
| Team marked (C) finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive[2] | ||||||||
Batting averages
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Bowling averages
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Refuge Assurance Cup
editFollowing the end of the Sunday League season, the top four teams in the Sunday League competed for the Refuge Assurance Cup. Worcestershire emerged as victors, defeating Lancashire in the final.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Sept. 1990 to Sept. 1991 - page 325.
- ^ "Refuge Assurance League 1991 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
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