1991 Refuge Assurance League
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 played | 136 |
| Most runs | 917 Tom Moody (Worcestershire) |
| Most wickets | 30 Franklyn Stephenson (Sussex) |
The season
Somerset 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
| 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
Bowling averages
Refuge Assurance Cup
Following 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
References
- Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Sept. 1990 to Sept. 1991 - page 325.
- "Refuge Assurance League 1991 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-01-20.