1969 Player's County League

The 1969 Player's County League was the first competing of what was colloquially known as the Sunday League. The second one-day league in England and Wales, it consisted of the seventeen first-class counties playing each other on Sunday afternoons throughout the season. The competition was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club.

1969 Player's County League

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (40 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	League
Champions	Lancashire (1st title)
Participants	17
Matches	136
Most runs	517 Michael Smith (Middlesex)
Most wickets	29 Ray East (Essex)
1970 →

Standings

Team	Pld	W	T	L	N/R	A	Pts	R/R
Lancashire (C)	16	12	0	3	0	1	49	4.217
Hampshire	16	12	0	4	0	0	48	4.142
Essex	16	11	0	4	1	0	45	4.305
Kent	16	9	1	6	0	0	38	3.948
Surrey	16	9	0	6	1	0	37	3.762
Gloucestershire	16	8	0	8	0	0	32	3.690
Middlesex	16	7	0	7	0	2	30	4.181
Yorkshire	16	7	0	7	0	2	30	3.958
Warwickshire	16	6	0	6	0	4	28	3.959
Glamorgan	16	7	0	9	0	0	28	3.619
Leicestershire	16	6	0	7	0	3	27	4.086
Worcestershire	16	6	0	7	1	2	27	3.956
Nottinghamshire	16	5	1	9	0	1	23	4.142
Northamptonshire	16	5	0	9	1	1	22	3.988
Derbyshire	16	5	0	10	0	1	21	3.852
Somerset	16	5	0	10	0	1	21	3.635
Sussex	16	3	0	11	2	0	14	4.193
Team marked  (C)  finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive[1]

Batting averages

Player	County	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Highest Score	100s	50s
Greg Chappell	Somerset	15	15	456	38.00	128*	1	2
Michael Smith	Middlesex	14	14	517	36.92	103	1	4
Harry Pilling	Lancashire	15	15	405	33.75	76*	0	5
Barry Richards	Hampshire	13	13	405	33.75	85*	0	3
Brian Bolus	Nottinghamshire	15	15	462	33.00	86	0	4
Brian Luckhurst	Kent	16	16	424	30.28	76	0	3
Qualification: 400 runs. Source: CricketArchive[2]

Bowling averages

Player	County	Balls	Wickets	Average	Economy	BBI	4wi	5wi
Keith Boyce	Essex	708	26	12.00	2.54	3/15	0	0
Peter Sainsbury	Hampshire	644	28	13.96	3.64	4/23	2	0
Stuart Turner	Essex	639	27	14.85	3.76	4/14	1	0
Ken Higgs	Lancashire	673	26	15.23	3.53	4/22	1	0
Ray East	Essex	660	29	15.24	4.01	6/18	0	2
Butch White	Hampshire	698	26	17.92	4.00	5/31	1	1
Qualification: 25 wickets. Source: CricketArchive[3]

See also

Sunday League