Cricket tournament
| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | League |
| Champions | Leicestershire (1st title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 136 |
| Most runs | 618 Clive Radley (Middlesex) |
| Most wickets | 34 Bob Clapp (Somerset) |
| ← 19731975 → | |
The 1974 John Player League was the sixth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
Standings
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | N/R | A | Pts | R/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicestershire (C) | 16 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 4.787 |
| Somerset | 16 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 4.718 |
| Kent | 16 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 4.502 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 4.516 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.349 |
| Sussex | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 4.24 |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 4.329 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 4.324 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4.569 |
| Surrey | 16 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 4.407 |
| Warwickshire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 4.423 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 4.221 |
| Lancashire | 16 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 4.09 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3.937 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4.17 |
| Essex | 16 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3.893 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.064 |
| Team marked (C) finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive | ||||||||
Batting averages
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Bowling averages
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See also
References
- "John Player League 1974 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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