1991 Refuge Assurance League Explained

Administrator:Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket Format:Limited overs cricket
(40 overs per innings)
Tournament Format:League
Champions:Nottinghamshire
Count:1
Participants:17
Matches:136
Most Runs:917 Tom Moody (Worcestershire)
Most Wickets:30 Franklyn Stephenson (Sussex)
Previous Year:1990
Previous Tournament:1990 Refuge Assurance League
Next Year:1992
Next Tournament:1992 Sunday 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.

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

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Nottinghamshire (C) 16 13 0 3 0 0 52 83.471
16 12 0 3 1 0 50 89.781
16 10 0 4 1 1 44 86.264
16 9 1 4 2 0 42 95.162
16 8 1 4 1 2 40 82.534
16 7 1 4 2 2 38 84.419
16 9 0 7 0 0 36 86.388
16 7 0 7 1 1 32 80.858
16 7 0 7 1 1 32 81.945
16 6 1 8 0 1 28 87.460
16 6 0 9 0 1 26 79.150
16 5 0 9 1 1 24 76.146
16 5 0 9 1 1 24 81.421
16 5 0 10 0 1 22 78.291
16 5 0 11 0 0 20 84.389
16 4 0 10 2 0 20 82.610
16 3 0 12 1 0 14 79.242
Team marked

Notes and References

  1. Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Sept. 1990 to Sept. 1991 - page 325.