1972 John Player League

1972 John Player League

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (40 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	League
Champions	Kent County Cricket Club (1st title)
Participants	17
Matches	136
Most runs	643 Barry Richards (Hampshire)
Most wickets	31 Keith Boyce (Essex)

The 1972 John Player League was the fourth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Kent County Cricket Club.

Standings

Team	Pld	W	T	L	N/R	A	Pts	R/R
Kent (C)	16	11	0	4	1	0	45	4.361
Leicestershire	16	11	0	5	0	0	44	4.215
Essex	16	10	0	5	1	0	41	4.059
Yorkshire	16	10	0	5	0	1	41	3.984
Middlesex	16	8	0	6	1	1	34	4.456
Hampshire	16	7	1	5	2	1	33	4.69
Somerset	16	8	0	7	0	1	33	4.584
Lancashire	16	8	0	7	1	0	33	4.181
Derbyshire	16	7	0	7	0	2	30	4.282
Surrey	16	7	0	7	0	2	30	4.192
Worcestershire	16	7	0	8	0	1	29	4.883
Warwickshire	16	7	0	8	1	0	29	4.322
Nottinghamshire	16	6	0	10	0	0	24	3.899
Northamptonshire	16	5	1	8	0	2	24	3.72
Sussex	16	5	0	8	0	3	23	3.862
Gloucestershire	16	3	2	10	1	0	17	3.985
Glamorgan	16	2	0	12	0	2	10	3.805
Team marked  (C)  finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive

See also

• Sunday League