1984 English cricket season
Encyclopedia
The 1984 English cricket season saw a continued dominance by the best-ever Essex team who won a second successive County Championship
and also won the Sunday League.
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
and also won the Sunday League.
Honours
- County Championship - Essex
- NatWest Trophy - Middlesex
- Sunday League - Essex
- Benson & Hedges Cup -
- Minor Counties Championship - DurhamDurham County Cricket ClubDurham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Durham. Its limited overs team is called the Durham Dynamos. Their kit colours are blue with yellow trim and the shirt sponsor was...
- MCCA Knockout Trophy - HertfordshireHertfordshire County Cricket ClubHertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
- Second XI Championship - Yorkshire II
- Wisden - Martin CroweMartin CroweMartin David Crowe is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985, and was credited as one of the "best young batsmen in the world". Crowe represented New Zealand from the early 1980s until his retirement in 1996 as a right-handed batsman...
, Larry GomesLarry GomesHilary Angelo Gomes is a former West Indian cricketer.He toured England with the West Indian Schoolboys team in 1967 and he made his first-class debut as a left-handed batsman for Trinidad and Tobogo versus the New Zealanders in 1971/72. He joined Middlesex in 1972 and played between 1973 and 1976...
, Geoff HumpageGeoff HumpageGeoffrey William Humpage is a former English cricketer who played in 3 ODIs in 1981.As of 2009, he still holds the Warwickshire batting record for the fourth wicket - a stand of 470 with Alvin Kallicharran against Lancashire at Southport in 1982, of which Humpage contributed 254...
, Jack Simmons, Sidath WettimunySidath WettimunySidath Wettimuny is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals as an opening batsman from 1982 to 1987...
External sources
Annual reviews
- Playfair Cricket AnnualPlayfair Cricket AnnualPlayfair Cricket Annual is a compact annual about cricket that is published in the United Kingdom each April, just before the English cricket season is due to begin. Its main purposes are to review the previous English season and to provide detailed career records and potted biographies of current...
1985 - Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1985