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.Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Sept. 1990 to Sept. 1991 - page 325.
Nottinghamshire beat Derbyshire, the previous season's 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 TeamPldWTLN/RAPtsRp100 Nottinghamshire (C) 16 13 0 3 0 0 52 83.471 Lancashire 16 12 0 3 1 0 50 89.781 Northamptonshire 16 10 0 4 1 1 44 86.264 Worcestershire 16 9 1 4 2 0 42 95.162 Warwickshire 16 8 1 4 1 2 40 82.534 Essex 16 7 1 4 2 2 38 84.419 Yorkshire 16 9 0 7 0 0 36 86.388 Somerset 16 7 0 7 1 1 32 80.858 Surrey 16 7 0 7 1 1 32 81.945 Kent 16 6 1 8 0 1 28 87.460 Middlesex 16 6 0 9 0 1 26 79.150 Gloucestershire 16 5 0 9 1 1 24 76.146 Sussex 16 5 0 9 1 1 24 81.421 Leicestershire 16 5 0 10 0 1 22 78.291 Derbyshire 16 5 0 11 0 0 20 84.389 Glamorgan 16 4 0 10 2 0 20 82.610 Hampshire 16 3 0 12 1 0 14 79.242Team marked finished as champions.Source: CricketArchive
Batting averages
Bowling averages
Refuge Assurance Cup
Following the end of the Sunday League season, the top four teams in the Sunday League competed for the Refuge Assurance Cup. Worcestershire emerged as victors, defeating Lancashire in the final.
See also Sunday League
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