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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Essex County Cricket Club">Essex</a> (3rd title)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Participants</th><td class="infobox-data">17</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Matches</th><td class="infobox-data">136</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most runs</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>663</b> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Athey" title="Bill Athey">Bill Athey</a> (Gloucestershire)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Most wickets</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>26</b> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Curran_(cricketer)" title="Kevin Curran (cricketer)">Kevin Curran</a> (Gloucs)/<a href="/wiki/Norman_Gifford" title="Norman Gifford">Norman Gifford</a> (Warwicks)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/1984_John_Player_Special_League" title="1984 John Player Special League">1984</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/1986_John_Player_Special_League" title="1986 John Player Special League">1986</a> →</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1985 John Player Special League</b> was the seventeenth competing of what was generally known as the <a href="/wiki/Pro40" title="Pro40">Sunday League</a>. The competition was won for the third time by <a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Essex County Cricket Club">Essex County Cricket Club</a>. </p><p>Rain affected most rounds of the Sunday League that season with many abandoned, (27 no results, 20% of fixtures) and shortened matches. On 7 July at <a href="/wiki/Tunstall_Road" title="Tunstall Road">Knypersley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire_CCC" class="mw-redirect" title="Derbyshire CCC">Derbyshire</a> established a league record by hitting 18 sixes in their score of 292-9 from 40 overs. In the final round of matches on 15 September <a href="/wiki/Essex_CCC" class="mw-redirect" title="Essex CCC">Essex</a> beat <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_CCC" class="mw-redirect" title="Yorkshire CCC">Yorkshire</a> at <a href="/wiki/County_Cricket_Ground,_Chelmsford" title="County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a> to retain the Sunday League. <a href="/wiki/Sussex_CCC" class="mw-redirect" title="Sussex CCC">Sussex</a> finished second and <a href="/wiki/Hampshire_CCC" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampshire CCC">Hampshire</a> finished third.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Essex had a great record in that season's three <a href="/wiki/List-A_cricket" class="mw-redirect" title="List-A cricket">one-day</a> competitions. Also winning the <a href="/wiki/Friends_Provident_Trophy" title="Friends Provident Trophy">NatWest Trophy</a> and finishing runners up in the third competition <a href="/wiki/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Benson and Hedges Cup">Benson and Hedges Cup</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Standings">Standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_John_Player_Special_League&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="200">Team </th> <th width="20">Pld </th> <th width="20">W </th> <th width="20">T </th> <th width="20">L </th> <th width="20">N/R </th> <th width="20">A </th> <th width="20">Pts </th> <th width="60">R/R </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ccffcc"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Essex County Cricket Club">Essex</a> (C)</td> <td>16</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>44</td> <td>5.026 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sussex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Sussex County Cricket Club">Sussex</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>42</td> <td>5.065 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Hampshire County Cricket Club">Hampshire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>40</td> <td>5.225 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Derbyshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Derbyshire County Cricket Club">Derbyshire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>38</td> <td>4.980 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Northamptonshire County Cricket Club">Northamptonshire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>38</td> <td>5.118 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Gloucestershire County Cricket Club">Gloucestershire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>32</td> <td>5.263 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Leicestershire County Cricket Club">Leicestershire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>32</td> <td>4.408 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Warwickshire County Cricket Club">Warwickshire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>32</td> <td>5.460 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Yorkshire County Cricket Club">Yorkshire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>32</td> <td>5.263 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Kent_County_Cricket_Club" title="Kent County Cricket Club">Kent</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>30</td> <td>4.790 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club" title="Somerset County Cricket Club">Somerset</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>30</td> <td>4.875 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club" title="Middlesex County Cricket Club">Middlesex</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>28</td> <td>4.657 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club">Nottinghamshire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>28</td> <td>5.178 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club" title="Glamorgan County Cricket Club">Glamorgan</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>26</td> <td>4.544 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Lancashire County Cricket Club">Lancashire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>26</td> <td>4.873 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Worcestershire County Cricket Club">Worcestershire</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>24</td> <td>5.346 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club" title="Surrey County Cricket Club">Surrey</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>22</td> <td>5.349 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" align="left"><small>Team marked <style 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