Summer of ‘81

Reliving the 1981 English cricket season day by day, 40 years on.

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This would not be possible without back issues of @TheCricketerMag and my *very* well-thumbed 1982 edition of @WisdenAlmanack

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@CrickAutographs And, with the bat, Walter Lawrence Trophy winner 1981.

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Allan Border batting v Middlesex at Lord's, June 14th 1981. On a glorious Sunday, over 10,000 watched the last tour game before the opening Test. Border made 5, dismissed by Jeff Thomson who was playing for Middlesex after being left out of the Australian squad ...

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Geoff Boycott is caught by Rod Marsh off Ray Bright in the second innings of the 4th Test at Edgbaston, August 1st 1981. This left England 89 for 3, only 20 runs ahead. They were soon 115 for 6 - a lead of 46 - before Gatting (39) Old (23) and Emburey (37) scored vital runs ...

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Peter Willey drives during his 82 in the 2nd Ashes Test of 1981 at Lord's. I had been promised tickets for that day's Wimbledon ladies final only to be let down, so I headed to Lord's (with camera), bought a ticket off a tout for £4 and watched the final session-and-a-half

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Get well soon Rod Marsh.

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David Turner - Hampshire CCC 1981

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Good article about the short-lived Lambert & Butler Floodlit Competition here...

https://t.co/Q9gGOihpWt

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There weren’t many in the stands at Stamford Bridge - just 2,564 - and the L&B Floodlit Competition was discontinued after this one year.

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At Stamford Bridge, Clive Lloyd has lifted the L&B trophy after #LancsCCC beat #LeicsCCC, the two sides having defeated #SomersetCCC and #SurreyCCC in their respective semi-finals (despite the best efforts of @abutch58 with another 54 runs).

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On This Day in 1981 @DerbyshireCCC lost to @TrentBridge at Old Trafford Football Ground in the Lambert and Butler Floodlit Competition. The game was played over 10 overs per side with 7 players in each team...

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@Dadaldinio @Burd_kcc I think I might wait until 1983!

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1. Zaheer Abbas (#GloucsCCC) 2230 at 85.76 (10 hundreds)
2. Javed Miandad (#GlamorganCCC) 2060 at 71.03 (8)
3. Glenn Turner (#WorcsCCC) 2043 at 56.75 (9)
4. Allan Lamb (#NorthantsCCC) 1962 at 65.40 (5)
5. Dennis Amiss (#WarwicksCCC) 1722 at 42.00 (6)

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@Summer_of_1981 Found one of those ‘Zed’ hundreds in the loft.

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@Burd_kcc Incredible! Signed as well. Just checked back at Wisden and that was his *eighth* hundred of the season, despite not having played a First Class game before June!

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Anyway, the finals of the #landb floodlit competition will be held tomorrow at Stamford Bridge in West London, with the four qualifying sides being #LancsCCC, #SomersetCCC, #LeicsCCC and #SurreyCCC.

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Perhaps he was still smarting from missing out on a share of the £275 prize for the most sixes in the Sunday League.

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The evening at Selhurst Park was entirely dominated by the superhuman efforts of @abutch58 who not only hit 130 against #KentCCC, with 14 sixes and 7 fours (his hundred coming in 25 minutes from 28 balls), but made 55 and 54 in his other two innings.

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Finally, at Selhurst Park in South London, #SurreyCCC won the Home Counties Group, knocking out #SussexCCC, #KentCCC, #MiddlesexCCC and #EssexCCC.

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At Ashton Gate in Bristol, the South West Group was won by #SomersetCCC, who overcame #HantsCCC, #GloucsCCC and #GlamorganCCC.

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#LeicsCCC came through in the Midlands Group, held at the Hawthorns in West Bromwich, ahead of #WarwicksCCC, #NorthantsCCC and #WorcsCCC.