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Nottinghamshire 1981 cricket statistics and records

Nottinghamshire in County Championship: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover County Championship 1981; Tests are excluded.

CEB Rice leads the displayed batting table with 1,462 runs. RJ Hadlee leads the bowling table with 105 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
22
Recorded players
17
Wins
11
Recorded venues
13

Selected season match starts: 1981-05-06 to 1981-09-12. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-06-14.

County Championship standings · 1981

League table for 1981. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

County Championship 1981 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1Nottinghamshire221147304
2Sussex221138302
3Somerset2210210279
4Middlesex229310257
5Essex228410254
6Surrey227510236
7Hampshire22679206
8Leicestershire226610199
9Kent225710189
10Yorkshire22598187
11Worcestershire22598172
12Derbyshire224711172
13Gloucestershire224315170
14Glamorgan223109167
15Northamptonshire223613166
16Lancashire224711164
17Warwickshire222119135

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-09-28.

Season leaders · County Championship 1981

Figures earned for Nottinghamshire only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Nottinghamshire County Championship 1981 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
CEB Rice211,462
DW Randall181,093
PA Todd21899
RJ Hadlee21745
JD Birch19722

Recorded innings through 1981-09-12. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Nottinghamshire County Championship 1981 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
RJ Hadlee21105
EE Hemmings2184
CEB Rice1965
KE Cooper1843
MK Bore1432

Recorded innings through 1981-09-12. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1981

All recorded players for Nottinghamshire in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 17 players

Nottinghamshire 1981 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
CEB RiceNottinghamshire213841,46217243.00—6600
DW RandallNottinghamshire183251,093162*40.48—6300
PA ToddNottinghamshire2138489911226.44—4100
RJ HadleeNottinghamshire21383745142*21.29—3100
JD BirchNottinghamshire1934672211125.79—5100
RT RobinsonNottinghamshire183355809120.71—2000
SB HassanNottinghamshire1222455097*30.56—5000
BN FrenchNottinghamshire19340255317.50—0000
EE HemmingsNottinghamshire21384243447.15—0000
MJ HarrisNottinghamshire713416244*18.00—0000
NI WeightmanNottinghamshire35013910527.80—0100
KE CooperNottinghamshire19342132274.13—0000
RE DexterNottinghamshire71421314010.92—0000
MK BoreNottinghamshire142556011*3.00—0000
PJ HackerNottinghamshire6114188*2.57—0000
K SaxelbyNottinghamshire3521710*5.67—0000
CW ScottNottinghamshire2401483.50—0000

Bowling · 9 players

Nottinghamshire 1981 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
RJ HadleeNottinghamshire21404,2502311,56410514.9040.482.2147/25
EE HemmingsNottinghamshire21364,4802371,7408420.7153.332.3367/59
CEB RiceNottinghamshire19362,9681421,2486519.2045.662.5216/44
KE CooperNottinghamshire18322,5401251,0814325.1459.072.5504/13
MK BoreNottinghamshire14212,5361351,0003231.2579.252.3704/46
PJ HackerNottinghamshire611867403741722.0051.002.5903/33
K SaxelbyNottinghamshire3544012250927.7848.893.4104/64
RT RobinsonNottinghamshire116050——5.0000/5
MJ HarrisNottinghamshire11421310——4.4300/31
Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1981. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Nottinghamshire 1981 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Nottinghamshire22114617,68125829.774027,77836321.43

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1981

Latest 12 of 22 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1981-09-12 to 1981-09-14 · Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan

Nottinghamshire
180 & 30/0
Glamorgan
60 & 149

Nottinghamshire won by 10 wickets

1981-09-01 to 0001-01-01 · Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire
265 & 90/1
Derbyshire
208 & 146

Nottinghamshire won by 9 wickets

1981-08-26 to 1981-08-27 · Sports Ground, Cleethorpes

Nottinghamshire v Northamptonshire

Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 53 runs

1981-08-22 to 1981-08-24 · Edgbaston, Birmingham

Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire

Warwickshire
331/9d & 49
Nottinghamshire
303/9d & 79/2

Nottinghamshire won by 8 wickets

1981-08-15 to 1981-08-18 · Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire v Sussex

Nottinghamshire
102 & 223/9
Sussex
208 & 144

Match drawn

1981-08-08 to 1981-08-11 · County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Worcestershire v Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire
170/9d & 214/4d

Nottinghamshire won by 106 runs

1981-08-01 to 1981-08-03 · Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire v Surrey

Surrey
175 & 103

Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 15 runs

1981-07-29 to 1981-07-31 · Leicester Road, Hinckley

Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire
431/8d & 124/6

Leicestershire won by 4 wickets

1981-07-25 to 1981-07-28 · Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire v Lancashire

Nottinghamshire
167 & 193/2
Lancashire
150 & 209

Nottinghamshire won by 8 wickets

1981-07-18 to 1981-07-21 · Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire

Nottinghamshire
354 & 115/2
Yorkshire
104 & 364

Nottinghamshire won by 8 wickets

1981-07-11 to 1981-07-14 · Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire

Nottinghamshire
402 & 13/0

Nottinghamshire won by 10 wickets

1981-07-04 to 1981-07-06 · Dean Park, Bournemouth

Hampshire v Nottinghamshire

Hampshire
190 & 53/1

Hampshire won by 9 wickets

Recorded venues

Nottinghamshire 1981 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Trent Bridge, Nottingham10
Aigburth, Liverpool1
County Ground, Chelmsford1
County Ground, Derby1
County Ground, New Road, Worcester1
Dean Park, Bournemouth1
Edgbaston, Birmingham1
Leicester Road, Hinckley1
Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford1
Recreation Ground, Bath1
Sports Ground, Cleethorpes1
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury1
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in County Championship 1981 for Nottinghamshire, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

County Championship 1981 batting innings records for Nottinghamshire
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
CEB Rice172Yorkshire1981-07-18
CEB Rice166*Essex1981-07-01
DW Randall162*Lancashire1981-06-20
CEB Rice152Worcestershire1981-07-11
RJ Hadlee142*Yorkshire1981-06-13

Best bowling innings

County Championship 1981 bowling innings records for Nottinghamshire
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
RJ Hadlee7/25Lancashire1981-06-20
EE Hemmings7/59Derbyshire1981-09-01
EE Hemmings6/21Gloucestershire1981-06-03
CEB Rice6/44Surrey1981-08-01
RJ Hadlee6/60Essex1981-07-01

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

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    Recorded coverage

    The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Nottinghamshire in County Championship. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

    Recorded match dates: 1890-05-15 to 2026-09-24. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

    Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

    Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.