1967 Gillette Cup
The 1967 Gillette Cup was the fifth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 2 September 1967.[1] The tournament was won by Kent County Cricket Club who defeated Somerset County Cricket Club by 32 runs in the final at Lord's.
| Administrator(s) | Marylebone Cricket Club |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Kent (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Most runs | 238 Brian Luckhurst (Kent) |
| Most wickets | 10 Roy Palmer (Somerset) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Durham, Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 2 September 1967.
First round
3 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Oxfordshire 115/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Cambridgeshire 116/6 (48.1 overs) |
Peter Shippey 37 David Laitt 3/29 (12 overs) |
Second round
13, 15, 16 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 153 all out (52.4 overs) |
v |
Lancashire 157/6 (56 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
13 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 203 all out (59.5 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire 205/6 (54 overs) |
Mushtaq Mohammad 68 John Howarth 3/30 (10 overs) |
13 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Sussex 243 all out (60 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 212 all out (57.3 overs) |
Ken Suttle 86 John Price 5/54 (12 overs) |
13, 15, 16 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Somerset 206/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 181 all out (54.3 overs) |
Roy Virgin 49 David Brown 2/37 (12 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Cambridgeshire 43/8 (10 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire 46/4 (6.5 overs) |
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side. The match was moved from Headingley due to torrential rain.
Quarter-finals
14 June 1967 (scorecard) |
Somerset 184 all out (59.3 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire 148 all out (54.3 overs) |
Semi-finals
19, 20 July 1967 (scorecard) |
Somerset 210/7 (60 overs) |
v |
Lancashire 110 all out (47.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
19 July 1967 (scorecard) |
Kent 293/5 (60 overs) |
v |
Sussex 175 all out (50.3 overs) |
Jim Parks 44 Alan Brown 3/17 (8.3 overs) |
Final
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References
- "Gillette Trophy, 1966 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
External links
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