1974 Benson & Hedges Cup

1974 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Surrey (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches played	47
Most runs	369 Barry Richards (Hampshire)
Most wickets	17 Robin Jackman (Surrey)/Garth McKenzie (Leicesters)

The 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup was the third competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Surrey County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Worcestershire	4	3	1	9	34.143
Leicestershire	4	3	1	9	42.581
Warwickshire	4	3	1	9	51.52
Northamptonshire	4	1	3	3	46.815
Middlesex	4	0	4	0	45.808

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Lancashire	4	4	0	12	38.294
Yorkshire	4	3	1	9	36.139
Derbyshire	4	2	2	6	36.114
Nottinghamshire	4	1	3	3	45.857
Minor Counties North	4	0	4	0	62.667

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Kent	4	4	0	12	32.605
Surrey	4	3	1	9	30.154
Essex	4	2	2	6	39.226
Sussex	4	1	3	3	38.938
Cambridge University	4	0	4	0	65.667

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Hampshire	4	4	0	12	28.550
Somerset	4	3	1	9	40.281
Gloucestershire	4	2	2	6	40.969
Glamorgan	4	1	3	3	51.286
Minor Counties South	4	0	4	0	40.500

12 June 1974
(scorecard)

Leicestershire 238/8 (55 overs)	v	Kent 230/9 (45.5 overs)
Barry Dudleston 79 Bob Woolmer 3/29 (11 overs)		Brian Luckhurst 111 Garth McKenzie 5/34 (11 overs)

Leicestershire won by 8 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Barry Meyer
Player of the match: Brian Luckhurst (Kent)

12 June 1974
(scorecard)

Hampshire 182 all out (53.3 overs)	v	Somerset 183/9 all out (54 overs)
Trevor Jesty 79 Hallam Moseley 3/28 (10.3 overs)		Ian Botham 45* Trevor Jesty 4/28 (11 overs)

Somerset won by 1 wicket
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Ray Julian & George Pope
Player of the match: Ian Botham (Somerset)

12 June 1974
(scorecard)

Surrey 225/7 (55 overs)	v	Yorkshire 201 all out (52.5 overs)
Geoff Howarth 80 Chris Old 3/51 (11 overs)		Barrie Leadbeater 62 Robin Jackman 4/35 (10 overs)

Surrey won by 24 runs
Kennington Oval, London
Umpires: Henry Horton & Albert Rhodes
Player of the match: Geoff Howarth (Surrey)

12 June 1974
(scorecard)

Lancashire 204/7 (55 overs)	v	Worcestershire 168 all out (51.1 overs)
Barry Wood 67 Vanburn Holder 3/32 (11 overs)		John Parker 42 Ken Shuttleworth 3/37 (9.1 overs)

Lancashire won by 36 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Jack Crapp & Charlie Elliott
Player of the match: Barry Wood (Lancashire)

26 June 1974
(scorecard)

Surrey 193/8 (55 overs)	v	Lancashire 130 all out (47.1 overs)
John Edrich 62 Clive Lloyd 2/54 (8 overs)		Clive Lloyd 50 Alan Butcher 3/11 (11 overs)

Surrey won by 63 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: John Edrich (Surrey)

26, 27 June 1974
(scorecard)

Leicestershire 270/8 (55 overs)	v	Somerset 130 all out (40.4 overs)
John Steele 91 Allan Jones 3/39 (11 overs)		Viv Richards 42 Ray Illingworth 5/20 (11 overs)

Leicestershire won by 140 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Sam Cook & David Evans
Player of the match: Brian Davison (Leicestershire)

The match went into a second day. Somerset were 20/2 at the close of the first day.

20 July 1974
(scorecard)

Surrey 170 all out (54.1 overs)	v	Leicestershire 143 all out (54 overs)
Younis Ahmed 43 Ken Higgs 4/10 (7 overs)		Chris Balderstone 32 Geoff Arnold 3/20 (10 overs)

Surrey won by 27 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Bill Alley & Dickie Bird
Player of the match: John Edrich (Surrey)