1975 Benson & Hedges Cup

1975 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Leicestershire (2nd title)
Participants	20
Matches played	47
Most runs	322 Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire)
Most wickets	17 Ken Higgs (Leicestershire)

The 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fourth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Warwickshire	4	4	0	12	33.054
Leicestershire	4	3	1	9	48.111
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	2	2	6	45.000
Northamptonshire	4	1	3	3	42.929
Worcestershire	4	0	4	0	47.625

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Lancashire	4	4	0	12	50.231
Yorkshire	4	3	1	9	35.629
Derbyshire	4	2	2	6	43.967
Nottinghamshire	4	1	3	3	43.565
Minor Counties North	4	0	4	0	78.200

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Essex	4	4	0	12	30.275
Middlesex	4	2	2	6	35.294
Sussex	4	2	2	6	35.613
Kent	4	2	2	6	42.516
Minor Counties South	4	0	4	0	53.100

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Hampshire	4	4	0	12	31.200
Somerset	4	2	2	6	31.184
Surrey	4	2	2	6	40.000
Gloucestershire	4	1	3	3	45.444
Glamorgan	4	1	3	3	48.773

4 June 1975
(scorecard)

Hampshire 223 all out (55 overs)	v	Somerset 173 all out (45.3 overs)
David Turner 40 Ian Botham 3/56 (11 overs)		Viv Richards 62 Peter Sainsbury 3/29 (11 overs)

Hampshire won by 50 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: David Evans & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hampshire)

4 June 1975
(scorecard)

Lancashire 180/8 (55 overs)	v	Leicestershire 183/8 (53.3 overs)
Frank Hayes 67 Ken Higgs 2/38 (11 overs)		Roger Tolchard 57* Peter Lee 2/22 (10 overs)

Leicestershire won by 2 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Cec Pepper & Albert Rhodes
Player of the match: Roger Tolchard (Leicestershire)

4 June 1975
(scorecard)

Yorkshire 182 all out (55 overs)	v	Middlesex 183/6 (54.1 overs)
Geoff Boycott 58 Tim Lamb 5/44 (11 overs)		Norman Featherstone 38 Arnie Sidebottom 2/18 (11 overs)

Middlesex won by 4 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Henry Horton & Barry Meyer
Player of the match: Clive Radley (Middlesex)

4 June 1975
(scorecard)

Essex 153 all out (55 overs)	v	Warwickshire 154/3 (37.5 overs)
Brian Edmeades 85 Steve Rouse 4/22 (7 overs)		Alvin Kallicharran 71* Keith Boyce 2/40 (11 overs)

Warwickshire won by 7 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Eddie Phillipson
Player of the match: Steve Rouse (Warwickshire)

2 July 1975
(scorecard)

Hampshire 216 all out (53.4 overs)	v	Leicestershire 217/5 (54.1 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 111 Peter Booth 3/27 (7 overs)		Chris Balderstone 101* Andy Roberts 1/16 (10.1 overs)

Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Jack Crapp & David Evans
Player of the match: Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire)

2 July 1975
(scorecard)

Middlesex 247/8 (55 overs)	v	Warwickshire 244/9 (55 overs)
Clive Radley 103 Steve Rouse 2/26 (10 overs)		John Jameson 65 John Price 3/38 (11 overs)

Middlesex won by 3 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Larry Gomes (Middlesex)

19 July 1975
(scorecard)

Middlesex 146 all out (52.4 overs)	v	Leicestershire 150/5 (51.2 overs)
Michael Smith 83 Norman McVicker 4/20 (11 overs)		John Steele 49 Fred Titmus 2/30 (11 overs)

Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Arthur Fagg
Player of the match: Norman McVicker (Leicestershire)