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

Group stage

Midlands Group

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

Northern Group

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

Southern Group

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

Western Group

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

Quarter-Finals

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)
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)

Semi-Finals

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)

Final

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)

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup