1975 Gillette Cup
| 1975 Gillette Cup | |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format |
Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Lancashire (4th title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Most runs | 275 Sadiq Mohammad (Gloucestershire) |
| Most wickets | 10 Mike Hendrick (Derbyshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1975 Gillette Cup was the thirteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 25 June and 6 September 1975.[1] The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Middlesex County Cricket Club by 7 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Oxfordshire and Staffordshire. 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 6 September 1975.
First round
25 June 1975 (scorecard) |
| Northamptonshire 210 all out (59.5 overs) |
v |
Cambridgeshire 141 all out (41.5 overs) |
25 June 1975 (scorecard) |
| Nottinghamshire 212/9 (60 overs) |
v |
Sussex 208 all out (60 overs) |
| Bill Taylor 63 Tony Greig 3/60 (12 overs) |
Second round
16, 17 July 1975 (scorecard) |
| Northamptonshire 106 all out (60 overs) |
v |
Lancashire 107/1 (60 overs) |
| Frank Hayes 56* |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
16, 17 July 1975 (scorecard) |
| Derbyshire 200/6 (60 overs) |
v |
Somerset 197/9 (60 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
16 July 1975 (scorecard) |
| Middlesex 238/6 (60 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 111 all out (47.2 overs) |
| Mike Brearley 82 Steve Perryman 2/29 (12 overs) |
Quarter-finals
6 August 1975 (scorecard) |
| Worcestershire 257 all out (59.5 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 258/2 (54 overs) |
| John Parker 107 John Price 3/50 (12 overs) |
Semi-finals
Final
References
- ↑ "Gillette Trophy, 1975 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2010.