1978 Benson & Hedges Cup

1978 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
Champions Kent (3rd title)
Participants 20
Matches played 47
Most runs 349 Alan Hill (Derbyshire)
Most wickets 18 Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)/Wayne Daniel (Middlesex)

The 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup was the seventh competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Derbyshire 4 4 0 0 0 12 40.719
Warwickshire 4 3 1 0 0 9 36.636
Lancashire 4 2 2 0 0 6 46.143
Gloucestershire 4 1 3 0 0 3 38.727
Minor Counties West 4 0 4 0 0 0 51.667

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Somerset 4 3 0 0 1 10 31.556
Glamorgan 4 3 1 0 0 9 36.629
Hampshire 4 2 1 0 1 7 37.87
Worcestershire 4 1 3 0 0 3 37.667
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 4 0 4 0 0 0 80.154

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Sussex 4 3 1 0 0 9 26.344
Middlesex 4 3 1 0 0 9 30.912
Leicestershire 4 3 1 0 0 9 38.529
Northamptonshire 4 1 3 0 0 3 44.407
Minor Counties East 4 0 4 0 0 0 49.208

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Kent 4 3 1 0 0 9 46.25
Nottinghamshire 4 2 1 1 0 7 43.043
Surrey 4 2 1 1 0 7 48.92
Yorkshire 4 1 3 0 0 3 31.242
Essex 4 1 3 0 0 3 54.632

Quarter-Finals

7, 8 June 1978
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
154 all out (52 overs)
v
Middlesex
125 all out (48.4 overs)
Alan Hill 69
Mike Selvey 2/26 (10 overs)
Mike Gatting 50
Eddie Barlow 3/22 (7.4 overs)
Derbyshire won by 29 runs
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Ray Julian & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)
  • Reserve day used. Derbyshire were 11/0 (6 overs) at the close of the scheduled day’s play
7 June 1978
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
209/7 (55 overs)
v
Kent
210/3 (49 overs)
Derek Randall 51
Bob Woolmer 2/32 (10 overs)
Alan Ealham 60*
Kevin Cooper 1/23 (11 overs)
Kent won by 7 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: John Langridge & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Alan Ealham (Kent)
7, 8 June 1978
(scorecard)
Somerset
218/9 (55 overs)
v
Sussex
116 all out (42.2 overs)
Ian Botham 54
John Spencer 3/37 (11 overs)
Jeremy Groome 28
Keith Jennings 3/20 (11 overs)
Somerset won by 102 runs
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: David Constant & David Halfyard
Player of the match: Ian Botham (Somerset)
  • Reserve day used. Sussex were 76/6 (30 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play
7, 8 June 1978
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
205/6 (55 overs)
v
Glamorgan
159 all out (49.2 overs)
John Whitehouse 70
Rodney Ontong 2/21 (8 overs)
John Hopkins 26
Stephen Rouse 3/28 (8.2 overs)
Warwickshire won by 46 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Cec Pepper & Albert Rhodes
Player of the match: John Whitehouse (Warwickshire)
  • Reserve day used. No play first day

Semi-Finals

21, 22 June 1978
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
203/9 (55 overs)
v
Warwickshire
162 all out (50.4 overs)
Anthony Borrington 77
Bob Willis 3/30 (11 overs)
Geoff Humpage 78
Eddie Barlow 3/26 (6.4 overs)
Derbyshire won by 41 runs
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: Bill Alley & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Anthony Borrington (Derbyshire)
  • Reserve day used. Derbyshire were 119/2 (36.5 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play
21, 22, 23 June 1978
(scorecard)
Kent
204/8 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
163 all out (51.2 overs)
Chris Tavaré 56
Ian Botham 3/39 (11 overs)
Brian Rose 48
Asif Iqbal 3/49 (9 overs)
Kent won by 41 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Chris Tavaré (Kent)
  • Two reserve days used. Kent were 149/5 (41.2 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play, and Somerset were 33/1 (13 overs) at the close of the second day's play

Final

22 July 1978
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
147 all out (54.4 overs)
v
Kent
151/4 (41.4 overs)
Peter Kirsten 41
John Shepherd 4/25 (11 overs)
Bob Woolmer 79
Philip Russell 3/28 (11 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Constant & John Langridge
Player of the match: Bob Woolmer (Kent)

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup