1965 Gillette Cup
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format |
(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Yorkshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Most runs |
Geoff Boycott 225 (for Yorkshire) |
| Most wickets |
Fred Trueman 12 (for Yorkshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1965 Gillette Cup was the third Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 4 September 1965.[1] The tournament was won by Yorkshire, following Geoff Boycott's 146 runs in the final at Lord's. Boycott's innings remains the highest ever scored in a Lord's county limited-overs final.[2]
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Wiltshire. 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 4 September 1965.
First round
28, 29 April 1965 scorecard |
| Berkshire 137 all out (55.5 overs) |
v |
Somerset 139/5 (45.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
28–29 April 1965 scorecard |
| Cambridgeshire 86 all out (49.2 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 87/0 (22.5 overs) |
| Bob Barber 54 |
- Match extended into a second day
1, 3 May 1965 scorecard |
| Hampshire 295/7 (60 overs) |
v |
Norfolk 147 all out (57.1 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
1 May 1965 scorecard |
| Wiltshire 156/9 (60 overs) |
v |
Nottinghamshire 157/3 (56.1 overs) |
| Barrie Whittingham 69 James Merryweather 2/23 (13 overs) |
Second Round
Quarter-Finals
23, 24 June 1965 scorecard |
| Warwickshire 203 all out (59.3 overs) |
v |
Hampshire 129 all out (51.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Semi-Finals
14, 15, 16 July 1965 scorecard |
| Yorkshire 177 all out (59 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 157 all out (57 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
Final
References
- ↑ "Gillette Trophy, 1965 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ↑ Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.