1973 Gillette Cup
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format |
(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Gloucestershire (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Most runs | 242 Peter Graves (Sussex) |
| Most wickets | 11 Roger Knight (Gloucestershire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1973 Gillette Cup was the eleventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 30 June and 1 September 1973.[1] The tournament was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 40 runs in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Dorset, Durham, Staffordshire 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 1 September 1973. The tournament was notable for Durham (then a minor county) defeating Yorkshire. In doing so, Durham became the first ever minor county to beat a first class county in this competition.
First round
Second round
Quarter-finals
1, 2 August 1973 (scorecard) |
| Lancashire 224/6 (60 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 225/6 (59 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Semi-finals
Final
References
- ↑ "Gillette Trophy, 1973 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2010. (Subscription required (help)).