1966 Gillette Cup
Cricket tournament
Administrator(s) | Marylebone Cricket Club |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Warwickshire (1st title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | Dennis Amiss 299 (Warwickshire) |
Most wickets | 10 Bill Alley (Somerset) 10 David Brown (Warwickshire) 10 Roy Palmer (Somerset) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
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The 1966 Gillette Cup was the fourth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 28 April and 3 September 1966.[1] The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire and Suffolk. 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 3 September 1966.
First round
28 April 1966 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 104/9 (60 overs) | v | Cheshire 62 all out (45.3 overs) |
Lancashire won by 42 runs Macclesfield Cricket Club Ground, Macclesfield Umpires: Freddie Jakeman & Dusty Rhodes Player of the match: Robert Entwistle (Lancashire) |
30 April 1966 (scorecard) |
Hertfordshire 167 all out (58.3 overs) | v | Berkshire 171/8 (46.2 overs) |
Alan Bell 105 David Mordaunt 3/24 (11.3 overs) |
Berkshire won by 2 wickets Hitchin Town Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin Umpires: Laurie Gray & Lofty Herman Player of the match: Alan Bell (Hertfordshire) |
30 April 1966 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 67 all out (37 overs) | v | Glamorgan 70/1 (24 overs) |
Brian Reynolds 23 Jeff Jones 4/12 (11 overs) |
Glamorgan won by 9 wickets County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Hugo Yarnold Player of the match: Jeff Jones (Glamorgan) |
30 April 1966 (scorecard) |
Sussex 175/8 (60 overs) | v | Somerset 179/6 (54.3 overs) |
Somerset won by 4 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Jack Crapp & Eddie Phillipson Player of the match: Bill Alley (Somerset) |
30 April 1966 (scorecard) |
Kent 284/5 (60 overs) | v | Suffolk 171/8 (60 overs) |
Colin Cowdrey 116 John Hargreaves 2/44 (11 overs) | Robert Flack 46 David Sayer 3/24 (11 overs) |
Kent won by 113 runs Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich Umpires: Ron Lay & Fred Price Player of the match: Colin Cowdrey (Kent) |
4,5 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 226/9 (60 overs) | v | Lincolnshire 195 all out (56.4 overs) |
Danny Livingstone 92 George Camplin 3/38 (12 overs) |
Hampshire won by 31 runs County Ground, Southampton Umpires: Arthur Fagg & John Langridge Player of the match: Danny Livingstone (Hampshire) |
- Reserve day used
Second round
21 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 327/7 (60 overs) | v | Berkshire 192/8 (60 overs) |
Ron Nicholls 127 Tony Denness 4/56 (11 overs) | Anthony Davis 47 John Mortimore 2/36 (10 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 135 runs Church Road, Reading, Berkshire Umpires: Peter Wight & Hugo Yarnold Player of the match: Ron Nicholls (Gloucestershire) |
21 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 199 all out (59.5 overs) | v | Essex 200/8 (57.4 overs) |
Derek Morgan 42 Brian Edmeades 3/32 (12 overs) | Michael Bear 71 Alan Ward 3/36 (12 overs) |
Essex won by 2 wickets Queen's Park, Chesterfield Umpires: Freddie Jakeman & Eddie Phillipson Player of the match: Michael Bear (Essex) |
21 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 266/8 (60 overs) | v | Glamorgan 101 all out (34.3 overs) |
Dennis Amiss 113 Jeff Jones 3/51 (12 overs) | Bernard Hedges 32 David Brown 5/18 (7.3 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 165 runs St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea Umpires: John Arnold & Bill Copson Player of the match: David Brown (Warwickshire) |
21 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 199 all out (59.5 overs) | v | Kent 145 all out (49.4 overs) |
Hampshire won by 54 runs County Ground, Southampton Umpires: Jack Crapp & George Pope Player of the match: Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (Hampshire) |
21 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Surrey 231/8 (60 overs) | v | Leicestershire 185/9 (60 overs) |
Surrey won by 46 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Charlie Elliott & Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Ken Barrington (Surrey) |
21 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 243/9 (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 180 all out (51 overs) |
David Green 81 Bob Herman 3/63 (11 overs) | John Murray 54 Brian Statham 3/28 (12 overs) |
21 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Somerset 190/7 (60 overs) | v | Yorkshire 150 all out (50.1 overs) |
Somerset won by 40 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Lofty Herman & Dusty Rhodes Player of the match: Roy Palmer (Somerset) |
21 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 179 all out (57.4 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 160 all out (56 overs) |
Bob White 39 Norman Gifford 3/28 (12 overs) |
Worcestershire won by 19 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Cec Pepper Player of the match: Ron Headley (Worcestershire) |
Quarter-finals
22 June 1966 (scorecard) |
Surrey 173 all out (57.1 overs) | v | Hampshire 174/3 (43 overs) |
Ken Barrington 46 Jimmy Gray 3/28 (12 overs) |
Hampshire won by 7 wickets Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth Umpires: Albert Alderman & Laurie Gray Player of the match: Roy Marshall (Hampshire) |
22 June 1966 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 103 all out (49.5 overs) | v | Somerset 104/6 (50.1 overs) |
Jack Bond 29 Roy Palmer 5/18 (12 overs) |
Somerset won by 4 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Paul Gibb & John Langridge Player of the match: Roy Palmer (Somerset) |
22 June 1966 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 193 all out (57.1 overs) | v | Warwickshire 197/4 (38.2 overs) |
Sid Russell 47 David Brown 3/33 (12 overs) | Bob Barber 113 Jim Andrew 2/41 (9 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 6 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: John Arnold & Harry Mellows Player of the match: Bob Barber (Warwickshire) |
22 June 1966 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 211 all out (60 overs) | v | Essex 129 all out (47.1 overs) |
Barry Knight 52 Len Coldwell 4/42 (12 overs) |
Worcestershire won by 82 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Dusty Rhodes & William Simpson Player of the match: Martin Horton (Worcestershire) |
Semi-finals
10 August 1966 (scorecard) |
Somerset 189 all out (59.4 overs) | v | Warwickshire 190/5 (51.4 overs) |
Graham Atkinson 72 Jack Bannister 3/47 (11.4 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 5 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Syd Buller & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Dennis Amiss (Warwickshire) |
10 August 1966 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 253/4 (60 overs) | v | Hampshire 154 all out (48.2 overs) |
Worcestershire won by 99 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Bill Copson & Ron Lay Player of the match: Martin Horton (Worcestershire) |
Final
3 September 1966 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 155/8 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 159/5 (56.4 overs) |
Bob Barber 66 Basil D'Oliveira 1/26 (10 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 5 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Syd Buller & Charlie Elliott Player of the match: Bob Barber (Warwickshire) |
References
- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1966 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
External links
- CricketArchive tournament page Archived 20 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
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