1966 Gillette Cup
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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 |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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) |
- Reserve day used
Second round[edit]
21 May 1966 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 179 all out (57.4 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 160 all out (56 overs) |
Quarter-finals[edit]
Semi-finals[edit]
Final[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1966 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
External links[edit]
- CricketArchive tournament page Archived 20 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine