1966 Gillette Cup
| Administrator(s) | Marylebone Cricket Club |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Warwickshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs | 299 – Dennis Amiss (Warwickshire) |
| Most wickets | 10 – Bill Alley (Somerset) 10 – David Brown (Warwickshire) 10 – Roy Palmer (Somerset) |
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 17 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 (56.4 overs) |
Danny Livingstone 92 George Camplin 3/38 (12 overs) |
- Reserve day used
Second round
[edit]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.