1967_Gillette_Cup
1967 Gillette Cup
Cricket tournament
The 1967 Gillette Cup was the fifth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 2 September 1967.[1] The tournament was won by Kent County Cricket Club who defeated Somerset County Cricket Club by 32 runs in the final at Lord's.
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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 | Kent (1st title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | 238 Brian Luckhurst (Kent) |
Most wickets | 10 Roy Palmer (Somerset) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
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The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Durham, Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire. 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 2 September 1967.
First round
23 April 1967 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 191/7 (60 overs) |
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Durham 180 all out (59.1 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 11 runs Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Albert Gaskell & Tom Spencer Player of the match: John Bailey (Nottinghamshire) |
26 April 1967 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 237/5 (60 overs) |
v |
Bedfordshire 154 all out (50.3 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 83 runs Wardown Park, Luton Umpires: Arthur Fagg & Fred Price Player of the match: Colin Milburn (Northamptonshire) |
26 April 1967 (scorecard) |
Somerset 251/9 (60 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire 160 all out (46.3 overs) |
Somerset won by 91 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Jack Crapp & Peter Wight Player of the match: Mervyn Kitchen (Somerset) |
29 April 1967 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 244/8 (60 overs) |
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Lincolnshire 141 all out (51.2 overs) |
Hampshire won by 103 runs May's Bounty, Basingstoke Umpires: Albert Alderman & John Arnold Player of the match: Roy Marshall (Hampshire) |
29 April 1967 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 115 all out (54.4 overs) |
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Sussex 119/8 (53.3 overs) |
Sussex won by 2 wickets New Road, Worcester Umpires: Syd Buller & Laurie Gray Player of the match: Tony Buss (Sussex) |
3 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Oxfordshire 115/8 (60 overs) |
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Cambridgeshire 116/6 (48.1 overs) |
Cambridgeshire won by 4 wickets Wisbech Cricket Club Ground, Wisbech Umpires: Ron Lay & Harry Mellows Player of the match: Alan Wilson (Cambridgeshire) |
Second round
13 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Kent 239/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Essex 197 all out (56 overs) |
Kent won by 42 runs Old County Ground, Brentwood Umpires: Laurie Gray & John Langridge Player of the match: Colin Cowdrey (Kent) |
13 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 236/7 (60 overs) |
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Glamorgan 220 all out (58.4 overs) |
Hampshire won by 16 runs United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Dusty Rhodes Player of the match: Barry Reed (Hampshire) |
13, 15, 16 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 153 all out (52.4 overs) |
v |
Lancashire 157/6 (56 overs) |
Lancashire won by 4 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: George Pope & Hugo Yarnold Player of the match: David Green (Lancashire) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
13 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 203 all out (59.5 overs) |
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Northamptonshire 205/6 (54 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets County Ground, Northampton Umpires: David Halfyard & Lofty Herman Player of the match: Mushtaq Mohammad (Northampshire) |
13 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Surrey 263/4 (60 overs) |
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Derbyshire 74 all out (34.1 overs) |
Surrey won by 184 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Ron Lay Player of the match: Geoff Arnold (Surrey) |
13 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Sussex 243 all out (60 overs) |
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Middlesex 212 all out (57.3 overs) |
Sussex won by 31 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Bill Copson & Cec Pepper Player of the match: Ken Suttle (Sussex) |
13, 15, 16 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Somerset 206/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 181 all out (54.3 overs) |
Somerset won by 25 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Bill Copson & Cec Pepper Player of the match: Bill Alley (Somerset) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25 May 1967 (scorecard) |
Cambridgeshire 43/8 (10 overs) |
v |
Yorkshire 46/4 (6.5 overs) |
Yorkshire won by 6 wickets Savile Park, Castleford Umpires: Freddie Jakeman & Arthur Jepson Player of the match: David Fairey (Cambridgeshire) |
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side. The match was moved from Headingley due to torrential rain.
Quarter-finals
14 June 1967 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 194 all out (57.5 overs) |
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Yorkshire 190 all out (59.2 overs) |
Lancashire won by 4 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Freddie Jakeman & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Peter Lever (Lancashire) |
14 June 1967 (scorecard) |
Somerset 184 all out (59.3 overs) |
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Northamptonshire 148 all out (54.3 overs) |
Somerset won by 36 runs County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Albert Alderman & George Pope Player of the match: Bill Alley (Somerset) |
14 June 1967 (scorecard) |
Surrey 74 all out (37.4 overs) |
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Kent 75/4 (28.4 overs) |
Kent won by 6 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Lofty Herman & Fred Price Player of the match: Alan Dixon (Kent) |
14 June 1967 (scorecard) |
Sussex 233/9 (60 overs) |
v |
Hampshire 224 all out (57.5 overs) |
Sussex won by 9 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Syd Buller & John Langridge Player of the match: Tony Greig (Sussex) |
Semi-finals
19, 20 July 1967 (scorecard) |
Somerset 210/7 (60 overs) |
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Lancashire 110 all out (47.4 overs) |
Somerset won by 100 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Jack Crapp & Charlie Elliott Player of the match: Ken Palmer (Somerset) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
19 July 1967 (scorecard) |
Kent 293/5 (60 overs) |
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Sussex 175 all out (50.3 overs) |
Kent won by 118 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Peter Wight & Hugo Yarnold Player of the match: Colin Cowdrey (Kent) |
Final
Further information: 1967 Gillette Cup Final
2 September 1967 (scorecard) |
Kent 193 all out (59.4 overs) |
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Somerset 161 all out (54.5 overs) |
Kent won by 32 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Syd Buller & Fred Price Player of the match: Mike Denness (Kent) |
- "Gillette Trophy, 1966 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
- CricketArchive tournament page Archived 18 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine