1969 Gillette Cup
Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Yorkshire (2nd title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | 183 – Geoffrey Boycott (Yorkshire) |
Most wickets | 12 – Don Wilson (Yorkshire) |
The 1969 Gillette Cup was the seventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 10 May and 6 September 1969.[1] The tournament was won by Yorkshire who defeated Derbyshire by 69 runs in the final at Lord's.
Format
The 17 first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Devon, Hertfordshire, Norfolk 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 6 September 1969.
First round
10, 11 May 1969 Scorecard |
Essex 272/6 (60 overs) |
v |
Wiltshire 147 (53.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
10, 11, 12 May 1969 Scorecard |
Hertfordshire 173 (58.1 overs) |
v |
Devon 75 (41.3 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
10, 11, 12 May 1969 Scorecard |
Middlesex 232/7 (60 overs) |
v |
Buckinghamshire 104 (44.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
10, 11 May 1969 Scorecard |
Yorkshire 167 (44.4 overs) |
v |
Norfolk 78 (50.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
10, 12 May 1969 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 191/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire 112 (45.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
10, 11 May 1969 Scorecard |
Somerset 144 (59 overs) |
v |
Derbyshire 146/7 (59.3 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
References
- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1969 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2010.