1970 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 | Lancashire (1st title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | 220 Roy Virgin (Somerset) |
Most wickets | 13 Bob Willis (Surrey) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
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The 1970 Gillette Cup was the eighth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 25 April and 5 September 1970.[1] The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 6 wickets in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Norfolk 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 5 September 1970.
First round
25 April 1970 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 171/7 (60 overs) | v | Cornwall 99 all out (55 overs) |
Peter Walker 51* Keith Davis 2/30 (12 overs) | Malcolm Dunstan 28 Peter Walker 5/21 (10 overs) |
Glamorgan won by 72 runs Boscawen Park, Truro Umpires: Bill Alley & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Peter Walker (Glamorgan) |
25, 27, 27 April 1970 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 264/5 (60 overs) | v | Norfolk 117 all out (49.5 overs) |
Eric Russell 80 Tracey Moore 2/41 (12 overs) | Bill Edrich 36 Keith Jones 3/49 (12 overs) |
Middlesex won by 147 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Arthur Fagg Player of the match: John Murray (Middlesex) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25, 27 April 1970 (scorecard) |
Oxfordshire 99/9 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 101/3 (54.5 overs) |
Worcestershire won by 7 wickets Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley Umpires: Jack Crapp & Lofty Herman Player of the match: Basil D'Oliveira (Worcestershire) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27, 28 April 1970 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 215/9 (60 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 216/5 (53 overs) |
Mike Smith 50 Harold Rhodes 2/33 (12 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 5 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Charlie Elliott & Hugo Yarnold Player of the match: Garfield Sobers (Nottinghamshire) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25, 26, 27 April 1970 (scorecard) |
Surrey 134/8 (60 overs) | v | Yorkshire 76 all out (29.4 overs) |
Richard Hutton 16 Robin Jackman 7/33 (12 overs) |
Surrey won by 58 runs St George's Road, Harrogate Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Cec Pepper Player of the match: Robin Jackman (Surrey) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
9 May 1970 (scorecard) |
Bedfordshire 102 all out (43.1 overs) | v | Buckinghamshire 105/2 (41 overs) |
John Turner 56 Trevor Morley 2/13 (11 overs) |
Buckinghamshire won by 8 wickets London Road Cricket Ground, High Wycombe Umpires: Laurie Gray & John Langridge Player of the match: Christopher Pickett (Buckinghamshire) |
Second round
30 May 1970 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 278/3 (60 overs) | v | Buckinghamshire 136 all out (58.1 overs) |
Ronald Hooker 65 John Holder 2/10 (11 overs) |
30 May 1970 (scorecard) |
Essex 174/9 (60 overs) | v | Sussex 175/6 (58.4 overs) |
Mike Buss 72 Stuart Turner 2/31 (11 overs) |
Sussex won by 4 wickets County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Arthur Fagg & Dust Rhodes Player of the match: Mike Buss (Sussex) |
30 May 1970 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 149 all out (58.1 overs) | v | Surrey 151/3 (49.2 overs) |
Alan Jones 52 Stewart Storey 3/13 (12 overs) |
Surrey won by 7 wickets St. Helen's, Swansea Umpires: Bill Alley & Peter Wight Player of the match: Stewart Storey (Surrey) |
30 May 1970 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 278/8 (60 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 251 all out (58.1 overs) |
David Lloyd 62 Tony Brown 4/56 (12 overs) | Ron Nicholls 75 Jack Simmons 3/39 (12 overs) |
Lancashire won by 27 runs Ashley Down Ground, Bristol Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Hugo Yarnold Player of the match: Ron Nicholls (Gloucestershire) |
30 May 1970 (scorecard) |
Kent 297/3 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 228 all out (56.1 overs) |
Rodney Cass 43 Alan Brown 3/31 (11.1 overs) |
Kent won by 69 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Lofty Herman & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Brian Luckhurst (Kent) |
30 May 1970 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 216/5 (60 overs) | v | Leicestershire 173 all out (53.5 overs) |
Ray Illingworth 59 Mike Taylor 4/32 (10.5 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 43 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Freddie Jakeman & Cec Pepper Player of the match: Brian Bolus (Nottinghamshire) |
30 May 1970 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 161/9 (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 162/8 (53.4 overs) |
John Harvey 34 Fred Titmus 5/26 (12 overs) | Eric Russell 54 Fred Rumsey 3/15 (12 overs) |
Middlesex won by 2 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Laurie Gray & John Langridge Player of the match: Fred Titmus (Middlesex) |
30 May 1970 (scorecard) |
Somerset 248/6 (60 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 198 all out (59.2 overs) |
David Steele 58 Allan Jones 5/56 (12 overs) |
Somerset won by 50 runs County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Charlie Elliott & Harry Mellows Player of the match: Roy Virgin (Somerset) |
Quarter-finals
8 July 1970 (scorecard) |
Sussex 199 all out (60 overs) | v | Kent 152 all out (56.5 overs) |
Sussex won by 47 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Tony Greig (Sussex) |
8 July 1970 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 142 all out (50.4 overs) | v | Lancashire 143/5 (35.3 overs) |
Lancashire won by 5 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Dickie Bird Player of the match: Barry Wood (Lancashire) |
8, 9 July 1970 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 232/5 (60 overs) | v | Somerset 233/5 (58 overs) |
Peter Robinson 57 David Halfyard 3/47 (12 overs) |
Somerset won by 5 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: David Constant & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Graham Burgess (Somerset) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
8 July 1970 (scorecard) |
Surrey 280/5 (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 272/9 (60 overs) |
John Edrich 91 John Price 3/63 (12 overs) |
Surrey won by 8 runs The Oval, London Umpires: John Arnold & Harry Mellows Player of the match: Bob Willis (Surrey) |
Semi-finals
22 July 1970 (scorecard) |
Somerset 207 all out (58.2 overs) | v | Lancashire 210/6 (56.2 overs) |
Roy Virgin 65 Barry Wood 3/35 (12 overs) | John Sullivan 50 Brian Langford 2/43 (12 overs) |
Lancashire won by 4 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Syd Buller & Jack Crapp Player of the match: Barry Wood (Lancashire) |
22 July 1970 (scorecard) |
Surrey 196 all out (59.3 overs) | v | Sussex 196/8 (50 overs) |
Mike Edwards 50 John Snow 4/35 (12 overs) | Peter Graves 45 Intikhab Alam 2/28 (12 overs) |
Sussex won by losing fewer wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Peter Wight Player of the match: John Snow (Sussex) |
Final
5 September 1970 (scorecard) |
Sussex 184/9 (60 overs) | v | Lancashire 185/4 (55.1 overs) |
Mike Buss 42 David Hughes 3/31 (12 overs) |
Lancashire won by 6 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Charlie Elliott & Arthur Fagg Player of the match: Harry Pilling (Lancashire) |
References
- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1970 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
External links
- CricketArchive tournament page
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