1966 Gillette Cup
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Warwickshire (1st title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches played | 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.
Contents
Format
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
28 April 1966
(scorecard) |
Lancashire
104–9 (60 overs) |
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Cheshire
62 all out (45.3 overs) |
30 April 1966
(scorecard) |
Hertfordshire
167 all out (58.3 overs) |
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Berkshire
171–8 (46.2 overs) |
30 April 1966
(scorecard) |
Northamptonshire
67 all out (37 overs) |
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Glamorgan
70–1 (24 overs) |
30 April 1966
(scorecard) |
Sussex
175–8 (60 overs) |
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Somerset
179–6 (54.3 overs) |
30 April 1966
(scorecard) |
Kent
284–5 (60 overs) |
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Suffolk
171–8 (60 overs) |
4,5 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
226–9 (60 overs) |
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Lincolnshire
195 all out (56.4 overs) |
- Reserve day used
Second round
21 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Gloucestershire
327–7 (60 overs) |
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Berkshire
192–8 (60 overs) |
21 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Derbyshire
199 all out (59.5 overs) |
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Essex
200–8 (57.4 overs) |
21 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Warwickshire
266–8 (60 overs) |
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Glamorgan
101 all out (34.3 overs) |
21 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
199 all out (59.5 overs) |
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Kent
145 all out (49.4 overs) |
21 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Surrey
231–8 (60 overs) |
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Leicestershire
185–9 (60 overs) |
21 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Lancashire
243–9 (60 overs) |
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Middlesex
180 all out (51 overs) |
21 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Somerset
190–7 (60 overs) |
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Yorkshire
150 all out (50.1 overs) |
21 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Worcestershire
179 all out (57.4 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire
160 all out (56 overs) |
Quarter-finals
22 June 1966
(scorecard) |
Surrey
173 all out (57.1 overs) |
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Hampshire
174–3 (43 overs) |
22 June 1966
(scorecard) |
Lancashire
103 all out (49.5 overs) |
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Somerset
104–6 (50.1 overs) |
22 June 1966
(scorecard) |
Gloucestershire
193 all out (57.1 overs) |
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Warwickshire
197–4 (38.2 overs) |
22 June 1966
(scorecard) |
Worcestershire
211 all out (60 overs) |
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Essex
129 all out (47.1 overs) |
Semi-finals
10 August 1966
(scorecard) |
Somerset
189 all out (59.4 overs) |
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Warwickshire
190–5 (51.4 overs) |
10 August 1966
(scorecard) |
Worcestershire
253–4 (60 overs) |
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Hampshire
154 all out (48.2 overs) |
Final
3 September 1966
(scorecard) |
Worcestershire
155–8 (60 overs) |
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Warwickshire
159–5 (56.4 overs) |
References
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