1968 Gillette Cup
The 1968 Gillette Cup was the sixth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 27 April and 7 September 1968.[1] The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.
| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Warwickshire (2nd title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Most runs | 246 Garfield Sobers (Nottinghamshire) |
| Most wickets | 10 Antony Durose (Northamptonshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The newly launched London Weekend Television won the rights to show the final throughout the ITV network, considered a major coup when set alongside the strong association the BBC then had with cricket (and would for another thirty years). They received huge opprobrium from the press and public for cutting away from the match near its climax to show adverts, and LWT - already facing serious problems because of an industrial dispute and because much of its output was considered too high-minded for ITV - would never cover cricket again.[2]
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Dorset, Durham and Norfolk. 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 7 September 1968.
Results
First round
1, 2 May 1968 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 76 all out (38.4 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire 79/4 (46.1 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
4, 6 May 1968 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 161 all out (60 overs) |
v |
Essex 155 all out (59.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
8, 9 May 1968 (scorecard) |
Dorset 102 all out (52.4 overs) |
v |
Bedfordshire 103/2 (40.1 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Second round
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 321/4 (60 overs) |
v |
Bedfordshire 197/7 (60 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
Cheshire 163 all out (56.4 overs) |
v |
Northamptonshire 165/1 (52.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
Kent 110 all out (60 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 111/9 (58.2 overs) |
Mike Bissex 23 Asif Iqbal 2/13 (6 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
Somerset 134 all out (57 overs) |
v |
Leicestershire 135/6 (49 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 220/8 (60 overs) |
v |
Surrey 117 all out (37.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27, 28 May 1968 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 171/9 (60 overs) |
v |
Warwickshire 172/6 (57.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25, 27, 28 May 1968 (scorecard) |
v |
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- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three. Match was rescheduled for 18 June.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
7, 8, 9 August 1968 (scorecard) |
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- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three. Match rescheduled for 13 August.
7, 8, 9 August 1968 (scorecard) |
Sussex 219 all out (57 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 171 all out (56 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
Final
References
- "Gillette Trophy, 1968 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- David Docherty, Running the Show, Boxtree 1990