1976 Gillette Cup

The 1976 Gillette Cup was the fourteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 26 June and 4 September 1976.[1] The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.

1976 Gillette Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(60 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsNorthamptonshire (1st title)
Participants22
Matches played21
Most runs240 Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire)
Most wickets10 Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)
Official websiteCricketArchive tournament page

Format

The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. 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 4 September 1976.

First round
26 June 1976
(scorecard)
Lincolnshire
125/7 (60 overs)
v
Derbyshire
129/3 (34.3 overs)
Ian Moore 31
Eddie Barlow 3/19 (12 overs)
Eddie Barlow 55
Ian Moore 1/4 (1 overs)
Derbyshire won by 7 wickets
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)
26 June 1976
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
260/4 (60 overs)
v
Worcestershire
242 all out (58.2 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 128
John Inchmore 2/55 (12 overs)
Phil Neale 68
Mike Procter 3/35 (11 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 18 runs
Phoenix County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Sam Cook & John Langridge
Player of the match: Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire)
26 June 1976
(scorecard)
Berkshire
158/8 (60 overs)
v
Hertfordshire
160/8 (57.1 overs)
David Johnston 68
Brian Collins 5/20 (12 overs)
Hertfordshire won by 2 wickets
Hitchin Town Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin
Umpires: David Evans & Tommy Wilson
Player of the match: Brian Collins (Hertfordshire)
26 June 1976
(scorecard)
Shropshire
185 all out (59.4 overs)
v
Yorkshire
189/6 (56.1 overs)
Robert Burton 47
Arthur Robinson 3/17 (12 overs)
John Hampshire 59
David Breakwell 3/28 (11.1 overs)
Yorkshire won by 4 wickets
Orleton Park, Wellington
Umpires: David Constant & Cec Pepper
Player of the match: John Hampshire (Yorkshire)
26 June 1976
(scorecard)
Essex
316/6 (60 overs)
v
Staffordshire
207/7 (60 overs)
Brian Edmeades 93
Keith Stride 3/66 (12 overs)
Graham Warner 56
John Lever 2/38 (12 overs)
Essex won by 109 runs
Lichfield Road, Stone
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Brian Edmeades (Essex)
26 June 1976
(scorecard)
Glamorgan
283/3 (60 overs)
v
Warwickshire
287/6 (59 overs)
Alan Jones 124*
Bill Bourne 1/46 (12 overs)
John Whitehouse 109
Roger Davis 3/55 (12 overs)
Warwickshire won by 4 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Ray Julian & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Alan Jones (Glamorgan)

Second round
14 July 1976
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
194/9 (60 overs)
v
Surrey
127 all out (45.5 overs)
Alan Butcher 51
Keith Stevenson 4/21 (8 overs)
Derbyshire won by 67 runs
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Cec Pepper
Player of the match: Frederick Swarbrook (Derbyshire)
14 July 1976
(scorecard)
Hertfordshire
153 all out (55.3 overs)
v
Essex
120 all out (38 overs)
David Ottley 37
Ray East 4/28 (11 overs)
Ken McEwan 44
Dilip Doshi 4/23 (12 overs)
Hertfordshire won by 33 runs
Hitchin Town Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin
Umpires: Arthur Fagg & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Dilip Doshi (Hertfordshire)
14 July 1976
(scorecard)
Sussex
213 all out (59.1 overs)
v
Kent
156 all out (50 overs)
Tony Greig 62
Kevin Jarvis 3/53 (9 overs)
Bob Woolmer 34
Tony Greig 3/45 (12 overs)
Sussex won by 57 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Jack Crapp & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Mike Denness (Kent)
14 July 1976
(scorecard)
Middlesex
270/9 (60 overs)
v
Lancashire
271/7 (58.4 overs)
Graham Barlow 71
Jack Simmons 3/89 (12 overs)
Harry Pilling 82
Allan Jones 3/52 (11.4 overs)
Lancashire won by 3 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Peter Rochford
Player of the match: Harry Pilling (Lancashire)
14 July 1976
(scorecard)
Hampshire
233/8 (60 overs)
v
Leicestershire
230/9 (60 overs)
David Turner 78
Ray Illingworth 2/37 (12 overs)
Jack Birkenshaw 101*
Mike Taylor 2/44 (10 overs)
Hampshire won by 3 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Henry Horton
Player of the match: Jack Birkenshaw (Leicestershire)
14 July 1976
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
275/5 (60 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
267/9 (60 overs)
Geoff Cook 79
Clive Rice 2/53 (12 overs)
Derek Randall 73
Alan Hodgson 2/60 (12 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Dusty Rhodes
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Northamptonshire)
14 July 1976
(scorecard)
Somerset
140 all out (45.2 overs)
v
Warwickshire
141/4 (40.3 overs)
Brian Close 69
Bill Bourne 2/15 (5 overs)
John Jameson 47
Graham Burgess 2/42 (12 overs)
Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: John Langridge & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Brian Close (Somerset)
14 July 1976
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
232/9 (60 overs)
v
Gloucestershire
233/6 (55 overs)
John Hampshire 63
Mike Procter 4/21 (12 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 111
Arthur Robinson 2/52 (12 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 4 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire)

Quarter-finals
4 August 1976
(scorecard)
Hampshire
226 all out (60 overs)
v
Derbyshire
179 all out (54.4 overs)
Peter Sainsbury 63
Mike Hendrick 4/35 (12 overs)
Ron Headley 48
Peter Sainsbury 4/49 (12 overs)
Hampshire won by 47 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Bill Alley & Peter Rochford
Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hampshire)
4 August 1976
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
125 all out (57.1 overs)
v
Lancashire
128/3 (37.2 overs)
Andy Stovold 35
David Hughes 2/15 (12 overs)
Barry Wood 62*
Jack Davey 2/6 (8 overs)
Lancashire won by 7 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Dusty Rhodes
Player of the match: Barry Wood (Lancashire)
4 August 1976
(scorecard)
Hertfordshire
69 all out (44 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
75/1 (15.2 overs)
Robin Johns 18*
Sarfraz Nawaz 4/17 (12 overs)
Peter Willey 52*
Alan Garofall 1/11 (2.2 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 9 wickets
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire)
4 August 1976
(scorecard)
Sussex
194 all out (56.3 overs)
v
Warwickshire
195/2 (46.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 69
Steve Rouse 4/27 (8.3 overs)
Dennis Amiss 87
Javed Miandad 1/12 (2 overs)
Warwickshire won by 8 wickets
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Sam Cook & Peter Wight
Player of the match: John Jameson (Warwickshire)

Semi-finals
18 August 1976
(scorecard)
Hampshire
215/7 (60 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
218/8 (59.5 overs)
David Turner 86
Sarfraz Nawaz 2/40 (12 overs)
Roy Virgin 82
John Southern 2/34 (12 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 2 wickets
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Bill Alley & David Evans
Player of the match: David Turner (Hampshire)
18 August 1976
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
233 all out (60 overs)
v
Lancashire
234/4 (55.2 overs)
Rohan Kanhai 49
Barry Wood 3/32 (10 overs)
Barry Wood 105
Steve Rouse 2/41 (12 overs)
Lancashire won by 6 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Barry Wood (Lancashire)

Final
4 September 1976
(scorecard)
Lancashire
195/7 (60 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
199/6 (58.1 overs)
David Lloyd 48
Bishan Bedi 3/52 (11 overs)
Peter Willey 65
Peter Lee 2/29 (12 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 4 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Arthur Fagg
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Northamptonshire)

References
  1. "Gillette Trophy, 1976 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
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