1977 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1977 Benson & Hedges Cup was the sixth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

1977 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
ChampionsGloucestershire (1st title)
Participants20
Matches played47 (48)
Most runs351 Roger Knight (Sussex)
Most wickets15 Brian Brain (Gloucestershire)

Fixtures and results

Group A

Team Pld W L NR Pts BowSR
Hampshire4310935.485
Gloucestershire4310945.667
Lancashire4220638.824
Leicestershire4130347.074
Somerset4130351.304

Group B

Team Pld W L NR Pts BowSR
Glamorgan4310932.286
Warwickshire4310937.441
Derbyshire4211738.393
Worcestershire4121461.905
Minor Counties West4040057.05

Group C

Team Pld W L NR Pts BowSR
Sussex4310934.6
Kent4310938.697
Surrey4220635.484
Nottinghamshire4220637.677
Oxford and Cambridge Universities4040064.444

Group D

Team Pld W L NR Pts BowSR
Middlesex44001227.243
Northamptonshire4310936.206
Yorkshire4220640.935
Essex4130353.944
Minor Counties East4040052.5

Quarter-Finals

8 June 1977
(scorecard)
Glamorgan
209/8 (55 overs)
v
Hampshire
210/4 (42 overs)
Mike Llewellyn 54
Trevor Jesty 3/20 (11 overs)
Trevor Jesty 105*
Gwyn Richards 2/35 (4 overs)
Hampshire won by 6 wickets
St Helen's, Swansea
Umpires: John Langridge & Peter Rochford
Player of the match: Trevor Jesty (Hampshire)
8 June 1977
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
194/7 (55 overs)
v
Middlesex
176 all out (52.1 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 64
Wayne Daniel 1/18 (11 overs)
Mike Smith 41
Mike Procter 3/15 (9.1 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 18 runs
County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Cec Pepper & Douglas Sang Hue
Player of the match: David Shepherd (Gloucestershire)
8 June 1977
(scorecard)
Sussex
264/5 (55 overs)
v
Kent
268/4 (52.1 overs)
Roger Knight 91
John Shepherd 2/60 (11 overs)
Chris Cowdrey 114
Tony Greig 2/48 (11 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Albert Rhodes
Player of the match: Chris Cowdrey (Kent)
8 June 1977
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
196 all out (54.3 overs)
v
Warwickshire
179/9 (55 overs)
David Steele 60
Bill Bourne 3/53 (11 overs)
David Smith 36
Jim Griffiths 4/36 (11 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 17 runs
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Bill Alley & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire)

Semi-Finals

22 June 1977
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
180 all out (54.2 overs)
v
Hampshire
173 all out (54.3 overs)
Sadiq Mohammad 76
Tom Mottram 3/21 (10 overs)
Nigel Cowley 59
Mike Procter 6/13 (11 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 7 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: David Constant & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Mike Procter (Gloucestershire)
22 June 1977
(scorecard)
Kent
211/6 (55 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
206/7 (55 overs)
Asif Iqbal 65*
Alan Hodgson 3/58 (10 overs)
David Steele 64
Bob Woolmer 3/29 (11 overs)
Kent won by 5 runs
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & John Langridge
Player of the match: Bob Woolmer (Kent)

Final

16 July 1977
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
237/6 (55 overs)
v
Kent
173 all out (47.3 overs)
Andy Stovold 71
Bernard Julien 2/51 (11 overs)
John Shepherd 55
Brian Brain 3/9 (7.3 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 64 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Lloyd Budd
Player of the match: Andy Stovold (Gloucestershire)

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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