1976 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 | Northamptonshire (1st title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | 240 Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire) |
Most wickets | 10 Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
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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.
Format
[edit ]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
[edit ](scorecard)
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)
(scorecard)
Phoenix County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Sam Cook & John Langridge
Player of the match: Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire)
(scorecard)
Hitchin Town Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin
Umpires: David Evans & Tommy Wilson
Player of the match: Brian Collins (Hertfordshire)
(scorecard)
Orleton Park, Wellington
Umpires: David Constant & Cec Pepper
Player of the match: John Hampshire (Yorkshire)
(scorecard)
Lichfield Road, Stone
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Brian Edmeades (Essex)
(scorecard)
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Ray Julian & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Alan Jones (Glamorgan)
Second round
[edit ](scorecard)
Rutland Recreation Ground, Ilkeston
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Cec Pepper
Player of the match: Frederick Swarbrook (Derbyshire)
(scorecard)
Hitchin Town Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin
Umpires: Arthur Fagg & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Dilip Doshi (Hertfordshire)
(scorecard)
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Jack Crapp & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Mike Denness (Kent)
(scorecard)
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Peter Rochford
Player of the match: Harry Pilling (Lancashire)
(scorecard)
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Henry Horton
Player of the match: Jack Birkenshaw (Leicestershire)
(scorecard)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Dusty Rhodes
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Northamptonshire)
(scorecard)
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: John Langridge & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Brian Close (Somerset)
(scorecard)
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire)
Quarter-finals
[edit ](scorecard)
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Bill Alley & Peter Rochford
Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hampshire)
(scorecard)
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Dusty Rhodes
Player of the match: Barry Wood (Lancashire)
(scorecard)
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire)
(scorecard)
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Sam Cook & Peter Wight
Player of the match: John Jameson (Warwickshire)
Semi-finals
[edit ](scorecard)
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Bill Alley & David Evans
Player of the match: David Turner (Hampshire)
(scorecard)
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Barry Wood (Lancashire)
Final
[edit ](scorecard)
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Arthur Fagg
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Northamptonshire)
References
[edit ]- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1976 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
External links
[edit ]- CricketArchive tournament page Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine