1968 Gillette Cup
| 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 | 21 |
| Most runs | 246 – Garfield Sobers (Nottinghamshire) |
| Most wickets | 10 – Antony Durose (Northamptonshire) |
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.
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 17 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.
First round
1, 2 May 1968 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 76 (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 (60 overs) | v | Essex 155 (59.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
8, 9 May 1968 Scorecard |
Dorset 102 (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 (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 (60 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 111/9 (58.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968 Scorecard |
Somerset 134 (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 (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.
18 June 1968 Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire 226/9 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 178 (57.1 overs) |
- Match was originally scheduled for 25 May but no play was possible on the original date or the two reserve days (27 and 28 May).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
7, 8, 9 August 1968 Scorecard |
Sussex 219 (57 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 171 (56 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
13 August 1968 Scorecard |
Middlesex 162/9 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 165/7 (59 overs) |
- Match was originally scheduled for 7 August but no play was possible on the original date or the two reserve days (8 and 9 August).
Final
References
- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1968 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ David Docherty, Running the Show, Boxtree 1990