1969 Gillette Cup
Appearance
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 | Yorkshire (2nd title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | 183 Geoffrey Boycott (Yorkshire) |
Most wickets | 12 Don Wilson (Yorkshire) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1969 Gillette Cup was the seventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 10 May and 6 September 1969.[1] The tournament was won by Yorkshire County Cricket Club who defeated Derbyshire County Cricket Club by 69 runs in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Devon, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Wiltshire. 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 6 September 1969.
First round
10, 11 May 1969
(scorecard) |
Essex
272/6 (60 overs) |
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Wiltshire
147 all out (53.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
10, 11, 12 May 1969
(scorecard) |
Hertfordshire
173 all out (58.1 overs) |
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Devon
75 all out (41.3 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
10, 11, 12 May 1969
(scorecard) |
Middlesex
232/7 (60 overs) |
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Buckinghamshire
104 all out (44.5 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
10, 11 May 1969
(scorecard) |
Yorkshire
167 all out (44.4 overs) |
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Norfolk
78 all out (50.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
10, 12 May 1969
(scorecard) |
Glamorgan
191/8 (60 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
112 all out (45.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
10, 11 May 1969
(scorecard) |
Somerset
144 all out (59 overs) |
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Derbyshire
146/7 (59.3 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Second round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
30 July 1969
(scorecard) |
Yorkshire
191 all out (59.4 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire
123 all out (50.5 overs) |
Final
References
- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1969 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 April 2010.