1965 Gillette Cup
Cricket tournament
| Administrator(s) | Marylebone Cricket Club |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Yorkshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs | 225 – Geoffrey Boycott (Yorkshire) |
| Most wickets | 12 – Fred Trueman (Yorkshire) |
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The 1965 Gillette Cup was the third Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 4 September 1965.[1] The tournament was won by Yorkshire, following Geoffrey Boycott's 146 runs in the final at Lord's. Boycott's innings remained the highest ever scored in a Lord's county limited-overs final.[2] until 2017.[3]
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, 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 4 September 1965.
First round
23 April 1965 Scorecard |
Middlesex 269 (59 overs) | v | Buckinghamshire 111 (38.1 overs) |
Bob Gale 86 Colin Smith 3/32 (10 overs) |
Middlesex won by 158 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Arthur Fagg and John Langridge Player of the match: Bob Gale (Middx) |
28, 29 April 1965 Scorecard |
Berkshire 137 (55.5 overs) | v | Somerset 139/5 (45.5 overs) |
Graham Atkinson 55 Frederick Baines 3/29 (13 overs) |
Somerset won by 5 wickets Church Road, Reading Umpires: John Arnold and Fred Price Player of the match: David Mordaunt (Berks) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
28 April 1965 Scorecard |
Derbyshire 195/8 (60 overs) | v | Essex 100 (41.2 overs) |
Michael Page 83 Barry Knight 5/41 (13 overs) | Keith Fletcher 23 Harold Rhodes 3/16 (11 overs) |
Derbyshire won by 95 runs Old County Ground, Brentwood Umpires: Laurie Gray and Ron Lay Player of the match: Ian Buxton (Derbys) |
28–29 April 1965 Scorecard |
Cambridgeshire 86 (49.2 overs) | v | Warwickshire 87/0 (22.5 overs) |
Bob Barber 54 |
Warwickshire won by 10 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Syd Buller and Hugo Yarnold Player of the match: Bob Barber (Warks) |
- Match extended into a second day
1, 3 May 1965 Scorecard |
Hampshire 295/7 (60 overs) | v | Norfolk 147 (57.1 overs) |
Hampshire won by 148 runs County Ground, Southampton Umpires: Jack Crapp and David Smith Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hants) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
1 May 1965 Scorecard |
Wiltshire 156/9 (60 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 157/3 (56.1 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Bill Copson and Eddie Phillipson Player of the match: Andrew Corran (Notts) |
Second round
22 May 1965 Scorecard |
Gloucestershire 130 (37.5 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 131/8 (59.2 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 2 wickets County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Paul Gibb and Cec Pepper Player of the match: Arthur Milton (Glos) |
22 May 1965 Scorecard |
Hampshire 208 (57.4 overs) | v | Kent 185 (54.1 overs) |
Peter Sainsbury 70 Alan Dixon 4/51 (13 overs) |
Hampshire won by 23 runs United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth Umpires: Arthur Fagg and John Langridge Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hants) |
22 May 1965 Scorecard |
Leicestershire 168 (49.4 overs) | v | Yorkshire 170/4 (53.2 overs) |
Clive Inman 66 Richard Hutton 3/50 (10 overs) |
Yorkshire won by 6 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Bill Copson and Dusty Rhodes Player of the match: Clive Inman (Leics) |
22 May 1965 Scorecard |
Middlesex 161 (57.3 overs) | v | Derbyshire 151/8 (60 overs) |
Fred Titmus 40 Albert Jackson 2/19 (13 overs) | Bob Taylor 53* Don Bennett 4/27 (13 overs) |
Middlesex won by 10 runs Lord's, London Umpires: John Arnold and Lofty Herman Player of the match: Bob Taylor (Derbys) |
22 May 1965 Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire 162 (59.5 overs) | v | Somerset 166/7 (50.1 overs) |
Somerset won by 3 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Jack Crapp and Laurie Gray Player of the match: Roy Virgin (Somst) |
22 May 1965 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 146 (45.1 overs) | v | Surrey 147/5 (52 overs) |
Surrey won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Sam Cook and Ron Lay Player of the match: John Edrich (Surrey) |
22 May 1965 Scorecard |
Lancashire 166 (50.1 overs) | v | Warwickshire 170/4 (51.2 overs) |
John Sullivan 39 Roger Edmonds 4/33 (8 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 6 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Arthur Jepson and Fred Price Player of the match: Khalid Ibadulla (Warks) |
22 May 1965 Scorecard |
Sussex 206 (52.4 overs) | v | Worcestershire 148 (47.3 overs) |
Sussex won by 58 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Charlie Elliott and Fred Gardner Player of the match: Ken Suttle (Sussex) |
Quarter-finals
23 June 1965 Scorecard |
Middlesex 280/8 (60 overs) | v | Sussex 190 (53 overs) |
Bob Gale 74 Ian Thomson 2/49 (13 overs) | Ken Suttle 47 Don Bennett 4/42 (13 overs) |
Middlesex won by 90 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Sam Cook and Eddie Phillipson Player of the match: John Murray (Middx) |
23 June 1965 Scorecard |
Somerset 63 (34.2 overs) | v | Yorkshire 64/3 (31.5 overs) |
Yorkshire won by 7 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: John Arnold and Arthur Fagg Player of the match: Fred Trueman (Yorks) |
23 June 1965 Scorecard |
Surrey 222/8 (60 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 97 (38.5 overs) |
Peter Watts 40 Stewart Storey 4/14 (5.5 overs) |
Surrey won by 125 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Charlie Elliott and John Langridge Player of the match: Ron Tindall (Surrey) |
23, 24 June 1965 Scorecard |
Warwickshire 203 (59.3 overs) | v | Hampshire 129 (51.2 overs) |
Mike Barnard 46 Khalid Ibadulla 6/32 (13 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 74 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Jack Crapp and Fred Price Player of the match: Khalid Ibadulla (Warks) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Semi-finals
14 July 1965 Scorecard |
Middlesex 250/8 (60 overs) | v | Surrey 252/5 (56.2 overs) |
Eric Russell 70 Ken Barrington 3/41 (6 overs) | John Edrich 71 Ted Clark 2/69 (9.2 overs) |
Surrey won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Syd Buller and Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Michael Edwards (Surrey) |
14, 15, 16 July 1965 Scorecard |
Yorkshire 177 (59 overs) | v | Warwickshire 157 (57 overs) |
Alan Smith 39 Donald Wilson 2/15 (13 overs) |
Yorkshire won by 20 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Sam Cook and Buddy Oldfield Player of the match: Ray Illingworth (Yorks) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
Final
4 September 1965 Scorecard |
Yorkshire 317/4 (60 overs) | v | Surrey 142 (40.4 overs) |
Yorkshire won by 175 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Syd Buller and Charlie Elliott Player of the match: Geoffrey Boycott (Yorks) |
References
- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1965 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
- ^ "One-Day Cup final: Alex Hales breaks Lord's record as Nottinghamshire beat Surrey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
External links
- Tournament page at ESPNcricinfo
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