| Administrator | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format | 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
27 April 1968
Scorecard |
Lancashire
168 (59.2 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire
169/7 (50 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Ron Aspinall and Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Garfield Sobers (Notts) |
1, 2 May 1968
Scorecard |
Glamorgan
76 (38.4 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
79/4 (46.1 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Ron Lay and Harry Mellows Player of the match: Colin Milburn (Northants) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
4 May 1968
Scorecard |
Worcestershire
98 (56.2 overs) |
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Durham
82 (40.4 overs) |
Worcestershire won by 16 runs
Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Dusty Rhodes and Tom Spencer Player of the match: Stuart Young (Durham) |
4, 6 May 1968
Scorecard |
Middlesex
161 (60 overs) |
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Essex
155 (59.4 overs) |
Middlesex won by 6 runs
Lord's, London Umpires: Albert Alderman and John Langridge Player of the match: Keith Boyce (Essex) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
8 May 1968
Scorecard |
Norfolk
208 (59.1 overs) |
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Cheshire
212/9 (59.4 overs) |
Cheshire won by 1 wicket
Macclesfield Cricket Club Ground, Macclesfield Umpires: Arthur Fagg and Albert Gaskell Player of the match: Patrick Briggs (Ches) |
8, 9 May 1968
Scorecard |
Dorset
102 (52.4 overs) |
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Bedfordshire
103/2 (40.1 overs) |
Bedfordshire won by 8 wickets
Sherborne School, Sherborne Umpires: Cec Pepper and George Pope Player of the match: Geoff Millman (Beds) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Second round
25, 27 May 1968
Scorecard |
Hampshire
321/4 (60 overs) |
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Bedfordshire
197/7 (60 overs) |
Hampshire won by 124 runs
Goldington Bury, Bedford Umpires: Arthur Jepson and Cec Pepper Player of the match: Roy Marshall (Hants) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968
Scorecard |
Cheshire
163 (56.4 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
165/1 (52.4 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 9 wickets
Macclesfield Cricket Club Ground, Macclesfield Umpires: Harry Mellows and George Pope Player of the match: Colin Milburn (Northants) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968
Scorecard |
Kent
110 (60 overs) |
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Gloucestershire
111/9 (58.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 1 wicket
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol Umpires: Albert Alderman and Charlie Elliott Player of the match: Tony Brown (Glos) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968
Scorecard |
Somerset
134 (57 overs) |
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Leicestershire
135/6 (49 overs) |
Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Ron Aspinall and Tom Spencer Player of the match: Mick Norman (Leics) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27 May 1968
Scorecard |
Middlesex
220/8 (60 overs) |
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Surrey
117 (37.4 overs) |
Middlesex won by 103 runs
Lord's, London Umpires: Laurie Gray and Hugo Yarnold Player of the match: Eric Russell (Middx) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25 May 1968
Scorecard |
Derbyshire
97 (43.2 overs) |
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Sussex
99/0 (41.5 overs) |
Sussex won by 10 wickets
County Ground, Hove Umpires: John Arnold and Jack Crapp Player of the match: Tony Greig (Sussex) |
25, 27, 28 May 1968
Scorecard |
Yorkshire
171/9 (60 overs) |
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Warwickshire
172/6 (57.5 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 4 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Syd Buller and Eddie Phillipson Player of the match: Dennis Amiss (Warks) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
18 June 1968
Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire
226/9 (60 overs) |
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Worcestershire
178 (57.1 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 48 runs
New Road, Worcester Umpires: Albert Gaskell and Laurie Gray Player of the match: Garfield Sobers (Notts) |
- 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
3 July 1968
Scorecard |
Warwickshire
220 (60 overs) |
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Hampshire
195 (57.5 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 25 runs
Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth Umpires: Albert Alderman and John Langridge Player of the match: Rohan Kanhai (Warks) |
3 July 1968
Scorecard |
Middlesex
231 (59.5 overs) |
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Leicestershire
213 (58 overs) |
Middlesex won by 18 runs
Lord's, London Umpires: Ron Lay and George Pope Player of the match: John Price (Middx) |
3 July 1968
Scorecard |
Gloucestershire
296/8 (60 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire
271 (57.4 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 25 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Cec Pepper and Eddie Phillipson Player of the match: David Green (Glos) |
3 July 1968
Scorecard |
Sussex
255/7 (60 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
248 (58.2 overs) |
Sussex won by 7 runs
County Ground, Hove Umpires: Lofty Herman and Peter Wight Player of the match: Ken Suttle (Sussex) |
Semi-finals
7, 8, 9 August 1968
Scorecard |
Sussex
219 (57 overs) |
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Gloucestershire
171 (56 overs) |
Sussex won by 48 runs
County Ground, Hove Umpires: Fred Berry and A. M. Pullinger Player of the match: Don Bates (Sussex) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
13 August 1968
Scorecard |
Middlesex
162/9 (60 overs) |
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Warwickshire
165/7 (59 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 3 wickets
Lord's, London Umpires: Ron Aspinall and Freddie Jakeman Player of the match: Ron Hooker (Middx) |
- 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
7 September 1968
Scorecard |
Sussex
214/7 (60 overs) |
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Warwickshire
215/6 (57 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 4 wickets
Lord's, London Umpires: Arthur Jepson and Dusty Rhodes Player of the match: Alan Smith (Warks) |
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
