1967 Gillette Cup

1967 Gillette Cup
Administrator(s)	Marylebone Cricket Club
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket; (60 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Kent (1st title)
Participants	22
Matches	21
Most runs	238 – Brian Luckhurst (Kent)
Most wickets	10 – Roy Palmer (Somerset)
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The 1967 Gillette Cup was the fifth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 2 September 1967.^[1] The tournament was won by Kent County Cricket Club who defeated Somerset County Cricket Club by 32 runs in the final at Lord's.

Format

The 17 first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Durham, Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire. 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 2 September 1967.

First round

23 April 1967
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Nottinghamshire 191/7 (60 overs)	v	Durham 180 (59.1 overs)
Roy Swetman 48 John Bailey 3/37 (12 overs)		Mike Westcott 47 Barry Stead 3/17 (12 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 11 runs
Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Albert Gaskell and Tom Spencer
Player of the match: John Bailey (Nottinghamshire)

26 April 1967
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Northamptonshire 237/5 (60 overs)	v	Bedfordshire 154 (50.3 overs)
Roger Prideaux 75 Graham Jarrett 2/49 (12 overs)		Geoff Millman 44 Mushtaq Mohammad 3/31 (12 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 83 runs
Wardown Park, Luton
Umpires: Arthur Fagg and Fred Price
Player of the match: Colin Milburn (Northamptonshire)

26 April 1967
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Somerset 251/9 (60 overs)	v	Leicestershire 160 (46.3 overs)
Graham Burgess 73 Peter Marner 3/61 (12 overs)		Peter Marner 60 Roy Palmer 4/42 (9.3 overs)

Somerset won by 91 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Jack Crapp and Peter Wight
Player of the match: Mervyn Kitchen (Somerset)

29 April 1967
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Hampshire 244/8 (60 overs)	v	Lincolnshire 141 (51.2 overs)
Roy Marshall 102 Norman McVicker 3/42 (12 overs)		Harry Pougher 54 Butch White 4/8 (7.2 overs)

Hampshire won by 103 runs
May's Bounty, Basingstoke
Umpires: Albert Alderman and John Arnold
Player of the match: Roy Marshall (Hampshire)

29 April 1967
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Worcestershire 115 (54.4 overs)	v	Sussex 119/8 (53.3 overs)
Alan Ormrod 43 Tony Buss 4/25 (12 overs)		Tony Greig 22 Jack Flavell 3/21 (12 overs)

Sussex won by 2 wickets
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Syd Buller and Laurie Gray
Player of the match: Tony Buss (Sussex)

3 May 1967
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Oxfordshire 115/8 (60 overs)	v	Cambridgeshire 116/6 (48.1 overs)
Peter Smith 34* Alan Wilson 4/14 (12 overs)		Peter Shippey 37 David Laitt 3/29 (12 overs)

Cambridgeshire won by 4 wickets
Wisbech Cricket Club Ground, Wisbech
Umpires: Ron Lay and Harry Mellows
Player of the match: Alan Wilson (Cambridgeshire)

Second round

13 May 1967
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Kent 239/8 (60 overs)	v	Essex 197 (56 overs)
Colin Cowdrey 66 Tony Jorden 3/41 (12 overs)		Rodney Cass 33* Norman Graham 4/19 (12 overs)

Kent won by 42 runs
Old County Ground, Brentwood
Umpires: Laurie Gray and John Langridge
Player of the match: Colin Cowdrey (Kent)

13 May 1967
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Hampshire 236/7 (60 overs)	v	Glamorgan 220 (58.4 overs)
Roy Marshall 61 Don Shepherd 3/32 (11 overs)		Alan Jones 67 Bob Cottam 3/47 (11.4 overs)

Hampshire won by 16 runs
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
Umpires: Eddie Phillipson and Dusty Rhodes
Player of the match: Barry Reed (Hampshire)

13, 15, 16 May 1967
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Gloucestershire 153 (52.4 overs)	v	Lancashire 157/6 (56 overs)
Arthur Milton 45 Brian Statham 3/22 (10 overs)		David Green 48 David Smith 2/38 (10 overs)

Lancashire won by 4 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: George Pope and Hugo Yarnold
Player of the match: David Green (Lancashire)

Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.

13 May 1967
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Nottinghamshire 203 (59.5 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 205/6 (54 overs)
Deryck Murray 53 Antony Durose 3/46 (12 overs)		Mushtaq Mohammad 68 John Howarth 3/30 (10 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: David Halfyard and Lofty Herman
Player of the match: Mushtaq Mohammad (Northampshire)

13 May 1967
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Surrey 263/4 (60 overs)	v	Derbyshire 74 (34.1 overs)
Micky Stewart 74 Brian Jackson 1/36 (12 overs)		Derek Morgan 27 Geoff Arnold 5/9 (9 overs)

Surrey won by 184 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Ron Aspinall and Ron Lay
Player of the match: Geoff Arnold (Surrey)

13 May 1967
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Sussex 243 (60 overs)	v	Middlesex 212 (57.3 overs)
Ken Suttle 86 John Price 5/54 (12 overs)		Eric Russell 72 Tony Buss 3/38 (10.3 overs)

Sussex won by 31 runs
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Bill Copson and Cec Pepper
Player of the match: Ken Suttle (Sussex)

13, 15, 16 May 1967
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Somerset 206/8 (60 overs)	v	Warwickshire 181 (54.3 overs)
Roy Virgin 49 David Brown 2/37 (12 overs)		Tom Cartwright 34 Bill Alley 3/24 (12 overs)

Somerset won by 25 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Bill Copson and Cec Pepper
Player of the match: Bill Alley (Somerset)

Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.

25 May 1967
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Cambridgeshire 43/8 (10 overs)	v	Yorkshire 46/4 (6.5 overs)
David Fairey 22 Tony Nicholson 3/11 (3 overs)		Ken Taylor 21 David Fairey 2/8 (3 overs)

Yorkshire won by 6 wickets
Savile Park, Castleford
Umpires: Freddie Jakeman and Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: David Fairey (Cambridgeshire)

Match reduced to 10 overs per side. The match was moved from Headingley due to torrential rain.

Quarter-finals

14 June 1967
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Lancashire 194 (57.5 overs)	v	Yorkshire 190 (59.2 overs)
Harry Pilling 39 Chris Old 4/32 (12 overs)		Phil Sharpe 33 Peter Lever 4/38 (12 overs)

Lancashire won by 4 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Freddie Jakeman and Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Peter Lever (Lancashire)

14 June 1967
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Somerset 184 (59.3 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 148 (54.3 overs)
Mervyn Kitchen 40 Peter Willey 3/42 (12 overs)		Roger Prideaux 38 Fred Rumsey 4/23 (9.3 overs)

Somerset won by 36 runs
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Albert Alderman and George Pope
Player of the match: Bill Alley (Somerset)

14 June 1967
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Surrey 74 (37.4 overs)	v	Kent 75/4 (28.4 overs)
Mike Edwards 34 Alan Dixon 7/15 (12 overs)		Brian Luckhurst 40* Geoff Arnold 2/18 (12 overs)

Kent won by 6 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Lofty Herman and Fred Price
Player of the match: Alan Dixon (Kent)

14 June 1967
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Sussex 233/9 (60 overs)	v	Hampshire 224 (57.5 overs)
Tony Greig 46 Alan Castell 4/52 (12 overs)		Brian Timms 55 Tony Buss 3/41 (11.5 overs)

Sussex won by 9 runs
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Syd Buller and John Langridge
Player of the match: Tony Greig (Sussex)

Semi-finals

19, 20 July 1967
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Somerset 210/7 (60 overs)	v	Lancashire 110 (47.4 overs)
Mervyn Kitchen 40 Peter Lever 2/44 (12 overs)		Ken Shuttleworth 23 Ken Palmer 3/20 (12 overs)

Somerset won by 100 runs
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Jack Crapp and Charlie Elliott
Player of the match: Ken Palmer (Somerset)

Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

19 July 1967
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Kent 293/5 (60 overs)	v	Sussex 175 (50.3 overs)
Colin Cowdrey 78 Tony Greig 2/59 (12 overs)		Jim Parks 44 Alan Brown 3/17 (8.3 overs)

Kent won by 118 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Peter Wight and Hugo Yarnold
Player of the match: Colin Cowdrey (Kent)

Final

2 September 1967
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Kent 193 (59.4 overs)	v	Somerset 161 (54.5 overs)
Brian Luckhurst 54 Bill Alley 3/22 (12 overs)		Peter Robinson 48 Derek Underwood 3/41 (10 overs)

Kent won by 32 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Syd Buller and Fred Price
Player of the match: Mike Denness (Kent)

References

^ "Gillette Trophy, 1966 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

[1] "Gillette Trophy, 1966 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2010.

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