1966 Gillette Cup

1966 Gillette Cup
Administrator(s)	Marylebone Cricket Club
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Warwickshire (1st title)
Participants	22
Matches	21
Most runs	299 – Dennis Amiss (Warwickshire)
Most wickets	10 – Bill Alley (Somerset); 10 – David Brown (Warwickshire); 10 – Roy Palmer (Somerset)
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The 1966 Gillette Cup was the fourth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 28 April and 3 September 1966.^[1] The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club in the final at Lord's.

Format

The 17 first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire and Suffolk. 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 3 September 1966.

First round

28 April 1966
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Lancashire 104/9 (60 overs)	v	Cheshire 62 (45.3 overs)
Robert Entwistle 43* Gerry Hardstaff 4/31 (12 overs)		Frederick Millett 24 Ken Higgs 4/10 (10.3 overs)

Lancashire won by 42 runs
Macclesfield Cricket Club Ground, Macclesfield
Umpires: Freddie Jakeman and Dusty Rhodes
Player of the match: Robert Entwistle (Lancs)

30 April 1966
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Hertfordshire 167 (58.3 overs)	v	Berkshire 171/8 (46.2 overs)
Alan Bell 105 David Mordaunt 3/24 (11.3 overs)		David Mordaunt 53 John Iberson 3/37 (11 overs)

Berkshire won by 2 wickets
Hitchin Town Cricket Club Ground, Hitchin
Umpires: Laurie Gray and Lofty Herman
Player of the match: Alan Bell (Herts)

30 April 1966
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Northamptonshire 67 (37 overs)	v	Glamorgan 70/1 (24 overs)
Brian Reynolds 23 Jeff Jones 4/12 (11 overs)		Alan Jones 37* Brian Crump 1/5 (7 overs)

Glamorgan won by 9 wickets
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Ron Aspinall and Hugo Yarnold
Player of the match: Jeff Jones (Glam)

30 April 1966
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Sussex 175/8 (60 overs)	v	Somerset 179/6 (54.3 overs)
Nawab of Pataudi 42 Bill Alley 4/14 (12 overs)		Mervyn Kitchen 41 Tony Buss 3/28 (11 overs)

Somerset won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Jack Crapp and Eddie Phillipson
Player of the match: Bill Alley (Somst)

30 April 1966
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Kent 284/5 (60 overs)	v	Suffolk 171/8 (60 overs)
Colin Cowdrey 116 John Hargreaves 2/44 (11 overs)		Robert Flack 46 David Sayer 3/24 (11 overs)

Kent won by 113 runs
Ipswich School Ground, Ipswich
Umpires: Ron Lay and Fred Price
Player of the match: Colin Cowdrey (Kent)

4, 5 May 1966
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Hampshire 226/9 (60 overs)	v	Lincolnshire 195 (56.4 overs)
Danny Livingstone 92 George Camplin 3/38 (12 overs)		Ivan Madray 58 Butch White 4/36 (10 overs)

Hampshire won by 31 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Arthur Fagg and John Langridge
Player of the match: Danny Livingstone (Hants)

Reserve day used

Second round

21 May 1966
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Gloucestershire 327/7 (60 overs)	v	Berkshire 192/8 (60 overs)
Ron Nicholls 127 Tony Denness 4/56 (11 overs)		Anthony Davis 47 John Mortimore 2/36 (10 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 135 runs
Church Road, Reading
Umpires: Peter Wight and Hugo Yarnold
Player of the match: Ron Nicholls (Glos)

21 May 1966
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Derbyshire 199 (59.5 overs)	v	Essex 200/8 (57.4 overs)
Derek Morgan 42 Brian Edmeades 3/32 (12 overs)		Michael Bear 71 Alan Ward 3/36 (12 overs)

Essex won by 2 wickets
Queen's Park, Chesterfield
Umpires: Freddie Jakeman and Eddie Phillipson
Player of the match: Michael Bear (Essex)

21 May 1966
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Warwickshire 266/8 (60 overs)	v	Glamorgan 101 (34.3 overs)
Dennis Amiss 113 Jeff Jones 3/51 (12 overs)		Bernard Hedges 32 David Brown 5/18 (7.3 overs)

Warwickshire won by 165 runs
St Helen's, Swansea
Umpires: John Arnold and Bill Copson
Player of the match: David Brown (Warks)

21 May 1966
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Hampshire 199 (59.5 overs)	v	Kent 145 (49.4 overs)
Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie 59* David Sayer 3/38 (11.5 overs)		Brian Luckhurst 65 Derek Shackleton 3/12 (10 overs)

Hampshire won by 54 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Jack Crapp and George Pope
Player of the match: Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie (Hants)

21 May 1966
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Surrey 231/8 (60 overs)	v	Leicestershire 185/9 (60 overs)
John Edrich 77 Graham Cross 3/36 (11 overs)		Graham Cross 53* Geoff Arnold 4/28 (12 overs)

Surrey won by 46 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Charlie Elliott and Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: Ken Barrington (Surrey)

21 May 1966
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Lancashire 243/9 (60 overs)	v	Middlesex 180 (51 overs)
David Green 81 Bob Herman 3/63 (11 overs)		John Murray 54 Brian Statham 3/28 (12 overs)

Lancashire won by 63 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Paul Gibb and Tom Spencer
Player of the match: David Green (Lancs)

21 May 1966
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Somerset 190/7 (60 overs)	v	Yorkshire 150 (50.1 overs)
Bill Alley 58* Don Wilson 2/38 (9 overs)		Richard Illingworth 29* Roy Palmer 4/33 (12 overs)

Somerset won by 40 runs
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Lofty Herman and Dusty Rhodes
Player of the match: Roy Palmer (Somst)

21 May 1966
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Worcestershire 179 (57.4 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire 160 (56 overs)
Ron Headley 64 Alec Johnson 4/37 (11 overs)		Bob White 39 Norman Gifford 3/28 (12 overs)

Worcestershire won by 19 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Ron Aspinall and Cec Pepper
Player of the match: Ron Headley (Worcs)

Quarter-finals

22 June 1966
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Surrey 173 (57.1 overs)	v	Hampshire 174/3 (43 overs)
Ken Barrington 46 Jimmy Gray 3/28 (12 overs)		Roy Marshall 85 Pat Pocock 1/18 (10 overs)

Hampshire won by 7 wickets
Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth
Umpires: Albert Alderman and Laurie Gray
Player of the match: Roy Marshall (Hants)

22 June 1966
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Lancashire 103 (49.5 overs)	v	Somerset 104/6 (50.1 overs)
Jack Bond 29 Roy Palmer 5/18 (12 overs)		Mervyn Kitchen 32 Brian Statham 2/10 (10.1 overs)

Somerset won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Paul Gibb and John Langridge
Player of the match: Roy Palmer (Somst)

22 June 1966
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Gloucestershire 193 (57.1 overs)	v	Warwickshire 197/4 (38.2 overs)
Sid Russell 47 David Brown 3/33 (12 overs)		Bob Barber 113 Jim Andrew 2/41 (9 overs)

Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: John Arnold and Harry Mellows
Player of the match: Bob Barber (Warks)

22 June 1966
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Worcestershire 211 (60 overs)	v	Essex 129 (47.1 overs)
Martin Horton 51 Tony Jorden 3/46 (12 overs)		Barry Knight 52 Len Coldwell 4/42 (12 overs)

Worcestershire won by 82 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Dusty Rhodes and William Simpson
Player of the match: Martin Horton (Worcs)

Semi-finals

10 August 1966
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Somerset 189 (59.4 overs)	v	Warwickshire 190/5 (51.4 overs)
Graham Atkinson 72 Jack Bannister 3/47 (11.4 overs)		Dennis Amiss 80* Bill Alley 2/15 (12 overs)

Warwickshire won by 5 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Syd Buller and Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Dennis Amiss (Warks)

10 August 1966
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Worcestershire 253/4 (60 overs)	v	Hampshire 154 (48.2 overs)
Martin Horton 114 Bob Cottam 2/45 (12 overs)		Roy Marshall 37 Len Coldwell 4/39 (12 overs)

Worcestershire won by 99 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Bill Copson and Ron Lay
Player of the match: Martin Horton (Worcs)

Final

3 September 1966
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Worcestershire 155/8 (60 overs)	v	Warwickshire 159/5 (56.4 overs)
Norman Gifford 38 Tom Cartwright 3/16 (12 overs)		Bob Barber 66 Basil D'Oliveira 1/26 (10 overs)

Warwickshire won by 5 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Syd Buller and Charlie Elliott
Player of the match: Bob Barber (Warks)

References

^ "Gillette Trophy, 1966 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.

[1] "Gillette Trophy, 1966 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.

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