1967 Gillette Cup Explained

Administrator:Marylebone Cricket Club
Cricket Format:Limited overs cricket
(60 overs per innings)
Tournament Format:Knockout
Champions:Kent
Count:1
Participants:22
Matches:21
Most Runs:238 – Brian Luckhurst (Kent)
Most Wickets:10 – Roy Palmer (Somerset)
Previous Year:1966
Previous Tournament:1966 Gillette Cup
Next Year:1968
Next Tournament:1968 Gillette Cup

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

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Second round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: subscription. Gillette Trophy, 1966 – Fixtures. CricketArchive. 15 April 2010. 18 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081118111436/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1967_ENG_Gillette_Cup_1967.html. dead.