1969 Gillette Cup Explained

Administrator:Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket Format:Limited overs cricket
(60 overs per innings)
Tournament Format:Knockout
Champions:Yorkshire
Count:2
Participants:22
Matches:21
Most Runs:183 – Geoffrey Boycott (Yorkshire)
Most Wickets:12 – Don Wilson (Yorkshire)
Previous Year:1968
Previous Tournament:1968 Gillette Cup
Next Year:1970
Next Tournament:1970 Gillette Cup

The 1969 Gillette Cup was the seventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 10 May and 6 September 1969.[1] The tournament was won by Yorkshire who defeated Derbyshire by 69 runs in the final at Lord's.

Format

The 17 first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Devon, Hertfordshire, 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 6 September 1969.

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, 1969 – Fixtures. CricketArchive. 23 April 2010. 18 November 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081118111432/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1969_ENG_Gillette_Cup_1969.html. dead.