1974 Gillette Cup Explained

Administrator:Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket Format:Limited overs cricket
(60 overs per innings)
Tournament Format:Knockout
Champions:Kent
Count:2
Participants:22
Matches:21
Most Runs:282 Brian Luckhurst (Kent)
Most Wickets:10 Barry Wood (Lancashire)
Website:CricketArchive tournament page
Previous Year:1973
Previous Tournament:1973 Gillette Cup
Next Year:1975
Next Tournament:1975 Gillette Cup

The 1974 Gillette Cup was the twelfth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 29 June and 7 September 1974.[1] The tournament was won by Kent County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.

Format

The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Durham, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire and Shropshire. 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 1974.

First round

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Second round

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: subscription. Gillette Trophy, 1974 – Fixtures. CricketArchive. 14 May 2010. 3 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121103043757/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1974_ENG_Gillette_Cup_1974.html. dead.