1970 Gillette Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(60 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsLancashire (1st title)
Participants22
Matches21
Most runs220 Roy Virgin (Somerset)
Most wickets13 Bob Willis (Surrey)
Official websiteCricketArchive tournament page

The 1970 Gillette Cup was the eighth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 25 April and 5 September 1970.[1] The tournament was won by Lancashire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 6 wickets in the final at Lord's.

Format

The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Norfolk 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 5 September 1970.

First round

25 April 1970
(scorecard)
Glamorgan
171/7 (60 overs)
v
Cornwall
99 all out (55 overs)
Peter Walker 51*
Keith Davis 2/30 (12 overs)
Malcolm Dunstan 28
Peter Walker 5/21 (10 overs)
Glamorgan won by 72 runs
Boscawen Park, Truro
Umpires: Bill Alley & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Peter Walker (Glamorgan)
25, 27, 27 April 1970
(scorecard)
Middlesex
264/5 (60 overs)
v
Norfolk
117 all out (49.5 overs)
Eric Russell 80
Tracey Moore 2/41 (12 overs)
Bill Edrich 36
Keith Jones 3/49 (12 overs)
Middlesex won by 147 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Arthur Fagg
Player of the match: John Murray (Middlesex)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25, 27 April 1970
(scorecard)
Oxfordshire
99/9 (60 overs)
v
Worcestershire
101/3 (54.5 overs)
Brian Edrich 30
Vanburn Holder 3/14 (12 overs)
Worcestershire won by 7 wickets
Morris Motors Sports Ground, Cowley
Umpires: Jack Crapp & Lofty Herman
Player of the match: Basil D'Oliveira (Worcestershire)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
25, 27, 28 April 1970
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
215/9 (60 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
216/5 (53 overs)
Mike Smith 50
Harold Rhodes 2/33 (12 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 5 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Charlie Elliott & Hugo Yarnold
Player of the match: Garfield Sobers (Nottinghamshire)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
25, 26, 27 April 1970
(scorecard)
Surrey
134/8 (60 overs)
v
Yorkshire
76 all out (29.4 overs)
Younis Ahmed 31
Brian Close 3/27 (12 overs)
Richard Hutton 16
Robin Jackman 7/33 (12 overs)
Surrey won by 58 runs
St George's Road, Harrogate
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Cec Pepper
Player of the match: Robin Jackman (Surrey)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
9 May 1970
(scorecard)
Bedfordshire
102 all out (43.1 overs)
v
Buckinghamshire
105/2 (41 overs)
John Turner 56
Trevor Morley 2/13 (11 overs)
Buckinghamshire won by 8 wickets
London Road Cricket Ground, High Wycombe
Umpires: Laurie Gray & John Langridge
Player of the match: Christopher Pickett (Buckinghamshire)

Second round

30 May 1970
(scorecard)
Hampshire
278/3 (60 overs)
v
Buckinghamshire
136 all out (58.1 overs)
Barry Reed 143*
Christopher Parry 3/61 (12 overs)
Ronald Hooker 65
John Holder 2/10 (11 overs)
Hampshire won by 142 runs
Amy Lane, Chesham
Umpires: John Arnold & George Pope
Player of the match: Barry Reed (Hampshire)
30 May 1970
(scorecard)
Essex
174/9 (60 overs)
v
Sussex
175/6 (58.4 overs)
Brian Edmeades 40
Mike Buss 2/25 (12 overs)
Mike Buss 72
Stuart Turner 2/31 (11 overs)
Sussex won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Arthur Fagg & Dust Rhodes
Player of the match: Mike Buss (Sussex)
30 May 1970
(scorecard)
Glamorgan
149 all out (58.1 overs)
v
Surrey
151/3 (49.2 overs)
Alan Jones 52
Stewart Storey 3/13 (12 overs)
John Edrich 66*
Malcolm Nash 1/34 (12 overs)
Surrey won by 7 wickets
St. Helen's, Swansea
Umpires: Bill Alley & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Stewart Storey (Surrey)
30 May 1970
(scorecard)
Lancashire
278/8 (60 overs)
v
Gloucestershire
251 all out (58.1 overs)
David Lloyd 62
Tony Brown 4/56 (12 overs)
Ron Nicholls 75
Jack Simmons 3/39 (12 overs)
Lancashire won by 27 runs
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Hugo Yarnold
Player of the match: Ron Nicholls (Gloucestershire)
30 May 1970
(scorecard)
Kent
297/3 (60 overs)
v
Worcestershire
228 all out (56.1 overs)
Brian Luckhurst 96
Norman Gifford 1/46 (10 overs)
Rodney Cass 43
Alan Brown 3/31 (11.1 overs)
Kent won by 69 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Lofty Herman & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Brian Luckhurst (Kent)
30 May 1970
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
216/5 (60 overs)
v
Leicestershire
173 all out (53.5 overs)
Brian Bolus 75*
Jack Birkenshaw 2/31 (12 overs)
Ray Illingworth 59
Mike Taylor 4/32 (10.5 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 43 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Freddie Jakeman & Cec Pepper
Player of the match: Brian Bolus (Nottinghamshire)
30 May 1970
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
161/9 (60 overs)
v
Middlesex
162/8 (53.4 overs)
John Harvey 34
Fred Titmus 5/26 (12 overs)
Eric Russell 54
Fred Rumsey 3/15 (12 overs)
Middlesex won by 2 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Laurie Gray & John Langridge
Player of the match: Fred Titmus (Middlesex)
30 May 1970
(scorecard)
Somerset
248/6 (60 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
198 all out (59.2 overs)
Roy Virgin 103
Brian Crump 3/43 (12 overs)
David Steele 58
Allan Jones 5/56 (12 overs)
Somerset won by 50 runs
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Charlie Elliott & Harry Mellows
Player of the match: Roy Virgin (Somerset)

Quarter-finals

8 July 1970
(scorecard)
Sussex
199 all out (60 overs)
v
Kent
152 all out (56.5 overs)
Geoff Greenidge 56
Bob Woolmer 3/26 (9 overs)
Brian Luckhurst 48
Tony Greig 5/42 (10.5 overs)
Sussex won by 47 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: Tony Greig (Sussex)
8 July 1970
(scorecard)
Hampshire
142 all out (50.4 overs)
v
Lancashire
143/5 (35.3 overs)
Roy Marshall 43
Peter Lever 5/30 (12 overs)
Barry Wood 63*
Butch White 2/35 (8 overs)
Lancashire won by 5 wickets
Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Dickie Bird
Player of the match: Barry Wood (Lancashire)
8, 9 July 1970
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
232/5 (60 overs)
v
Somerset
233/5 (58 overs)
Pasty Harris 101
Tom Cartwright 1/22 (12 overs)
Peter Robinson 57
David Halfyard 3/47 (12 overs)
Somerset won by 5 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: David Constant & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Graham Burgess (Somerset)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
8 July 1970
(scorecard)
Surrey
280/5 (60 overs)
v
Middlesex
272/9 (60 overs)
John Edrich 91
John Price 3/63 (12 overs)
Peter Parfitt 44
Bob Willis 6/49 (12 overs)
Surrey won by 8 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: John Arnold & Harry Mellows
Player of the match: Bob Willis (Surrey)

Semi-finals

22 July 1970
(scorecard)
Somerset
207 all out (58.2 overs)
v
Lancashire
210/6 (56.2 overs)
Roy Virgin 65
Barry Wood 3/35 (12 overs)
John Sullivan 50
Brian Langford 2/43 (12 overs)
Lancashire won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Syd Buller & Jack Crapp
Player of the match: Barry Wood (Lancashire)
22 July 1970
(scorecard)
Surrey
196 all out (59.3 overs)
v
Sussex
196/8 (50 overs)
Mike Edwards 50
John Snow 4/35 (12 overs)
Peter Graves 45
Intikhab Alam 2/28 (12 overs)
Sussex won by losing fewer wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Peter Wight
Player of the match: John Snow (Sussex)

Final

5 September 1970
(scorecard)
Sussex
184/9 (60 overs)
v
Lancashire
185/4 (55.1 overs)
Mike Buss 42
David Hughes 3/31 (12 overs)
Harry Pilling 70*
Mike Buss 2/34 (12 overs)
Lancashire won by 6 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Charlie Elliott & Arthur Fagg
Player of the match: Harry Pilling (Lancashire)

References

  1. ↑ "Gillette Trophy, 1970 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
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