The 1979 Gillette Cup was the seventeenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 27 June and 8 September 1979.[1] The tournament was won by Somerset County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 45 runs in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Devon, Durham 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 8 September 1979.
First round
Second round
18, 19 July 1979
(scorecard) |
Kent
278/7 (60 overs) |
v
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Lancashire
260/9 (60 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Quarter-finals
8, 9 August 1979
(scorecard) |
Middlesex
216 all out (60 overs) |
v
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Yorkshire
146 all out (54.3 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
8 August 1979
(scorecard) |
Leicestershire
180 all out (59.4 overs) |
v
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Northamptonshire
184/2 (55.4 overs) |
Semi-finals
Final
References
- ^ "Gillette Trophy, 1979 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
External links
- CricketArchive tournament page Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine