1979_Gillette_Cup
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.
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Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Somerset (1st title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches | 21 |
Most runs | 266 Viv Richards (Somerset) |
Most wickets | 17 Joel Garner (Somerset) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
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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
27 June 1979 (scorecard) |
Buckinghamshire 133 all out (60 overs) |
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Suffolk 137/8 (38 overs) |
Suffolk won by 2 wickets London Road, High Wycombe Umpires: John Griffiths & Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Paul Rice (Suffolk) |
27 June 1979 (scorecard) |
Durham 221/7 (60 overs) |
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Berkshire 127/7 (60 overs) |
Durham won by 94 runs Green Lane, Durham Umpires: Tom Spencer & Jack van Geloven Player of the match: Stephen Greensword (Durham) |
27 June 1979 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 177/9 (60 overs) |
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Kent 178/5 (52 overs) |
Kent won by 5 wickets St. Helen's, Swansea Umpires: Derek Shackleton & Peter Wight Player of the match: Alan Ealham (Kent) |
27 June 1979 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 273/6 (60 overs) |
v |
Gloucestershire 218 all out (55.2 overs) |
Hampshire won by 55 runs Phoenix County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Sam Cook & David Halfyard Player of the match: Trevor Jesty (Hampshire) |
27 June 1979 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 247/5 (60 overs) |
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Essex 177 all out (53.4 overs) |
Lancashire won by 70 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Terry Spencer Player of the match: Jack Simmons (Lancashire) |
27 June 1979 (scorecard) |
Devon 111 all out (56 overs) |
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Leicestershire 114/1 (31.4 overs) |
Leicestershire won by 9 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Ray Julian Player of the match: John Steele (Leicestershire) |
Second round
18 July 1979 (scorecard) |
Durham 213/9 (60 overs) |
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Yorkshire 214/6 (59.1 overs) |
Yorkshire won by 4 wickets Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Geoff Boycott (Yorkshire) |
18, 19 July 1979 (scorecard) |
Kent 278/7 (60 overs) |
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Lancashire 260/9 (60 overs) |
Kent won by 18 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Don Oslear Player of the match: Asif Iqbal (Kent) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
18 July 1979 (scorecard) |
Leicestershire 326/6 (60 overs) |
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Worcestershire 183 all out (50 overs) |
Leicestershire won by 143 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Peter Wight Player of the match: Barry Dudleston (Leicestershire) |
18 July 1979 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 193 all out (54.5 overs) |
v |
Middlesex 196/8 (58.5 overs) |
Middlesex won by 2 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Bill Alley & David Halfyard Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge (Hampshire) |
18 July 1979 (scorecard) |
Surrey 238/8 (60 overs) |
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Northamptonshire 240/4 (56 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Dickie Bird & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Geoff Cook (Northamptonshire) |
18 July 1979 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 224/7 (60 overs) |
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Somerset 226/2 (56.1 overs) |
Somerset won by 8 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: John Langridge & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Brian Rose (Somerset) |
18 July 1979 (scorecard) |
Suffolk 158 all out (55.3 overs) |
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Sussex 159/8 (49.5 overs) |
Sussex won by 2 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: Sam Cook & Derek Dennis Player of the match: Imran Khan (Sussex) |
18 July 1979 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 265 all out (60 overs) |
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Warwickshire 186 all out (51 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 79 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: David Evans & Jack van Geloven Player of the match: Paul Todd (Nottinghamshire) |
Quarter-finals
8, 9 August 1979 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 216 all out (60 overs) |
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Yorkshire 146 all out (54.3 overs) |
Middlesex won by 70 runs Lord's, London Umpires: John Langridge & Don Oslear Player of the match: Mike Brearley (Middlesex) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
8 August 1979 (scorecard) |
Leicestershire 180 all out (59.4 overs) |
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Northamptonshire 184/2 (55.4 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Richard Williams (Northamptonshire) |
8 August 1979 (scorecard) |
Somerset 190 all out (59.2 overs) |
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Kent 60 all out (28.4 overs) |
Somerset won by 130 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: David Constant & David Evans Player of the match: Joel Garner (Somerset) |
8 August 1979 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 200 all out (56.4 overs) |
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Sussex 201/4 (54.1 overs) |
Sussex won by 6 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Peter Wight Player of the match: Derek Randall (Nottinghamshire) |
Semi-finals
22 August 1979 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 185 all out (57.5 overs) |
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Somerset 190/3 (50.2 overs) |
Somerset won by 7 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: David Halfyard & Ray Julian Player of the match: Peter Denning (Somerset) |
22 August 1979 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 255/7 (60 overs) |
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Sussex 218 all out (55.2 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 37 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Bill Alley & David Evans Player of the match: Peter Willey (Northamptonshire) |
Final
Main article: 1979 Gillette Cup Final
8 September 1979 (scorecard) |
Somerset 269/8 (60 overs) |
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Northamptonshire 224 all out (56.3 overs) |
Somerset won by 45 runs Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant & John Langridge Player of the match: Viv Richards (Somerset) |
- "Gillette Trophy, 1979 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- CricketArchive tournament page Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine