1965 Gillette Cup

1965 Gillette Cup

Administrator(s)	Marylebone Cricket Club
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Yorkshire (1st title)
Participants	22
Matches	21
Most runs	225 – Geoffrey Boycott (Yorkshire)
Most wickets	12 – Fred Trueman (Yorkshire)
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The 1965 Gillette Cup was the third Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 4 September 1965. ^[1] The tournament was won by Yorkshire, following Geoffrey Boycott's 146 runs in the final at Lord's. Boycott's innings remained the highest ever scored in a Lord's county limited-overs final. ^[2] until 2017. ^[3]

Format

The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, 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 4 September 1965.

First round

23 April 1965 Scorecard

Middlesex 269 (59 overs)	v	Buckinghamshire 111 (38.1 overs)
Bob Gale 86 Colin Smith 3/32 (10 overs)		David Janes 32 Ronald Hooker 3/29 (13 overs)

Middlesex won by 158 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Arthur Fagg and John Langridge Player of the match: Bob Gale (Middx)

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28, 29 April 1965 Scorecard

Berkshire 137 (55.5 overs)	v	Somerset 139/5 (45.5 overs)
David Mordaunt 86 Ken Palmer 3/37 (13 overs)		Graham Atkinson 55 Frederick Baines 3/29 (13 overs)

Somerset won by 5 wickets Church Road, Reading Umpires: John Arnold and Fred Price Player of the match: David Mordaunt (Berks)

• Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

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28 April 1965 Scorecard

Derbyshire 195/8 (60 overs)	v	Essex 100 (41.2 overs)
Michael Page 83 Barry Knight 5/41 (13 overs)		Keith Fletcher 23 Harold Rhodes 3/16 (11 overs)

Derbyshire won by 95 runs Old County Ground, Brentwood Umpires: Laurie Gray and Ron Lay Player of the match: Ian Buxton (Derbys)

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28–29 April 1965 Scorecard

Cambridgeshire 86 (49.2 overs)	v	Warwickshire 87/0 (22.5 overs)
Rex Gautrey 22 Jack Bannister 3/14 (13 overs)		Bob Barber 54

Warwickshire won by 10 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Syd Buller and Hugo Yarnold Player of the match: Bob Barber (Warks)

• Match extended into a second day

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1, 3 May 1965 Scorecard

Hampshire 295/7 (60 overs)	v	Norfolk 147 (57.1 overs)
Peter Sainsbury 76 David Pilch 3/44 (8 overs)		Henry Blofeld 60 Peter Sainsbury 7/30 (13)

Hampshire won by 148 runs County Ground, Southampton Umpires: Jack Crapp and David Smith Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hants)

• Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

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1 May 1965 Scorecard

Wiltshire 156/9 (60 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire 157/3 (56.1 overs)
Ian Lomax 50 Andrew Corran 4/35 (13 overs)		Barrie Whittingham 69 James Merryweather 2/23 (13 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Bill Copson and Eddie Phillipson Player of the match: Andrew Corran (Notts)

Second round

22 May 1965 Scorecard

Gloucestershire 130 (37.5 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 131/8 (59.2 overs)
Arthur Milton 53 David Larter 4/38 (11.5 overs)		Roger Prideaux 28 Tony Windows 3/28 (13 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 2 wickets County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Paul Gibb and Cec Pepper Player of the match: Arthur Milton (Glos)

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22 May 1965 Scorecard

Hampshire 208 (57.4 overs)	v	Kent 185 (54.1 overs)
Peter Sainsbury 70 Alan Dixon 4/51 (13 overs)		Mike Denness 43 Bob Cottam 3/30 (13 overs)

Hampshire won by 23 runs United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth Umpires: Arthur Fagg and John Langridge Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hants)

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22 May 1965 Scorecard

Leicestershire 168 (49.4 overs)	v	Yorkshire 170/4 (53.2 overs)
Clive Inman 66 Richard Hutton 3/50 (10 overs)		Geoffrey Boycott 69 Graham Cross 2/37 (13 overs)

Yorkshire won by 6 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Bill Copson and Dusty Rhodes Player of the match: Clive Inman (Leics)

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22 May 1965 Scorecard

Middlesex 161 (57.3 overs)	v	Derbyshire 151/8 (60 overs)
Fred Titmus 40 Albert Jackson 2/19 (13 overs)		Bob Taylor 53* Don Bennett 4/27 (13 overs)

Middlesex won by 10 runs Lord's, London Umpires: John Arnold and Lofty Herman Player of the match: Bob Taylor (Derbys)

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22 May 1965 Scorecard

Nottinghamshire 162 (59.5 overs)	v	Somerset 166/7 (50.1 overs)
Brian Bolus 79 Brian Langford 3/17 (7.5 overs)		Roy Virgin 78* Carlton Forbes 2/37 (13 overs)

Somerset won by 3 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Jack Crapp and Laurie Gray Player of the match: Roy Virgin (Somst)

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22 May 1965 Scorecard

Glamorgan 146 (45.1 overs)	v	Surrey 147/5 (52 overs)
Tony Lewis 47 Geoff Arnold 4/26 (11.1 overs)		John Edrich 65 Don Shepherd 2/40 (12 overs)

Surrey won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Sam Cook and Ron Lay Player of the match: John Edrich (Surrey)

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22 May 1965 Scorecard

Lancashire 166 (50.1 overs)	v	Warwickshire 170/4 (51.2 overs)
John Sullivan 39 Roger Edmonds 4/33 (8 overs)		Khalid Ibadulla 58 Ken Higgs 1/38 (13 overs)

Warwickshire won by 6 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Arthur Jepson and Fred Price Player of the match: Khalid Ibadulla (Warks)

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22 May 1965 Scorecard

Sussex 206 (52.4 overs)	v	Worcestershire 148 (47.3 overs)
Ken Suttle 67 Jack Flavell 4/40 (10.4 overs)		Tom Graveney 40 Tony Buss 4/32 (10.3 overs)

Sussex won by 58 runs New Road, Worcester Umpires: Charlie Elliott and Fred Gardner Player of the match: Ken Suttle (Sussex)

Quarter-finals

23 June 1965 Scorecard

Middlesex 280/8 (60 overs)	v	Sussex 190 (53 overs)
Bob Gale 74 Ian Thomson 2/49 (13 overs)		Ken Suttle 47 Don Bennett 4/42 (13 overs)

Middlesex won by 90 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Sam Cook and Eddie Phillipson Player of the match: John Murray (Middx)

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23 June 1965 Scorecard

Somerset 63 (34.2 overs)	v	Yorkshire 64/3 (31.5 overs)
Mervyn Kitchen 39* Fred Trueman 6/15 (10.2 overs)		Geoffrey Boycott 23* Fred Rumsey 2/12 (13 overs)

Yorkshire won by 7 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: John Arnold and Arthur Fagg Player of the match: Fred Trueman (Yorks)

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23 June 1965 Scorecard

Surrey 222/8 (60 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 97 (38.5 overs)
Ron Tindall 73 David Larter 3/50 (13 overs)		Peter Watts 40 Stewart Storey 4/14 (5.5 overs)

Surrey won by 125 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Charlie Elliott and John Langridge Player of the match: Ron Tindall (Surrey)

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23, 24 June 1965 Scorecard

Warwickshire 203 (59.3 overs)	v	Hampshire 129 (51.2 overs)
Khalid Ibadulla 75 Bob Cottam 4/56 (13 overs)		Mike Barnard 46 Khalid Ibadulla 6/32 (13 overs)

Warwickshire won by 74 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Jack Crapp and Fred Price Player of the match: Khalid Ibadulla (Warks)

• Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

Semi-finals

14 July 1965 Scorecard

Middlesex 250/8 (60 overs)	v	Surrey 252/5 (56.2 overs)
Eric Russell 70 Ken Barrington 3/41 (6 overs)		John Edrich 71 Ted Clark 2/69 (9.2 overs)

Surrey won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Syd Buller and Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Michael Edwards (Surrey)

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14, 15, 16 July 1965 Scorecard

Yorkshire 177 (59 overs)	v	Warwickshire 157 (57 overs)
Ray Illingworth 45 Tom Cartwright 3/29 (13 overs)		Alan Smith 39 Donald Wilson 2/15 (13 overs)

Yorkshire won by 20 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Sam Cook and Buddy Oldfield Player of the match: Ray Illingworth (Yorks)

• Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.

Final

4 September 1965 Scorecard

Yorkshire 317/4 (60 overs)	v	Surrey 142 (40.4 overs)
Geoffrey Boycott 146 Geoff Arnold 1/51 (13 overs)		Ron Tindall 57 Ray Illingworth 5/29 (11.4 overs)

Yorkshire won by 175 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Syd Buller and Charlie Elliott Player of the match: Geoffrey Boycott (Yorks)

References

1. "Gillette Trophy, 1965 – Fixtures" . CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
2. Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 181. ISBN   978-1-84607-880-4.
3. "One-Day Cup final: Alex Hales breaks Lord's record as Nottinghamshire beat Surrey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

External links

• Tournament page at ESPNcricinfo