| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Gloucestershire (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs | 242 Peter Graves (Sussex) |
| Most wickets | 11 Roger Knight (Gloucestershire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1973 Gillette Cup was the eleventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 30 June and 1 September 1973. [1] The tournament was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 40 runs in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Dorset, Durham, Staffordshire 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 1 September 1973. The tournament was notable for Durham (then a minor county) defeating Yorkshire. In doing so, Durham became the first ever minor county to beat a first class county in this competition.
30 June 1973 (scorecard) |
Bedfordshire 148 all out (54.2 overs) | v | Lancashire 275/3 (60 overs) |
30 June 1973 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 230/9 (60 overs) | v | Glamorgan 196 all out (57.1 overs) |
30 June 1973 (scorecard) |
Wiltshire 82 all out (49.2 overs) | v | Hampshire 86/3 (27 overs) |
30 June 1973 (scorecard) |
Sussex 225/8 (60 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 195 all out (56.9 overs) |
30 June 1973 (scorecard) |
Staffordshire 163/9 (60 overs) | v | Dorset 84 all out (45.3 overs) |
30 June 1973 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 135 all out (58.4 overs) | v | Durham 138/5 (51.3 overs) |
11 July 1973 (scorecard) |
Sussex 203/9 (60 overs) | v | Derbyshire 92 all out (47.3 overs) |
11 July 1973 (scorecard) |
Durham 134 all out (56.4 overs) | v | Essex 137/3 (45.4 overs) |
11 July 1973 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 169/7 (60 overs) | v | Surrey 150 all out (54.1 overs) |
11 July 1973 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 205 all out (58.5 overs) | v | Kent 206/2 (52.5 overs) |
11 July 1973 (scorecard) |
Staffordshire 137 all out (58.5 overs) | v | Lancashire 141/4 (35.2 overs) |
11 July 1973 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 162/7 (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 165/6 (54 overs) |
11 July 1973 (scorecard) |
Somerset 212 all out (59.1 overs) | v | Leicestershire 215/8 (59 overs) |
11 July 1973 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 213/9 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 200 all out (58.3 overs) |
1 August 1973 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 236/9 (60 overs) | v | Essex 206 all out (56.5 overs) |
1, 2 August 1973 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 224/6 (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 225/6 (59 overs) |
1 August 1973 (scorecard) |
Sussex 263/6 (60 overs) | v | Kent 135 all out (43.1 overs) |
1 August 1973 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 202/9 (60 overs) | v | Leicestershire 146 all out (53.5 overs) |
15 August 1973 (scorecard) |
Sussex 174/8 (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 169 all out (59.1 overs) |
15 August 1973 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 243/8 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 238/9 (60 overs) |
1 September 1973 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 243/8 (60 overs) | v | Sussex 208 all out (56.5 overs) |
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