| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Northamptonshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs | 240 Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire) |
| Most wickets | 10 Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1976 Gillette Cup was the fourteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 26 June and 4 September 1976. [1] The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. 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 1976.
26 June 1976 (scorecard) |
Lincolnshire 125/7 (60 overs) | v | Derbyshire 129/3 (34.3 overs) |
26 June 1976 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 260/4 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 242 all out (58.2 overs) |
26 June 1976 (scorecard) |
Berkshire 158/8 (60 overs) | v | Hertfordshire 160/8 (57.1 overs) |
26 June 1976 (scorecard) |
Shropshire 185 all out (59.4 overs) | v | Yorkshire 189/6 (56.1 overs) |
26 June 1976 (scorecard) |
Essex 316/6 (60 overs) | v | Staffordshire 207/7 (60 overs) |
26 June 1976 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 283/3 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 287/6 (59 overs) |
14 July 1976 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 194/9 (60 overs) | v | Surrey 127 all out (45.5 overs) |
14 July 1976 (scorecard) |
Hertfordshire 153 all out (55.3 overs) | v | Essex 120 all out (38 overs) |
14 July 1976 (scorecard) |
Sussex 213 all out (59.1 overs) | v | Kent 156 all out (50 overs) |
14 July 1976 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 270/9 (60 overs) | v | Lancashire 271/7 (58.4 overs) |
14 July 1976 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 233/8 (60 overs) | v | Leicestershire 230/9 (60 overs) |
14 July 1976 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 275/5 (60 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 267/9 (60 overs) |
14 July 1976 (scorecard) |
Somerset 140 all out (45.2 overs) | v | Warwickshire 141/4 (40.3 overs) |
14 July 1976 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 232/9 (60 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 233/6 (55 overs) |
4 August 1976 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 226 all out (60 overs) | v | Derbyshire 179 all out (54.4 overs) |
4 August 1976 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 125 all out (57.1 overs) | v | Lancashire 128/3 (37.2 overs) |
4 August 1976 (scorecard) |
Hertfordshire 69 all out (44 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 75/1 (15.2 overs) |
4 August 1976 (scorecard) |
Sussex 194 all out (56.3 overs) | v | Warwickshire 195/2 (46.2 overs) |
18 August 1976 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 215/7 (60 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 218/8 (59.5 overs) |
18 August 1976 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 233 all out (60 overs) | v | Lancashire 234/4 (55.2 overs) |
4 September 1976 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 195/7 (60 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 199/6 (58.1 overs) |
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