| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Sussex (3rd title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs | 361 Viv Richards (Somerset) |
| Most wickets | 12 Geoff Arnold (Sussex) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1978 Gillette Cup was the sixteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 5 July and 2 September 1978. [1] The tournament was won by Sussex County Cricket Club who defeated Somerset County Cricket Club by 5 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Devon, Durham, Shropshire, Staffordshire 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 2 September 1978.
5 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Devon 205/8 (60 overs) | v | Staffordshire 208/6 (58 overs) |
5 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Shropshire 148/9 (60 overs) | v | Surrey 149/6 (53.4 overs) |
5 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Warwickshire 292/5 (60 overs) | v | Somerset 297/4 (57.1 overs) |
5 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Suffolk 101 all out (39.1 overs) | v | Sussex 102/4 (33.1 overs) |
5, 6 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 158/9 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 153 all out (59.4 overs) |
5, 6, 7 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 249/6 (45 overs) | v | Durham 136/7 (45 overs) |
19, 20 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 199 all out (59.2 overs) | v | Derbyshire 166 all out (54 overs) |
19, 20 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Essex 268/9 (60 overs) | v | Surrey 196 all out (58.1 overs) |
19, 20 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Somerset 330/4 (60 overs) | v | Glamorgan 260 all out (60 overs) |
19, 20 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 266/5 (60 overs) | v | Lancashire 267/3 (57.3 overs) |
19, 20 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Leicestershire 214/8 (60 overs) | v | Hampshire 140 all out (51.2 overs) |
19 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 248/9 (60 overs) | v | Kent 249/5 (59.5 overs) |
19, 20 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Sussex 221/6 (60 overs) | v | Staffordshire 219/9 (60 overs) |
19, 20 July 1978 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 225/7 (60 overs) | v | Yorkshire 226/9 (59.3 overs) |
2, 3 August 1978 (scorecard) |
Kent 120 all out (53.5 overs) | v | Somerset 122/5 (47 overs) |
2, 3, 4 August 1978 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 279/6 (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 258 all out (57.5 overs) |
2, 3, 4 August 1978 (scorecard) |
Essex 73/2 (10 overs) | v | Leicestershire 70/8 (10 overs) |
2, 3, 4 August 1978 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 174/7 (52 overs) | v | |
4 August 1978 (scorecard) |
Sussex 68/6 (10 overs) | v | Yorkshire 59/8 (10 overs) |
16 August 1978 (scorecard) |
Somerset 287/6 (60 overs) | v | Essex 287 all out (60 overs) |
16 August 1978 (scorecard) |
Sussex 277/8 (60 overs) | v | Lancashire 141 all out (51.4 overs) |
2 September 1978 (scorecard) |
Somerset 207/7 (60 overs) | v | Sussex 211/5 (53.1 overs) |