| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Essex (1st title) |
| Participants | 32 |
| Matches | 31 |
| Most runs | 417 Tim Robinson (Nottinghamshire) |
| Most wickets | 11 Derek Pringle (Essex) |
The 1985 NatWest Trophy was the 5th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 3 July and 7 September 1985. [1] The tournament was won by Essex who defeated Nottinghamshire by 1 run in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by thirteen Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Devon, Durham, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Suffolk. The Ireland and Scotland teams also participated. 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 7 September 1985. Durham repeated their feat of 1973, in being a minor county defeating a first class county, when they saw off Derbyshire in round one.
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 268/6 (60 overs) | v | Bedfordshire 127 all out (54 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Cheshire 159/7 (60 overs) | v | Yorkshire 160/0 (44.1 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Derbyshire 171 all out (58.4 overs) | v | Durham 172/3 (55.4 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Essex 307/6 (60 overs) | v | Oxfordshire 81 all out (43.2 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 339/4 (60 overs) | v | Berkshire 152 all out (58.5 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 241/7 (60 overs) | v | Hertfordshire 183 all out (57.5 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Surrey 293/8 (60 overs) | v | Kent 296/4 (58 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Middlesex 283/9 (60 overs) | v | Cumberland 152 all out (53.3 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Leicestershire 213/8 (60 overs) | v | Norfolk 73 all out (46.3 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 243/7 (60 overs) | v | Staffordshire 147/8 (60 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Northamptonshire 270/6 (60 overs) | v | Shropshire 170 all out (54.2 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Buckinghamshire 138 all out (47.4 overs) | v | Somerset 139/3 (41.3 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Lancashire 233/6 (60 overs) | v | Suffolk 133/8 (60 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Sussex 283/6 (60 overs) | v | Ireland 39 all out (26.4 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Devon 221/7 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 222/7 (53.2 overs) |
3 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Scotland 137 all out (60 overs) | v | Glamorgan 141/2 (39.4 overs) |
17 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Essex 214 all out (60 overs) | v | Middlesex 130 all out (50 overs) |
17 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Sussex 136 all out (51.3 overs) | v | Glamorgan 140/6 (48.5 overs) |
17 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Gloucestershire 277/8 (60 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 240 all out (56.3 overs) |
17 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Leicestershire 212/6 (60 overs) | v | Hampshire 213/6 (59.1 overs) |
17 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Kent 248/7 (60 overs) | v | Durham 169 all out (59.1 overs) |
17, 18 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 312/5 (60 overs) | v | Lancashire 298 all out (59 overs) |
17 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 251/5 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 165 all out (51.2 overs) |
17, 18 July 1985 (scorecard) |
Yorkshire 208/8 (60 overs) | v | Somerset 209/6 (48.1 overs) |
7, 8 August 1985 (scorecard) |
Kent 172/9 (60 overs) | v | Essex 174/4 (56.4 overs) |
7, 8 August 1985 (scorecard) |
Glamorgan 188 all out (59.5 overs) | v | Worcestershire 192/6 (54.3 overs) |
7, 8, 9 August 1985 (scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire 287/8 (60 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 277/9 (60 overs) |
7, 8 August 1985 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 299/5 (60 overs) | v | Somerset 150 all out (39.2 overs) |
21, 22 August 1985 (scorecard) |
Hampshire 224/8 (60 overs) | v | Essex 224/7 (60 overs) |
21, 22 August 1985 (scorecard) |
Worcestershire 232/8 (60 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 233/6 (59.2 overs) |
7 September 1985 (scorecard) |
Essex 280/2 (60 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 279/5 (60 overs) |