1985 Benson & Hedges Cup

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1985 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
Champions Leicestershire (3rd title)
Participants20
Matches47
Most runs430 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets19 Neil Foster (Essex)
1984
1986

The 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fourteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

Contents

The competition was won by Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWLNRAPts BowSR
Northamptonshire 42020640.958
Derbyshire 42110535.542
Nottinghamshire 42110539.760
Gloucestershire 42200440.938
Scotland 40400042.586

Group B

TeamPldWLNRAPts BowSR
Worcestershire 43100640.897
Leicestershire 43100648.480
Yorkshire 42200430.789
Lancashire 41300248.375
Warwickshire 41300252.958

Group C

TeamPldWLNRAPts BowSR
Essex 44000830.389
Middlesex 42200438.621
Surrey 42200443.778
Sussex 42200446.577
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 40400076.600

Group D

TeamPldWLNRAPts BowSR
Hampshire 44000828.605
Kent 43100633.194
Glamorgan 42200431.417
Somerset 41300239.448
Minor Counties 40400053.765

Quarter-finals

5, 6, 7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
167/9 (55 overs)
v
Essex
4/1 (1.4 overs)
Kim Barnett 60
Neil Foster 2/26 (11 overs)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three. No play on first reserve day. Match was replaced with a 20-over match on second reserve day.
7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Essex
150/4 (20 overs)
v
Derbyshire
132/6 (20 overs)
Graham Gooch 72*
Alan Warner 2/41 (4 overs)
Bill Fowler 28
John Lever 2/23 (4 overs)
Essex won by 18 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Graham Gooch (Essex)
  • Match was reduced before play started to 20 overs per side.
5 June 1985
(scorecard)
Leicestershire
243/4 (55 overs)
v
Hampshire
239 all out (54.5 overs)
Robin Smith 81
Jonathan Agnew 3/38 (10.5 overs)
Leicestershire won by 4 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: David Constant & David Evans
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Leicestershire)
  • Reserve day used. No play on first day.
5, 6, 7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
158/2 (34 overs)
v
Geoff Cook 78
Graham Dilley 1/21 (8 overs)
  • Two reserve days used. Northamptonshire were 158/2 (34 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play on either reserve day. Kent went through on better record in qualifying.
5, 6, 7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
220 all out (54 overs)
v
Middlesex
45/1 (13 overs)
David Smith 57
Wayne Daniel 3/26 (10 overs)
  • Two reserve days used. Worcestershire were 220 all out at the close of the first day's play. Middlesex were 45/1 (13 overs) at the close of the first reserve day's play. No play on the second reserve day. Middlesex went through on better record in qualifying.

Semi-finals

19, 20 June 1985
(scorecard)
Essex
202/8 (55 overs)
v
Middlesex
140 all out (46 overs)
Graham Gooch 58
John Emburey 4/36 (11 overs)
Wilf Slack 60
Stuart Turner 3/27 (11 overs)
Essex won by 62 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: John Emburey (Middlesex)
  • Reserve day used. Essex were 114/4 (33 overs) at the close of the first day's play
19 June 1985
(scorecard)
Kent
101 all out (45.5 overs)
v
Leicestershire
102/2 (21.5 overs)
Eldine Baptiste 15
Les Taylor 3/16 (8.5 overs)
Ian Butcher 55
Kevin Jarvis 1/34 (6 overs)
Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Paddy Clift (Leicestershire)

Final

20 July 1985
(scorecard)
Essex
213/8 (55 overs)
v
Leicestershire
215/5 (52 overs)
Graham Gooch 57
Les Taylor 3/26 (11 overs)
Peter Willey 86*
Graham Gooch 2/40 (10 overs)
Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Leicestershire)

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References

CricketArchive - 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup