| Administrator | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format | Knockout |
| Champions | Warwickshire (2nd title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs | 246 –Garfield Sobers (Nottinghamshire) |
| Most wickets | 10 –Antony Durose (Northamptonshire) |
←1967 1969 → | |
The1968 Gillette Cup was the sixthGillette Cup, an Englishlimited overscounty cricket tournament. It was held between 27 April and 7 September 1968.[1] The tournament was won byWarwickshire County Cricket Club who defeatedSussex County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final atLord's.
The newly launchedLondon Weekend Television won the rights to show the final throughout theITV network, considered a major coup when set alongside the strong association theBBC then had with cricket (and would for another thirty years). They received huge opprobrium from the press and public for cutting away from the match near its climax to show adverts, and LWT – already facing serious problems because of an industrial dispute and because much of its output was considered too high-minded for ITV – would never cover cricket again.[2]
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The 17first-class counties, were joined by fiveMinor Counties:Bedfordshire,Cheshire,Dorset,Durham andNorfolk. 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 atLord's which was held on 7 September 1968.
27 April 1968 Scorecard |
Lancashire 168 (59.2 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 169/7 (50 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets Trent Bridge,Nottingham Umpires:Ron Aspinall andArthur Jepson Player of the match:Garfield Sobers (Notts) |
1, 2 May 1968 Scorecard |
Glamorgan 76 (38.4 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 79/4 (46.1 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets County Ground,Northampton Umpires:Ron Lay andHarry Mellows Player of the match:Colin Milburn (Northants) |
4 May 1968 Scorecard |
Worcestershire 98 (56.2 overs) | v | Durham 82 (40.4 overs) |
Worcestershire won by 16 runs Ropery Lane,Chester-le-Street Umpires:Dusty Rhodes andTom Spencer Player of the match:Stuart Young (Durham) |
4, 6 May 1968 Scorecard |
Middlesex 161 (60 overs) | v | Essex 155 (59.4 overs) |
Middlesex won by 6 runs Lord's,London Umpires:Albert Alderman andJohn Langridge Player of the match:Keith Boyce (Essex) |
8 May 1968 Scorecard |
Norfolk 208 (59.1 overs) | v | Cheshire 212/9 (59.4 overs) |
Cheshire won by 1 wicket Macclesfield Cricket Club Ground,Macclesfield Umpires:Arthur Fagg andAlbert Gaskell Player of the match:Patrick Briggs (Ches) |
8, 9 May 1968 Scorecard |
Dorset 102 (52.4 overs) | v | Bedfordshire 103/2 (40.1 overs) |
Bedfordshire won by 8 wickets Sherborne School,Sherborne Umpires:Cec Pepper andGeorge Pope Player of the match:Geoff Millman (Beds) |
25, 27 May 1968 Scorecard |
Hampshire 321/4 (60 overs) | v | Bedfordshire 197/7 (60 overs) |
Hampshire won by 124 runs Goldington Bury,Bedford Umpires:Arthur Jepson andCec Pepper Player of the match:Roy Marshall (Hants) |
25, 27 May 1968 Scorecard |
Cheshire 163 (56.4 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 165/1 (52.4 overs) |
Northamptonshire won by 9 wickets Macclesfield Cricket Club Ground,Macclesfield Umpires:Harry Mellows andGeorge Pope Player of the match:Colin Milburn (Northants) |
25, 27 May 1968 Scorecard |
Kent 110 (60 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 111/9 (58.2 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 1 wicket Ashley Down Ground,Bristol Umpires:Albert Alderman andCharlie Elliott Player of the match:Tony Brown (Glos) |
25, 27 May 1968 Scorecard |
Somerset 134 (57 overs) | v | Leicestershire 135/6 (49 overs) |
Leicestershire won by 4 wickets Grace Road,Leicester Umpires:Ron Aspinall andTom Spencer Player of the match:Mick Norman (Leics) |
25, 27 May 1968 Scorecard |
Middlesex 220/8 (60 overs) | v | Surrey 117 (37.4 overs) |
Middlesex won by 103 runs Lord's,London Umpires:Laurie Gray andHugo Yarnold Player of the match:Eric Russell (Middx) |
25 May 1968 Scorecard |
Derbyshire 97 (43.2 overs) | v | Sussex 99/0 (41.5 overs) |
Sussex won by 10 wickets County Ground,Hove Umpires:John Arnold andJack Crapp Player of the match:Tony Greig (Sussex) |
25, 27, 28 May 1968 Scorecard |
Yorkshire 171/9 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 172/6 (57.5 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 4 wickets Edgbaston,Birmingham Umpires:Syd Buller andEddie Phillipson Player of the match:Dennis Amiss (Warks) |
18 June 1968 Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire 226/9 (60 overs) | v | Worcestershire 178 (57.1 overs) |
Nottinghamshire won by 48 runs New Road,Worcester Umpires:Albert Gaskell andLaurie Gray Player of the match:Garfield Sobers (Notts) |
3 July 1968 Scorecard |
Warwickshire 220 (60 overs) | v | Hampshire 195 (57.5 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 25 runs Dean Park Cricket Ground,Bournemouth Umpires:Albert Alderman andJohn Langridge Player of the match:Rohan Kanhai (Warks) |
3 July 1968 Scorecard |
Middlesex 231 (59.5 overs) | v | Leicestershire 213 (58 overs) |
Middlesex won by 18 runs Lord's,London Umpires:Ron Lay andGeorge Pope Player of the match:John Price (Middx) |
3 July 1968 Scorecard |
Gloucestershire 296/8 (60 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 271 (57.4 overs) |
Gloucestershire won by 25 runs Trent Bridge,Nottingham Umpires:Cec Pepper andEddie Phillipson Player of the match:David Green (Glos) |
3 July 1968 Scorecard |
Sussex 255/7 (60 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 248 (58.2 overs) |
Sussex won by 7 runs County Ground,Hove Umpires:Lofty Herman andPeter Wight Player of the match:Ken Suttle (Sussex) |
7, 8, 9 August 1968 Scorecard |
Sussex 219 (57 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 171 (56 overs) |
Sussex won by 48 runs County Ground,Hove Umpires:Fred Berry andA. M. Pullinger Player of the match:Don Bates (Sussex) |
13 August 1968 Scorecard |
Middlesex 162/9 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 165/7 (59 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 3 wickets Lord's,London Umpires:Ron Aspinall andFreddie Jakeman Player of the match:Ron Hooker (Middx) |
7 September 1968 Scorecard |
Sussex 214/7 (60 overs) | v | Warwickshire 215/6 (57 overs) |
Warwickshire won by 4 wickets Lord's,London Umpires:Arthur Jepson andDusty Rhodes Player of the match:Alan Smith (Warks) |