1965 Gillette Cup

The 1965 Gillette Cup was the third Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 4 September 1965.[1] The tournament was won by Yorkshire, following Geoff Boycott's 146 runs in the final at Lord's. Boycott's innings remained the highest ever scored in a Lord's county limited-overs final.[2] until 2017.[3]

1965 Gillette Cup
Administrator(s)Marylebone Cricket Club
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(60 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsYorkshire (1st title)
Participants22
Matches21
Most runsGeoff Boycott 225
(for Yorkshire)
Most wicketsFred Trueman 12
(for Yorkshire)
Official websiteCricketArchive tournament page

Format

The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Wiltshire. 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 1965.

First round
23 April 1965
scorecard
Middlesex
269 all out (59 overs)
v
Buckinghamshire
111 all out (38.1 overs)
Bob Gale 86
Colin Smith 3/32 (10 overs)
David Janes 32
Ronald Hooker 3/29 (13 overs)
Middlesex won by 158 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Arthur Fagg & John Langridge
Player of the match: Bob Gale (Middlesex)
28, 29 April 1965
scorecard
Berkshire
137 all out (55.5 overs)
v
Somerset
139/5 (45.5 overs)
David Mordaunt 86
Ken Palmer 3/37 (13 overs)
Somerset won by 5 wickets
Church Road, Reading
Umpires: John Arnold & Fred Price
Player of the match: David Mordaunt (Berkshire)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
28 April 1965
scorecard
Derbyshire
195/8 (60 overs)
v
Essex
100 all out (41.2 overs)
Michael Page 83
Barry Knight 5/41 (13 overs)
Keith Fletcher 23
Harold Rhodes 3/16 (11 overs)
Derbyshire won by 95 runs
Old County Ground, Brentwood
Umpires: Laurie Gray & Ron Lay
Player of the match: Ian Buxton (Derbyshire)
28–29 April 1965
scorecard
Cambridgeshire
86 all out (49.2 overs)
v
Warwickshire
87/0 (22.5 overs)
Rex Gautrey 22
Jack Bannister 3/14 (13 overs)
Warwickshire won by 10 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Syd Buller & Hugo Yarnold
Player of the match: Bob Barber (Warwickshire)
  • Match extended into a second day
1, 3 May 1965
scorecard
Hampshire
295/7 (60 overs)
v
Norfolk
147 all out (57.1 overs)
Peter Sainsbury 76
David Pilch 3/44 (8 overs)
Hampshire won by 148 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Jack Crapp & David Smith
Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hampshire)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
1 May 1965
scorecard
Wiltshire
156/9 (60 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
157/3 (56.1 overs)
Ian Lomax 50
Andrew Corran 4/35 (13 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Bill Copson & Eddie Phillipson
Player of the match: Andrew Corran (Nottinghamshire)

Second round
22 May 1965
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Gloucestershire
130 all out (37.5 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
131/8 (59.2 overs)
Arthur Milton 53
David Larter 4/38 (11.5 overs)
Roger Prideaux 28
Tony Windows 3/28 (13 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 2 wickets
County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Paul Gibb & Cec Pepper
Player of the match: Arthur Milton (Gloucestershire)
22 May 1965
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Hampshire
208 all out (57.4 overs)
v
Kent
185 all out (54.1 overs)
Peter Sainsbury 70
Alan Dixon 4/51 (13 overs)
Mike Denness 43
Bob Cottam 3/30 (13 overs)
Hampshire won by 23 runs
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
Umpires: Arthur Fagg & John Langridge
Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hampshire)
22 May 1965
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Leicestershire
168 all out (49.4 overs)
v
Yorkshire
170/4 (53.2 overs)
Clive Inman 66
Richard Hutton 3/50 (10 overs)
Geoff Boycott 69
Graham Cross 2/37 (13 overs)
Yorkshire won by 6 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Bill Copson & Albert Rhodes
Player of the match: Clive Inman (Leicestershire)
22 May 1965
scorecard
Middlesex
161 all out (57.3 overs)
v
Derbyshire
151/8 (60 overs)
Fred Titmus 40
Albert Jackson 2/19 (13 overs)
Bob Taylor 53*
Don Bennett 4/27 (13 overs)
Middlesex won by 10 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: John Arnold & Lofty Herman
Player of the match: Bob Taylor (Derbyshire)
22 May 1965
scorecard
Nottinghamshire
162 all out (59.5 overs)
v
Somerset
166/7 (50.1 overs)
Brian Bolus 79
Brian Langford 3/17 (7.5 overs)
Roy Virgin 78*
Carlton Forbes 2/37 (13 overs)
Somerset won by 3 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Jack Crapp & Laurie Gray
Player of the match: Roy Virgin (Somerset)
22 May 1965
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Glamorgan
146 all out (45.1 overs)
v
Surrey
147/5 (52 overs)
Tony Lewis 47
Geoff Arnold 4/26 (11.1 overs)
John Edrich 65
Don Shepherd 2/40 (12 overs)
Surrey won by 5 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Sam Cook & Ron Lay
Player of the match: John Edrich (Surrey)
22 May 1965
scorecard
Lancashire
166 all out (50.1 overs)
v
Warwickshire
170/4 (51.2 overs)
John Sullivan 39
Roger Edmonds 4/33 (8 overs)
Khalid Ibadulla 58
Ken Higgs 1/38 (13 overs)
Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Fred Price
Player of the match: Khalid Ibadulla (Warwickshire)
22 May 1965
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Sussex
206 all out (52.4 overs)
v
Worcestershire
148 all out (47.3 overs)
Ken Suttle 67
Jack Flavell 4/40 (10.4 overs)
Tom Graveney 40
Tony Buss 4/32 (10.3 overs)
Sussex won by 58 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Charlie Elliott & Fred Gardner
Player of the match: Ken Suttle (Sussex)

Quarter-finals
23 June 1965
scorecard
Middlesex
280/8 (60 overs)
v
Sussex
190 all out (53 overs)
Bob Gale 74
Ian Thomson 2/49 (13 overs)
Ken Suttle 47
Don Bennett 4/42 (13 overs)
Middlesex won by 90 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Sam Cook & Eddie Phillipson
Player of the match: John Murray (Middlesex)
23 June 1965
scorecard
Somerset
63 all out (34.2 overs)
v
Yorkshire
64/3 (31.5 overs)
Mervyn Kitchen 39*
Fred Trueman 6/15 (10.2 overs)
Geoff Boycott 23*
Fred Rumsey 2/12 (13 overs)
Yorkshire won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: John Arnold & Arthur Fagg
Player of the match: Fred Trueman (Yorkshire)
23 June 1965
scorecard
Surrey
222/8 (60 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
97 all out (38.5 overs)
Ron Tindall 73
David Larter 3/50 (13 overs)
Peter Watts 40
Stewart Storey 4/14 (5.5 overs)
Surrey won by 125 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Charlie Elliott & John Langridge
Player of the match: Ron Tindall (Surrey)
23, 24 June 1965
scorecard
Warwickshire
203 all out (59.3 overs)
v
Hampshire
129 all out (51.2 overs)
Khalid Ibadulla 75
Bob Cottam 4/56 (13 overs)
Mike Barnard 46
Khalid Ibadulla 6/32 (13 overs)
Warwickshire won by 74 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Jack Crapp & Fred Price
Player of the match: Khalid Ibadulla (Warwickshire)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

Semi-finals
14 July 1965
scorecard
Middlesex
250/8 (60 overs)
v
Surrey
252/5 (56.2 overs)
Eric Russell 70
Ken Barrington 3/41 (6 overs)
John Edrich 71
Ted Clark 2/69 (9.2 overs)
Surrey won by 5 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Syd Buller & Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: Michael Edwards (Surrey)
14, 15, 16 July 1965
scorecard
Yorkshire
177 all out (59 overs)
v
Warwickshire
157 all out (57 overs)
Ray Illingworth 45
Tom Cartwright 3/29 (13 overs)
Alan Smith 39
Donald Wilson 2/15 (13 overs)
Yorkshire won by 20 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Sam Cook & Buddy Oldfield
Player of the match: Ray Illingworth (Yorkshire)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.

Final
4 September 1965
scorecard
Yorkshire
317/4 (60 overs)
v
Surrey
142 all out (40.4 overs)
Geoff Boycott 146
Geoff Arnold 1/51 (13 overs)
Ron Tindall 57
Ray Illingworth 5/29 (11.4 overs)
Yorkshire won by 175 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Syd Buller & Charlie Elliott
Player of the match: Geoff Boycott (Yorkshire)

References
  1. "Gillette Trophy, 1965 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  2. Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
  3. "One-Day Cup final: Alex Hales breaks Lord's record as Nottinghamshire beat Surrey". BBC. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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