1977 Benson & Hedges Cup

1977 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Gloucestershire (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47 (48)
Most runs	351 Roger Knight (Sussex)
Most wickets	15 Brian Brain (Gloucestershire)

The 1977 Benson & Hedges Cup was the sixth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	BowSR
Hampshire	4	3	1	0	9	35.485
Gloucestershire	4	3	1	0	9	45.667
Lancashire	4	2	2	0	6	38.824
Leicestershire	4	1	3	0	3	47.074
Somerset	4	1	3	0	3	51.304

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	BowSR
Glamorgan	4	3	1	0	9	32.286
Warwickshire	4	3	1	0	9	37.441
Derbyshire	4	2	1	1	7	38.393
Worcestershire	4	1	2	1	4	61.905
Minor Counties West	4	0	4	0	0	57.05

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	BowSR
Sussex	4	3	1	0	9	34.6
Kent	4	3	1	0	9	38.697
Surrey	4	2	2	0	6	35.484
Nottinghamshire	4	2	2	0	6	37.677
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	0	4	0	0	64.444

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	BowSR
Middlesex	4	4	0	0	12	27.243
Northamptonshire	4	3	1	0	9	36.206
Yorkshire	4	2	2	0	6	40.935
Essex	4	1	3	0	3	53.944
Minor Counties East	4	0	4	0	0	52.5

Quarter-finals

8 June 1977 (scorecard)

Glamorgan 209/8 (55 overs)	v	Hampshire 210/4 (42 overs)
Mike Llewellyn 54 Trevor Jesty 3/20 (11 overs)		Trevor Jesty 105* Gwyn Richards 2/35 (4 overs)

Hampshire won by 6 wickets St Helen's, Swansea Umpires: John Langridge & Peter Rochford Player of the match: Trevor Jesty (Hampshire)

8 June 1977 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 194/7 (55 overs)	v	Middlesex 176 all out (52.1 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 64 Wayne Daniel 1/18 (11 overs)		Mike Smith 41 Mike Procter 3/15 (9.1 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 18 runs County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Cec Pepper & Douglas Sang Hue Player of the match: David Shepherd (Gloucestershire)

8 June 1977 (scorecard)

Sussex 264/5 (55 overs)	v	Kent 268/4 (52.1 overs)
Roger Knight 91 John Shepherd 2/60 (11 overs)		Chris Cowdrey 114 Tony Greig 2/48 (11 overs)

Kent won by 6 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Dickie Bird & Albert Rhodes Player of the match: Chris Cowdrey (Kent)

8 June 1977 (scorecard)

Northamptonshire 196 all out (54.3 overs)	v	Warwickshire 179/9 (55 overs)
David Steele 60 Bill Bourne 3/53 (11 overs)		David Smith 36 Jim Griffiths 4/36 (11 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 17 runs County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Bill Alley & Barrie Meyer Player of the match: Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire)

Semi-finals

22 June 1977 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 180 all out (54.2 overs)	v	Hampshire 173 all out (54.3 overs)
Sadiq Mohammad 76 Tom Mottram 3/21 (10 overs)		Nigel Cowley 59 Mike Procter 6/13 (11 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 7 runs County Ground, Southampton Umpires: David Constant & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Mike Procter (Gloucestershire)

22 June 1977 (scorecard)

Kent 211/6 (55 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 206/7 (55 overs)
Asif Iqbal 65* Alan Hodgson 3/58 (10 overs)		David Steele 64 Bob Woolmer 3/29 (11 overs)

Kent won by 5 runs County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Lloyd Budd & John Langridge Player of the match: Bob Woolmer (Kent)

Final

16 July 1977 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 237/6 (55 overs)	v	Kent 173 all out (47.3 overs)
Andy Stovold 71 Bernard Julien 2/51 (11 overs)		John Shepherd 55 Brian Brain 3/9 (7.3 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 64 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Dickie Bird & Lloyd Budd Player of the match: Andy Stovold (Gloucestershire)

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup