1979 Gillette Cup

The 1979 Gillette Cup was the seventeenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 27 June and 8 September 1979.^[1] The tournament was won by Somerset County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 45 runs in the final at Lord's.

1979 Gillette Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Somerset (1st title)
Participants	22
Matches	21
Most runs	266 Viv Richards (Somerset)
Most wickets	17 Joel Garner (Somerset)
Official website	CricketArchive tournament page
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Format

The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Devon, Durham and Suffolk. 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 8 September 1979.

First round

27 June 1979 (scorecard)

Buckinghamshire 133 all out (60 overs)	v	Suffolk 137/8 (38 overs)
Terence Cordaroy 44 Richard Done 3/9 (11 overs)		Paul Rice 45 Peter Gooch 3/51 (12 overs)

Suffolk won by 2 wickets London Road, High Wycombe Umpires: John Griffiths & Arthur Jepson Player of the match: Paul Rice (Suffolk)

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27 June 1979 (scorecard)

Durham 221/7 (60 overs)	v	Berkshire 127/7 (60 overs)
Stephen Greensword 48* Jefferson Jones 4/35 (12 overs)		David Johnston 37 Peter Kippax 3/24 (12 overs)

Durham won by 94 runs Green Lane, Durham Umpires: Tom Spencer & Jack van Geloven Player of the match: Stephen Greensword (Durham)

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27 June 1979 (scorecard)

Glamorgan 177/9 (60 overs)	v	Kent 178/5 (52 overs)
Peter Swart 40 Bob Woolmer 3/31 (12 overs)		Alan Ealham 85* Rodney Ontong 2/47 (9 overs)

Kent won by 5 wickets St. Helen's, Swansea Umpires: Derek Shackleton & Peter Wight Player of the match: Alan Ealham (Kent)

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27 June 1979 (scorecard)

Hampshire 273/6 (60 overs)	v	Gloucestershire 218 all out (55.2 overs)
Nigel Cowley 63* Mike Procter 3/47 (12 overs)		Sadiq Mohammad 62 Trevor Jesty 6/46 (11.2 overs)

Hampshire won by 55 runs Phoenix County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Sam Cook & David Halfyard Player of the match: Trevor Jesty (Hampshire)

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27 June 1979 (scorecard)

Lancashire 247/5 (60 overs)	v	Essex 177 all out (53.4 overs)
Clive Lloyd 76 Keith Pont 2/25 (12 overs)		Keith Pont 27 David Hughes 3/22 (12 overs)

Lancashire won by 70 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Terry Spencer Player of the match: Jack Simmons (Lancashire)

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27 June 1979 (scorecard)

Devon 111 all out (56 overs)	v	Leicestershire 114/1 (31.4 overs)
Michael Wagstaffe 21 Ken Shuttleworth 3/26 (12 overs)		John Steele 76* Tony Allin 1/37 (9 overs)

Leicestershire won by 9 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Ray Julian Player of the match: John Steele (Leicestershire)

Second round

18 July 1979 (scorecard)

Durham 213/9 (60 overs)	v	Yorkshire 214/6 (59.1 overs)
Wasim Raja 52 Howard Cooper 3/39 (12 overs)		Geoff Boycott 92 Lance Cairns 2/35 (12 overs)

Yorkshire won by 4 wickets Ropery Lane, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Geoff Boycott (Yorkshire)

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18, 19 July 1979 (scorecard)

Kent 278/7 (60 overs)	v	Lancashire 260/9 (60 overs)
Chris Tavaré 87 Jack Simmons 3/53 (10 overs)		Barry Wood 116 Asif Iqbal 4/18 (6 overs)

Kent won by 18 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Don Oslear Player of the match: Asif Iqbal (Kent)

• Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

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18 July 1979 (scorecard)

Leicestershire 326/6 (60 overs)	v	Worcestershire 183 all out (50 overs)
Barry Dudleston 125 Younis Ahmed 2/54 (10 overs)		Younis Ahmed 44 Paddy Clift 3/36 (12 overs)

Leicestershire won by 143 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Peter Wight Player of the match: Barry Dudleston (Leicestershire)

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18 July 1979 (scorecard)

Hampshire 193 all out (54.5 overs)	v	Middlesex 196/8 (58.5 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 87 Wayne Daniel 3/41 (9.5 overs)		Mike Brearley 31 Nigel Cowley 4/20 (12 overs)

Middlesex won by 2 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Bill Alley & David Halfyard Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge (Hampshire)

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18 July 1979 (scorecard)

Surrey 238/8 (60 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 240/4 (56 overs)
David Smith 61 Tim Lamb 3/37 (12 overs)		Geoff Cook 114* Pat Pocock 2/42 (12 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Dickie Bird & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Geoff Cook (Northamptonshire)

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18 July 1979 (scorecard)

Derbyshire 224/7 (60 overs)	v	Somerset 226/2 (56.1 overs)
David Steele 81* Keith Jennings 3/31 (12 overs)		Brian Rose 88* Kim Barnett 1/30 (5.1 overs)

Somerset won by 8 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: John Langridge & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Brian Rose (Somerset)

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18 July 1979 (scorecard)

Suffolk 158 all out (55.3 overs)	v	Sussex 159/8 (49.5 overs)
Roger Howlett 35* John Spencer 3/23 (11 overs)		Imran Khan 37* Colin Rutterford 3/28 (12 overs)

Sussex won by 2 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: Sam Cook & Derek Dennis Player of the match: Imran Khan (Sussex)

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18 July 1979 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 265 all out (60 overs)	v	Warwickshire 186 all out (51 overs)
Paul Todd 105 Anton Ferreira 4/50 (12 overs)		John Whitehouse 41 Peter Hacker 3/27 (10 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 79 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: David Evans & Jack van Geloven Player of the match: Paul Todd (Nottinghamshire)

Quarter-finals

8, 9 August 1979 (scorecard)

Middlesex 216 all out (60 overs)	v	Yorkshire 146 all out (54.3 overs)
Mike Brearley 76 Howard Cooper 4/29 (12 overs)		Bill Athey 35 Phil Edmonds 3/28 (12 overs)

Middlesex won by 70 runs Lord's, London Umpires: John Langridge & Don Oslear Player of the match: Mike Brearley (Middlesex)

• Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

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8 August 1979 (scorecard)

Leicestershire 180 all out (59.4 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 184/2 (55.4 overs)
Barry Dudleston 59 Richard Williams 3/15 (12 overs)		Wayne Larkins 92* John Steele 1/30 (12 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Richard Williams (Northamptonshire)

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8 August 1979 (scorecard)

Somerset 190 all out (59.2 overs)	v	Kent 60 all out (28.4 overs)
Graham Burgess 50* Bob Woolmer 4/28 (12 overs)		Chris Cowdrey 12 Joel Garner 5/11 (9.4 overs)

Somerset won by 130 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: David Constant & David Evans Player of the match: Joel Garner (Somerset)

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8 August 1979 (scorecard)

Nottinghamshire 200 all out (56.4 overs)	v	Sussex 201/4 (54.1 overs)
Derek Randall 75 Geoff Arnold 3/27 (10 overs)		Gehan Mendis 55 Peter Hacker 2/44 (12 overs)

Sussex won by 6 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Peter Wight Player of the match: Derek Randall (Nottinghamshire)

Semi-finals

22 August 1979 (scorecard)

Middlesex 185 all out (57.5 overs)	v	Somerset 190/3 (50.2 overs)
Phil Edmonds 63* Joel Garner 4/24 (10.5 overs)		Peter Denning 90* Mike Selvey 1/31 (11.2 overs)

Somerset won by 7 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: David Halfyard & Ray Julian Player of the match: Peter Denning (Somerset)

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22 August 1979 (scorecard)

Northamptonshire 255/7 (60 overs)	v	Sussex 218 all out (55.2 overs)
Allan Lamb 101 Geoff Arnold 3/45 (12 overs)		Gehan Mendis 69 Tim Lamb 4/52 (12 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 37 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Bill Alley & David Evans Player of the match: Peter Willey (Northamptonshire)

Final

Main article: 1979 Gillette Cup Final

8 September 1979 (scorecard)

Somerset 269/8 (60 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 224 all out (56.3 overs)
Viv Richards 117 (136) Jim Watts 2/34 (12 overs)		Allan Lamb 78 (127) Joel Garner 6/29 (10.3 overs)

Somerset won by 45 runs Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant & John Langridge Player of the match: Viv Richards (Somerset)