1976 Benson & Hedges Cup

1976 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format

Limited overs cricket

(55 overs per innings)

Champions Kent (2nd title)
Participants 20
Matches played 47
Most runs 368 Alan Ormrod (Worcestershire)
Most wickets 15 Mike Hendrick (Derbyshire)

The 1976 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fifth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club. Compared with the previous year, the groups were no longer organised on a regional basis, and the minor counties were divided east-west rather than north-south.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L Pts BowSR
Warwickshire 4 3 1 9 55.000
Lancashire 4 2 2 6 32.784
Derbyshire 4 2 2 6 42.258
Glamorgan 4 2 2 6 47.000
Hampshire 4 1 3 3 54.875

Group B

Team Pld W L Pts BowSR
Leicestershire 4 3 1 9 41.258
Worcestershire 4 3 1 9 55.000
Gloucestershire 4 2 2 6 41.933
Somerset 4 2 2 6 42.750
Minor Counties West 4 0 4 0 96.727

Group C

Team Pld W L Pts BowSR
Nottinghamshire 4 4 0 12 52.800
Essex 4 3 1 9 34.139
Northamptonshire 4 2 2 6 39.419
Middlesex 4 1 3 3 48.619
Minor Counties East 4 0 4 0 91.143

Group D

Team Pld W L Pts BowSR
Kent 4 3 1 9 42.481
Surrey 4 3 1 9 48.444
Yorkshire 4 2 2 6 44.385
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 4 1 3 3 49.308
Sussex 4 1 3 3 66.588

Quarter-Finals

9 June 1976
(scorecard)
Kent
196 all out (54.5 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
166 all out (51.5 overs)
Mike Denness 50
Barry Stead 4/24 (10.5 overs)
Mike Harris 54
Kevin Jarvis 4/54 (11 overs)
Kent won by 30 runs
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Sam Cook & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Kevin Jarvis (Kent)
9 June 1976
(scorecard)
Essex
220/9 (55 overs)
v
Surrey
221/7 (54.5 overs)
Graham Gooch 89
Robin Jackman 3/31 (11 overs)
John Edrich 57*
Stuart Turner 2/19 (11 overs)
Surrey won by 3 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: David Evans & John Langridge
Player of the match: John Edrich (Surrey)
9 June 1976
(scorecard)
Lancashire
206/9 (55 overs)
v
Warwickshire
209/6 (54.1 overs)
Frank Hayes 70
Bob Willis 5/27 (11 overs)
John Whitehouse 71*
David Hughes 2/42 (11 overs)
Warwickshire won by 4 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Henry Horton & Albert Rhodes
Player of the match: Bob Willis (Warwickshire)
9 June 1976
(scorecard)
Leicestershire
268/5 (55 overs)
v
Worcestershire
272/4 (54.4 overs)
Roger Tolchard 92*
John Inchmore 2/53 (11 overs)
Alan Ormrod 95
Paddy Clift 2/47 (11 overs)
Worcestershire won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Worcester
Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Peter Rochford
Player of the match: Imran Khan (Worcestershire)

Semi-Finals

23 June 1976
(scorecard)
Kent
280/3 (55 overs)
v
Surrey
264 all out (53.2 overs)
Mike Denness 104
Graham Roope 2/59 (9 overs)
Christopher Aworth 67
Derek Underwood 5/35 (10.2 overs)
Kent won by 16 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Mike Denness (Kent)
23 June 1976
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
281/4 (55 overs)
v
Warwickshire
269/9 (55 overs)
Glenn Turner 143*
Bill Bourne 3/58 (11 overs)
Dennis Amiss 44
Paul Pridgeon 3/57 (11 overs)
Worcestershire won by 12 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Glenn Turner (Worcestershire)

Final

17 July 1976
(scorecard)
Kent
236/7 (55 overs)
v
Worcestershire
193 all out (52.4 overs)
Graham Johnson 78
Norman Gifford 2/38 (11 overs)
Basil D'Oliviera 50
Kevin Jarvis 4/34 (10.4 overs)
Kent won by 43 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Constant & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Graham Johnson (Kent)

References

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