1975 Benson & Hedges Cup

1975 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Leicestershire (2nd title)
Participants	20
Matches played	47
Most runs	322 Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire)
Most wickets	17 Ken Higgs (Leicestershire)

The 1975 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fourth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Midlands Group

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Warwickshire	4	4	0	12	33.054
Leicestershire	4	3	1	9	48.111
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	2	2	6	45.000
Northamptonshire	4	1	3	3	42.929
Worcestershire	4	0	4	0	47.625

Northern Group

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Lancashire	4	4	0	12	50.231
Yorkshire	4	3	1	9	35.629
Derbyshire	4	2	2	6	43.967
Nottinghamshire	4	1	3	3	43.565
Minor Counties North	4	0	4	0	78.200

Southern Group

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Essex	4	4	0	12	30.275
Middlesex	4	2	2	6	35.294
Sussex	4	2	2	6	35.613
Kent	4	2	2	6	42.516
Minor Counties South	4	0	4	0	53.100

Western Group

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	BowSR
Hampshire	4	4	0	12	31.200
Somerset	4	2	2	6	31.184
Surrey	4	2	2	6	40.000
Gloucestershire	4	1	3	3	45.444
Glamorgan	4	1	3	3	48.773

Quarter-Finals

4 June 1975 (scorecard)

Hampshire 223 all out (55 overs)	v	Somerset 173 all out (45.3 overs)
David Turner 40 Ian Botham 3/56 (11 overs)		Viv Richards 62 Peter Sainsbury 3/29 (11 overs)

Hampshire won by 50 runs County Ground, Southampton Umpires: David Evans & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hampshire)

4 June 1975 (scorecard)

Lancashire 180/8 (55 overs)	v	Leicestershire 183/8 (53.3 overs)
Frank Hayes 67 Ken Higgs 2/38 (11 overs)		Roger Tolchard 57* Peter Lee 2/22 (10 overs)

Leicestershire won by 2 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Cec Pepper & Albert Rhodes Player of the match: Roger Tolchard (Leicestershire)

4 June 1975 (scorecard)

Yorkshire 182 all out (55 overs)	v	Middlesex 183/6 (54.1 overs)
Geoff Boycott 58 Tim Lamb 5/44 (11 overs)		Norman Featherstone 38 Arnie Sidebottom 2/18 (11 overs)

Middlesex won by 4 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Henry Horton & Barry Meyer Player of the match: Clive Radley (Middlesex)

4 June 1975 (scorecard)

Essex 153 all out (55 overs)	v	Warwickshire 154/3 (37.5 overs)
Brian Edmeades 85 Steve Rouse 4/22 (7 overs)		Alvin Kallicharran 71* Keith Boyce 2/40 (11 overs)

Warwickshire won by 7 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Eddie Phillipson Player of the match: Steve Rouse (Warwickshire)

Semi-Finals

2 July 1975 (scorecard)

Hampshire 216 all out (53.4 overs)	v	Leicestershire 217/5 (54.1 overs)
Gordon Greenidge 111 Peter Booth 3/27 (7 overs)		Chris Balderstone 101* Andy Roberts 1/16 (10.1 overs)

Leicestershire won by 5 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Jack Crapp & David Evans Player of the match: Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire)

2 July 1975 (scorecard)

Middlesex 247/8 (55 overs)	v	Warwickshire 244/9 (55 overs)
Clive Radley 103 Steve Rouse 2/26 (10 overs)		John Jameson 65 John Price 3/38 (11 overs)

Middlesex won by 3 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Ray Julian Player of the match: Larry Gomes (Middlesex)

Final

19 July 1975 (scorecard)

Middlesex 146 all out (52.4 overs)	v	Leicestershire 150/5 (51.2 overs)
Michael Smith 83 Norman McVicker 4/20 (11 overs)		John Steele 49 Fred Titmus 2/30 (11 overs)

Leicestershire won by 5 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Arthur Fagg Player of the match: Norman McVicker (Leicestershire)

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup