1985 Benson & Hedges Cup

1985 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s) Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format

Limited overs cricket

(55 overs per innings)

Champions Leicestershire (3rd title)
Participants 20
Matches played 47
Most runs 430 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets 19 Neil Foster (Essex)

The 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fourteenth competing of cricket’s Benson & Hedges Cup.

The competition was won by Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Northamptonshire 4 2 0 2 0 6 40.958
Derbyshire 4 2 1 1 0 5 35.542
Nottinghamshire 4 2 1 1 0 5 39.760
Gloucestershire 4 2 2 0 0 4 40.938
Scotland 4 0 4 0 0 0 42.586

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Worcestershire 4 3 1 0 0 6 40.897
Leicestershire 4 3 1 0 0 6 48.480
Yorkshire 4 2 2 0 0 4 30.789
Lancashire 4 1 3 0 0 2 48.375
Warwickshire 4 1 3 0 0 2 52.958

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Essex 4 4 0 0 0 8 30.389
Middlesex 4 2 2 0 0 4 38.621
Surrey 4 2 2 0 0 4 43.778
Sussex 4 2 2 0 0 4 46.577
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 4 0 4 0 0 0 76.600

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Hampshire 4 4 0 0 0 8 28.605
Kent 4 3 1 0 0 6 33.194
Glamorgan 4 2 2 0 0 4 31.417
Somerset 4 1 3 0 0 2 39.448
Minor Counties 4 0 4 0 0 0 53.765

Quarter-Finals

5, 6, 7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Essex
167/9 (55 overs)
v
Derbyshire
4/1 (1.4 overs)
Kim Barnett 60
Neil Foster 2/26 (11 overs)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three. No play on first day or first reserve day. Match was replaced with a 20-over match.
7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Essex
150/4 (20 overs)
v
Derbyshire
132/6 (20 overs)
Graham Gooch 72*
Alan Warner 2/41 (4 overs)
Bill Fowler 28
John Lever 2/23 (4 overs)
Essex won by 18 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Graham Gooch (Essex)
  • Match was reduced before play started to 20 overs per side.
5 June 1985
(scorecard)
Leicestershire
243/4 (55 overs)
v
Hampshire
239 all out (54.5 overs)
Robin Smith 81
Jonathan Agnew 3/38 (10.5 overs)
Leicestershire won by 4 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: David Constant & David Evans
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Leicestershire)
  • Reserve day used. No play on first day.
5, 6, 7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
158/2 (34 overs)
v
Geoff Cook 78
Graham Dilley 1/21 (8 overs)
  • Two reserve days used. Northamptonshire were 158/2 (34 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play on either reserve day. Kent went through on better record in qualifying.
5, 6, 7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
220 all out (54 overs)
v
Middlesex
45/1 (13 overs)
David Smith 57
Wayne Daniel 3/26 (10 overs)
  • Two reserve days used. Worcestershire were 220 all out at the close of the first day's play. Middlesex were 45/1 (13 overs) at the close of the first reserve day's play. No play on the second reserve day. Middlesex went through on better record in qualifying.

Semi-Finals

19, 20 June 1984
(scorecard)
Essex
202/8 (55 overs)
v
Middlesex
140 all out (46 overs)
Graham Gooch 58
John Emburey 4/36 (11 overs)
Wilf Slack 60
Stuart Turner 3/27 (11 overs)
Essex won by 62 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: John Emburey (Middlesex)
  • Reserve day used. Essex were 114/4 (33 overs) at the close of the first day's play
19 June 1985
(scorecard)
Kent
101 all out (45.5 overs)
v
Leicestershire
102/2 (21.5 overs)
Eldine Baptiste 15
Les Taylor 3/16 (8.5 overs)
Ian Butcher 55
Kevin Jarvis 1/34 (6 overs)
Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Paddy Clift (Leicestershire)

Final

20 July 1985
(scorecard)
Essex
213/8 (55 overs)
v
Leicestershire
215/5 (52 overs)
Graham Gooch 57
Les Taylor 3/26 (11 overs)
Peter Willey 86*
Graham Gooch 2/40 (10 overs)
Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Leicestershire)

References

CricketArchive - 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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