| Administrator(s) | Marylebone Cricket Club |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Yorkshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs | Geoff Boycott 225 (for Yorkshire) |
| Most wickets | Fred Trueman 12 (for Yorkshire) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1965 Gillette Cup was the third Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 4 September 1965.[1] The tournament was won by Yorkshire, following Geoff Boycott's 146 runs in the final at Lord's. Boycott's innings remained the highest ever scored in a Lord's county limited-overs final.[2] until 2017.[3]
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Wiltshire. 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 4 September 1965.
28, 29 April 1965
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Berkshire
137 all out (55.5 overs) |
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Somerset
139/5 (45.5 overs) |
28–29 April 1965
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Cambridgeshire
86 all out (49.2 overs) |
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Warwickshire
87/0 (22.5 overs) |
Bob Barber 54
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1, 3 May 1965
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Hampshire
295/7 (60 overs) |
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Norfolk
147 all out (57.1 overs) |
23, 24 June 1965
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Warwickshire
203 all out (59.3 overs) |
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Hampshire
129 all out (51.2 overs) |
14, 15, 16 July 1965
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Yorkshire
177 all out (59 overs) |
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Warwickshire
157 all out (57 overs) |