| Administrator(s) | Marylebone Cricket Club |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Warwickshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 22 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Most runs | Dennis Amiss 299 (Warwickshire) |
| Most wickets | 10 Bill Alley (Somerset) 10 David Brown (Warwickshire) 10 Roy Palmer (Somerset) |
| Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1966 Gillette Cup was the fourth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 28 April and 3 September 1966.[1] The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire 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 3 September 1966.
4,5 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
226/9 (60 overs) |
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Lincolnshire
195 all out (56.4 overs) |
Danny Livingstone 92
George Camplin 3/38 (12 overs) |
21 May 1966
(scorecard) |
Worcestershire
179 all out (57.4 overs) |
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Nottinghamshire
160 all out (56 overs) |