1976 Benson & Hedges Cup

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1976 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
ChampionsKent (2nd title)
Participants20
Matches47
Most runs368 Alan Ormrod (Worcestershire)
Most wickets15 Mike Hendrick (Derbyshire)
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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'Oliveira 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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