www.fgks.org   »   [go: up one dir, main page]
Jump to content

1981 Benson & Hedges Cup: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
m →‎See also: append stub notice
 
(13 intermediate revisions by 10 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| image =
| image =
| imagesize =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| caption =
| administrator = [[England and Wales Cricket Board]]
| administrator = [[Test and County Cricket Board]]
| cricket format = [[Limited overs cricket]]{{-}}(55 overs per innings)
| cricket format = [[Limited overs cricket]]{{-}}(55 overs per innings)
| champions = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| champions = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
Line 17: Line 18:
}}
}}


The '''1981 Benson & Hedges Cup''' was the tenth competing of cricket’s [[Benson & Hedges Cup]].
The '''1981 Benson & Hedges Cup''' was the tenth edition of cricket's [[Benson & Hedges Cup]].


The competition was won by [[Somerset County Cricket Club]].
The competition was won by [[Somerset County Cricket Club]].


==Fixtures and results==
==Fixtures and results==

===Group stage===
===Group stage===

====Group A====
====Group A====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Line 89: Line 92:
|align=left| [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] || 4 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 26.875
|align=left| [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] || 4 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 26.875
|-
|-
|align=left| [[Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team|Oxford and Cambridge Universities]] || 4 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 72.000
|align=left| [[British Universities cricket team|Oxford and Cambridge Universities]] || 4 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 72.000
|}
|}


Line 115: Line 118:
|}
|}


===Quarter-Finals===
===Quarter-finals===
{{Limited Overs Matches
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24, 25, 26 June 1981
| date = 24, 25, 26 June 1981
Line 127: Line 130:
| wickets2 = [[John Shepherd (cricketer)|John Shepherd]] 3/24 (10 overs)
| wickets2 = [[John Shepherd (cricketer)|John Shepherd]] 3/24 (10 overs)
| result = Kent won by 14 runs
| result = Kent won by 14 runs
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41303.html (scorecard)]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41303.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Kennington Oval]], [[London]]
| venue = [[Kennington Oval]], [[London]]
| umpires = [[Sam Cook]] & [[Tom Spencer (cricketer)|Tom Spencer]]
| umpires = [[Sam Cook (Gloucestershire cricketer)|Sam Cook]] & [[Tom Spencer (cricketer)|Tom Spencer]]
| motm = [[Chris Tavaré]] (Kent)
| motm = [[Chris Tavaré]] (Kent)
| rain = No play on scheduled day or first reserve day. The match was moved from [[St Lawrence Ground|Canterbury]] to The Oval on the third day as the former was waterlogged
| rain = No play on scheduled day or first reserve day. The match was moved from [[St Lawrence Ground|Canterbury]] to The Oval on the third day as the former was waterlogged
Line 145: Line 148:
| wickets2 = [[Robin Jackman]] 4/24 (9.4 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Robin Jackman]] 4/24 (9.4 overs)
| result = Surrey won by 47 runs
| result = Surrey won by 47 runs
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41305.html (scorecard)]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41305.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Trent Bridge, Nottingham|Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]]
| venue = [[Trent Bridge, Nottingham|Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]]
| umpires = [[Ron Aspinall]] & [[Ken Palmer]]
| umpires = [[Ron Aspinall]] & [[Ken Palmer]]
Line 163: Line 166:
| wickets2 = [[John Barclay (cricketer)|John Barclay]] 3/34 (11 overs)
| wickets2 = [[John Barclay (cricketer)|John Barclay]] 3/34 (11 overs)
| result = Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
| result = Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41306.html (scorecard)]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41306.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[County Ground, Hove|County Ground]], [[Hove]]
| venue = [[County Ground, Hove|County Ground]], [[Hove]]
| umpires = [[David Evans (umpire)|David Evans]] & [[Roy Palmer (cricketer)|Roy Palmer]]
| umpires = [[David Evans (umpire)|David Evans]] & [[Roy Palmer (cricketer)|Roy Palmer]]
Line 176: Line 179:
| score2 = 223/7 (53.5 overs)
| score2 = 223/7 (53.5 overs)
| team2 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| team2 = [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]
| runs1 = <!--[[Chris Athey]] 58<br />-->[[John Hampshire (cricketer, born 1941)|John Hampshire]] 58
| runs1 = <!--[[Chris Athey]] 58<br />-->[[John Hampshire]] 58
| wickets1 = [[Joel Garner]] 3/33 (11 overs)
| wickets1 = [[Joel Garner]] 3/33 (11 overs)
| runs2 = [[Brian Rose (cricketer)|Brian Rose]] 68
| runs2 = [[Brian Rose (cricketer)|Brian Rose]] 68
| wickets2 = [[Neil Hartley]] 2/33 (11 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Neil Hartley]] 2/33 (11 overs)
| result = Somerset won by 3 wickets
| result = Somerset won by 3 wickets
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41307.html (scorecard)]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41307.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]]
| venue = [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]]
| umpires = [[David Halfyard]] & [[Don Oslear]]
| umpires = [[David Halfyard]] & [[Don Oslear]]
Line 188: Line 191:
}}
}}


===Semi-Finals===
===Semi-finals===
{{Limited Overs Matches
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 8 July 1981
| date = 8 July 1981
Line 200: Line 203:
| wickets2 = [[Derek Underwood]] 2/15 (11 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Derek Underwood]] 2/15 (11 overs)
| result = Somerset won by 5 wickets
| result = Somerset won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41380.html (scorecard)]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41380.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[County Ground, Taunton|County Ground]], [[Taunton]]
| venue = [[County Ground, Taunton|County Ground]], [[Taunton]]
| umpires = [[Arthur Jepson]] & [[Ray Julian]]
| umpires = [[Arthur Jepson]] & [[Ray Julian]]
Line 218: Line 221:
| wickets2 = [[Ian Payne (cricketer, born 1958)|Ian Payne]] 3/20 (11 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Ian Payne (cricketer, born 1958)|Ian Payne]] 3/20 (11 overs)
| result = Surrey won by 3 runs
| result = Surrey won by 3 runs
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41381.html (scorecard)]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41381.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Kennington Oval]], [[London]]
| venue = [[Kennington Oval]], [[London]]
| umpires = [[Bill Alley]] & [[Peter Wight (cricketer)|Peter Wight]]
| umpires = [[Bill Alley]] & [[Peter Wight (cricketer)|Peter Wight]]
Line 226: Line 229:


===Final===
===Final===
{{main|1981 Benson & Hedges Cup Final}}
{{Limited Overs Matches
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 25 July 1981
| date = 25 July 1981
Line 237: Line 241:
| wickets2 = [[Sylvester Clarke]] 1/24 (8 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Sylvester Clarke]] 1/24 (8 overs)
| result = Somerset won by 7 wickets
| result = Somerset won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41478.html (scorecard)]
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/41/41478.html (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Lord's Cricket Ground|Lord's]], [[London]]
| venue = [[Lord's]], [[London]]
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] & [[Barrie Meyer]]
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] & [[Barrie Meyer]]
| motm = [[Viv Richards]] (Somerset)
| motm = [[Viv Richards]] (Somerset)
Line 245: Line 249:


==References==
==References==
[http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1981.html CricketArchive - 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup]
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Benson_and_Hedges_Cup_1981.html CricketArchive - 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup]


==See also==
==See also==
[[Benson & Hedges Cup]]
[[Benson & Hedges Cup]]


{{Benson & Hedges Cup seasons}}
{{1981 English cricket season}}
{{1981 English cricket season}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Benson and Hedges Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1981 Benson and Hedges Cup}}
[[Category:Benson & Hedges Cup]]
[[Category:Benson & Hedges Cup seasons]]
[[Category:1981 in English cricket]]
[[Category:1981 in English cricket]]


{{English-domestic-cricket-competition-stub}}

Latest revision as of 23:05, 28 January 2024

1981 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
ChampionsSomerset (1st title)
Participants20
Matches47
Most runs313 Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire)
Most wickets16 Joel Garner (Somerset)
← 1980
1982 →

The 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup was the tenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

The competition was won by Somerset County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Nottinghamshire 4 4 0 0 0 8 35.472
Leicestershire 4 2 1 1 0 5 40.952
Northamptonshire 4 1 1 1 1 4 34.095
Gloucestershire 4 1 2 0 1 3 38.480
Worcestershire 4 0 4 0 0 0 69.722

Group B[edit]

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Yorkshire 4 3 0 0 1 7 34.500
Warwickshire 4 2 1 1 0 5 34.900
Derbyshire 4 2 1 1 0 5 36.731
Lancashire 4 1 2 0 1 3 46.900
Scotland 4 0 4 0 0 0 61.500

Group C[edit]

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Kent 4 3 1 0 0 6 29.824
Somerset 4 3 1 0 0 6 41.094
Essex 4 2 2 0 0 4 37.871
Glamorgan 4 1 2 0 1 3 26.875
Oxford and Cambridge Universities 4 0 3 0 1 1 72.000

Group D[edit]

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Sussex 4 3 0 0 1 7 29.259
Surrey 4 1 1 2 0 4 36.889
Minor Counties 4 1 2 0 1 3 31.600
Middlesex 4 0 1 1 2 3 36.333
Hampshire 4 1 2 1 0 3 40.958

Quarter-finals[edit]

24, 25, 26 June 1981
(scorecard)
Kent
193/8 (50 overs)
v
Warwickshire
179 all out (49.1 overs)
Chris Tavaré 76
Anton Ferreira 3/38 (10 overs)
Andy Lloyd 60
John Shepherd 3/24 (10 overs)
Kent won by 14 runs
Kennington Oval, London
Umpires: Sam Cook & Tom Spencer
Player of the match: Chris Tavaré (Kent)
  • No play on scheduled day or first reserve day. The match was moved from Canterbury to The Oval on the third day as the former was waterlogged
24 June 1981
(scorecard)
Surrey
226/7 (55 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
179 all out (49.4 overs)
Roger Knight 70
Clive Rice 2/32 (11 overs)
Derek Randall 62
Robin Jackman 4/24 (9.4 overs)
Surrey won by 47 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Ron Aspinall & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Roger Knight (Surrey)
24, 25 June 1981
(scorecard)
Sussex
196/9 (55 overs)
v
Leicestershire
199/6 (54.1 overs)
Paul Phillipson 59
Gordon Parsons 2/22 (10 overs)
Chris Balderstone 67
John Barclay 3/34 (11 overs)
Leicestershire won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: David Evans & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Paul Phillipson (Sussex)
  • Reserve day used. Sussex were 84/5 (28 overs) at the close of the first day's play
24 June 1981
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
221/9 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
223/7 (53.5 overs)
John Hampshire 58
Joel Garner 3/33 (11 overs)
Brian Rose 68
Neil Hartley 2/33 (11 overs)
Somerset won by 3 wickets
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: David Halfyard & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Brian Rose (Somerset)

Semi-finals[edit]

8 July 1981
(scorecard)
Kent
154 all out (52.1 overs)
v
Somerset
157/5 (48.3 overs)
Chris Tavaré 44
Ian Botham 3/23 (10 overs)
Peter Roebuck 51*
Derek Underwood 2/15 (11 overs)
Somerset won by 5 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Arthur Jepson & Ray Julian
Player of the match: Nigel Popplewell (Somerset)
8 July 1981
(scorecard)
Surrey
191/9 (55 overs)
v
Leicestershire
188 all out (54.5 overs)
Graham Roope 55*
Andy Roberts 2/27 (11 overs)
John Steele 39
Ian Payne 3/20 (11 overs)
Surrey won by 3 runs
Kennington Oval, London
Umpires: Bill Alley & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Ian Payne (Surrey)

Final[edit]

Main article: 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup Final
25 July 1981
(scorecard)
Surrey
194/8 (55 overs)
v
Somerset
197/3 (44.3 overs)
Roger Knight 92
Joel Garner 5/14 (11 overs)
Viv Richards 132*
Sylvester Clarke 1/24 (8 overs)
Somerset won by 7 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Viv Richards (Somerset)

References[edit]

CricketArchive - 1981 Benson & Hedges Cup

See also[edit]

Benson & Hedges Cup


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article related to an English domestic cricket competition is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1981_Benson_%26_Hedges_Cup&oldid=1200164209"