Tournament format(s) Knockout Participants 22 | Matches played 21 | |
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board Cricket format Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) | ||
The 1967 Gillette Cup was the fifth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 2 September 1967. The tournament was won by Kent County Cricket Club who defeated Somerset County Cricket Club by 32 runs in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Durham, Lincolnshire and Oxfordshire. 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 2 September 1967.
References
1967 Gillette Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA