Tournament format(s) Knockout Participants 22 | Champions Yorkshire (2nd title) Matches played 21 | |
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board Cricket format Limited overs cricket
(60 overs per innings) | ||
The 1969 Gillette Cup was the seventh Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 10 May and 6 September 1969. The tournament was won by Yorkshire County Cricket Club who defeated Derbyshire County Cricket Club by 69 runs in the final at Lord's.
Format
The seventeen first-class counties were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Devon, Hertfordshire, 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 6 September 1969.
References
1969 Gillette Cup Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA