1972 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup was the first edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

1972 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Leicestershire (1st title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	284 Mike Proctor (Gloucestershire)
Most wickets	18 Garth McKenzie (Leicestershire)

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Midlands Group

Team	Pld	W	L	BP	Pts	BowSR
Leicestershire	4	4	0	4	16	30.125
Warwickshire	4	3	1	1	10	45.276
Worcestershire	4	2	2	1	7	45.071
Northamptonshire	4	1	3	0	3	66.278
Cambridge University	4	0	4	0	0	77.786

Northern Group

Team	Pld	W	L	BP	Pts	BowSR
Yorkshire	4	3	1	2	11	34.750
Lancashire	4	3	1	2	11	39.138
Nottinghamshire	4	3	1	1	10	45.276
Derbyshire	4	1	3	0	3	44.786
Minor Counties North	4	0	4	0	0	55.000

Southern Group

Team	Pld	W	L	BP	Pts	BowSR
Sussex	4	3	1	1	10	34.917
Middlesex	4	3	1	1	10	47.000
Kent	4	2	2	2	8	37.235
Surrey	4	2	2	1	7	37.429
Essex	4	0	4	0	0	43.833

Western Group

Team	Pld	W	L	BP	Pts	BowSR
Glamorgan	4	3	1	2	11	40.800
Gloucestershire	4	3	1	1	10	33.703
Somerset	4	2	2	2	8	34.270
Hampshire	4	2	2	1	7	34.882
Minor Counties South	4	0	4	0	0	43.321

Quarter-finals

14 June 1972 (scorecard)

Glamorgan 104/9 (55 overs)	v	Warwickshire 108/5 (45.5 overs)
Peter Walker 22 Lance Gibbs 2/5 (11 overs)		Deryck Murray 28 * Don Shepherd 2/22 (11 overs)

Warwickshire won by 5 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Ray Julian & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Deryck Murray (Warwickshire)

14 June 1972 (scorecard)

Lancashire 135 all out (55 overs)	v	Leicestershire 138/3 (49.4 overs)
Barry Wood 29 Ray Illingworth 3/30 (10 overs)		Barry Dudleston 65 * Barry Wood 2/39 (11 overs)

Leicestershire won by 7 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Sam Cook & George Pope Player of the match: Barry Dudleston (Leicestershire)

14 June 1972 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 238/9 (55 overs)	v	Middlesex 176 all out (49.5 overs)
Roger Knight 92 Mike Selvey 5/39 (11 overs)		Clive Radley 63 Tony Brown 4/43 (11 overs)

Gloucestershire won by 62 runs Lord's, London Umpires: John Arnold & John Langridge Player of the match: Roger Knight (Gloucestershire)

14, 15 June 1972 (scorecard)

Sussex 85 all out (51.1 overs)	v	Yorkshire 89/5 (51 overs)
Roger Prideaux 25 Don Wilson 3/18 (11 overs)		Geoffrey Boycott 24 Tony Greig 3/15 (11 overs)

Yorkshire won by 5 wickets Park Avenue Cricket Ground, Bradford Umpires: Eddie Phillipson & Dusty Rhodes Player of the match: Don Wilson (Yorkshire)

• Reserve day used. Yorkshire were 19/2 (12.3 overs) at the close of the scheduled day’s play

Semi-finals

28 June 1972 (scorecard)

Warwickshire 96 all out (39.5 overs)	v	Leicestershire 98/3 (37.2 overs)
Norman McVicker 23 Garth McKenzie 3/19 (11 overs)		Barry Dudleston 30 Lance Gibbs 3/18 (11 overs)

Leicestershire won by 7 wickets Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Jack Crapp & John Langridge Player of the match: Ray Illingworth (Leicestershire)

28 June 1972 (scorecard)

Gloucestershire 131 all out (55 overs)	v	Yorkshire 134/3 (48.4 overs)
David Shepherd 40 Chris Old 3/13 (11 overs)		Geoffrey Boycott 75 * Tony Brown 2/16 (11 overs)

Yorkshire won by 7 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Charlie Elliott & Peter Wight Player of the match: Geoffrey Boycott (Yorkshire)

Final

22 July 1972 (scorecard)

Yorkshire 136/9 (55 overs)	v	Leicestershire 140/5 (46.5 overs)
Barrie Leadbeater 32 Garth McKenzie 3/22 (11 overs)		Chris Balderstone 41 * Howard Cooper 2/27 (9 overs)

Leicestershire won by 7 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Chris Balderstone (Leicestershire)

See also

• Benson & Hedges Cup