1978 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1978 Benson & Hedges Cup was the seventh edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Kent County Cricket Club.

1978 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Kent (3rd title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	349 – Alan Hill (Derbyshire)
Most wickets	18 – Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire) 18 – Wayne Daniel (Middlesex)

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Derbyshire	4	4	0	0	0	12	40.719
Warwickshire	4	3	1	0	0	9	36.636
Lancashire	4	2	2	0	0	6	46.143
Gloucestershire	4	1	3	0	0	3	38.727
Minor Counties West	4	0	4	0	0	0	51.667

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Somerset	4	3	0	0	1	10	31.556
Glamorgan	4	3	1	0	0	9	36.629
Hampshire	4	2	1	0	1	7	37.87
Worcestershire	4	1	3	0	0	3	37.667
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	0	4	0	0	0	80.154

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Sussex	4	3	1	0	0	9	26.344
Middlesex	4	3	1	0	0	9	30.912
Leicestershire	4	3	1	0	0	9	38.529
Northamptonshire	4	1	3	0	0	3	44.407
Minor Counties East	4	0	4	0	0	0	49.208

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Kent	4	3	1	0	0	9	46.25
Nottinghamshire	4	2	1	1	0	7	43.043
Surrey	4	2	1	1	0	7	48.92
Yorkshire	4	1	3	0	0	3	31.242
Essex	4	1	3	0	0	3	54.632

Quarter-finals

7, 8 June 1978 Scorecard

Derbyshire 154 all out (52 overs)	v	Middlesex 125 all out (48.4 overs)
Alan Hill 69 Mike Selvey 2/26 (10 overs)		Mike Gatting 50 Eddie Barlow 3/22 (7.4 overs)

Derbyshire won by 29 runs County Ground, Derby Umpires: Ray Julian & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Eddie Barlow (Derbyshire)

• Reserve day used. Derbyshire were 11/0 (6 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play.

7 June 1978 Scorecard

Nottinghamshire 209/7 (55 overs)	v	Kent 210/3 (49 overs)
Derek Randall 51 Bob Woolmer 2/32 (10 overs)		Alan Ealham 60* Kevin Cooper 1/23 (11 overs)

Kent won by 7 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: John Langridge & Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Alan Ealham (Kent)

7, 8 June 1978 Scorecard

Somerset 218/9 (55 overs)	v	Sussex 116 all out (42.2 overs)
Ian Botham 54 John Spencer 3/37 (11 overs)		Jeremy Groome 28 Keith Jennings 3/20 (11 overs)

Somerset won by 102 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: David Constant & David Halfyard Player of the match: Ian Botham (Somerset)

• Reserve day used. Sussex were 76/6 (30 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play.

7, 8 June 1978 Scorecard

Warwickshire 205/6 (55 overs)	v	Glamorgan 159 all out (49.2 overs)
John Whitehouse 70 Rodney Ontong 2/21 (8 overs)		John Hopkins 26 Stephen Rouse 3/28 (8.2 overs)

Warwickshire won by 46 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Cec Pepper & Dusty Rhodes Player of the match: John Whitehouse (Warwickshire)

• Reserve day used. No play first day.

Semi-finals

21, 22 June 1978 Scorecard

Derbyshire 203/9 (55 overs)	v	Warwickshire 162 all out (50.4 overs)
Anthony Borrington 77 Bob Willis 3/30 (11 overs)		Geoff Humpage 78 Eddie Barlow 3/26 (6.4 overs)

Derbyshire won by 41 runs County Ground, Derby Umpires: Bill Alley & Ken Palmer Player of the match: Anthony Borrington (Derbyshire)

• Reserve day used. Derbyshire were 119/2 (36.5 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play.

21, 22, 23 June 1978 Scorecard

Kent 204/8 (55 overs)	v	Somerset 163 all out (51.2 overs)
Chris Tavaré 56 Ian Botham 3/39 (11 overs)		Brian Rose 48 Asif Iqbal 3/49 (9 overs)

Kent won by 41 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Lloyd Budd & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Chris Tavaré (Kent)

• Two reserve days used. Kent were 149/5 (41.2 overs) at the close of the scheduled day's play, and Somerset were 33/1 (13 overs) at the close of the second day's play.

Final

22 July 1978 Scorecard

Derbyshire 147 all out (54.4 overs)	v	Kent 151/4 (41.4 overs)
Peter Kirsten 41 John Shepherd 4/25 (11 overs)		Bob Woolmer 79 Philip Russell 3/28 (11 overs)

Kent won by 6 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: David Constant & John Langridge Player of the match: Bob Woolmer (Kent)

See also

• Benson & Hedges Cup