1978 Benson & Hedges Cup

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)/Wayne Daniel (Middlesex)

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

Fixtures and 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 & Albert 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