Benson & Hedges Cup
The Benson & Hedges Cup was the third one-day cricket competition for the English first-class county clubs and was held from 1972 to 2002. Various amateur teams took part in it at different times, such as Ireland or the Combined Universities .
It consisted of preliminary round games at the beginning of the season and a subsequent knockout system from the quarterfinals. The final took place at Lord's Cricket Ground in the middle of the season. The Benson & Hedges Cup had a lower status than the older Gillette Cup .
It was the only trophy that always had the same sponsor until the tobacco advertising ban finally put an end to it. The competition was supposed to be abolished in 1999, but it lasted for a few years due to purely financial considerations of the county clubs.
Finals
- 2002 Warwickshire defeated Essex with 5 wickets
- 2001 Surrey defeated Gloucestershire defeated with 47 runs
- 2000 Gloucestershire defeated Glamorgan with 7 wickets
- 1999 Gloucestershire defeated Yorkshire with 124 runs
- 1998 Essex defeated Leicestershire with 192 runs
- 1997 Surrey defeated Kent with 8 wickets
- 1996 Lancashire defeated Northamptonshire with 31 runs
- 1995 Lancashire defeated Kent with 35 runs
- 1994 Warwickshire defeated Worcestershire with 6 wickets
- 1993 Derbyshire defeated Lancashire with 6 runs
- 1992 Hampshire defeated Kent with 41 runs
- 1991 Worcestershire defeated Lancashire with 65 runs
- 1990 Lancashire defeated Worcestershire with 69 runs
- 1989 Nottinghamshire defeated Essex with 3 wickets
- 1988 Hampshire defeated Derbyshire with 7 wickets
- 1987 Yorkshire defeated Northamptonshire due to fewer lost wickets
- 1986 Middlesex defeated Kent with two runs
- 1985 Leicestershire defeated Essex with 5 wickets
- 1984 Lancashire defeated Warwickshire with 6 wickets
- 1983 Middlesex defeated Essex with 4 runs
- 1982 Somerset defeated Nottinghamshire with 9 wickets
- 1981 Somerset defeated Surrey with 7 wickets
- 1980 Northamptonshire defeated Essex with 6 runs
- 1979 Essex defeated Surrey with 35 runs
- 1978 Kent defeated Derbyshire with 6 wickets
- 1977 Gloucestershire defeated Kent with 64 runs
- 1976 Kent defeated Worcestershire with 43 runs
- 1975 Leicestershire defeated Middlesex with 5 wickets
- 1974 Surrey defeated Leicestershire with 27 runs
- 1973 Kent defeated Worcestershire with 39 runs
- 1972 Leicestershire defeated Yorkshire with 5 wickets
Wins by county
- 4 Lancashire
- 3 Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire, Surrey
- 2 Essex, Hampshire, Middlesex, Somerset, Warwickshire
- 1 Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire
- 0 Durham, Glamorgan, Sussex