Friends Provident Trophy
The Friends Provident Trophy is the most important one-day cricket competition of the English first-class county clubs, in which, in addition to the 18 first-class counties, other teams such as Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands and so-called minor county teams also took part. It was held in the pure cup system, i.e. the knockout system, until 2005. The final takes place regularly in August or September at Lord's Cricket Ground .
history
The competition was formerly called the Gillette Cup (1963-1980), Natwest Trophy (1981-2000) and Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy (2001-2006). The insurer Friends Provident holds the naming rights today . It was the first ever one-day cricket competition for first-class cricket teams. The reason for its introduction was the strong decline in attendance at the County Championship for years . The year before, an experimental competition, the Midlands Cup , was held between four of the first-class counties. In the early years, the idea of a one-day game with a limited number of overs per innings met with great rejection from many traditional cricket fans.
In the first season the innings were limited to 65 overs, from 1964 only to 60 overs. As an adaptation to the international standard, a limit of 50 overs has been in effect since 1999. In 2005, instead of the traditional white, colorful playing clothes were used for the first time, and a white ball was used instead of the red ball. The oldest one-day competition is therefore also the last to follow the standard in one-day cricket that has long been established internationally.
In 2006 the C&G Trophy lost its old format. The 18 first-class teams plus Scotland and Ireland were divided into a north and a south group, the respective winners contested the now traditional final at Lord's. Since the 2007 season, a semi-final round has been pushed in between.
The 20 participating teams will be divided into four regional groups of five teams each in the 2008 season. The first two in each group qualify for the quarter-finals.
From the 2010 season, the Friends Provident Trophy and the National League were replaced by a 40-over competition with preliminary round groups and semifinals, which runs under the name Clydesdale Bank 40 .
winner
Friends Provident Trophy
- 2009 Hampshire defeated Sussex with 6 wickets
- 2008 Essex defeated Kent with 5 wickets
- 2007 Durham defeated Hampshire with 125 runs
Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
- 2006 Sussex defeated Lancashire with 15 runs
- 2005 Hampshire defeated Warwickshire with 18 runs
- 2004 Gloucestershire defeated Worcestershire with 8 wickets
- 2003 Gloucestershire defeated Worcestershire with 7 wickets
- 2002 Yorkshire defeated Somerset with 6 wickets
- 2001 Somerset defeated Leicestershire with 41 runs
NatWest Trophy
- 2000 Gloucestershire defeated Warwickshire with 22 runs ( Duckworth-Lewis Method )
- 1999 Gloucestershire defeated Somerset with 50 runs
- 1998 Lancashire defeated Derbyshire with 9 wickets
- 1997 Essex defeated Warwickshire with 9 wickets
- 1996 Lancashire defeated Essex with 129 runs
- 1995 Warwickshire defeated Northamptonshire with 4 wickets
- 1994 Worcestershire defeated Warwickshire with 8 wickets
- 1993 Warwickshire defeated Sussex with 5 wickets
- 1992 Northamptonshire defeated Leicestershire with 8 wickets
- 1991 Hampshire defeated Surrey with 4 wickets
- 1990 Lancashire defeated Northamptonshire with 7 wickets
- 1989 Warwickshire defeated Middlesex with 4 wickets
- 1988 Middlesex defeated Worcestershire with 3 wickets
- 1987 Nottinghamshire defeated Northamptonshire with 3 wickets
- 1986 Sussex defeated Lancashire with 7 wickets
- 1985 Essex defeated Nottinghamshire with 1 run
- 1984 Middlesex defeated Kent with 4 wickets
- 1983 Somerset defeated Kent with 24 runs
- 1982 Surrey defeated Warwickshire with 9 wickets
- 1981 Derbyshire defeated Northamptonshire due to fewer lost wickets
Gillette Cup
- 1980 Middlesex defeated Surrey with 7 wickets
- 1979 Somerset defeated Northamptonshire with 45 runs
- 1978 Sussex defeated Somerset with 5 wickets
- 1977 Middlesex defeated Glamorgan with 5 wickets
- 1976 Northamptonshire defeated Lancashire with 4 wickets
- 1975 Lancashire defeated Middlesex with 7 wickets
- 1974 Kent defeats Lancashire with 4 wickets
- 1973 Gloucestershire defeated Sussex with 40 runs
- 1972 Lancashire defeated Warwickshire with 4 wickets
- 1971 Lancashire defeated Kent with 24 runs
- 1970 Lancashire defeated Sussex with 6 wickets
- 1969 Yorkshire defeated Derbyshire with 69 runs
- 1968 Warwickshire defeated Sussex with 4 wickets
- 1967 Kent defeated Somerset with 32 runs
- 1966 Warwickshire defeated Worcestershire with 5 wickets
- 1965 Yorkshire defeated Surrey with 175 runs
- 1964 Sussex defeated Warwickshire with 8 wickets
- 1963 Sussex defeated Worcestershire with 14 runs
Victories by County 1963–2009
- Lancashire 7
- Gloucestershire 5
- Sussex 5
- Warwickshire 5
- Middlesex 4
- Somerset 3
- Yorkshire 3
- Essex 3
- Hampshire 3
- Kent 2
- Northamptonshire 2
- Derbyshire 1
- Durham 1
- Worcestershire 1st
- Nottinghamshire 1
- Surrey 1
First-class counties that have never won: Glamorgan and Leicestershire