1985 Benson & Hedges Cup
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(55 overs per innings)
ChampionsLeicestershire (3rd title)
Participants20
Matches47
Most runs430 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets19 Neil Foster (Essex)

The 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup was the fourteenth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup.

The competition was won by Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Northamptonshire42020640.958
Derbyshire42110535.542
Nottinghamshire42110539.760
Gloucestershire42200440.938
Scotland40400042.586

Group B

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Worcestershire43100640.897
Leicestershire43100648.480
Yorkshire42200430.789
Lancashire41300248.375
Warwickshire41300252.958

Group C

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Essex44000830.389
Middlesex42200438.621
Surrey42200443.778
Sussex42200446.577
Oxford and Cambridge Universities40400076.600

Group D

Team Pld W L NR A Pts BowSR
Hampshire44000828.605
Kent43100633.194
Glamorgan42200431.417
Somerset41300239.448
Minor Counties40400053.765

Quarter-finals

5, 6, 7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Derbyshire
167/9 (55 overs)
v
Essex
4/1 (1.4 overs)
Kim Barnett 60
Neil Foster 2/26 (11 overs)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three. No play on first reserve day. Match was replaced with a 20-over match on second reserve day.
7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Essex
150/4 (20 overs)
v
Derbyshire
132/6 (20 overs)
Graham Gooch 72*
Alan Warner 2/41 (4 overs)
Bill Fowler 28
John Lever 2/23 (4 overs)
Essex won by 18 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Graham Gooch (Essex)
  • Match was reduced before play started to 20 overs per side.
5 June 1985
(scorecard)
Leicestershire
243/4 (55 overs)
v
Hampshire
239 all out (54.5 overs)
Robin Smith 81
Jonathan Agnew 3/38 (10.5 overs)
Leicestershire won by 4 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: David Constant & David Evans
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Leicestershire)
  • Reserve day used. No play on first day.
5, 6, 7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
158/2 (34 overs)
v
Geoff Cook 78
Graham Dilley 1/21 (8 overs)
  • Two reserve days used. Northamptonshire were 158/2 (34 overs) at the close of the first day's play. No play on either reserve day. Kent went through on better record in qualifying.
5, 6, 7 June 1985
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
220 all out (54 overs)
v
Middlesex
45/1 (13 overs)
David Smith 57
Wayne Daniel 3/26 (10 overs)
  • Two reserve days used. Worcestershire were 220 all out at the close of the first day's play. Middlesex were 45/1 (13 overs) at the close of the first reserve day's play. No play on the second reserve day. Middlesex went through on better record in qualifying.

Semi-finals

19, 20 June 1985
(scorecard)
Essex
202/8 (55 overs)
v
Middlesex
140 all out (46 overs)
Graham Gooch 58
John Emburey 4/36 (11 overs)
Wilf Slack 60
Stuart Turner 3/27 (11 overs)
Essex won by 62 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: John Emburey (Middlesex)
  • Reserve day used. Essex were 114/4 (33 overs) at the close of the first day's play
19 June 1985
(scorecard)
Kent
101 all out (45.5 overs)
v
Leicestershire
102/2 (21.5 overs)
Eldine Baptiste 15
Les Taylor 3/16 (8.5 overs)
Ian Butcher 55
Kevin Jarvis 1/34 (6 overs)
Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Paddy Clift (Leicestershire)

Final

20 July 1985
(scorecard)
Essex
213/8 (55 overs)
v
Leicestershire
215/5 (52 overs)
Graham Gooch 57
Les Taylor 3/26 (11 overs)
Peter Willey 86*
Graham Gooch 2/40 (10 overs)
Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Peter Willey (Leicestershire)

References

CricketArchive - 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup

See also

Benson & Hedges Cup

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