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1965 Gillette Cup
Administrator(s)	Marylebone Cricket Club
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Yorkshire (1st title)
Participants	22
Matches	21
Most runs	225 – Geoffrey Boycott (Yorkshire)
Most wickets	12 – Fred Trueman (Yorkshire)
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The 1965 Gillette Cup was the third Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 23 April and 4 September 1965.^[1] The tournament was won by Yorkshire, following Geoffrey Boycott's 146 runs in the final at Lord's. Boycott's innings remained the highest ever scored in a Lord's county limited-overs final.^[2] until 2017.^[3]

Format

The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Wiltshire. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 4 September 1965.

First round

23 April 1965
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Middlesex 269 (59 overs)	v	Buckinghamshire 111 (38.1 overs)
Bob Gale 86 Colin Smith 3/32 (10 overs)		David Janes 32 Ronald Hooker 3/29 (13 overs)

Middlesex won by 158 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Arthur Fagg and John Langridge
Player of the match: Bob Gale (Middx)

28, 29 April 1965
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Berkshire 137 (55.5 overs)	v	Somerset 139/5 (45.5 overs)
David Mordaunt 86 Ken Palmer 3/37 (13 overs)		Graham Atkinson 55 Frederick Baines 3/29 (13 overs)

Somerset won by 5 wickets
Church Road, Reading
Umpires: John Arnold and Fred Price
Player of the match: David Mordaunt (Berks)

Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

28 April 1965
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Derbyshire 195/8 (60 overs)	v	Essex 100 (41.2 overs)
Michael Page 83 Barry Knight 5/41 (13 overs)		Keith Fletcher 23 Harold Rhodes 3/16 (11 overs)

Derbyshire won by 95 runs
Old County Ground, Brentwood
Umpires: Laurie Gray and Ron Lay
Player of the match: Ian Buxton (Derbys)

28–29 April 1965
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Cambridgeshire 86 (49.2 overs)	v	Warwickshire 87/0 (22.5 overs)
Rex Gautrey 22 Jack Bannister 3/14 (13 overs)		Bob Barber 54

Warwickshire won by 10 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Syd Buller and Hugo Yarnold
Player of the match: Bob Barber (Warks)

Match extended into a second day

1, 3 May 1965
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Hampshire 295/7 (60 overs)	v	Norfolk 147 (57.1 overs)
Peter Sainsbury 76 David Pilch 3/44 (8 overs)		Henry Blofeld 60 Peter Sainsbury 7/30 (13)

Hampshire won by 148 runs
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Jack Crapp and David Smith
Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hants)

Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

1 May 1965
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Wiltshire 156/9 (60 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire 157/3 (56.1 overs)
Ian Lomax 50 Andrew Corran 4/35 (13 overs)		Barrie Whittingham 69 James Merryweather 2/23 (13 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Bill Copson and Eddie Phillipson
Player of the match: Andrew Corran (Notts)

Second round

22 May 1965
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Gloucestershire 130 (37.5 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 131/8 (59.2 overs)
Arthur Milton 53 David Larter 4/38 (11.5 overs)		Roger Prideaux 28 Tony Windows 3/28 (13 overs)

Northamptonshire won by 2 wickets
County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Paul Gibb and Cec Pepper
Player of the match: Arthur Milton (Glos)

22 May 1965
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Hampshire 208 (57.4 overs)	v	Kent 185 (54.1 overs)
Peter Sainsbury 70 Alan Dixon 4/51 (13 overs)		Mike Denness 43 Bob Cottam 3/30 (13 overs)

Hampshire won by 23 runs
United Services Recreation Ground, Portsmouth
Umpires: Arthur Fagg and John Langridge
Player of the match: Peter Sainsbury (Hants)

22 May 1965
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Leicestershire 168 (49.4 overs)	v	Yorkshire 170/4 (53.2 overs)
Clive Inman 66 Richard Hutton 3/50 (10 overs)		Geoffrey Boycott 69 Graham Cross 2/37 (13 overs)

Yorkshire won by 6 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Bill Copson and Dusty Rhodes
Player of the match: Clive Inman (Leics)

22 May 1965
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Middlesex 161 (57.3 overs)	v	Derbyshire 151/8 (60 overs)
Fred Titmus 40 Albert Jackson 2/19 (13 overs)		Bob Taylor 53* Don Bennett 4/27 (13 overs)

Middlesex won by 10 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: John Arnold and Lofty Herman
Player of the match: Bob Taylor (Derbys)

22 May 1965
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Nottinghamshire 162 (59.5 overs)	v	Somerset 166/7 (50.1 overs)
Brian Bolus 79 Brian Langford 3/17 (7.5 overs)		Roy Virgin 78* Carlton Forbes 2/37 (13 overs)

Somerset won by 3 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Jack Crapp and Laurie Gray
Player of the match: Roy Virgin (Somst)

22 May 1965
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Glamorgan 146 (45.1 overs)	v	Surrey 147/5 (52 overs)
Tony Lewis 47 Geoff Arnold 4/26 (11.1 overs)		John Edrich 65 Don Shepherd 2/40 (12 overs)

Surrey won by 5 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Sam Cook and Ron Lay
Player of the match: John Edrich (Surrey)

22 May 1965
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Lancashire 166 (50.1 overs)	v	Warwickshire 170/4 (51.2 overs)
John Sullivan 39 Roger Edmonds 4/33 (8 overs)		Khalid Ibadulla 58 Ken Higgs 1/38 (13 overs)

Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Arthur Jepson and Fred Price
Player of the match: Khalid Ibadulla (Warks)

22 May 1965
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Sussex 206 (52.4 overs)	v	Worcestershire 148 (47.3 overs)
Ken Suttle 67 Jack Flavell 4/40 (10.4 overs)		Tom Graveney 40 Tony Buss 4/32 (10.3 overs)

Sussex won by 58 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Charlie Elliott and Fred Gardner
Player of the match: Ken Suttle (Sussex)

Quarter-finals

23 June 1965
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Middlesex 280/8 (60 overs)	v	Sussex 190 (53 overs)
Bob Gale 74 Ian Thomson 2/49 (13 overs)		Ken Suttle 47 Don Bennett 4/42 (13 overs)

Middlesex won by 90 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Sam Cook and Eddie Phillipson
Player of the match: John Murray (Middx)

23 June 1965
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Somerset 63 (34.2 overs)	v	Yorkshire 64/3 (31.5 overs)
Mervyn Kitchen 39* Fred Trueman 6/15 (10.2 overs)		Geoffrey Boycott 23* Fred Rumsey 2/12 (13 overs)

Yorkshire won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: John Arnold and Arthur Fagg
Player of the match: Fred Trueman (Yorks)

23 June 1965
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Surrey 222/8 (60 overs)	v	Northamptonshire 97 (38.5 overs)
Ron Tindall 73 David Larter 3/50 (13 overs)		Peter Watts 40 Stewart Storey 4/14 (5.5 overs)

Surrey won by 125 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Charlie Elliott and John Langridge
Player of the match: Ron Tindall (Surrey)

23, 24 June 1965
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Warwickshire 203 (59.3 overs)	v	Hampshire 129 (51.2 overs)
Khalid Ibadulla 75 Bob Cottam 4/56 (13 overs)		Mike Barnard 46 Khalid Ibadulla 6/32 (13 overs)

Warwickshire won by 74 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Jack Crapp and Fred Price
Player of the match: Khalid Ibadulla (Warks)

Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

Semi-finals

14 July 1965
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Middlesex 250/8 (60 overs)	v	Surrey 252/5 (56.2 overs)
Eric Russell 70 Ken Barrington 3/41 (6 overs)		John Edrich 71 Ted Clark 2/69 (9.2 overs)

Surrey won by 5 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Syd Buller and Arthur Jepson
Player of the match: Michael Edwards (Surrey)

14, 15, 16 July 1965
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Yorkshire 177 (59 overs)	v	Warwickshire 157 (57 overs)
Ray Illingworth 45 Tom Cartwright 3/29 (13 overs)		Alan Smith 39 Donald Wilson 2/15 (13 overs)

Yorkshire won by 20 runs
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Sam Cook and Buddy Oldfield
Player of the match: Ray Illingworth (Yorks)

Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.

Final

4 September 1965
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Yorkshire 317/4 (60 overs)	v	Surrey 142 (40.4 overs)
Geoffrey Boycott 146 Geoff Arnold 1/51 (13 overs)		Ron Tindall 57 Ray Illingworth 5/29 (11.4 overs)