1985 Benson & Hedges Cup

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

1985 Benson & Hedges Cup

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (55 overs per innings)
Champions	Leicestershire (3rd title)
Participants	20
Matches	47
Most runs	430 Graham Gooch (Essex)
Most wickets	19 Neil Foster (Essex)

The competition was won by Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

Fixtures and results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Northamptonshire	4	2	0	2	0	6	40.958
Derbyshire	4	2	1	1	0	5	35.542
Nottinghamshire	4	2	1	1	0	5	39.760
Gloucestershire	4	2	2	0	0	4	40.938
Scotland	4	0	4	0	0	0	42.586

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Worcestershire	4	3	1	0	0	6	40.897
Leicestershire	4	3	1	0	0	6	48.480
Yorkshire	4	2	2	0	0	4	30.789
Lancashire	4	1	3	0	0	2	48.375
Warwickshire	4	1	3	0	0	2	52.958

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Essex	4	4	0	0	0	8	30.389
Middlesex	4	2	2	0	0	4	38.621
Surrey	4	2	2	0	0	4	43.778
Sussex	4	2	2	0	0	4	46.577
Oxford and Cambridge Universities	4	0	4	0	0	0	76.600

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	A	Pts	BowSR
Hampshire	4	4	0	0	0	8	28.605
Kent	4	3	1	0	0	6	33.194
Glamorgan	4	2	2	0	0	4	31.417
Somerset	4	1	3	0	0	2	39.448
Minor Counties	4	0	4	0	0	0	53.765

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)		Chris Gladwin 3* Michael Holding 1/1 (1 over)

No result County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Barrie Meyer & Alan Whitehead

• 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)
Chris Balderstone 60 Malcolm Marshall 1/38 (11 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	Kent
Geoff Cook 78 Graham Dilley 1/21 (8 overs)

No result County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Dickie Bird & John Jameson

• 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)		Wilf Slack 20*

No result New Road, Worcester Umpires: Ken Palmer & David Shepherd

• 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