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1979 Gillette Cup

Field	Value
administrator	Test and County Cricket Board
cricket format	Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings)
tournament format	Knockout
champions	Somerset
count	1
participants	22
matches	21
most runs	266 Viv Richards (Somerset)
most wickets	17 Joel Garner (Somerset)
website	CricketArchive tournament page
previous_year	1978
previous_tournament	1978 Gillette Cup
next_year	1980
next_tournament	1980 Gillette Cup

The 1979 Gillette Cup was the seventeenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 27 June and 8 September 1979. The tournament was won by Somerset County Cricket Club who defeated Northamptonshire County Cricket Club by 45 runs in the final at Lord's.

Format

The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Devon, Durham and Suffolk. 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 8 September 1979.

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Main article: 1979 Gillette Cup Final

References

"Gillette Trophy, 1979 – Fixtures". CricketArchive.

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