Friends Provident Trophy

{{Short description|One-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom}} {{Use British English|date=February 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricket tournament main | image = File:Sean Ervine and Imran Tahir hold the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy.jpg | caption = Trophy in 2009, held aloft by [[Sean Ervine]] and [[Imran Tahir]] of [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire CCC]] | country = England and Wales | administrator = [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] | cricket format = [[List A cricket]] | first = 1963 | last = 2009 | participants = 20 | champions = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] | most successful = [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] (7 titles) | current = }} The '''Friends Provident Trophy''' was a [[one-day cricket]] competition in the British Isles.

It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen [[first-class cricket|first-class]] counties competed each season. They were joined by teams from [[Scottish cricket team|Scotland]] and [[Irish cricket team|Ireland]]. [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] won the title a record seven times.

The competition was previously known as the '''Gillette Cup''' (1963–1980), the '''NatWest Trophy''' (1981–2000), and the '''C&G Trophy''' (2000–2006). For a short period following the 2006 season, the competition was known as the '''[[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] One-Day Trophy''' because no sponsors were forthcoming when [[Cheltenham and Gloucester]] decided to end their association with the competition after the 2006 season. The tournament, along with the [[Pro40]] forty-overs competition, was replaced by the [[ECB 40]] competition from the 2010 season.

==History==

It was the first top-level [[One-day cricket|one-day]] competition to be introduced in English and Welsh cricket, amid concern about falling attendances at [[County Championship]] matches in the early 1960s.

The competition was based on the Midlands Counties Knockout Cup experiment of 1962, when [[Derbyshire CCC|Derbyshire]], [[Leicestershire CCC|Leicestershire]], [[Northamptonshire CCC|Northamptonshire]] and [[Nottinghamshire CCC|Nottinghamshire]] played one-innings-a-side matches which each lasted one day. The MCC decided to hold a limited-overs competition (65 overs-a-side) the following year for all first-class counties, sponsored by American safety razor company [[Gillette (brand)|Gillette]]. The original title was "'''The First Class Knock Out Competition for the Gillette Cup'''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152491.html|title=Cricket's strongest wind of change|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>

The first match (which was also retrospectively identified as the first [[List A cricket]] match after that designation was developed), was a Preliminary Round match on 1 May 1963 at [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford, Manchester]] with [[Lancashire CCC|Lancashire]] facing [[Leicestershire CCC|Leicestershire]]. The match ended up lasting two days due to rain. [[Peter Marner]] scored the first century and [[Brian Statham]] was the first bowler to take 5 wickets in a match.

[[Sussex CCC|Sussex]] were the first winners of the Gillette Cup, beating [[Worcestershire CCC|Worcestershire]] in the final at [[Lord's]]. [[Norman Gifford]] was the first "Man of the Match" for a final.

==Knock-out competition==

In the inaugural season, the matches were 65 [[Over (cricket)|overs]] per side, with a bowler bowling a maximum of 15 overs.{{cn|date=January 2025}} In 1964, this was reduced to 60 overs with a bowler bowling a maximum of 13.{{cn|date=January 2025}} For the 1966 competition until 1998, the maximum was 12.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

[[Minor Counties]] teams first competed in the 1964 season. The competition has been seen as a cricketing version of football's [[FA Cup]] (it being said that "the [[Benson & Hedges Cup|B&H]] was always the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] final to the Gillette/NatWest's [[FA Cup]]"),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/page/312335.html|title=A Brief History/Benson & Hedges Cup|publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]]|access-date=12 May 2022}}</ref> with Minor Counties, [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] and [[Scotland cricket team|Scotland]] playing against the First Class Counties in the first round. Most of the time, the established teams beat the part-timers, but very occasionally, favored teams would lose. Between 1963 and 2005, there were 15 upsets, including: [[Durham CCC|Durham]] (at that time still a minor county), the first in 1973, versus [[Yorkshire CCC|Yorkshire]]; [[Hertfordshire CCC|Hertfordshire]], on two occasions, beating [[Essex CCC|Essex]] in 1976 and winning a bowl-out versus [[Derbyshire CCC|Derbyshire]] in 1991; and [[Herefordshire CCC|Herefordshire]] overcoming a [[Middlesex CCC|Middlesex]] side featuring [[Andrew Strauss]] in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8629/scorecard/103766/herefordshire-vs-middlesex-3rd-round-cheltenham-&-gloucester-trophy-2001|title=Full Scorecard of Herefordshire vs Middlesex, Friends Provident Trophy (Gillette Cup / NatWest Trophy / C&G Trophy), 3rd round – Score Report |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> However, the majority of the time, the first round was an opportunity for county sides to put up very high scores against or easily bowl out Minor Counties opposition.

One of the most famous matches in the competition was the 1971 Gillette Cup semi-final at [[Old Trafford cricket ground|Old Trafford]], with [[David Hughes (Lancashire cricketer)|David Hughes]] of [[Lancashire CCC|Lancashire]] coming out to bat at 8:45 pm (before any floodlights) and scoring 24 in one over to beat [[Gloucestershire CCC|Gloucestershire]]. That Lancashire team won the tournament three seasons in a row from 1970 to 1972.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

In June 1973, Durham became the first minor county to defeat a first-class county in the competition, when they beat Yorkshire by six wickets in round one. They then became the first minor county to defeat two first class counties, when they defeated Derbyshire at the same stage in 1985. This was the catalyst for the successful campaign that saw Durham gain first-class status in 1991.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

[[File:Start of NatWest Trophy final 1987 - geograph.org.uk - 5217191.jpg|thumb|250px|The [[1987 NatWest Trophy]] final between [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northants]] and [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] at Lord's]] In 1981, the [[National Westminster Bank]] took over the sponsorship of the competition from Gillette. That year's final finished in a tie, with both sides scoring 235. [[Derbyshire CCC|Derbyshire]] claimed the trophy from [[Northamptonshire CCC|Northamptonshire]] by losing fewer wickets (Derbyshire 6 to Northants 9).{{cn|date=January 2025}}

Other last-ball finishes in the final occurred in 1984 when [[Middlesex CCC|Middlesex]] beat [[Kent CCC|Kent]],{{cn|date=January 2025}} in 1985 when [[Essex CCC|Essex]] beat [[Nottinghamshire CCC|Nottinghamshire]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/46/46440.html|title=Scorecard of Essex vs Nottinghamshire, NatWest Trophy|website=Cricket Archive}}</ref> and in 1993 when [[Warwickshire CCC|Warwickshire]] beat [[Sussex CCC|Sussex]].{{cn|date=January 2025}} There was a notable finish too in 1987 when [[Nottinghamshire CCC|Nottinghamshire]]'s unlikely victory over [[Northamptonshire CCC|Northamptonshire]] was engineered by [[Richard Hadlee]] in his last season with the county.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

The tournament was always the more prestigious of the two "full length" one-day cup competitions.{{cn|date=January 2025}} The other was the [[Benson & Hedges Cup]], which was abolished in 2002 and replaced with the [[Twenty20 Cup]]. At a time when county cricketers' exposure on television was limited, the final of the Gillette Cup/NatWest Bank Trophy was a relatively high-profile opportunity for some to make a case for national selection, especially as it often fell in early September, just before the announcement of an [[England cricket team|England]] winter tour party. Thus strong performances by [[Roland Butcher]] in the 1980 final,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/gillette-cup-england-1980-368558/middlesex-vs-surrey-final-368559/full-scorecard|title=Middlesex vs Surrey|publisher=ESPN}}</ref> and [[Geoff Cook]] in 1981, may have assisted their subsequent selection and [[Test cricket|Test]] debuts.{{cn|date=January 2025}} The strong performances of then young cricketers [[Angus Fraser]] and [[Mark Ramprakash]] for [[Middlesex CCC|Middlesex]] in 1988 certainly raised their profiles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1988/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/MIDDX_WORCS_NWT-FINAL_03SEP1988.html|title=Final: Middlesex vs Worcestershire|publisher=ESPN}}</ref> Conversely, surprise was expressed in 1990 when [[Phillip DeFreitas]] was initially overlooked for selection for the winter [[The Ashes|Ashes series]], it being suggested at the time that he "surely booked his place on England's winter tour of Australia with an astonishing eight-over opening burst, which reduced [[Northamptonshire CCC|Northants]] to an unbelievable 39 for five" in the final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/LANCS_NORTHANTS_NWT-FINAL_01SEP1990_MR|title=Lancashire wins NatWest Trophy final|publisher=ESPN}}</ref>

Other notable individual performances included a brisk out-of-character century by [[Geoff Boycott]] in the 1965 final, and the domination of the 1979 final by the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] pair [[Viv Richards]] and [[Joel Garner]], who helped [[Somerset CCC|Somerset]] to their first major trophy a few months after helping West Indies to win the [[1979 ICC Cricket World Cup|World Cup]], also at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/NORTHANTS_SOMERSET_GLTE-FINAL_08SEP1979.html|title=Northants vs Somerset, Gillette Cup Final|publisher=ESPN}}</ref> Another West Indies international, [[Alvin Kallicharran]], completed the first double century in the tournament in 1984, in a tie in which he remarkably also took six wickets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1984/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/WARWICKS_OXON_NWT_04JUL1984.html|title=Warwickshire vs Oxfordshire|publisher=ESPN}}</ref>

The necessity of aiming to complete a scheduled 120 overs in a day (130 when the tournament began) necessitated some early starts. End of season early-morning conditions by the time of the final often favoured the team fielding first, who usually triumphed in the 1980s and 1990s. A rare exception occurred in 1996, when [[Lancashire CCC|Lancashire]] bowlers [[Glen Chapple]] and [[Peter Martin (cricketer)|Peter Martin]] triggered a remarkable collapse by [[Essex CCC|Essex]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/national-westminster-bank-trophy-1996-419346/essex-vs-lancashire-final-419380/live-cricket-score|title=Essex vs Lancashire, Final|publisher=ESPN}}</ref> In 1999, the number of overs was cut to 50 per side to give English and Welsh cricketers more experience of playing matches the same length as [[One Day International]]s.{{cn|date=January 2025}} In line with One Day International cricket, teams played in coloured clothing from 2005.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

==League from 2006==

The competition was revised into a [[Sports league|league]] format from 2006. The eighteen English and Welsh first-class sides, plus Scotland and Ireland, were split into two groups of ten by geographical location known as the North and South Conferences. Matches were 50 overs per side, gaining two points for a win, one point for a [[The result in cricket#No result|no result]] and no points for a loss. Once the league positions were decided, the top teams from each Conference competed for the trophy in a final at [[Lord's]]. In the 2007 season this involved a semi-final knock-out stage, the winner in each conference playing the runners-up in the other.

[[File:Bath rec cricket.jpg|thumb|300px|Friends Provident Trophy match in 2009 at the [[Recreation Ground, Bath]]: [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] v [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]]] The league structure was revised in 2008 as the twenty teams were split into four groups of five. Each team plays the other in the group home once and away once, with the top 2 counties in the group going into the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/media-releases/2008-fixtures-published,15546,EN.html|title=2008 fixtures announced – Media Releases – News – ECB|website=ecb.co.uk|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>

The competition was played in the first half of the cricket season with the final taking place in August. The other main domestic one-day competition, the [[Pro40|Natwest Pro40 League]] (formerly "Sunday League"), was latterly played during the second half of the season.

In August 2009, the ECB announced that from 2010 there would be one 40-overs per innings tournament replacing both the [[Pro40]] and the Friends Provident Trophy. This along with the [[County Championship|English County Championship]] and the [[Friends Provident t20]] (a revised form of the Twenty20 Cup), would be English cricket's three domestic competitions.<ref>Andrew McGlashan, Andrew Miller ''[http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/422403.html English game dumps 50 overs cricket]'', 27 August 2009, [[Cricinfo]]. Retrieved on 27 May 2010.</ref>

== Final results ==

{{See also|List of the competitive honours won by county cricket clubs in England and Wales}}

'''Gillette Cup''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%" |- !rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !colspan=3|Final |- !width=24%|Winner !width=16%|Result !width=24%|Runner-up |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1963 [[1963 Gillette Cup|Details]] 65 overs max |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 168 (60.2 overs) |'''Sussex won by 14 runs''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1960S/1963/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/SUSSEX_WORCS_GLTE-FINAL_07SEP1963.html] |[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] 154 (63.2 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1964 [[1964 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 131 for 2 (41.2 overs) |'''Sussex won by 8 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1960S/1964/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/SUSSEX_WARWICKS_GLTE-FINAL_05SEP1964.html] |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 127 (48 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1965 [[1965 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] 317 for 4 (60 overs) |'''Yorkshire won by 175 runs''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1960S/1965/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/SURREY_YORKS_GLTE-FINAL_04SEP1965.html] |[[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] 142 (40.4 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1966 [[1966 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 159 for 5 (56.4 overs) |'''Warwickshire won by 5 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1960S/1966/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/WARWICKS_WORCS_GLTE-FINAL_03SEP1966.html] |[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] 155 for 8 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1967 [[1967 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] 193 (59.4 overs) |'''Kent won by 32 runs''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1960S/1967/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/KENT_SOMERSET_GLTE-FINAL_02SEP1967.html] |[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 161 (54.5 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1968 [[1968 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 215 for 6 (57 overs) |'''Warwickshire won by 4 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1960S/1968/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/SUSSEX_WARWICKS_GLTE-FINAL_07SEP1968.html] |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 214 for 7 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1969 [[1969 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] 219 for 8 (60 overs) |'''Yorkshire won by 69 runs''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1960S/1969/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/DERBY_YORKS_GLTE-FINAL_06SEP1969.html] |[[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] 150 (54.4 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1970 [[1970 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 185 for 4 (55.1 overs) |'''Lancashire won by 6 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1970S/1970/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/LANCS_SUSSEX_GLTE-FINAL_05SEP1970.html] |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 184 for 9 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1971 [[1971 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 224 for 7 (60 overs) |'''Lancashire won by 24 runs''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1970S/1971/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/KENT_LANCS_GLTE-FINAL_04SEP1971.html] |[[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] 200 (56.2 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1972 [[1972 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 235 for 6 (56.4 overs) |'''Lancashire won by 4 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1970S/1972/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/LANCS_WARWICKS_GLTE-FINAL_02SEP1972.html] |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 234 for 9 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1973 [[1973 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] 248 for 8 (60 overs) |'''Gloucestershire won by 40 runs''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1970S/1973/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/GLOUCS_SUSSEX_GLTE-FINAL_01SEP1973.html] |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 208 (56.5 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1974 [[1974 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] 122 for 6 (46.5 overs) |'''Kent won by 4 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1970S/1974/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/KENT_LANCS_GLTE-FINAL_07-09SEP1974.html] |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 118 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1975 [[1975 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 182 for 3 (57 overs) |'''Lancashire won by 7 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1970S/1975/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/LANCS_MIDDX_GLTE-FINAL_06SEP1975.html] |[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 180 for 8 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1976 [[1976 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] 199 for 6 (58.1 overs) |'''Northamptonshire won by 4 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1970S/1976/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/LANCS_NORTHANTS_GLTE-FINAL_04SEP1976.html] |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 195 for 7 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1977 [[1977 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 178 for 5 (55.4 overs) |'''Middlesex won by 5 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/GLAM_MIDDX_GLTE-FINAL_03SEP1977.html] |[[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] 177 for 9 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1978 [[1978 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 211 for 5 (53.1 overs) |'''Sussex won by 5 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/SOMERSET_SUSSEX_GLTE-FINAL_02SEP1978.html] |[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 207 for 7 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1979 [[1979 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 269 for 8 (60 overs) |'''Somerset won by 45 runs''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/NORTHANTS_SOMERSET_GLTE-FINAL_08SEP1979.html] |[[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] 224 (56.3 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1980 [[1980 Gillette Cup|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 202 for 3 (53.5 overs) |'''Middlesex won by 7 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1980/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/MIDDX_SURREY_GLTE-FINAL_06SEP1980.html] |[[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] 201 (60 overs) |}

'''NatWest Trophy''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%" |- !rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !colspan=3|Final |- !width=24%|Winner !width=16%|Result !width=24%|Runner-up |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1981 [[1981 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1981|Derbyshire]] 235 for 6 (60 overs) |'''Match tied''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1981/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/DERBY_NORTHANTS_NWT-FINAL_05SEP1981.html] Derbyshire won having lost fewer wickets |[[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] 235 for 9 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1982 [[1982 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] 159 for 1 (33.4 overs) |'''Surrey won by 9 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/SURREY_WARWICKS_NWT-FINAL_04SEP1982.html] |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 158 (57.2 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1983 [[1983 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 193 for 9 (60 overs) |'''Somerset won by 24 runs''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/KENT_SOMERSET_NWT-FINAL_03SEP1983.html] |[[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] 169 (47.1 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1984 [[1984 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 236 for 6 (60 overs) |'''Middlesex won by 4 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1984/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/KENT_MIDDX_NWT-FINAL_01SEP1984.html] |[[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] 232 for 6 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1985 [[1985 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 280 for 2 (60 overs) |'''Essex won by 1 run''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1985/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/ESSEX_NOTTS_NWT-FINAL_07SEP1985.html] |[[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] 279 for 5 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1986 [[1986 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 243 for 3 (58.2 overs) |'''Sussex won by 7 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1986/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/LANCS_SUSSEX_NWT-FINAL_06SEP1986.html] |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 242 for 8 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1987 [[1987 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] 231 for 7 (49.3 overs) |'''Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1987/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/NORTHANTS_NOTTS_NWT-FINAL_05-07SEP1987.html] Reserve day used; match reduced to 50 overs per innings |[[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] 228 for 3 (50 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1988 [[1988 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 162 for 7 (55.3 overs) |'''Middlesex won by 3 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1988/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/MIDDX_WORCS_NWT-FINAL_03SEP1988.html] |[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] 161 for 9 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1989 [[1989 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 211 for 6 (59.4 overs) |'''Warwickshire won by 4 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/MIDDX_WARWICKS_NWT-FINAL_02SEP1989.html] |[[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] 210 for 5 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1990 [[1990 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 173 for 3 (45.4 overs) |'''Lancashire won by 7 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1990/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/LANCS_NORTHANTS_NWT-FINAL_01SEP1990.html] |[[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] 171 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1991 [[1991 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max ||[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] 243 for 6 (59.4 overs) |'''Hampshire won by 4 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1991/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/HANTS_SURREY_NWT-FINAL_07SEP1991.html] |[[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] 240 for 5 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1992 [[1992 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] 211 for 2 (49.4 overs) |'''Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1992/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/LEICS_NORTHANTS_NWT-FINAL_05SEP1992.html] |[[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] 208 for 7 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1993 [[1993 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 322 for 5 (60 overs) |'''Warwickshire won by 5 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1993/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/SUSSEX_WARWICKS_NWT-FINAL_04SEP1993.html] |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 321 for 6 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1994 [[1994 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] 227 for 2 (49.1 overs) |'''Worcestershire won by 8 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/WARWICKS_WORCS_NWT-FINAL_03-04SEP1994.html] |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 223 for 9 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1995 [[1995 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 203 for 6 (58.5 overs) |'''Warwickshire won by 4 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/NORTHANTS_WARWICKS_NWT-FINAL_02-03SEP1995.html] |[[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] 200 (59.5 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1996 [[1996 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 186 (60 overs) |'''Lancashire won by 129 runs''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1996/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/KNOCK-OUTS/ESSEX_LANCS_NWT-FINAL_07SEP1996.html] |[[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 57 (27.2 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1997 [[1997 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 171 for 1 (26.3 overs) |'''Essex won by 9 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1997/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/FINAL/ESSEX_WARWICKS_NWT-FINAL_07SEP1997.html] |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 170 (60 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |1998 [[1998 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 60 overs max |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 109 for 1 (30.2 overs) |'''Lancashire won by 9 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/FINAL/DERBY_LANCS_NWT-FINAL_05SEP1998.html] |[[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] 108 (36.4 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |1999 [[1999 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] 230 for 8 (50 overs) |'''Gloucestershire won by 50 runs''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1999/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/FINAL/GLOUCS_SOMERSET_NWT-FINAL_29AUG1999.html] |[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 180 (45.1 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |2000 [[2000 NatWest Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] 122 for 3 (29.4 overs) |'''Gloucestershire won by 22 runs (D/L method)''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2000/ENG_LOCAL/NWT/SCORECARDS/FINAL/GLOUCS_WARWICKS_NWT-FINAL_26AUG2000.html] Rain stopped play after 29.4 overs; Gloucestershire target revised to 101. |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 205 for 7 (50 overs) |}

'''C&G Trophy''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%" |- !rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !colspan=3|Final |- !width=24%|Winner !width=16%|Result !width=24%|Runner-up |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |2001 [[2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 271 for 5 (50 overs) |'''Somerset won by 41 runs''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2001/ENG_LOCAL/C+G/SCORECARDS/FINAL/LEICS_SOMERSET_C+G-FINAL_01SEP2001.html] |[[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] 230 (45.4 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |2002 [[2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] 260 for 4 (48 overs) |'''Yorkshire won by 6 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2002/ENG_LOCAL/C+G/SCORECARDS/FINAL/SOMERSET_YORKS_C+G-FINAL_31AUG2002.html] |[[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] 256 for 8 (50 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |2003 [[2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] 150 for 3 (20.3 overs) |'''Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets''' [http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2003/ENG_LOCAL/C+G/SCORECARDS/FINAL/GLOUCS_WORCS_C+G-FINAL_30AUG2003.html] |[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] 149 (46.3 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |2004 [[2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] 237 for 2 (43.5 overs) |'''Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/135471.html] |[[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] 236 for 9 (50 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |2005 [[2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] 290 (50 overs) |'''Hampshire won by 18 runs''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/217966.html] |[[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] 272 (49.2 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |2006 [[2006 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 172 (47.1 overs) |'''Sussex won by 15 runs''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket/engine/match/224999.html] |[[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] 157 (47.2 overs) |}

'''Friends Provident Trophy''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:100%" |- !rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !colspan=3|Final |- !width=24%|Winner !width=16%|Result !width=24%|Runner-up |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |2007 [[2007 Friends Provident Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] 312/5 (50 overs) |'''Durham won by 125 runs''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2007/engine/match/268284.html] Rain stopped play after 32.2 overs; Reserve day used |[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] 187 (41 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF |2008 [[2008 Friends Provident Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] 218/5 (48.5 overs) |'''Essex won by 5 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2008/engine/match/319878.html] |[[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] 214 (50 overs) |- align=center bgcolor=#F5FAFF |2009 [[2009 Friends Provident Trophy|Details]] 50 overs max |[[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] 221/4 (40.3 overs) |'''Hampshire won by 6 wickets''' [http://www.cricinfo.com/countycricket2009/engine/match/382910.html] |[[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] 219/9 (50 overs) |}

== Wins by county 1963–2009 == * 7 wins: [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] * 5 wins: [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]]; [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]]; [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] * 4 wins: [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] * 3 wins: [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]]; [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]; [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]]; [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] * 2 wins: [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]; [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] * 1 win: [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]; [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]]; [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]]; [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]; [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]

First class counties with no wins: [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] and [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]

== See also == * [[County Championship]] – the first class cricket competition in England and Wales. * [[Pro40]] – the one day league competition. * [[Twenty20 Cup]] – the Twenty20 format competition.

== References ==

{{reflist}} * [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/NATIONAL/ENG/TROPHY/ Gillette Cup / NatWest Trophy / C&G Trophy 1963–2004], Cricinfo, retrieved 19 November 2006. * [http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/media-releases/friends-provident-sponsor-one-day-competition,11528,EN.html Friends Provident back Trophy], ECB media release, retrieved 8 February 2007

== External links == * [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article688268.ece Caught in Time: Lancashire win the Gillette Cup, 1975 – The Sunday Times, July 16 2006]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070518045648/http://www.friendsprovident.co.uk/cricket/ Friends Provident Trophy website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070315213236/http://www.ecb.co.uk/domestic/friends-provident-trophy/ ECB Friends Provident Trophy website] * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4500887.stm Last chance for the giant-killers – BBC Sport 30 April 2005]

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