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1972 Benson & Hedges Cup



Prize Money

Total sponsorship - GBP 80,000

Teams
Winners                         GBP 2,500
Losing finalists                GBP 1,250
Losing semi-finalists           GBP 625
Losing quarter-finalists        GBP 400
Team of the Week                GBP 250
Group Match Winners             GBP 150

Gold Award Winners
Final                           GBP 100
Semi-finals                     GBP 75
Quarter-finals                  GBP 50
Group matches                   GBP 25

Preliminary Rounds Table

Twenty teams were organised into four zonal groups; the (then) seventeen first-class counties were joined by three other teams including Cambridge University (who were to alternate annually with Oxford University). In each group matches (the five teams playing each other once) the winners were awarded three points plus a bonus point if their opponents were all out.
MIDLAND                 P       W       L       BP      Pts
Leicestershire          4       4       0        4      16
Warwickshire            4       3       1        1      10
Worcestershire          4       2       2        1       7
Northamptonshire        4       1       3        0       3
Minor Counties (North)  4       0       4        0       0

NORTH                   P       W       L       BP      Pts
Yorkshire               4       3       1        2      11
Lancashire              4       3       1        2      11
Nottinghamshire         4       3       1        1      10
Derbyshire              4       1       3        0       3
Cambridge University    4       0       4        0       0

SOUTH                   P       W       L       BP      Pts
Middlesex               4       3       1        1      10
Sussex                  4       3       1        1      10
Kent                    4       2       2        2       8
Surrey                  4       2       2        1       7
Essex                   4       0       4        0       0      

WEST                    P       W       L       BP      Pts
Glamorgan               4       3       1        2      11
Gloucestershire         4       3       1        1      10
Somerset                4       2       2        2       8
Hampshire               4       2       2        1       7
Minor Counties (South)  4       0       4        0       0      

Quarter-Finals
Warwickshire beat Glamorgan by 5 wickets
Leicestershire beat Lancashire by 7 wickets
Gloucestershire beat Middlesex by 62 runs
Yorkshire beat Sussex by 5 wickets

Semi-Finals
Yorkshire beat Gloucestershire by 7 wickets
Leicestershire beat Warwickshire by 7 wickets

Final
Leicestershire beat Yorkshire by 5 wickets



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