1963 Gillette Cup

Infobox cricket tournament
administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board
cricket format = Limited overs cricket (65 overs)
tournament format = Knockout
champions = Sussex
count = 1st
participants = 17
matches = 16
most runs = Jim Parks, Jr.-(277 for Sussex)
most wickets = Jack Flavell-(14 for Worcestershire)The 1963 Gillette Cup was an English county cricket tournament, held between May 1 and September 7, 1963. The tournament was won by Sussex.

Knockout stage

Preliminary round

Limited Overs Matches
date = May 1–2, 1963
team1 = Lancashire
score1 = 304 for 9 (65 overs)
score2 = 203 all out (53.3 overs)
team2 = Leicestershire
runs1 = Peter Marner 121
wickets1 = John Savage 4/54 (8)
runs2 = Maurice Hallam 106
wickets2 = Brian Statham 5/28 (12)
result = Lancashire won by 101 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25997.html|title=Preliminary round: Lancashire v Leicestershire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-02]
report =
venue = Old Trafford, Manchester
umpires = Ron Aspinall and Hugo Yarnold
motm = Peter Marner (Lancashire)
rain =

First round

Limited Overs Matches
date = May 22, 1963
team1 = Glamorgan
score1 = 207 for 8 (65 overs)
score2 = 197 all out (62.2 overs)
team2 = Somerset
runs1 = Bernard Hedges 103*
wickets1 = Fred Rumsey 4/24 (15)
runs2 = Brian Langford 56
wickets2 = Jeff Jones 3/34 (15)
result = Glamorgan won by 10 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26065.html|title=1st round: Glamorgan v Somerset in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-02]
report =
venue = Cardiff Arms Park
umpires = Arthur Jepson and Buddy Oldfield
motm = Bernard Hedges (Glamorgan)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = May 22, 1963
team1 = Middlesex
score1 = 170 all out (64.3 overs)
score2 = 131 all out (51.5 overs)
team2 = Gloucestershire
runs1 = Ted Clark 42
wickets1 = David Allen 4/28 (15)
runs2 = Ron Nicholls 44
wickets2 = Alan Moss 4/14 (11.5)
result = Middlesex won by 39 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26066.html|title=1st round: Gloucestershire v Middlesex in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-02]
report =
venue = County Cricket Ground, Bristol
umpires = Charlie Elliott and Jim Hammond
motm = Don Bennett (Middlesex)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = May 22, 1963
team1 = Derbyshire
score1 = 250 for 9 (65 overs)
score2 = 244 all out (64.3 overs)
team2 = Hampshire
runs1 = Ian Hall 61
wickets1 = Dennis Baldry 4/70 (15)
runs2 = Mike Barnard 98
wickets2 = Derek Morgan 2/49 (15)
result = Derbyshire won by 6 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26067.html|title=1st round: Hampshire v Derbyshire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-02]
report =
venue = Dean Park, Bournemouth
umpires = Arthur Fagg and Frank Lee
motm = Derek Morgan (Derbyshire)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = May 22, 1963
team1 = Sussex
score1 = 314 for 7 (65 overs)
score2 = 242 all out (56.2 overs)
team2 = Kent
runs1 = Ken Suttle 104
wickets1 = Alan Brown 3/63 (15)
runs2 = Peter Richardson 127
wickets2 = Ted Dexter 2/35 (11)
result = Sussex won by 72 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26068.html|title=1st round: Kent v Sussex in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-02]
report =
venue = Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
umpires = John Arnold and David Smith
motm = Peter Richardson (Kent)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = May 22, 1963
team1 = Lancashire
score1 = 213 all out (59.2 overs)
score2 = 132 all out (45.1 overs)
team2 = Essex
runs1 = Jack Dyson 60*
wickets1 = Trevor Bailey 4/47 (14)
runs2 = Gordon Barker 44
wickets2 = Jack Dyson 5/47 (13.1)
result = Lancashire won by 81 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26069.html|title=1st round: Lancashire v Essex in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-03]
report =
venue = Old Trafford, Manchester
umpires = Paul Gibb and Hugo Yarnold
motm = Jack Dyson (Lancashire)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = May 22, 1963
team1 = Warwickshire
score1 = 140 all out (56.2 overs)
score2 = 141 for 4 (57.5 overs)
team2 = Northamptonshire
runs1 = Dennis Amiss 34
wickets1 = David Larter 3/38 (15)
runs2 = Roger Prideaux 52*
wickets2 = Raymond Hitchcock 2/32 (11)
result = Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26070.html|title=1st round: Northamptonshire v Warwickshire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-03]
report =
venue = County Cricket Ground, Northampton
umpires = Jim Parks, Sr. and Dusty Rhodes
motm = Roger Prideaux (Northamptonshire)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = May 22, 1963
team1 = Worcestershire
score1 = 229 for 9 (65 overs)
score2 = 115 all out (47.2 overs)
team2 = Surrey
runs1 = Ron Headley 83
wickets1 = Peter Loader 3/35 (15)
runs2 = Micky Stewart 49
wickets2 = Jim Standen 5/14 (15)
result = Worcestershire won by 114 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26071.html|title=1st round: Worcestershire v Surrey in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-03]
report =
venue = New Road, Worcester
umpires = Jack Crapp and Ron Lay
motm = Jim Standen (Worcestershire)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = May 22, 1963
team1 = Nottinghamshire
score1 = 159 all out (64 overs)
score2 = 160 for 6 (55 overs)
team2 = Yorkshire
runs1 = Brian Bolus 100*
wickets1 = Fred Trueman 4/30 (15)
runs2 = Doug Padgett 38
wickets2 = Keith Gillhouley 4/33 (14)
result = Yorkshire won by 4 wickets [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26072.html|title=1st round: Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-03]
report =
venue = Acklam Park, Middlesbrough
umpires = Bill Copson and Freddie Jakeman
motm = Brian Bolus (Nottinghamshire)
rain =

Quarter finals

Limited Overs Matches
date = June 12, 1963
team1 = Worcestershire
score1 = 238 for 8 (65 overs)
score2 = 192 all out (51 overs)
team2 = Glamorgan
runs1 = Tom Graveney 93
wickets1 = Jeff Jones 3/54 (15)
runs2 = Euros Lewis 78
wickets2 = Jack Flavell 5/43 (14)
result = Worcestershire won by 46 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26141.html|title=Quarter-final: Glamorgan v Worcestershire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-03]
report =
venue = The Gnoll, Neath
umpires = Bill Copson and Fred Gardner
motm = Tom Graveney (Worcestershire)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = June 12, 1963
team1 = Derbyshire
score1 = 148 all out (57.3 overs)
score2 = 149 for 5 (49.4 overs)
team2 = Lancashire
runs1 = Ian Hall 31
wickets1 = Colin Hilton 3/30 (12.3)
runs2 = Robert Entwistle 48
wickets2 = Harold Rhodes 2/33 (11.4)
result = Lancashire won by 5 wickets [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26142.html|title=Quarter-final: Lancashire v Derbyshire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-03]
report =
venue = Old Trafford, Manchester
umpires = Ron Aspinall and Charlie Elliott
motm = Robert Entwistle (Lancashire)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = June 12, 1963
team1 = Middlesex
score1 = 129 all out (40.1 overs)
score2 = 132 for 4 (39 overs)
team2 = Northamptonshire
runs1 = Ronald Hooker 43
wickets1 = David Larter 4/22 (11)
runs2 = Colin Milburn 84
wickets2 = Alan Moss 2/23 (12)
result = Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26143.html|title=Quarter-final: Middlesex v Northamptonshire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-03]
report =
venue = Lord's Cricket Ground, London
umpires = Lofty Herman and John Langridge
motm = Colin Milburn (Northamptonshire)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = June 12, 1963
team1 = Sussex
score1 = 292 all out (64 overs)
score2 = 270 all out (63.3 overs)
team2 = Yorkshire
runs1 = Jim Parks, Jr. 90
wickets1 = Brian Close 4/60 (15)
runs2 = Geoffrey Boycott 71
wickets2 = Ian Thomson 3/52 (15)
result = Sussex won by 22 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26144.html|title=Quarter-final: Sussex v Yorkshire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-03]
report =
venue = County Cricket Ground, Hove
umpires = Laurie Gray and Fred Price
motm = Jim Parks, Jr. (Sussex)
rain =

Semi finals

Limited Overs Matches
date = July 10, 1963
team1 = Sussex
score1 = 292 all out (62.1 overs)
score2 = 187 all out (49.3 overs)
team2 = Northamptonshire
runs1 = Ted Dexter 115
wickets1 = David Larter 4/68 (14.1)
runs2 = Roger Prideaux 73
wickets2 = Ian Thomson 4/33 (13.3)
result = Sussex won by 105 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26246.html|title=1st Semi-Final: Northamptonshire v Sussex in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-02]
report =
venue = County Cricket Ground, Northampton
umpires = Syd Buller and David Smith
motm = Ted Dexter (Sussex)
rain = ----Limited Overs Matches
date = July 10, 1963
team1 = Lancashire
score1 = 59 all out (31.1 overs)
score2 = 60 for 1 (10.1 overs)
team2 = Worcestershire
runs1 = Brian Booth 21
wickets1 = Jack Flavell 6/14 (13)
runs2 = Martin Horton 29*
wickets2 = Ken Higgs 1/19 (5)
result = Worcestershire won by 9 wickets [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26247.html|title=2nd Semi-Final: Worcestershire v Lancashire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-02]
report =
venue = New Road, Worcester
umpires = Paul Gibb and Arthur Jepson
motm = Jack Flavell (Worcestershire)
rain =

Final

Limited Overs Matches
date = September 1, 1963
team1 = Sussex
score1 = 168 all out (60.2 overs)
score2 = 154 all out (63.2 overs)
team2 = Worcestershire
runs1 = Jim Parks, Jr. 57
wickets1 = Norman Gifford 4/33 (15)
runs2 = Roy Booth 33*
wickets2 = John Snow 3/13 (8)
result = Sussex won by 14 runs [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26444.html|title=Final: Sussex v Worcestershire in 1963|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2008-09-02]
report =
venue = Lord's Cricket Ground, London
umpires = Fred Gardner and Frank Lee
motm = Norman Gifford (Worcestershire)
rain =

References

External links

* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/1963_ENG_Gillette_Cup_1963.html 1963 Gillette Cup] at CricketArchive