1985 NatWest Trophy
| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(60 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Champions | Essex (1st title) |
| Participants | 32 |
| Matches | 31 |
| Most runs | 417 Tim Robinson (Nottinghamshire) |
| Most wickets | 11 Derek Pringle (Essex) |
The 1985 NatWest Trophy was the 5th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 3 July and 7 September 1985.[1] The tournament was won by Essex who defeated Nottinghamshire by 1 run in the final at Lord's.
Format[edit]
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by thirteen Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Devon, Durham, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Suffolk. The Ireland and Scotland teams also participated. 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 7 September 1985. Durham repeated their feat of 1973, in being a minor county defeating a first class county, when they saw off Derbyshire in round one.
First round[edit]
Second round[edit]
17, 18 July 1985
(scorecard) |
Worcestershire
312/5 (60 overs) |
v
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Lancashire
298 all out (59 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
17, 18 July 1985
(scorecard) |
Yorkshire
208/8 (60 overs) |
v
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Somerset
209/6 (48.1 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Quarter-finals[edit]
7, 8 August 1985
(scorecard) |
Kent
172/9 (60 overs) |
v
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Essex
174/4 (56.4 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
7, 8 August 1985
(scorecard) |
Glamorgan
188 all out (59.5 overs) |
v
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Worcestershire
192/6 (54.3 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
7, 8, 9 August 1985
(scorecard) |
Nottinghamshire
287/8 (60 overs) |
v
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Gloucestershire
277/9 (60 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to three.
7, 8 August 1985
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
299/5 (60 overs) |
v
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Somerset
150 all out (39.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Semi-finals[edit]
21, 22 August 1985
(scorecard) |
Hampshire
224/8 (60 overs) |
v
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Essex
224/7 (60 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
21, 22 August 1985
(scorecard) |
Worcestershire
232/8 (60 overs) |
v
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Nottinghamshire
233/6 (59.2 overs) |
- Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
Final[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "NatWest Trophy, 1985 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
External links[edit]
- CricketArchive tournament page Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine