Benson & Hedges Cup

The Benson & Hedges Cup was the third one-day cricket competition for English first-class county clubs and was fought from 1972 to 2002. It was attended at different times, various amateur teams in part, such as Ireland or the Combined Universities.

It consisted of group matches at the beginning of the season, followed by a knock-out from the quarter- finals. The final took place in the middle of the season at Lord 's Cricket Ground. The Benson & Hedges Cup had a lower status than the older Gillette Cup.

He was the only trophy, which always had the same sponsor, until the tobacco advertising ban finally made ​​him off. Already in 1999, the competition should be abolished, but it only but due to financial consideration of the County Club for several years.

Final Games

• 2002 Warwickshire defeated Essex by 5 wickets
• 2001 Surrey defeated defeated Gloucestershire by 47 runs
• 2000 Gloucestershire defeated Glamorgan by 7 wickets
• 1999 Yorkshire defeated Gloucestershire by 124 runs
• 1998 Essex defeated Leicestershire by 192 runs
• 1997 Surrey defeated Kent by 8 wickets
• 1996 Lancashire beat Northamptonshire by 31 runs
• 1995 Kent Lancashire defeated by 35 runs
• 1994 Warwickshire beat Worcestershire by 6 wickets
• 1993 Derbyshire Lancashire defeated by 6 Runs
• 1992 Hampshire defeated Kent by 41 runs
• 1991 Worcestershire beat Lancashire by 65 runs
• 1990 Lancashire beat Worcestershire by 69 runs
• 1989 Nottinghamshire defeated Essex by 3 wickets
• 1988 Hampshire defeated Derbyshire by 7 wickets
• 1987 Yorkshire Northamptonshire defeated due to the less lost wickets
• 1986 Middlesex defeated Kent with 2 runs
• 1985 Leicestershire defeated Essex by 5 wickets
• 1984 Lancashire beat Warwickshire by 6 wickets
• 1983 Middlesex defeated Essex by 4 runs
• 1982 Somerset defeated Nottinghamshire by 9 wickets
• 1981 Somerset defeated Surrey by 7 wickets
• 1980 Northamptonshire defeated Essex by 6 Runs
• 1979 Essex defeated Surrey by 35 runs
• 1978 Kent defeated Derbyshire by 6 wickets
• 1977 Gloucestershire defeated Kent by 64 runs
• 1976 Kent beat Worcestershire by 43 runs
• 1975 Leicestershire defeated Middlesex by 5 wickets
• 1974 Surrey defeated Leicestershire by 27 runs
• 1973 Kent beat Worcestershire by 39 runs
• 1972 Leicestershire beat Yorkshire by 5 wickets

Wins by County

• 4 Lancashire
• 3 Gloucestershire, Kent, Leicestershire, Surrey
• 2 Essex, Hampshire, Middlesex, Somerset, Warwickshire
• 1 Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire
• 0 Durham, Glamorgan, Sussex