Friends Provident Trophy
The Friends Provident Trophy is the most important one-day cricket competition of the English first-class county clubs, where in addition to the 18 first-class counties, other teams such as Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, or so-called Minor County teams took part. He was until 2005 in pure knockout system, ie knock-out system, discharged. The final is regularly in August or September at Lord's Cricket Ground.
History
The competition was formerly known as Gillette Cup (1963-1980), Natwest Trophy (1981-2000) and Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy (2001-2006). He was the first one-day cricket competition for first-class cricket teams ever. Occasion for its introduction were the years strongly declining viewership in the County Championship. The year before was an experimental competition, the Midlands Cup, played between four of the first-class counties. In the early years the idea of a Eintagespiels with limited number of overs per innings came even to large rejection of many traditional cricket fans.
In the first season, the innings was limited to 65 overs, as of 1964 only 60 over. As an adaptation to the international standard is since 1999 a limit of 50 over. 2005, instead of the traditional white, first used colorful play clothes, and played with a white instead of the red ball. The oldest one-day competition, making it also the last, following the international long been customary standard in one- day cricket.
In 2006, the C & G Trophy lost its old format. The 18 first-class teams plus Scotland and Ireland were divided into a northern and southern group one, with the winners contested the now traditional final at Lord 's. Since the 2007 season, a semi-final round is sandwiched therebetween.
The 20 participating teams are divided into the 2008 season in four regional groups of five teams. The first two of each group will qualify for the quarter-finals.
As of the 2010 season were the Friends Provident Trophy and the National League replaced with a 40 -over competition with preliminary groups and semi-finals, the 40 will be named Clydesdale Bank.
Winner
Friends Provident Trophy
- 2009 Hampshire defeated Sussex by 6 wickets
- 2008 Essex defeated Kent by 5 wickets
- 2007 Durham defeated Hampshire by 125 runs
Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
- 2006 Sussex defeated Lancashire with 15 runs
- 2005 Hampshire defeated Warwickshire by 18 runs
- 2004 defeated Gloucestershire Worcestershire with 8 wickets
- 2003 defeated Gloucestershire Worcestershire with 7 wickets
- 2002 Yorkshire defeated Somerset by six wickets
- 2001 Somerset defeated Leicestershire by 41 runs
NatWest Trophy
- 2000 Gloucestershire defeated Warwickshire by 22 runs ( Duckworth - Lewis Method)
- 1999 Gloucestershire defeated Somerset by 50 runs
- 1998 Lancashire beat Derbyshire by 9 wickets
- 1997 Essex defeated Warwickshire by nine wickets
- 1996 Lancashire defeated Essex by 129 runs
- 1995 Warwickshire beat Northamptonshire by 4 wickets
- 1994 Worcestershire beat Warwickshire by 8 wickets
- 1993 Warwickshire beat Sussex by 5 wickets
- 1992 Northamptonshire defeated Leicestershire by 8 wickets
- 1991 Hampshire defeated Surrey by 4 wickets
- 1990 Lancashire beat Northamptonshire by 7 wickets
- 1989 Warwickshire defeated Middlesex by four wickets
- 1988 Middlesex defeated Worcestershire with 3 wickets
- 1987 Nottinghamshire defeated Northamptonshire by 3 wickets
- 1986 Sussex defeated Lancashire with 7 wickets
- 1985 Essex defeated Nottinghamshire with 1 Run
- 1984 Middlesex defeated Kent by 4 wickets
- 1983 Somerset defeated Kent by 24 runs
- 1982 Surrey defeated Warwickshire by nine wickets
- 1981 Derbyshire beat Northamptonshire due to the less lost wickets
Gillette Cup
Wins by County 1963-2009
- Lancashire 7
- Gloucestershire 5
- Sussex 5
- Warwickshire 5
- Middlesex 4
- Somerset 3
- Yorkshire 3
- Essex 3
- Hampshire 3
- Kent 2
- Northamptonshire 2
- Derbyshire 1
- Durham 1
- Worcestershire 1
- Nottinghamshire 1
- Surrey 1
First-Class Counties, who have never won: Glamorgan and Leicestershire