# 1977 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1977 Benson & Hedges Cup was the sixth edition of cricket's Benson & Hedges Cup. The competition was won by Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.

## Fixtures and results
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | BowSR |
| Hampshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 35.485 |
| Gloucestershire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 45.667 |
| Lancashire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 38.824 |
| Leicestershire | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 47.074 |
| Somerset | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 51.304 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | BowSR |
| Glamorgan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 32.286 |
| Warwickshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 37.441 |
| Derbyshire | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 38.393 |
| Worcestershire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 61.905 |
| Minor Counties West | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 57.05 |

#### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | BowSR |
| Sussex | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 34.6 |
| Kent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 38.697 |
| Surrey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 35.484 |
| Nottinghamshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 37.677 |
| Oxford and Cambridge Universities | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 64.444 |

#### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | BowSR |
| Middlesex | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 27.243 |
| Northamptonshire | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 36.206 |
| Yorkshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 40.935 |
| Essex | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 53.944 |
| Minor Counties East | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 52.5 |

### Quarter-finals

* 8 June 1977 (scorecard)
| Glamorgan 209/8 (55 overs) | v | Hampshire 210/4 (42 overs) |
| Mike Llewellyn 54 Trevor Jesty 3/20 (11 overs) | | Trevor Jesty 105* Gwyn Richards 2/35 (4 overs) |
* Hampshire won by 6 wickets St Helen's, Swansea Umpires: John Langridge & Peter Rochford Player of the match: Trevor Jesty (Hampshire)
* 8 June 1977 (scorecard)
| Gloucestershire 194/7 (55 overs) | v | Middlesex 176 all out (52.1 overs) |
| Zaheer Abbas 64 Wayne Daniel 1/18 (11 overs) | | Mike Smith 41 Mike Procter 3/15 (9.1 overs) |
* Gloucestershire won by 18 runs County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Cec Pepper & Douglas Sang Hue Player of the match: David Shepherd (Gloucestershire)
* 8 June 1977 (scorecard)
| Sussex 264/5 (55 overs) | v | Kent 268/4 (52.1 overs) |
| Roger Knight 91 John Shepherd 2/60 (11 overs) | | Chris Cowdrey 114 Tony Greig 2/48 (11 overs) |
* Kent won by 6 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Dickie Bird & Dusty Rhodes Player of the match: Chris Cowdrey (Kent)
* 8 June 1977 (scorecard)
| Northamptonshire 196 all out (54.3 overs) | v | Warwickshire 179/9 (55 overs) |
| David Steele 60 Bill Bourne 3/53 (11 overs) | | David Smith 36 Jim Griffiths 4/36 (11 overs) |
* Northamptonshire won by 17 runs County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Bill Alley & Barrie Meyer Player of the match: Sarfraz Nawaz (Northamptonshire)

### Semi-finals

* 22 June 1977 (scorecard)
| Gloucestershire 180 all out (54.2 overs) | v | Hampshire 173 all out (54.3 overs) |
| Sadiq Mohammad 76 Tom Mottram 3/21 (10 overs) | | Nigel Cowley 59 Mike Procter 6/13 (11 overs) |
* Gloucestershire won by 7 runs County Ground, Southampton Umpires: David Constant & Tom Spencer Player of the match: Mike Procter (Gloucestershire)
* 22 June 1977 (scorecard)
| Kent 211/6 (55 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 206/7 (55 overs) |
| Asif Iqbal 65* Alan Hodgson 3/58 (10 overs) | | David Steele 64 Bob Woolmer 3/29 (11 overs) |
* Kent won by 5 runs County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Lloyd Budd & John Langridge Player of the match: Bob Woolmer (Kent)

### Final

* 16 July 1977 (scorecard)
| Gloucestershire 237/6 (55 overs) | v | Kent 173 all out (47.3 overs) |
| Andy Stovold 71 Bernard Julien 2/51 (11 overs) | | John Shepherd 55 Brian Brain 3/9 (7.3 overs) |
* Gloucestershire won by 64 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Dickie Bird & Lloyd Budd Player of the match: Andy Stovold (Gloucestershire)