Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (60 overs per innings) |
Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
Champions | Kent (2nd title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches played | 21 |
Most runs | 282 Brian Luckhurst (Kent) |
Most wickets | 10 Barry Wood (Lancashire) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1974 Gillette Cup was the twelfth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 29 June and 7 September 1974. The tournament was won by Kent County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Buckinghamshire, Durham, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire and Shropshire. 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 1974.