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 | Middlesex (1st title) |
Participants | 22 |
Matches played | 21 |
Most runs | 263 Brian Davison (Leicestershire) |
Most wickets | 11 Mike Selvey (Middlesex) |
Official website | CricketArchive tournament page |
The 1977 Gillette Cup was the fifteenth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 29 June and 3 September 1977. The tournament was won by Middlesex County Cricket Club who defeated Glamorgan County Cricket Club by 5 wickets in the final at Lord's.
The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Cornwall, Durham, Hertfordshire and Northumberland. 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 3 September 1977.