Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (50 overs) |
Tournament format(s) | knockout |
Champions | Gloucestershire Gladiators (5th title) |
Participants | 41 |
Matches played | 42 of 42 |
Most runs |
Craig Spearman 364 (for Gloucestershire Gladiators) |
Most wickets |
Dougie Brown 13 (for Warwickshire Bears) |
Official website | Cricinfo tournament page |
The 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy was an English county cricket tournament, held between 28 August 2003 and 28 August 2004. The competition was won by Gloucestershire Gladiators who beat the Worcestershire Royals by 8 wickets at Lord's.
The eighteen first-class counties, joined by 20 Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Devon, Dorset, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Wales Minor Counties and Wiltshire. They were also joined the national teams of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The 18 first class counties plus Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Staffordshire and Wiltshire joined in the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed third round. The winners in the third round 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 28 August 2004.