1975–76 Gillette Cup (Australia)

1975–76 Gillette Cup

Dates	26 October 1975 – 8 February 1976
Administrator(s)	Australian Cricket Board
Cricket format	List A (40 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	Queensland (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	5
Most runs	Greg Chappell (138)
Most wickets	Greg Chappell (8)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 Gillette Cup was the seventh edition of what is now the Marsh One-Day Cup, the domestic limited-overs cricket competition in Australia. It was the third season of the competition to carry that name.

Sponsored by Gillette, the competition was played using a knockout format, and featured the six state teams.^[1] The 1975–76 season was the first not to feature New Zealand, which had been invited but had to withdraw after a scheduling conflict.^[2] Queensland and Western Australia eventually progressed to the final, held at the Gabba, with Queensland winning by four runs to claim its first domestic one-day title.^[3] Queensland's captain, Greg Chappell, led the tournament in both runs and wickets.^[4][5]

Squads[edit]

New South Wales	Queensland	South Australia
Rick McCosker (c) Graeme Beard Dave Chardon David Colley Ross Collins Gary Gilmour Kerry O'Keeffe Steve Rixon Marshall Rosen Peter Toohey Alan Turner	Greg Chappell (c) Phil Carlson Ian Davis Geoff Dymock Malcolm Francke Martin Kent Jeffrey Langley John Maclean Alan Ogilvie Denis Schuller Jeff Thomson Sam Trimble Maxwell Walters	Ian Chappell (c) Geoff Attenborough Gary Cosier Barry Curtin Rick Drewer Jeff Hammond David Hookes Terry Jenner Ashley Mallett Wayne Prior Ashley Woodcock Denis Yagmich
Tasmania	Victoria	Western Australia
Jack Simmons (c) Kevin Badcock Trevor Docking Bruce Doolan Stephen Howard David Hughes Mike Leedham Graeme Mansfield Mick Norman Bob Panitzki Gary Whitney	Ian Redpath (c) Ray Bright John Douglas Paul Hibbert Alan Hurst Trevor Laughlin Ray Robinson Richie Robinson John Scholes Les Stillman Max Walker Graham Yallop	Rod Marsh (c) Terry Alderman Dennis Baker Ian Brayshaw Ric Charlesworth Wayne Clark Wally Edwards Kim Hughes John Inverarity Bruce Laird Rob Langer Dennis Lillee Mick Malone Bruce Yardley

Fixtures[edit]

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	Victoria
					26 October – Perth
	BYE
					Victoria	8/193
					Western Australia	7/195
	Western Australia
									8 February – Brisbane
	BYE
									Queensland	7/236
	23 November – Adelaide
									Western Australia	232
	South Australia	195
					11 January – Brisbane
	New South Wales	8/180
					Queensland	182
	1 January – Hobart
					South Australia	97
	Queensland	6/244
	Tasmania	158

First round[edit]

23 November 1975 Scorecard

South Australia  195 (40 overs)	v	New South Wales 8/180 (39.6 overs)
Rick Drewer 39 David Colley 4/54		David Colley 35* Terry Jenner 4/54

South Australia won by concession Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 3,284 Player of the match: David Colley (NSW)

• New South Wales conceded the match after the loss of its eighth wicket, at which stage the team required 15 runs from two balls to win.

1 January 1976 Scorecard

Queensland  6/244 (40 overs)	v	Tasmania 158 (33.6 overs)
Alan Ogilvie 73 (108) Gary Whitney 2/47 (8 overs)		David Hughes 66 (91) Denis Schuller 3/22 (8 overs)

Queensland won by 86 runs TCA Ground, Hobart Attendance: 1,785 Player of the match: David Hughes (Tas)

Semi-finals[edit]

26 October 1975 Scorecard

Victoria  8/193 (40 overs)	v	Western Australia 7/195 (37.3 overs)
Ian Redpath 62 Dennis Lillee 3/33		John Inverarity 66* John Douglas 3/45

Western Australia won by 3 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Player of the match: Mick Malone (WA)

• Victoria and Western Australia had both received a bye through to the semi-finals.

11 January 1976 Scorecard

Queensland  182 (37 overs)	v	South Australia 97 (21.1 overs)
Jeffrey Langley 59 (66) Wayne Prior 4/24 (7 overs)		David Hookes 45 (52) Greg Chappell 3/20 (21. overs)

Queensland won by 85 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 8,766 Player of the match: Jeffrey Langley (Qld)

Final[edit]

8 February 1976 Scorecard

Queensland  7/236 (40 overs)	v	Western Australia 232 (39 overs)
Greg Chappell 61 (63) Dennis Lillee 3/41 (8 overs)		Ian Brayshaw 52 (64) Greg Chappell 3/38 (7 overs)

Queensland won by 4 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Attendance: 11,134

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