Which county cricket team were the first winners of the Gillette Cup in 1963?
1963 Gillette Cup Final 1963 Gillette Cup Final The 1963 Gillette Cup Final was a cricket match between Sussex County Cricket Club and Worcestershire County Cricket Club played on 7 September 1963 at Lord's in London. It was the first final of the Gillette Cup, which was the first English domestic knock-out competition between first-class sides. Sussex won the match by fourteen runs. During the 1950s and early 1960s, county cricket clubs were struggling to get good attendances at County Championship matches, and although "The World of Cricket" described there being "misgivings among the more conservatively minded", the 65-overs-a-side Knockout Cup was played for
1966 Gillette Cup 1966 Gillette Cup The 1966 Gillette Cup was the fourth Gillette Cup, an English limited overs county cricket tournament. It was held between 28 April and 3 September 1966. The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club in the final at Lord's. The seventeen first-class counties, were joined by five Minor Counties: Berkshire, Cheshire, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire and Suffolk. 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