1991 NatWest Trophy

The 1991 NatWest Trophy was a limited-overs English county cricket tournament, held between 26 June and 7 September 1991.[1] The competition was won by Hampshire who beat Surrey by 4 wickets in the final at Lord's.

1991 NatWest Trophy
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (60 overs)
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsHampshire (1st title)
Participants32
Matches31
Most runs331 Robin Smith (Hampshire)
Most wickets15 Cardigan Connor (Hampshire)

Format

The seventeen first-class counties, joined by 13 Minor Counties: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. The Ireland national cricket team and the Scotland national cricket team also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stages. 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 1991.

Fixtures

First round
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Bedfordshire
66 all out (30 overs)
v
Worcestershire
69/2 (12.5 overs)
Simon Davis 14
Neal Radford 7/19 (12 overs)
Tom Moody 42*
Alan Dean 2/20 (4.5 overs)
Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
Goldington Bury, Bedford
Umpires: Kevin Lyons & Tommy Wilson
Player of the match: Neal Radford (Worcestershire)
26, 27 June 1991
(scorecard)
Berkshire
90/5 (22 overs)
v
Hampshire
93/0 (20.2 overs)
Philip Oxley 18
Shaun Udal 2/14 (5 overs)
Hampshire won by 10 wickets
Sonning Lane, Reading
Umpires: Derek Dennis & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Shaun Udal (Hampshire)
  • Reserve day used, match reduced to 22 overs per side
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Devon
149 all out (57.4 overs)
v
Essex
150/2 (44.4 overs)
Nick Folland 55
Derek Pringle 3/21 (10 overs)
Graham Gooch 57
Keith Donohue 2/34 (12 overs)
Essex won by 8 wickets
The Maer Ground, Exmouth
Umpires: Allan Jones & Gerry Stickley
Player of the match: Nick Folland (Devon)
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Glamorgan
345/2 (60 overs)
v
Durham
305/9 (60 overs)
Matthew Maynard 151 (103)
Peter Heseltine 1/37 (12 overs)
John Glendenen 109 (133)
Ian Smith 3/60 (9 overs)
Glamorgan won by 40 runs
Feethams Cricket Ground, Darlington
Umpires: Basher Hassan & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Matthew Maynard (Glamorgan)
26, 27 June 1991
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
237/7 (60 overs)
v
Norfolk
84 all out (33.2 overs)
Jon Hardy 70
Mark Ellis 2/33 (12 overs)
Roger Finney 27
David Lawrence 5/17 (9 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 153 runs
County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: David Halfyard & Ray Julian
Player of the match: David Lawrence (Gloucestershire)
  • Reserve day used
26, 27 June 1991
(scorecard)
v
  • Reserve day used, Hertfordshire won 2-1 in bowling contest
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Cambridgeshire
107 all out (44.2 overs)
v
Kent
111/4 (35.4 overs)
Nicholas Adams 44
Alan Igglesden 4/29 (9.2 overs)
Matthew Fleming 35*
Ajaz Akhtar 4/28 (12 overs)
Kent won by 6 wickets
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: Paul Adams & David Constant
Player of the match: Ajaz Akhtar (Cambridgeshire)
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Shropshire
152/9 (60 overs)
v
Leicestershire
156/3 (56.5 overs)
John Abrahams 53
Craig Wilkinson 3/16 (12 overs)
Tim Boon 76*
Philip Wormald 1/18 (8 overs)
Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Harold Rhodes
Player of the match: Tim Boon (Leicestershire)
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
306/4 (60 overs)
v
Lincolnshire
172/8 (50.4 overs)
Tim Robinson 124
Paul McKeown 3/52 (12 overs)
Mark Fell 39
Mark Crawley 4/26 (12 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 134 runs
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Dickie Bird & David Fawkner-Corbett
Player of the match: Mark Crawley (Nottinghamshire)
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Buckinghamshire
159/8 (60 overs)
v
Somerset
161/4 (48.4 overs)
Paul Roshier 32
Neil Mallender 3/23 (12 overs)
Peter Roebuck 63*
Stephen Burrow 1/18 (9 overs)
Somerset won by 6 wickets
Recreation Ground, Bath
Umpires: Ray Tolchard & Bob White
Player of the match: Peter Roebuck (Somerset)
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
260/5 (60 overs)
v
Staffordshire
108 all out (43.3 overs)
Rob Bailey 145
Nigel Hackett 3/45 (12 overs)
Paul Newman 28
Eldine Baptiste 4/27 (12 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 152 runs
Lichfield Road, Stone
Umpires: John Hampshire & Vanburn Holder
Player of the match: Rob Bailey (Northamptonshire)
26, 27 June 1991
(scorecard)
v
Match abandoned
The Oval, London
  • Reserve day used, Surrey won 3-2 in bowling contest
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Yorkshire
123 all out (45.1 overs)
v
Warwickshire
124/3 (43.3 overs)
Phil Robinson 40
Allan Donald 4/16 (9 overs)
Dominic Ostler 34*
Jeremy Batty 1/17 (6 overs)
Warwickshire won by 7 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Allan Donald (Warwickshire)
26, 27 June 1991
(scorecard)
Middlesex
216/9 (60 overs)
v
Ireland
171/9 (60 overs)
Mike Gatting 65
Alan Lewis 4/47 (10 overs)
Conor Hoey 26*
Mark Ramprakash 2/15 (7 overs)
Middlesex won by 45 runs
Castle Avenue, Dublin
Umpires: Chris Balderstone & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
26 June 1991
(scorecard)
Sussex
231/9 (60 overs)
v
Scotland
159 all out (54.5 overs)
Neil Lenham 66
Bruce Russell 2/20 (5 overs)
Richard Swan 45
Colin Wells 3/16 (12 overs)
Sussex won by 72 runs
Myreside, Edinburgh
Umpires: Graham Burgess & Barry Dudleston
Player of the match: Neil Lenham (Sussex)

Second round
11, 12 July 1991
(scorecard)
Gloucestershire
221/6 (60 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
222/7 (60 overs)
Bill Athey 76
Andrew Pick 3/41 (12 overs)
Tim Robinson 48
Richard Scott 2/32 (12 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 3 wickets
County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: John Holder & Nigel Plews
Player of the match: Bill Athey (Nottinghamshire)
  • Reserve day used
11, 12 July 1991
(scorecard)
Lancashire
261 all out (59.1 overs)
v
Hampshire
262/2 (53.5 overs)
Graeme Fowler 71
Cardigan Connor 4/61 (11.2 overs)
Robin Smith 79*
Wasim Akram 1/46 (12 overs)
Hampshire won by 8 wickets
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Basher Hassan & David Shepherd
Player of the match: Robin Smith (Hampshire)
  • Reserve day used
11 July 1991
(scorecard)
Leicestershire
255/6 (60 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
259/1 (46.5 overs)
James Whitaker 94*
Eldine Baptiste 3/45 (11 overs)
Alan Fordham 132*
Laurie Potter 1/32 (6 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 9 wickets
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Dickie Bird & Kevin Lyons
Player of the match: Alan Fordham (Northamptonshire)
11 July 1991
(scorecard)
Kent
245 all out (57.2 overs)
v
Surrey
249/3 (47.2 overs)
Trevor Ward 55
Jonathan Robinson 3/46 (12 overs)
Alec Stewart 76*
Richard Davis 1/34 (11 overs)
Surrey won by 7 wickets
The Oval, London
Umpires: Ken Palmer & Ray Tolchard
Player of the match: Jonathan Robinson (Surrey)
11 July 1991
(scorecard)
Sussex
254/8 (60 overs)
v
Essex
255/6 (58 overs)
David Smith 62
Don Topley 3/38 (12 overs)
Nasser Hussain 97
Adrian Jones 2/46 (7 overs)
Essex won by 4 wickets
County Ground, Hove
Umpires: David Constant & Peter Wight
Player of the match: Graham Gooch (Essex)
11 July 1991
(scorecard)
Hertfordshire
135/7 (60 overs)
v
Warwickshire
138/0 (36.4 overs)
David Ligertwood 37*
Dermot Reeve 2/19 (12 overs)
Warwickshire won by 10 wickets
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Umpires: Jack Bond & Don Oslear
Player of the match: Jason Ratcliffe (Warwickshire)
11, 12 July 1991
(scorecard)
Worcestershire
223/9 (60 overs)
v
Glamorgan
224/3 (53.4 overs)
Steve Rhodes 41
Robert Croft 2/28 (12 overs)
Adrian Dale 86
Graham Dilley 1/35 (12 overs)
Glamorgan won by 7 wickets
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Graham Burgess & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Adrian Dale (Glamorgan)
  • Reserve day used

Quarter-finals
31 July 1991
(scorecard)
Nottinghamshire
252/9 (60 overs)
v
Hampshire
253/3 (59 overs)
Derek Randall 95
Aaqib Javed 4/51 (12 overs)
Chris Smith 105*
Mark Saxelby 1/48 (12 overs)
Hampshire won by 7 wickets
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Chris Balderstone & Roy Palmer
Player of the match: Chris Smith (Hampshire)
31 July 1991
(scorecard)
Northamptonshire
254/7 (60 overs)
v
Glamorgan
228 all out (60 overs)
Alan Fordham 71
Steve Watkin 2/40 (12 overs)
Alan Butcher 70
Paul Taylor 2/34 (12 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 26 runs
County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Jack Bond & John Holder
Player of the match: Alan Fordham (Northamptonshire)
31 July 1991
(scorecard)
Surrey
253 all out (59.5 overs)
v
Essex
222 all out (56.1 overs)
David Ward 62
Graham Gooch 2/30 (8 overs)
John Stephenson 59
Waqar Younis 4/37 (10.1 overs)
Surrey won by 31 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: John Hampshire & Bob White
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Surrey)
31 July 1991
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
229 all out (60 overs)
v
Somerset
224/7 (60 overs)
Andy Lloyd 78
Andy Hayhurst 5/60 (12 overs)
Andy Hayhurst 91*
Gladstone Small 2/26 (12 overs)
Warwickshire won by 5 runs
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Umpires: Kevin Lyons & Barrie Meyer
Player of the match: Andy Hayhurst (Somerset)

Semi-finals
14, 15 August 1991
(scorecard)
Surrey
208/9 (60 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
201 all out (59.2 overs)
Martin Bicknell 66*
David Capel 3/26 (9 overs)
Kevin Curran 38
Waqar Younis 5/40 (12 overs)
Surrey won by 7 runs
The Oval, London
Umpires: Barry Dudleston & John Harris
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Surrey)
  • Reserve day used
14 August 1991
(scorecard)
Warwickshire
172 all out (58.5 overs)
v
Hampshire
173/1 (50 overs)
Dermot Reeve 57*
Cardigan Connor 4/29 (12 overs)
Robin Smith 64*
Neil Smith 1/17 (8 overs)
Hampshire won by 9 wickets
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater & Alan Whitehead
Player of the match: Paul Terry (Hampshire)

Final
7 September 1991
(scorecard)
Surrey
240/5 (60 overs)
v
Hampshire
243/6 (59.4 overs)
Graham Thorpe 93
Cardigan Connor 3/39 (12 overs)
Robin Smith 78
Martin Bicknell 1/32 (11.4 overs)
Hampshire won by 4 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen & Ken Palmer
Player of the match: Robin Smith (Hampshire)

References
  1. "NatWest Trophy, 1991 - Fixtures". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
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