Total sponsorship - GBP 90,000; prize money - GBP 18,000
Teams
Winners GBP 2,500
Losing finalists GBP 1,250
Losing semi-finalists GBP 750
Losing quarter-finalists GBP 500
Team of the Week GBP 250
Group Match Winners GBP 200
Gold Award Winners
Final GBP 100
Semi-finals GBP 75
Quarter-finals GBP 50
Group matches GBP 25
At their own request, Middlesex moved into the Midlands Zone and so Cambridge University, continuing to alternate with Oxford University, were placed in the South Zone. The points system remained the same as in 1973.
Preliminary Rounds Table
NORTH P W L Pts
Lancashire 4 4 0 12
Yorkshire 4 3 1 9
Derbyshire 4 2 2 6
Nottinghamshire 4 1 3 3
Minor Counties (North) 4 0 4 0
MIDLAND P W L Pts
Worcestershire 4 3 1 9
Leicestershire 4 3 1 9
Warwickshire 4 3 1 9
Northamptonshire 4 1 3 3
Middlesex 4 0 4 0
SOUTH P W L Pts
Kent 4 4 0 12
Surrey 4 3 1 9
Essex 4 2 2 6
Sussex 4 1 3 3
Cambridge University 4 0 4 0
WEST P W L Pts
Hampshire 4 4 0 12
Somerset 4 3 1 9
Gloucestershire 4 2 2 6
Glamorgan 4 1 3 3
Minor Counties (South) 4 0 4 0
Quarter-Finals
Leicestershire beat Kent by 8 runs Somerset beat Hampshire by 1 wicket
Surrey beat Yorkshire by 24 runs
Lancashire beat Worcestershire by 36 runs
Semi-Finals
Surrey beat Lancashire by 63 runs
Leicestershire beat Somerset by 140 runs
