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FORMAT In the current format, the eighteen English and Welsh first-class sides, plus Scotland and Ireland, are split into two groups of ten by geographical location. These are known as the North and South Conferences and are played in a League format. Teams play each other only once, in 50 over games, gaining two points for a win, one point for a No Result and no points for a loss. Once the league positions are decided, the top teams from each Conference compete for the trophy in a final at Lord's . In the 2007 season this involved a semi-final knock-out stage, the winner in each conference playing the runners-up in the other. The competition is played in the first half of the cricket season with the final taking place in August. The other main domestic one-day competition, the Natwest Pro 40 League , is played in the second half of the season. HISTORY Until the 2006 season, the competition was a straight Knock-out Competition . Thirty-two teams were involved, including the Minor Counties . The competition was played through the whole of the cricket season, and culminated in a final at Lord's in September. When the tournament was introduced as the Gillette Cup in 1963, it was the first top level One Day competition to be introduced in English and Welsh cricket, amid concern about falling attendances at County Championship matches in the early 1960s. In the inaugural season the matches were 65 Overs per side, but this was reduced to 60 in 1964. In 1999 the number of overs was cut to 50 per side to give English and Welsh cricketers more experience of playing matches the same length as One Day International s. In line with one day international cricket, teams played in coloured clothing since 2005. The tournament was always the more prestigious of the two "full length" one day cup competitions. The other was the Benson & Hedges Cup , which was abolished in 2002 and replaced with the Twenty20 Cup . FINAL RESULTS Friends Provident Trophy C&G Trophy NatWest Trophy Gillette Cup WINS BY COUNTY 1963-2007
First class counties with no wins: Glamorgan and Leicestershire REFERENCES
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