The amounts of sponsorship and prize money remained the same as in 1975.
Total sponsorship - GBP 100,000; prize money - GBP 20,000
Teams
Winners GBP 3,000
Losing finalists GBP 1,500
Losing semi-finalists GBP 1,000
Losing quarter-finalists GBP 600
Team of the Week GBP 300
Group Match Winners GBP 200
Gold Award Winners
Final GBP 100
Semi-finals GBP 75
Quarter-finals GBP 50
Group matches GBP 25
The groupings were now no longer based on geographical considerations and the Minor Counties' two teams were divided into East and West instead of North and South.
Preliminary Rounds Table
GROUP A P W L Pts SR
Warwickshire 4 3 1 9 55.00
Lancashire 4 2 2 6 32.78
Derbyshire 4 2 2 6 42.25
Glamorgan 4 2 2 6 47.00
Hampshire 4 1 3 3 54.87
GROUP B P W L Pts SR
Leicestershire 4 3 1 9 41.25
Worcestershire 4 3 1 9 55.00
Gloucestershire 4 2 2 6 41.60
Somerset 4 2 2 6 42.75
Minor Counties (West) 4 0 4 0 56.00
GROUP C P W L Pts SR
Nottinghamshire 4 4 0 12 52.80
Essex 4 3 1 9 34.13
Northamptonshire 4 2 2 6 39.41
Middlesex 4 1 3 3 48.61
Minor Counties (East) 4 0 4 0 90.78
GROUP D P W L Pts SR
Kent 4 3 1 9 42.48
Surrey 4 3 1 9 48.44
Yorkshire 4 2 2 6 42.84
Oxford & Cambridge U 4 1 3 3 49.46
Sussex 4 1 3 3 60.70
Quarter-Finals
Kent beat Nottinghamshire by 30 runs
Surrey beat Essex by 3 wickets
Warwickshire beat Lancashire by 4 wickets
Worcestershire beat Leicestershire by 6 wickets
Semi-Finals
Kent beat Surrey by 16 runs
Worcestershire beat Warwickshire by 12 runs
