positioned on both sides of the rear shelf. The rear cover can be opened in order to make space for the passage of the roof and the guiding means of the roof when the roof is displaced between the closed position and the retracted position. And, the rear cover can conceal the gap when the roof is in the closed position or in the detracted position. The rear cover operates together with the roof. In detail, the extension of the guiding means of the roof causes rotation of a cam of a principal axis. Then the cam actuates the rear cover to move via a L-shaped lever. With continuous rotation of the guiding means of the roof, the extension of the guiding means comes into contact with aThe Gillette Cup, the world's first domestic knockout tournament for first-class sides, started in 1963 as a 65-over-a-side competition and was an immediate success, and the first sellout final between Sussex and Worcestershire set the pattern for many years to come.
In 1964 five Minor Counties were added into the mix, and over the years that was increased until 60 sides competed, many in preliminary rounds. But through to the 1980s, the Gillette Cup (which became the NatWest Trophy in 1981) provided domestic midweek entertainment through the summer as well as the traditional end-of-season climax on the first Saturday in September.
There were upsets - Durham became the first Minor County to beat a first-class side when they humiliated Yorkshire in 1973 - and many memorable matches, such as the