f29269 cc14414	Warwickshire v Gloucestershire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 29th, 31st July, 1st August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Points	Warwickshire 3 (Bowling 3); Gloucestershire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	R Aspinall, A Jepson
Scorers	AG Avery (Gloucestershire), P Pike (Warwickshire)
Close of play day 1	Gloucestershire (1) 312/7 (Mortimore 40*, Swetman 2*)
Close of play day 2	Warwickshire (1) 149/5 (Smith 55*, McVicker 12*)

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CA Milton	c and b Willis	3
RB Nicholls	c Murray b McVicker	23
Zaheer Abbas	b McVicker	9
RDV Knight	c Amiss b Lewington	33
MJ Procter	c Murray b Rouse	33
Sadiq Mohammad	lbw b Lewington	39
DR Shepherd	c Lewington b Rouse	106
*AS Brown	retired hurt	11
JB Mortimore	not out	40
+R Swetman	not out	2
J Davey	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 5 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	13
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 112 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-3, 2-27, 3-36, 4-94, 5-133, 6-160, 7-303

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	21	4	69	1	-	-
McVicker	24	6	60	2	-	-
Rouse	29	6	83	2	-	-
Lewington	25	5	61	2	-	-
Gibbs	13	4	26	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
J Whitehouse	c Swetman b Davey	2
DL Amiss	c and b Mortimore	37
RB Kanhai	b Davey	6
*MJK Smith	not out	55
AI Kallicharran	c Milton b Mortimore	7
+DL Murray	c Procter b Knight	26
NM McVicker	not out	12
SJ Rouse	did not bat
RGD Willis	did not bat
PJ Lewington	did not bat
LR Gibbs	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(5 wickets, 50 overs)	149
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-15, 3-60, 4-74, 5-119

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Procter	12	3	23	0	-	-
Davey	12	1	39	2	-	-
Mortimore	18	3	59	2	-	-
Knight	8	2	24	1	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Zaheer Abbas made his debut in County Championship matches
--> DR Shepherd (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 42
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 26
--> MJK Smith (1) passed 36500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 51
--> NM McVicker reached 200 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
--> AS Brown retired hurt in the Gloucestershire first innings having scored 11 (team score 195/6)

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