f29277 cc14421	Somerset v Warwickshire
	County Championship 1972
Venue	Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare on 5th, 7th, 8th August 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Somerset 6 (Batting 1, Bowling 5); Warwickshire 3 (Bowling 3)
Umpires	DJ Constant, TW Spencer
Scorers	HG Hillier (Somerset), P Pike (Warwickshire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 39/1 (Amiss 7*, Kanhai ?*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 81/3 (Burgess 24*, Taylor 4*; 39 overs)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Kanhai b McVicker	7
MJ Kitchen	b McVicker	0
*DB Close	lbw b Gibbs	108
GI Burgess	c MJK Smith b Gibbs	0
PW Denning	c Willis b AC Smith	14
TW Cartwright	c Kanhai b Willis	13
KJ O'Keeffe	b McVicker	40
+DJS Taylor	lbw b Willis	6
HR Moseley	c Kanhai b McVicker	6
BA Langford	c Kallicharran b McVicker	2
AA Jones	not out	0
Extras	(16 b, 5 lb)	21
Total	(all out, 97.1 overs)	217
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-23, 3-24, 4-73, 5-115, 6-185, 7-209, 8-209, 9-216, 10-217 (97.1 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	16	6	40	2	-	-
McVicker	20.1	8	46	5	-	-
Gibbs	32	7	67	2	-	-
AC Smith	22	12	28	1	-	-
Jameson	7	1	15	0	-	-

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JA Jameson	lbw b Jones	27
DL Amiss	c and b Jones	18
RB Kanhai	c Virgin b Cartwright	6
MJK Smith	c Kitchen b Burgess	25
AI Kallicharran	c Moseley b Burgess	20
J Whitehouse	c Close b Cartwright	1
+DL Murray	lbw b Burgess	4
NM McVicker	c Jones b Cartwright	6
*AC Smith	c Close b Langford	12
RGD Willis	c Taylor b Cartwright	7
LR Gibbs	not out	6
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 8 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 65 overs)	151
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Jameson), 2-42, 3-60, 4-106, 5-111, 6-117, 7-117, 8-134, 9-141, 10-151 (65 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	12	0	50	2	-	-
Moseley	5	0	12	0	-	-
Cartwright	28	20	32	4	-	-
O'Keeffe	3	1	5	0	-	-
Burgess	14	6	28	3	-	-
Langford	3	1	5	1	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Murray b AC Smith	29
MJ Kitchen	c Gibbs b AC Smith	4
*DB Close	b Gibbs	14
GI Burgess	not out	24
+DJS Taylor	not out	4
PW Denning	did not bat
TW Cartwright	did not bat
KJ O'Keeffe	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
BA Langford	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 2 nb)	6
Total	(3 wickets, 39 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-37, 3-69

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Willis	6	1	32	0	-	-
McVicker	8	5	6	0	-	-
Gibbs	14	5	24	1	-	-
AC Smith	11	4	13	2	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> DB Close (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 71
--> LR Gibbs reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Somerset second innings

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