f43240 cc18944	Warwickshire v Gloucestershire
	Britannic Assurance County Championship 1997
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 10th, 11th, 12th September 1997 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Warwickshire won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Warwickshire won by an innings and 81 runs
Points	Warwickshire 24 (Batting 4, Bowling 4); Gloucestershire 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	NT Plews, G Sharp
Scorers	AE Davis (Warwickshire), KT Gerrish (Gloucestershire)
Close of play day 1	Warwickshire (1) 407/7 (Smith 145*, Brown 74*)
Close of play day 2	Gloucestershire (2) 186/5 (Ball 19*, Davis 3*)

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Warwickshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*NV Knight	c Hewson b Smith	71	129	144	11	-
MA Wagh	b Lewis	10	27	28	2	-
DL Hemp	c Ball b Lewis	66	109	153	11	1
DP Ostler	c Russell b Smith	1	18	15	-	-
TL Penney	lbw b Lewis	13	59	69	-	-
+KJ Piper	c Ball b Lewis	2	5	7	-	-
NMK Smith	lbw b Lewis	148	167	208	25	1
AF Giles	c Windows b Lewis	9	9	14	1	-
DR Brown	c Davis b Smith	79	149	163	10	-
G Welch	not out	1	7	11	-	-
AA Donald	c Ball b Smith	0	1	1	-	-
Extras	(8 lb, 10 nb)	18
Total	(all out, 112.3 overs)	418
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Wagh), 2-148 (Knight), 3-156 (Ostler), 4-165 (Hemp), 5-167 (Piper), 6-204 (Penney), 7-226 (Giles), 8-412 (Smith), 9-418 (Brown), 10-418 (Donald, 112.3 ov)

Gloucestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Smith	20.3	2	70	4	-	-
Lewis	24	5	89	6	-	-
Ball	29	10	69	0	-	-
Young	12	0	70	0	-	-
Alleyne	17	3	69	0	-	-
Davis	6	0	22	0	-	-
Hancock	4	1	21	0	-	-

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Gloucestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MGN Windows	c Piper b Donald	0	10	9	-	-
THC Hancock	b Smith	35	72	92	6	-
RI Dawson	c Ostler b Brown	10	28	33	1	-
S Young	c Piper b Welch	9	16	20	2	-
*MW Alleyne	c Ostler b Welch	5	30	39	-	-
+RC Russell	c Wagh b Donald	10	25	42	1	-
MCJ Ball	c Ostler b Smith	10	15	13	1	-
RP Davis	lbw b Smith	2	19	20	-	-
J Lewis	not out	9	11	20	2	-
AM Smith	b Smith	15	18	17	3	-
DR Hewson	absent
Extras	(8 nb)	8
Total	(all out, 40 overs)	113
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Windows), 2-25 (Dawson), 3-44 (Young), 4-62 (Hancock), 5-70 (Alleyne), 6-83 (Ball), 7-89 (Russell), 8-89 (Davis), 9-113 (Smith, 40 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	10	4	24	2	-	-
Brown	9	5	20	1	-	-
Welch	10	2	37	2	-	-
Smith	11	3	32	4	-	-

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Gloucestershire second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MGN Windows	c Piper b Welch	20	35	41	4	-
THC Hancock	b Giles	41	66	69	9	-
RI Dawson	c Ostler b Smith	5	21	35	-	-
S Young	c Ostler b Giles	25	51	73	5	-
*MW Alleyne	b Smith	4	2	1	1	-
+RC Russell	c Piper b Donald	67	121	137	12	-
MCJ Ball	c Knight b Donald	23	46	62	5	-
RP Davis	c sub b Donald	3	38	34	-	-
J Lewis	not out	8	34	48	1	-
AM Smith	b Donald	2	3	3	-	-
DR Hewson	absent
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb, 8 nb, 2 w)	26
Total	(all out, 68.5 overs)	224
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Windows), 2-71 (Hancock), 3-73 (Dawson), 4-77 (Alleyne), 5-154 (Young), 6-186 (Davis), 7-191 (Ball), 8-222 (Russell), 9-224 (Smith, 68.5 ov)

Warwickshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Donald	15.5	6	63	4	-	-
Brown	16	7	23	0	-	-
Welch	4	1	17	1	-	-
Giles	19	6	48	2	-	-
Smith	14	2	57	2	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three.
--> NV Knight (1) passed 4000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 64
--> NMK Smith (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 100
--> DR Brown (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 9
--> AM Smith (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 9
--> RC Russell (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 59
--> RC Russell retired hurt in the Gloucestershire second innings having scored 44 (team score 158/5) - he returned when the score was 186/6

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