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| Venue | County Ground, Taunton on 19th, 21st, 22nd August 1972 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Gloucestershire won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Somerset 9 (Batting 4, Bowling 5); Gloucestershire 3 (Bowling 3) |
| Umpires | CS Elliott, AGT Whitehead |
| Close of play day 1 | Somerset (1) 184/5 (Close 89*, O'Keeffe 2*; 55 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Gloucestershire (2) 139/2 (Nicholls 36*, Knight 16*) |
| Gloucestershire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CA Milton | lbw b Moseley | 6 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | c Taylor b Jones | 7 | |||||
| Zaheer Abbas | b Moseley | 0 | |||||
| RDV Knight | b Jones | 14 | |||||
| MJ Procter | lbw b Moseley | 2 | |||||
| DR Shepherd | b Cartwright | 7 | |||||
| Sadiq Mohammad | b Cartwright | 19 | |||||
| *AS Brown | lbw b Cartwright | 0 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | lbw b Jones | 4 | |||||
| +R Swetman | not out | 25 | |||||
| J Davey | c Wilkinson b Jones | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 41.5 overs) | 94 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-13, 3-17, 4-21, 5-34, 6-38, 7-42, 8-55, 9-61, 10-94 (41.5 ov) | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 14.5 | 3 | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| Moseley | 9 | 3 | 17 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cartwright | 18 | 6 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Somerset first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Kitchen | b Procter | 2 | |||||
| SG Wilkinson | c Milton b Davey | 8 | |||||
| *DB Close | b Knight | 135 | |||||
| BC Rose | b Mortimore | 38 | |||||
| PW Denning | c Procter b Brown | 24 | |||||
| TW Cartwright | c Brown b Mortimore | 6 | |||||
| KJ O'Keeffe | lbw b Davey | 31 | |||||
| +DJS Taylor | b Davey | 15 | |||||
| BA Langford | st Swetman b Sadiq Mohammad | 29 | |||||
| HR Moseley | not out | 18 | |||||
| AA Jones | c Swetman b Sadiq Mohammad | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 19 lb, 3 nb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 111 overs) | 331 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-29, 3-106, 4-163, 5-170, 6-249, 7-281, 8-286, 9-331, 10-331 (111 ov) | |||||||
| Gloucestershire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Procter | 8 | 1 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davey | 30 | 4 | 93 | 3 | - | - | |
| Brown | 21 | 4 | 65 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mortimore | 33 | 10 | 68 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sadiq Mohammad | 11 | 0 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Knight | 8 | 3 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gloucestershire second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CA Milton | c Close b Moseley | 28 | |||||
| RB Nicholls | lbw b Cartwright | 90 | |||||
| Zaheer Abbas | c Cartwright b Langford | 59 | |||||
| RDV Knight | c Kitchen b Close | 41 | |||||
| MJ Procter | c Rose b Cartwright | 74 | |||||
| DR Shepherd | b Rose | 74 | |||||
| Sadiq Mohammad | c O'Keeffe b Close | 31 | |||||
| *AS Brown | not out | 63 | |||||
| JB Mortimore | not out | 8 | |||||
| +R Swetman | did not bat | ||||||
| J Davey | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 8 lb, 6 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 160 overs) | 484 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-118, 3-200, 4-289, 5-308, 6-375, 7-459 | |||||||
| Somerset bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 15 | 4 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moseley | 20 | 1 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cartwright | 37 | 12 | 86 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Keeffe | 25 | 4 | 82 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langford | 32 | 12 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| Close | 21 | 7 | 77 | 2 | - | - | |
| Denning | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rose | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kitchen | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilkinson | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DB Close (1) passed 29000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 114
--> DJS Taylor (1) passed 1000 runs in County Championship matches when he reached 15
--> DJS Taylor (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> RDV Knight (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 30
--> MJ Procter (2) passed 9000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> AS Brown (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 58
--> AA Jones reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when taking his 4th wicket in the Gloucestershire first innings
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