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| 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*) |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
| 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 | - | - | |
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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