f29123 cc14303	Worcestershire v Somerset
	County Championship 1972
Venue	County Ground, New Road, Worcester on 3rd, 4th, 5th May 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Points	Worcestershire 7 (Batting 2, Bowling 5); Somerset 4 (Bowling 4)
Umpires	CS Elliott, AEG Rhodes
Close of play day 1	Worcestershire (1) 66/0 (Headley 44*, Turner 17*)
Close of play day 2	Somerset (2) 108/3 (Close 39*, Denning 3*)

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Somerset first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	c Wilcock b Carter	3
MJ Kitchen	c Headley b Holder	45
*DB Close	b D'Oliveira	16
GI Burgess	c Gifford b Holder	1
PW Denning	c Yardley b D'Oliveira	31
PJ Robinson	c Wilcock b Holder	0
TW Cartwright	c Ormrod b D'Oliveira	4
KJ O'Keeffe	run out	0
+DJS Taylor	not out	0
HR Moseley	c Ormrod b D'Oliveira	0
AA Jones	c Griffith b D'Oliveira	0
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 39.5 overs)	109
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-41, 3-42, 4-103, 5-105, 6-109, 7-109, 8-109, 9-109, 10-109 (39.5 ov)

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	18	6	42	3	-	-
Carter	6	0	34	1	-	-
D'Oliveira	15.5	3	24	5	-	-

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Worcestershire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RGA Headley	c Virgin b Moseley	64
GM Turner	not out	88
PJ Stimpson	c Cartwright b Moseley	0
JA Ormrod	lbw b Jones	16
BL D'Oliveira	c Close b Cartwright	5
TJ Yardley	c Burgess b Cartwright	12
K Griffith	c Burgess b O'Keeffe	0
+HG Wilcock	b Cartwright	0
*N Gifford	b O'Keeffe	4
VA Holder	c Denning b O'Keeffe	0
RGM Carter	run out	0
Extras	(5 b, 8 lb)	13
Total	(all out, 86.5 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-110, 2-112, 3-149, 4-160, 5-180, 6-181, 7-181, 8-190, 9-194, 10-202 (86.5 ov)

Somerset bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jones	8	3	23	1	-	-
Moseley	19	4	52	2	-	-
Cartwright	32.5	16	53	3	-	-
O'Keeffe	27	10	61	3	-	-

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Somerset second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RT Virgin	b Holder	0
MJ Kitchen	c Yardley b Holder	55
*DB Close	not out	39
GI Burgess	c Ormrod b D'Oliveira	1
PW Denning	not out	3
PJ Robinson	did not bat
TW Cartwright	did not bat
KJ O'Keeffe	did not bat
+DJS Taylor	did not bat
HR Moseley	did not bat
AA Jones	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 4 nb)	10
Total	(3 wickets, 49 overs)	108
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-97, 3-100

Worcestershire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Holder	14	4	28	2	-	-
Carter	14	2	35	0	-	-
D'Oliveira	14	6	18	1	-	-
Griffith	5	0	16	0	-	-
Gifford	2	1	1	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> RGA Headley (1) passed 18500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 50
--> MJ Kitchen (2) passed 10500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
--> BL D'Oliveira reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Somerset first innings
--> HR Moseley reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Worcestershire first innings
--> TW Cartwright reached 1300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Worcestershire first innings

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