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Gloucestershire 1972 cricket statistics and records

Gloucestershire in County Championship: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover County Championship 1972; Tests are excluded.

MJ Procter leads the displayed batting table with 1,215 runs. JB Mortimore leads the bowling table with 68 wickets.

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Season overview

Recorded matches
20
Recorded players
15
Wins
7
Recorded venues
13

Selected season match starts: 1972-05-10 to 1972-09-09. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

County Championship standings · 1972

League table for 1972. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

Single Division

County Championship 1972 Single Division standings
PositionTeamPlayedWonLostDrawnPoints
1Warwickshire209011227
2Kent20749191
3Gloucestershire20749185
4Northamptonshire207310181
5Essex206410173
6Leicestershire206212171
7Worcestershire204412167
8Middlesex205510159
9Hampshire204610154
10Yorkshire204511152
11Somerset204214145
12Surrey203512140
13Glamorgan201712126
14Nottinghamshire201613121
15Lancashire202314118
16Sussex202810115
17Derbyshire20151397

Points are the recorded competition points, including any recorded bonuses or deductions. Source-table update: 2026-09-28.

Source table notes

Source: CricketArchive[3]

Season leaders · County Championship 1972

Figures earned for Gloucestershire only. Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

Gloucestershire County Championship 1972 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesRuns
MJ Procter181,215
RDV Knight201,085
DR Shepherd20885
RB Nicholls19801
Sadiq Mohammad20665

Recorded innings through 1972-09-09. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

Gloucestershire County Championship 1972 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
PlayerMatchesWickets
JB Mortimore2068
MJ Procter1858
AS Brown1748
J Davey1843
Sadiq Mohammad1833

Recorded innings through 1972-09-09. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1972

All recorded players for Gloucestershire in this competition and season. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 15 players

Gloucestershire 1972 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsNORunsHSAvgSR50s100s4s6s
MJ ProcterGloucestershire183231,21511841.90—73202
RDV KnightGloucestershire203611,08510331.00—61111
DR ShepherdGloucestershire2036488510627.66—6150
RB NichollsGloucestershire193408019023.56—50160
Sadiq MohammadGloucestershire203626655419.56—1030
CA MiltonGloucestershire1425063711725.48—1130
AS BrownGloucestershire1934340863*13.16—1010
JB MortimoreGloucestershire20361135153*14.04—1030
Zaheer AbbasGloucestershire71303417526.23—4020
R SwetmanGloucestershire2036620725*6.90—0000
M BissexGloucestershire71211262311.45—0000
JC FoatGloucestershire612287208.70—0000
J DaveyGloucestershire1832843121.79—0000
DA AllenGloucestershire71254023*5.71—0000
DA GraveneyGloucestershire510429114.83—0000

Bowling · 9 players

Gloucestershire 1972 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
PlayerTeamMatInnsBallsMaidensRunsWktsAvgSREcon5WBBI
JB MortimoreGloucestershire20313,8081881,3966820.5356.002.2027/62
MJ ProcterGloucestershire18312,5431089545816.4543.842.2546/56
AS BrownGloucestershire17292,2811059474819.7347.522.4904/27
J DaveyGloucestershire18302,455811,1214326.0757.092.7415/24
Sadiq MohammadGloucestershire18261,184316733320.3935.883.4104/40
RDV KnightGloucestershire1519912344431529.5360.802.9103/45
DA GraveneyGloucestershire59931663621425.8666.502.3315/63
DA AllenGloucestershire7951019244640.6785.002.8702/38
M BissexGloucestershire4426431620——3.6800/9
Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team season summary

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1972. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

Gloucestershire 1972 team results and innings totals
TeamMatWonLostDrawnOtherRunsOutsBat avgHighestConcededWicketsBowl avg
Gloucestershire2074907,32130623.924846,68229222.88

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1972

Latest 12 of 20 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1972-09-09 to 1972-09-12 · Ashley Down Ground, Bristol

Gloucestershire v Glamorgan

Gloucestershire
168 & 289/9d
Glamorgan
273 & 105/7

Match drawn

1972-09-01 to 0001-01-01 · Ashley Down Ground, Bristol

Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire won by 42 runs

1972-08-19 to 1972-08-22 · County Ground, Taunton

Somerset v Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire
94 & 484/7

Match drawn

1972-08-12 to 1972-08-15 · College Ground, Cheltenham

Gloucestershire v Middlesex

Middlesex
288 & 150/4

Middlesex won by 6 wickets

1972-08-09 to 1972-08-11 · College Ground, Cheltenham

Gloucestershire v Derbyshire

Gloucestershire
303 & 106/5
Derbyshire
176 & 232

Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets

1972-08-05 to 1972-08-08 · College Ground, Cheltenham

Gloucestershire v Lancashire

Gloucestershire
218 & 174/9

Match drawn

1972-07-15 to 1972-07-18 · Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea

Essex v Gloucestershire

Essex
178 & 137

Gloucestershire won by 107 runs

1972-07-12 to 1972-07-14 · Ashley Down Ground, Bristol

Gloucestershire v Worcestershire

Worcestershire
294/7d & 104

Gloucestershire won by 9 runs

1972-07-08 to 1972-07-11 · Ashley Down Ground, Bristol

Gloucestershire v Surrey

Gloucestershire
134/8d & 121/5
Surrey
228/6d & 126/6d

Match drawn

1972-06-24 to 1972-06-27 · County Ground, New Road, Worcester

Worcestershire v Gloucestershire

Worcestershire
302/7d & 9/0

Match drawn

Recorded venues

Gloucestershire 1972 venues and recorded match counts
VenueMatches
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol5
College Ground, Cheltenham3
Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester2
Acklam Park, Middlesbrough1
Chalkwell Park, Westcliff-on-Sea1
County Ground, New Road, Worcester1
County Ground, Northampton1
County Ground, Taunton1
Edgbaston, Birmingham1
Grace Road, Leicester1
May's Bounty, Basingstoke1
St Helen's, Swansea1
The Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in County Championship 1972 for Gloucestershire, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

County Championship 1972 batting innings records for Gloucestershire
PlayerRunsOpponentDate
MJ Procter118Somerset1972-05-27
CA Milton117Worcestershire1972-06-24
DR Shepherd106Warwickshire1972-08-01
RDV Knight103Sussex1972-06-21
MJ Procter102Essex1972-07-15

Best bowling innings

County Championship 1972 bowling innings records for Gloucestershire
PlayerWickets/runsOpponentDate
JB Mortimore7/62Glamorgan1972-07-01
MJ Procter6/56Yorkshire1972-05-10
MJ Procter5/16Northamptonshire1972-05-17
MJ Procter5/20Sussex1972-06-21
J Davey5/24Somerset1972-05-27

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

Competitions and other teams

Includes historical participants; this is not a current squad or membership list.

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    Recorded coverage

    The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for Gloucestershire in County Championship. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

    Recorded match dates: 1890-05-12 to 2026-09-24. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

    Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

    Source: Redball’s recorded statistics. Methodology, definitions and coverage.