Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Ronald Nicholls	c GS Chappell b Colley	6	-	-	-	-	-
Sadiq Mohammad	c Watson b GS Chappell	14	-	-	-	-	-
Roger Knight	b Colley	15	-	-	-	-	-
Zaheer Abbas	c †Taber b Colley	12	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Procter	lbw b Colley	4	-	-	-	-	-
David Shepherd	c Sheahan b Mallett	42	-	-	-	-	-
Roy Swetman †	c GS Chappell b Gleeson	1	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Brown (c)	lbw b Colley	12	-	-	-	-	-
David Allen	not out	2	-	-	-	-	-
John Mortimore	not out	4	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(lb 5, nb 4)	9
Total	52 Ov (RR: 2.32)	121/8d
Did not bat: Jack Davey
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-35, 3-41, 4-50, 5-57, 6-63, 7-99, 8-113

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
David Colley	19	6	27	5	1.42	-	-	-
Jeff Hammond	6	1	24	0	4.00	-	-	-
Greg Chappell	10	5	12	1	1.20	-	-	-
John Gleeson	6	1	23	1	3.83	-	-	-
Graeme Watson	6	1	8	0	1.33	-	-	-
Ashley Mallett	5	1	18	1	3.60	-	-	-

Australians 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Watson	not out	28	-	-	-	-	-
Bruce Francis	c Knight b Brown	11	-	-	-	-	-
Ian Chappell (c)	not out	0	-	-	-	-	-
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 1)	5
Total	16.3 Ov (RR: 2.66)	44/1
Did not bat: Paul Sheahan, Greg Chappell, Ross Edwards, David Colley, Brian Taber †, Jeff Hammond, Ashley Mallett, John Gleeson
Fall of wickets: 1-42

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Mike Procter	2	0	6	0	3.00	-	-	-
Jack Davey	7	2	23	0	3.28	-	-	-
Tony Brown	7	4	8	1	1.14	-	-	-
John Mortimore	0.3	0	2	0	4.00	-	-	-

Close of Play

Wed, 24 May - day 1 - Gloucester 1st innings 121/8 (David Allen 2*, John Mortimore 4*)

Thu, 25 May - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 44/1 (Graeme Watson 28*, Ian Chappell 0*, 16.3 ov)

Fri, 26 May - day 3 - no play

Match Details

Ashley Down Ground, Bristol
Toss	Gloucestershire, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of England and Scotland
Season	1972
Match days	day (3-day match)
Umpires	Dickie Bird Dusty Rhodes