Captain: DB Close

Home Grounds used:
County Ground, Taunton; Recreation Ground, Bath; Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare; Morlands Athletic Ground, Glastonbury

Away Grounds visited:
County Ground, New Road, Worcester; Trent Bridge, Nottingham; Ashley Down Ground, Bristol; Kennington Oval, Kennington; Garrison A Cricket Ground, Colchester; St Helen's, Swansea; Dean Park, Bournemouth; County Ground, Hove; Wellingborough School Ground, Welingborough; Queen's Park, Chesterfield

Championship playing record:
P 20     W 4     D 14     L 2

First-Class playing record:
P 21     W 4     D 15     L 2

Click on these links for the season's First-Class scorecards and results
or First-Class batting averages or First-Class bowling averages or Championship batting averages or Championship bowling averages

16 players appeared in First-Class matches for Somerset in 1972:
GI Burgess; TW Cartwright; RJ Clapp; DB Close; RC Cooper; PW Denning; AA Jones; MJ Kitchen; BA Langford; HR Moseley; KJ O'Keeffe; PJ Robinson; BC Rose; DJS Taylor; RT Virgin; SG Wilkinson.

3 players made their debut for Somerset in these matches in 1972:
RJ Clapp; RC Cooper; SG Wilkinson.