hawke187	Wairarapa v Waikato
	Hawke Cup 1950/51 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Park Oval, Masterton on 9th, 11th, 12th March 1951 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Waikato won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Waikato won on first innings)
Umpires	AI Charles, GG Coleman
Close of play day 1	Wairarapa (1) 65/4 (Smith 23*, McArthur ?*)
Close of play day 2	Waikato (2) 320/7 (Hemi 72*, Clough 27*)

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Waikato first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AJ Aitken	c Chapple b Cruickshank	61
+EC Petrie	b Chapple	14
*JK Everest	lbw b Patrick	0
NA McMahon	b Chapple	14
RM Tarr	c Masters b Cruickshank	15
G Simpson	lbw b Masters	12
RC Hemi	c Masters b Chapple	3
Albert F Lissette	c Cruickshank b Foote	3
RC Clough	b Cruickshank	17
Allen F Lissette	b Cruickshank	27
DB Clarke	not out	21
Extras	(6 b, 5 lb)	11
Total	(all out, 88.3 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Petrie), 2-27 (Everest), 3-48 (McMahon), 4-107 (Tarr), 5-114 (Aitken), 6-124 (Hemi), 7-131 (Albert F Lissette), 8-142 (Simpson), 9-152 (Clough), 10-198 (Allen F Lissette, 88.3 ov)

Wairarapa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cruickshank	25.3	13	46	4	-	-
Patrick	16	4	45	1	-	-
Chapple	25	10	47	3	-	-
Masters	9	2	19	1	-	-
Whiting	8	2	27	0	-	-
Foote	5	3	3	1	-	-

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Wairarapa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KM Miller	lbw b Clarke	2
HH Whiting	lbw b Clarke	4
EGA Masters	run out	17
OAC Smith	c Clough b Clarke	26
*ME Chapple	c and b Allen F Lissette	7
J McArthur	lbw b Clarke	10
WJ Foote	b Clarke	0
+WW Perry	not out	9
BD Reeves	b Clarke	0
BA Patrick	b Clarke	2
A Cruickshank	c Simpson b Clarke	3
Extras	(5 b, 6 lb, 3 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 117 minutes, 38.4 overs)	94
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-25, 3-48, 4-61, 5-75, 6-75, 7-87, 8-88, 9-90, 10-94 (38.4 ov)

Waikato bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	15.4	4	41	8	-	3
Clough	11	4	17	0	-	-
Allen F Lissette	5	2	9	1	-	-
Everest	7	2	13	0	-	-

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Waikato second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+EC Petrie	lbw b Chapple	3
AJ Aitken	lbw b Whiting	69
*JK Everest	b Whiting	33
NA McMahon	c +Miller b Whiting	9
RM Tarr	c Cruickshank b Patrick	0
G Simpson	c Smith b Masters	24
RC Hemi	not out	100			13	-
Albert F Lissette	lbw b Whiting	54			10	-
RC Clough	lbw b Chapple	32
Allen F Lissette	not out	24		13
DB Clarke	did not bat
Extras	(21 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	30
Total	(8 wickets, 117 overs)	378
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Petrie), 2-93 (Everest), 3-109 (McMahon), 4-116 (Tarr), 5-122 (Aitken), 6-154 (Simpson), 7-263 (Albert F Lissette), 8-331 (Clough)

Wairarapa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cruickshank	24	6	77	0	-	1
Chapple	29	7	81	2	-	-
Patrick	23	6	43	1	-	-
Masters	11	2	36	1	-	-
Smith	2	0	12	0	-	-
Whiting	18	1	81	4	-	1
Foote	6	2	16	0	-	-
Reeves	4	2	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Waikato first innings: 50 in 60 minutes
--> Waikato second innings: 50 in 46 minutes

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KM Miller kept wicket in the Waikato second innings
RC Hemi and Albert F Lissette added 109 for the seventh wicket in the Waikato second innings
Rain meant only 80 minutes play was possible on the third day and the game was called off at 1.55pm with Waikato taking the Hawke Cup with the first innings win