hawke208	Wanganui v Marlborough
	Hawke Cup 1953/54 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 26th, 28th, 29th December 1953 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Marlborough won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wanganui won by 10 wickets
Umpires	DPV Foley, HEB Newton
Close of play day 1	Marlborough (1) 32/1 (Barnett 18, Thompson 11; 28 overs)
Close of play day 2	Marlborough (2) 19/0 (Moore 16, Barnett 1; 8 overs)

Marlborough first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Barnett	b Urlich	47		178
H Moore	b Thomas	2
+B Thompson	c Webby b Thomas	13
*AJ Neal	b Bergersen	4
AJ McGuire	c Nimmo b Bergersen	3
RE Harding	b Urlich	7
D McIntyre	b Bergersen	1
G Drylie	lbw b Bergersen	0
RB Neal	lbw b Urlich	17
B Fisher	lbw b Bergersen	4
TR Neal	not out	2
Extras	(3 b, 2 lb)	5
Total	(all out, 184 minutes, 65.4 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Moore), 2-34 (Thompson), 3-43 (AJ Neal), 4-49 (McGuire), 5-64 (Harding), 6-65 (McIntyre), 7-71 (Drylie), 8-98 (RB Neal), 9-103 (Barnett), 10-105 (Fisher, 65.4 ov)

Wanganui first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BG Hamilton	c TR Neal b RB Neal	61		238
DR Baron	b TR Neal	6
GN McDougall	b RB Neal	6
GS Nimmo	c Barnett b TR Neal	13
*RE Thomas	c AJ Neal b TR Neal	9
DJ McCawe	lbw b AJ Neal	17
RW Webby	lbw b RB Neal	13
JAA Bergersen	b Drylie	10
JR Barnett	lbw b AJ Neal	15
EJ Urlich	lbw b RB Neal	20
+BA Willacy	not out	1
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	19
Total	(all out, 249 minutes, 81.1 overs)	190
Fall of wickets:
1-22 (Baron), 2-31 (McDougall), 3-52 (Nimmo), 4-62 (Thomas), 5-82 (McCawe), 6-101 (Webby), 7-114 (Bergersen), 8-139 (Barnett), 9-177 (Hamilton), 10-190 (Urlich, 81.1 ov)

Marlborough second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
H Moore	c Urlich b Thomas	28
JR Barnett	run out	4
G Drylie	c McDougall b Thomas	13
RE Harding	c Barnett b Bergersen	7
AJ McGuire	b Thomas	2
RB Neal	b Thomas	4
B Fisher	c Baron b Nimmo	12
+B Thompson	c and b Urlich	11
*AJ Neal	c Baron b Bergersen	13
D McIntyre	st Willacy b Urlich	0
TR Neal	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb)	4
Total	(all out, 143 minutes, 47.2 overs)	98
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (Barnett), 2-36 (Moore), 3-56 (Drylie), 4-58 (Harding), 5-60 (McGuire), 6-69 (RB Neal), 7-81 (Fisher), 8-98 (Thompson), 9-98 (McIntyre), 10-98 (AJ Neal, 47.2 ov)

Rain delayed the start of the game and restricted play to 78 minutes on the first day