hawke218	Wanganui v Taranaki
	Hawke Cup 1954/55 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 10th, 11th, 13th December 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn (Wanganui won on first innings)
Umpires	AS McAlister, M Wahlstrom
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Wanganui (1) 55/2 (Bergersen 22, Dyhrberg 4; 28 overs)

Wanganui first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BG Hamilton	c Ridland b Hall	8
JAA Bergersen	c Strawbridge b Hall	50			6	-
BL Jones	b McPhail	17
PW Dyhrberg	c Simpson b Hall	34			6	-
HB Cave	b Hall	9		33
RE Brown	lbw b McPhail	5
*RE Thomas	lbw b Meuli	6
JR Barnett	c Strawbridge b Meuli	32
GN McDougall	c Ireland b Meuli	4
+NF Walker	b McPhail	4
R London	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 106.1 overs)	175
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Hamilton), 2-44 (Jones), 3-106 (Bergersen), 4-120 (Dyhrberg), 5-123 (Cave), 6-134 (Brown), 7-134 (Thomas), 8-140 (McDougall), 9-175 (Barnett), 10-175 (Walker, 106.1 ov)

Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Broughton	run out	0
*JD Ridland	b Cave	32		80	4	-
+MM Strawbridge	c and b Cave	4
R Simpson	run out	28		76
EM Meuli	c Hamilton b Cave	1
MS Cockerill	b Cave	0
MS Lahood	c McDougall b Cave	6			1	-
JF Jones	lbw b Jones	0
RA Ireland	b Jones	4
AL McPhail	not out	2
GB Hall	lbw b Cave	5
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 38.2 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Broughton), 2-8 (Strawbridge), 3-63 (Ridland), 4-73 (Meuli), 5-73 (Cockerill), 6-76 (Simpson), 7-80 (Lahood), 8-80 (Jones), 9-85 (Ireland), 10-92 (Hall, 38.2 ov)

Notes
--> Wanganui first innings: 50 in 80 minutes

No play was possible on the first day and only 92 minutes on the second day due to rain
Taranaki debuts: JF Jones and MS Lahood