hawke459	Taranaki v Bay of Plenty
	Hawke Cup 1971/72 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 11th, 12th, 13th March 1972 (3-day match)
Balls per over	8
Toss	Bay of Plenty won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	SA Copelin, GB Johnston
Close of play day 1	No play
Close of play day 2	Taranaki (1) 98/4 (Taylor 33*, Jordan 0*)

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Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+TM Dravitzki	b Unka	1			-	-
BL Roberts	c Park b Foulds	7		32
HC Sampson	c Symon b Andersen	51		98	9	-
GW Taylor	b Park	53		175	3	-
DI Green	c Symon b Henderson	0		27	-	-
AB Jordan	c Wright b Unka	77		178	6	-
CW Barclay	c Park b Henderson	11		37
IR Snook	c Wright b Henderson	8
PJ Martin	c Wright b Andersen	19
*DR Yardley	b Henderson	6
TA O'Byrne	not out	10
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb)	11
Total	(all out, 343 minutes, 77.7 overs)	254
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Dravitzki), 2-13 (Roberts), 3-84 (Sampson), 4-98 (Green), 5-156 (Taylor), 6-178 (Barclay), 7-189 (Snook), 8-236 (Martin), 9-240 (Jordan), 10-254 (Yardley, 77.7 ov)

Bay of Plenty bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Foulds	9	2	41	1	-	-
Unka	18	3	70	2	-	-
Park	12	1	43	1	-	-
Andersen	15	5	32	2	-	-
Henderson	15.7	3	34	4	-	-
Harris	8	0	23	0	-	-

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Bay of Plenty first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B McPherson	c Dravitzki b Jordan	7		29
MJE Wright	b Jordan	10		70
PG Whelan	b Jordan	0
SJ Harris	run out (Sampson)	8
GW Stewart	st Dravitzki b Yardley	12
+JL Symon	b O'Byrne	18
LD Andersen	not out	17
JBR Park	not out	10
*MT Henderson	did not bat
BG Foulds	did not bat
H Unka	did not bat
Extras	(12 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	17
Total	(6 wickets, 173 minutes, 34 overs)	99
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (McPherson), 2-18 (Whelan), 3-31 (Wright), 4-35 (Harris), 5-72 (Symon), 6-72 (Stewart)

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Jordan	13	3	28	3	-	-
Barclay	5	1	12	0	-	-
O'Byrne	13	2	28	1	-	-
Yardley	3	2	14	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Taranaki first innings: 50 in 81 minutes
--> Taranaki first innings: 100 in 149 minutes
--> Taranaki first innings: 150 in 190 minutes
--> Taranaki first innings: 200 in 279 minutes
--> Bay of Plenty first innings: 50 in 94 minutes
--> GW Taylor (1) 50 in 149 minutes with 3 fours
--> AB Jordan (1) 50 in 123 minutes with 3 fours

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Rain prevented any play on the first day
The match did not start until 2.32pm on the second day due to the wet ground
An appeal against the light was upheld at 5.15pm on the second day but play resumed at 5.55pm when the light improved
Only 3 balls were bowled after the resumption which finished the incomplete over when another appeal against the light was upheld which ended play on the second day
An appeal against the light was upheld at 5.37pm on the third day which brought the game to an end