hawke231	Southern Hawke's Bay v Rangitikei
	Hawke Cup 1955/56 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Dannevirke Domain, Dannevirke on 2nd, 3rd January 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Southern Hawke's Bay won by 14 runs
Umpires	Clifford, G Ward
Close of play day 1

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Southern Hawke's Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*IN Sail	b Burton	58
RF Larsen	c McCarthy b Burton	8
NM Sherer	b Cairncross	18
AD Gunn	c Marshall b Burton	29
JK Dwyer	c McCarthy b Stephens	46
JF Clarke	c Thomas b Stephens	14
N Bellerby	c CW Simpson b Burton	0
NJ Northover	c McCarthy b Thomas	22
A Graham	c Stephens b Thomas	1
+AE Howley	run out	0
AG Small	not out	0
Extras	(18 b, 5 lb)	23
Total	(all out, 71 overs)	219
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-48, 3-121, 4-176, 5-182, 6-186, 7-214, 8-219, 9-219, 10-219 (71 ov)

Rangitikei bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephens	22	7	51	2	-	-
Cairncross	21	8	46	1	-	-
Burton	15	3	65	4	-	-
Thomas	12	2	31	2	-	-
McConachie	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Rangitikei first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJMB Simpson	b Small	8
CW Simpson	c Dwyer b Sherer	33
CAR Blackwell	c Larsen b Small	9
RE Thomas	b Gunn	8
*AB Marshall	lbw b Gunn	0
D McCarthy	c Howley b Small	13
I George	c Howley b Sherer	0
MD McConachie	c Clarke b Graham	37
BKH Burton	c and b Northover	9
H Stephens	c Graham b Northover	4
GH Cairncross	not out	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb, 1 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 44.4 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-30, 3-52, 4-52, 5-58, 6-58, 7-96, 8-121, 9-124, 10-125 (44.4 ov)

Southern Hawke's Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Small	14	4	54	3	-	-
Graham	14	3	31	1	-	-
Sherer	8	2	23	2	-	-
Gunn	7	5	9	2	-	-
Northover	1.4	0	4	2	-	-

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Southern Hawke's Bay second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*IN Sail	lbw b Thomas	9
RF Larsen	c George b Thomas	16
NM Sherer	c McCarthy b Stephens	15
AD Gunn	b McCarthy	10
JK Dwyer	lbw b Thomas	9
JF Clarke	run out	15
N Bellerby	c Marshall b Thomas	0
NJ Northover	b McCarthy	18
A Graham	not out	10
+AE Howley	lbw b Burton	10
AG Small	c Marshall b Burton	0
Extras	(6 b)	6
Total	(all out, 51.2 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-25, 3-42, 4-53, 5-68, 6-91, 7-98, 8-98, 9-118, 10-118 (51.2 ov)

Rangitikei bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Stephens	9	4	11	1	-	-
Cairncross	3	1	9	0	-	-
Burton	2.2	0	3	2	-	-
Thomas	17	6	22	4	-	-
McConachie	4	0	22	0	-	-
McCarthy	16	5	45	2	-	-

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Rangitikei second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DJMB Simpson	c Sherer b Small	39
CW Simpson	b Graham	46
CAR Blackwell	lbw b Small	1
RE Thomas	c Clarke b Gunn	1
*AB Marshall	c Howley b Gunn	22
D McCarthy	c Bellerby b Small	38
I George	c Howley b Gunn	21
MD McConachie	b Gunn	4
BKH Burton	c Howley b Gunn	17
H Stephens	c Sherer b Graham	0
GH Cairncross	not out	2
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 3 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 71.2 overs)	198
Fall of wickets:
1-76, 2-78, 3-90, 4-90, 5-146, 6-150, 7-154, 8-155, 9-180, 10-198 (71.2 ov)

Southern Hawke's Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Small	25	11	54	3	-	-
Graham	13	2	49	2	-	-
Sherer	3	0	19	0	-	-
Gunn	19.2	6	24	5	-	-
Northover	5	1	24	0	-	-
Dwyer	6	0	21	0	-	-

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This was Southern Hawke's Bay's first win in the Hawke Cup.