misc602045	Hawke's Bay v Poverty Bay
	Kirk Cup 1952/53
Venue	McLean Park, Napier on 28th, 29th November 1952 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Hawke's Bay won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Hawke's Bay won on first innings)
Close of play day 1	Poverty Bay (1) 3/1 (Martin 1*; 5.5 overs)

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Hawke's Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+RF Pierce	c McMillan b MRH Barbour	18		40	2	-
JF Cane	c Smith b McMillan	12
NG Fulford	b McMillan	37
MF Tremlett	b MRH Barbour	46
GR Tomline	b Sharp	1
*TPL Reaney	b Sharp	44
M Marsden	c McGregor b Taylor	10
RE Payne	lbw b Sharp	52		61	6	-
NF Stevens	c Blane b J Barbour	9
DV Spence	not out	19
DE Brian	b MRH Barbour	7
Extras	(13 b, 3 lb)	16
Total	(all out, 87.4 overs)	271
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Pierce), 2-? (Cane), 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-271 (87.4 ov)

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MRH Barbour	25.4	7	52	3	-	-
J Barbour	13	2	49	1	-	-
Taylor	14	5	32	1	-	-
McMillan	14	3	45	2	-	-
Sharp	21	2	77	3	-	-

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Poverty Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Martin	c Spence b Marsden	31
BN Graham	c Brian b Marsden	2
JP Blane	b Fulford	36
T Smith	b Spence	39
W McCarroll	b Fulford	1
*TM Sharp	lbw b Fulford	0
HA McMillan	b Brian	9
MRH Barbour	c Payne b Spence	15
J Barbour	run out	3
+R McGregor	c Reaney b Spence	10
AS Taylor	not out	1
Extras		25
Total	(all out, 72 overs)	172
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Graham, 5.5 ov), 2-79, 3-?, 4-95, 5-95, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-172 (72 ov)

Hawke's Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Fulford	15	6	25	3	-	-
Marsden	15	5	27	2	-	-
Brian	18	4	38	1	-	-
Reaney	14	6	24	0	-	-
Spence	10	2	33	3	-	-

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Hawke's Bay second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GR Tomline	b Taylor	8
NF Stevens	c and b Taylor	0
MF Tremlett	b MRH Barbour	8
*TPL Reaney	b Taylor	3
DV Spence	c J Barbour b MRH Barbour	18
+RF Pierce	not out	16
RE Payne	not out	10
JF Cane	did not bat
NG Fulford	did not bat
M Marsden	did not bat
DE Brian	did not bat
Extras		2
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 17 overs)	65
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
MRH Barbour	9	2	33	2	-	-
Taylor	8	1	30	3	-	-

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Poverty Bay second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SB Martin	not out	53		78	6	1
BN Graham	st Pierce b Spence	25
JP Blane	c Payne b Stevens	1
T Smith	c Marsden b Stevens	8
W McCarroll	did not bat
*TM Sharp	did not bat
HA McMillan	did not bat
MRH Barbour	did not bat
J Barbour	did not bat
+R McGregor	did not bat
AS Taylor	did not bat
Extras		5
Total	(3 wickets, 78 minutes, 29 overs)	92
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Graham), 2-? (Blane), 3-? (Smith, 29 ov)

Hawke's Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Marsden	6	2	9	0	-	-
Fulford	3	1	2	0	-	-
Brian	6	0	14	0	-	-
Reaney	3	1	6	0	-	-
Tomline	4	1	20	0	-	-
Spence	4	0	21	1	-	-
Stevens	2	0	11	2	-	-
Cane	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Hawke's Bay (1) 44/1 (Cane 10*, Fulford ?*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Poverty Bay (1) 95/5 (Smith ?*)
--> NG Fulford completed a hat-trick in the Poverty Bay first innings (JP Blane, W McCarroll, TM Sharp)

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Overnight rain delayed the start of the match until 11.30am on the first day
MF Tremlett and TPL Reaney added 78 for the fifth wicket in the Hawke's Bay first innings
Poverty Bay were given 90 minutes to score 165 to win the match outright but the match was called off by mutual agreement 12 minutes before stumps were due to be drawn
Hawke's Bay retained the Kirk Cup
Hawke's Bay debuts: JF Cane and GR Tomline (this was Tomline's only match for Hawke's Bay)