misc602116	Taranaki v Waikato
	Other matches in New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 3rd, 4th January 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Waikato won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Close of play day 1	Waikato (1) 119/3 (Uttley ?, McBurney 23)

Waikato first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
KL Sandford	c Cockerill b Hall	11
RJ Keeley	b Hall	4
LM Uttley	c Simpson b Hall	56			5	-
RN Procter	b Putt	23
B McBurney	b Hall	23
R Spence	b Hall	1
H Moore	c sub b Hall	4
*BB Higgins	c Putt b McPhail	10
PJ Hale	b Putt	9
+DS Clarke	not out	0
W Moxham	run out	0
Extras		19
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	160
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Keeley), 2-30 (Sandford), 3-61 (Procter), 4-119 (McBurney), 5-132 (Spence), 6-136 (Moore), 7-137 (Uttley), 8-157 (Hale), 9-160 (Higgins), 10-160 (Moxham, 72.3 ov)

Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Broughton	b Procter	18
WH Barker	b Keeley	18
FG Richardson	c Sandford b Keeley	16			2	1
R Simpson	c Spence b Keeley	12
MS Cockerill	c Spence b Keeley	8
GSP Bartlett	b Keeley	11
MC Putt	c Higgins b Hale	71			7	-
AL McPhail	b Hale	19
MS Lahood	st Clarke b Keeley	7
RA Ireland	b Keeley	3
GB Hall	not out	7
Extras		23
Total	(all out, 71.3 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-50 (Broughton), 2-52 (Barker), 3-67 (Richardson), 4-87, 5-93, 6-100, 7-158, 8-179, 9-185, 10-213 (71.3 ov)

Rain delayed the start of the match until 3.16pm on the first day
Taranaki debuts: G Bartlett and MC Putt