misc602120	Poverty Bay v Bay of Plenty
	Other matches in New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	The Oval, Gisborne on 30th, 31st January 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Poverty Bay won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn (Poverty Bay won on first innings)
Close of play day 1	Bay of Plenty (1) 145/5 (Andrews 37*, Hutcheson 27*)

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Poverty Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*HE Tapping	b Ruff	1
D Jackson	lbw b Wade	2
HW Larmer	b Dempster-Rivett	41
WR Playle	c Robson b Bell	116		203	10	-
SW Clare	b Wade	4
BC Norman	b Hutcheson	12
+DW Neilson	b Robson	30
A Mackie	b Robson	1
JA Turnbull	c Reid b Bell	9
RH Askew	lbw b Robson	0
GH Robinson	not out	4
Extras		29
Total	(all out, 73 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-15, 3-102, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-245, 10-249 (73 ov)

Bay of Plenty bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wade	16	3	37	2	-	-
Ruff	12	1	44	1	-	-
Hutcheson	14	4	34	1	-	-
Dempster-Rivett	15	5	51	1	-	-
Bell	7	0	39	2	-	-
Robson	9	3	15	3	-	-

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Bay of Plenty first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Mackay	b Askew	20
JA Reid	b Turnbull	28
PH Smith	run out	11
E Andrews	lbw b Tapping	38
NJ Robson	lbw b Turnbull	4
MD Bell	b Tapping	2
*EW Hutcheson	run out	45
JB Dempster-Rivett	c Askew b Turnbull	7
J Ross	not out	12
G Wade	b Turnbull	2
J Ruff	c Jackson b Tapping	0
Extras		24
Total	(all out, 75 overs)	193
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Mackay), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-86, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-193 (75 ov)

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Askew	11	2	36	1	-	-
Robinson	15	5	26	0	-	-
Turnbull	23	4	55	4	-	-
Tapping	23	10	34	3	-	-
Larmer	3	0	18	0	-	-

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Poverty Bay second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Jackson	lbw b Wade	10
HW Larmer	c Andrews b Robson	72			4	1
WR Playle	b Robson	22
BC Norman	c Dempster-Rivett b Bell	4
SW Clare	c Ruff b Robson	0
+DW Neilson	c Dempster-Rivett b Bell	4
A Mackie	c Reid b Robson	12
JA Turnbull	c Robson b Bell	9
*HE Tapping	not out	23
RH Askew	lbw b Robson	0
GH Robinson	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 57 overs)	164
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-164 (57 ov)

Bay of Plenty bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wade	9	3	13	1	-	-
Ruff	1	1	0	0	-	-
Hutcheson	5	2	14	0	-	-
Dempster-Rivett	12	4	38	0	-	-
Robson	22	2	59	5	-	-
Bell	8	0	32	3	-	-

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Bay of Plenty second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Mackay	c Playle b Askew	4
JA Reid	c Tapping b Turnbull	6
PH Smith	c and b Tapping	74		80	11	-
E Andrews	st Neilson b Turnbull	11
JB Dempster-Rivett	b Tapping	1
NJ Robson	not out	9
*EW Hutcheson	c Mackie b Tapping	4
J Ross	b Turnbull	5
MD Bell	not out	0
G Wade	did not bat
J Ruff	did not bat
Extras		21
Total	(7 wickets, 105 minutes, 39 overs)	135
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?

Poverty Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Askew	4	0	33	1	-	-
Robinson	7	0	22	0	-	-
Turnbull	16	4	35	3	-	-
Mackie	2	0	18	0	-	-
Tapping	10	7	6	3	-	-

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Notes
--> Bay of Plenty second innings: 100 in 60 minutes
--> PH Smith (2) 50 in 40 minutes

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Poverty Bay retained the Rigden Cup