misc602170	Waikato v Taranaki
	Other matches in New Zealand 1955/56
Venue	Seddon Park, Hamilton on 6th, 7th January 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Waikato won by 9 wickets
Umpires	DHV Bindon, H Silvester
Close of play day 1	Waikato (1) 111/9 (Keeley ?, Hoskin ?)

Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
SA McBride	c Puna b Fowler	9		42
I Hopkins	lbw b Fowler	9		28
AR Blair	run out	8		42
AT Spurdle	c Fowler b Keeley	0		26
J Hawkes	c Smith b Hoskin	6
GSP Bartlett	not out	29			3	-
MC Putt	c Smith b Hoskin	0
RE Brine	c Fowler b Hoskin	3
*+GS Botting	c and b Hoskin	0
RA Ireland	b Hoskin	5
GB Hall	c Gray b Hoskin	0
Extras	(4 nb)	4
Total	(all out, 155 minutes, 47 overs)	73
Fall of wickets:
1-18 (Hopkins), 2-21 (McBride), 3-28 (Blair), 4-28 (Spurdle), 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-51, 9-?, 10-73 (47 ov)

Waikato first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*BB Higgins	b Hall	0
+DS Clarke	b Ireland	10
DJ Gray	b Hall	4
LM Uttley	c Botting b Hall	0
PH Smith	b Putt	47		63
B McBurney	b Ireland	1
N Puna	b Brine	7
O Cleave	c Hopkins b Putt	10
RJ Keeley	not out	10
RG Fowler	c Hopkins b Brine	16
DC Hoskin	c Brine b Hall	3
Extras	(5 b, 2 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 48.2 overs)	115
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Higgins), 2-6 (Gray), 3-6 (Uttley), 4-58 (Clarke), 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-115 (48.2 ov)

Taranaki debuts: GS Botting, I Hopkins and AT Spurdle