misc602181	Wanganui v Rangitikei
	Other matches in New Zealand 1955/56
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 3rd, 4th March 1956 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wanganui won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wanganui won by an innings and 6 runs
Close of play day 1

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Wanganui first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Allardyce	c Thomas b Cairncross	0	1	1
S Thompson	lbw b Ashenden	37			5	-
RE Brown	b Burton	132		165	14	3
DR Baron	c Carlton b Cairncross	11
DW Dustin	b Thomas	15
*JR Barnett	c Green b Burton	14
GJ Sutherland	b Thomas	5
+NF Walker	b Green	12
SN James	b Thomas	10
JF Walsh	not out	0
J Edwards	b Green	0
Extras		6
Total	(all out, 67.5 overs)	242
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Allardyce, 0.1 ov), 2-111 (Thompson), 3-156 (Baron), 4-175 (Dustin), 5-213, 6-220, 7-220, 8-242, 9-242, 10-242 (67.5 ov)

Rangitikei bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cairncross	15	3	73	2	-	-
Ashenden	15	1	65	1	-	-
Thomas	17	5	50	3	-	-
Burton	17	2	45	2	-	-
Green	3.5	0	3	2	-	-

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Rangitikei first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PE Whitelaw	lbw b Edwards	14
CAR Blackwell	st Walker b Walsh	5
CW Simpson	b Walsh	2
*N Ashenden	b James	15
RE Thomas	b Brown	16
DJMB Simpson	lbw b Brown	11
BKH Burton	st Walker b Sutherland	13
TN Green	c Allardyce b Edwards	21
B Carlton	c and b Brown	16
GJ Harris	not out	3
GH Cairncross	st Walker b Edwards	5
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 55.3 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Blackwell), 2-27, 3-27, 4-56, 5-59, 6-75, 7-92, 8-124, 9-126, 10-133 (55.3 ov)

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Walsh	14	4	30	2	-	-
Edwards	15.3	5	34	3	-	-
James	12	3	24	1	-	-
Brown	12	6	28	3	-	-
Sutherland	2	0	5	1	-	-

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Rangitikei second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
CAR Blackwell	lbw b Brown	1
PE Whitelaw	b Brown	31
CW Simpson	c Walker b Brown	3
*N Ashenden	run out	2
RE Thomas	c Brown b Walsh	7
DJMB Simpson	c Brown b Walsh	5
BKH Burton	b Sutherland	15
TN Green	lbw b Sutherland	20
B Carlton	c Barnett b Walker	5
GJ Harris	not out	3
GH Cairncross	run out	4
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 39.4 overs)	103
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Blackwell), 2-23 (CW Simpson), 3-36, 4-38, 5-53, 6-59, 7-90, 8-95, 9-95, 10-103 (39.4 ov)

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Edwards	4	0	9	0	-	-
Brown	12	2	28	3	-	-
Walsh	12	1	29	2	-	-
Sutherland	7.4	1	20	2	-	-
Walker	4	1	10	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RE Brown (1) 100 in 139 minutes

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S Thompson and RE Brown added 111 in 97 minutes for the second wicket in the Wanganui first innings
S Thompson was wicket-keeper in the Rangitikei second innings