hawke211	Wanganui v Northland
	Hawke Cup 1953/54 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 1st, 2nd January 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wanganui won by 5 wickets
Umpires	HL Greig, HEB Newton
Close of play day 1	Wanganui (1) 236/8

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Northland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IE Wyatt	b Thomas	6
BO Child	b Brown	49
S Munro	lbw b Bergersen	0
IL Kingstone	b Bergersen	4
J Young	c Willacy b Bergersen	9
*RL Nisbet	c Barnett b Bergersen	0
NR Wilson	c Brown b Nimmo	18
MK Joass	b Brown	22
E Marr	b Brown	0
RA Woolhouse	lbw b Brown	0
VH Pearson	not out	2
Extras	(13 b, 5 lb, 1 w)	19
Total	(all out, 53.2 overs)	129
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-18, 3-32, 4-60, 5-60, 6-98, 7-114, 8-114, 9-116, 10-129 (53.2 ov)

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	10	3	18	1	-	-
Bergersen	20	8	29	4	-	-
Jones	4	3	2	0	-	-
Urlich	13	2	41	0	-	-
Nimmo	4	1	14	1	-	-
Brown	2.2	0	6	4	-	-

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Wanganui first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Baron	b Pearson	6
BG Hamilton	run out	69
+BA Willacy	b Pearson	37
BL Jones	b Joass	1
GS Nimmo	c Wilson b Joass	7
RE Brown	lbw b Pearson	14
JAA Bergersen	b Kingstone	5
*RE Thomas	not out	35
JR Barnett	b Joass	26
EJ Urlich	b Joass	40
GN McDougall	c Munro b Pearson	1
Extras	(15 b, 7 lb, 2 nb)	24
Total	(all out, 105.1 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-110, 3-113, 4-129, 5-146, 6-156, 7-158, 8-206, 9-264, 10-265 (105.1 ov)

Northland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	22	5	61	0	-	-
Pearson	37.1	14	62	4	-	-
Woolhouse	14	3	34	0	-	-
Joass	25	3	63	4	-	-
Kingstone	7	2	21	1	-	-

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Northland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
IE Wyatt	run out	23
BO Child	lbw b Brown	33
S Munro	lbw b Nimmo	2
IL Kingstone	b Nimmo	0
J Young	b Brown	12
*RL Nisbet	b Urlich	18
NR Wilson	not out	70
MK Joass	b Bergersen	10
E Marr	b Thomas	1
RA Woolhouse	c Willacy b Bergersen	6
VH Pearson	lbw b Bergersen	7
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb)	9
Total	(all out, 59.4 overs)	191
Fall of wickets:
1-49, 2-54, 3-60, 4-64, 5-89, 6-109, 7-127, 8-132, 9-155, 10-191 (59.4 ov)

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Thomas	13	0	49	1	-	-
Bergersen	21.4	6	58	3	-	-
Urlich	5	0	30	1	-	-
Nimmo	12	3	22	2	-	-
Brown	8	3	23	2	-	-

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Wanganui second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DR Baron	b Wilson	2
BG Hamilton	c Nisbet b Pearson	11
+BA Willacy	not out	12
BL Jones	c Nisbet b Joass	20
GS Nimmo	b Pearson	1
RE Brown	b Pearson	5
*RE Thomas	not out	0
JAA Bergersen	did not bat
JR Barnett	did not bat
EJ Urlich	did not bat
GN McDougall	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 1 lb)	7
Total	(5 wickets, 20.4 overs)	58
Fall of wickets:
1-5, 2-9, 3-31, 4-43, 5-54

Northland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wilson	6	0	19	1	-	-
Pearson	10.4	5	19	3	-	-
Joass	4	1	13	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.

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