hawke215	Wanganui v Waikato
	Hawke Cup 1953/54 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 12th, 13th March 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wanganui won by 2 wickets
Umpires	HL Greig, AS McAlister
Close of play day 1

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Waikato first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+EC Petrie	lbw b Brown	30
RJ Keeley	b Bergersen	4
JW Moody	lbw b Bergersen	0
B Williams	c Baron b Urlich	8
DJ Gray	b Urlich	1
B McBurney	c Barnett b Brown	9
R Spence	lbw b Brown	0
RN Procter	c Webby b Urlich	40
JAC Knowles	not out	1
BB Higgins	b Urlich	5
DB Clarke	lbw b Urlich	4
Extras	(9 b, 3 lb)	12
Total	(all out, 42.5 overs)	114
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-20, 3-45, 4-54, 5-54, 6-54, 7-103, 8-103, 9-110, 10-114 (42.5 ov)

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	9	4	10	0	-	-
Bergersen	13	6	21	2	-	-
Urlich	12.5	3	47	5	-	-
Brown	8	4	24	3	-	-

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Wanganui first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BA Willacy	b Clarke	1
JAA Bergersen	c Petrie b Procter	30
DR Baron	run out	6
*HB Cave	b Moody	0
RJ Barry	b Clarke	4
CA McLeod	b Procter	6
RE Brown	c Williams b Clarke	18
JR Barnett	b Procter	0
GN McDougall	not out	6
EJ Urlich	lbw b Moody	2
RW Webby	b Moody	0
Extras	(5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 47.4 overs)	82
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-24, 3-24, 4-35, 5-47, 6-52, 7-52, 8-79, 9-82, 10-82 (47.4 ov)

Waikato bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	19	5	32	3	-	-
Moody	20.4	10	20	3	-	-
Procter	5	2	9	3	-	-
Keeley	3	1	12	0	-	-

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Waikato second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*+EC Petrie	b McDougall	14
RJ Keeley	b Brown	28
JW Moody	b Bergersen	1
B Williams	lbw b Bergersen	0
DJ Gray	b Cave	0
B McBurney	c Willacy b Cave	0
R Spence	lbw b Urlich	3
RN Procter	not out	36
JAC Knowles	b Cave	2
BB Higgins	lbw b Bergersen	0
DB Clarke	lbw b McDougall	0
Extras	(2 b, 1 lb)	3
Total	(all out, 47.5 overs)	87
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-3, 3-17, 4-43, 5-47, 6-48, 7-50, 8-54, 9-77, 10-87 (47.5 ov)

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cave	16	6	20	3	-	-
Bergersen	18	8	36	3	-	-
Urlich	4	1	18	1	-	-
Brown	5	4	1	1	-	-
McDougall	4.5	2	9	2	-	-

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Wanganui second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+BA Willacy	b Procter	0
JAA Bergersen	c Williams b Keeley	22
DR Baron	c Williams b Moody	5
*HB Cave	c Petrie b Clarke	30
RJ Barry	b Clarke	10
CA McLeod	c Petrie b Procter	16
RE Brown	not out	10
JR Barnett	b Clarke	0
GN McDougall	st Petrie b Keeley	13
EJ Urlich	not out	7
RW Webby	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	9
Total	(8 wickets, 57.5 overs)	122
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-10, 3-58, 4-66, 5-77, 6-101, 7-103, 8-105

Waikato bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Clarke	22.5	6	50	3	-	-
Moody	10	3	17	1	-	-
Procter	11	7	14	2	-	-
Keeley	14	5	32	2	-	-

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

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