hawke230	Hutt Valley v Northland
	Hawke Cup 1955/56 (Challenge Match)
Venue	Hutt Recreation Ground, Lower Hutt on 31st December 1955, 2nd January 1956 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Northland won by 90 runs
Umpires	DL Dawson, AM Smith
Close of play day 1	Hutt Valley (1) 108/8

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Northland first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Wyatt	b Francis	2
WOR Smith	b Turvey	5
+S Munro	b Turvey	82
BO Child	c Sheppard b Turvey	31
*EL Child	c Manderson b Urry	29
JAA Bergersen	lbw b Francis	8
MW Armstrong	c Sheppard b Brosnahan	20
R Dunning	c Francis b Upston	45
MJ Nelson	b Urry	0
MK Joass	c Brennan b Urry	14
JG Williams	not out	5
Extras	(7 b, 14 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	24
Total	(all out, 89.4 overs)	265
Fall of wickets:
1-7, 2-13, 3-112, 4-149, 5-165, 6-188, 7-206, 8-233, 9-244, 10-265 (89.4 ov)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turvey	19	6	46	3	-	-
Francis	13	0	41	2	-	-
Brosnahan	13	4	41	1	-	-
McKeown	12	2	33	0	-	-
Upston	11	1	42	1	-	-
Urry	21.4	7	38	3	-	-

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Hutt Valley first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AF Nightingale	b Williams	14
IN Brennan	b Williams	29
JM Brosnahan	b Dunning	23
FB Rogers	lbw b Dunning	11
ES Manderson	c Munro b Williams	0
*IP Upston	run out	7
BN Sheppard	c EL Child b Dunning	0
DJ Francis	c Joass b Dunning	10
DN Urry	b Williams	0
JA McKeown	not out	14
M Turvey	c Wyatt b Dunning	2
Extras	(12 b, 2 lb)	14
Total	(all out, 58.2 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-40, 2-63, 3-88, 4-89, 5-98, 6-98, 7-108, 8-108, 9-108, 10-124 (58.2 ov)

Northland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
EL Child	6	2	11	0	-	-
Bergersen	8	5	14	0	-	-
Williams	21	5	53	4	-	-
Joass	4	0	14	0	-	-
Dunning	19.2	4	18	5	-	-

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Northland second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JL Wyatt	b Brosnahan	12
WOR Smith	lbw b Brosnahan	7
+S Munro	c Urry b Francis	2
BO Child	lbw b Francis	2
*EL Child	b Brosnahan	16
JAA Bergersen	c Brosnahan b Upston	11
MW Armstrong	c Upston b Urry	50
R Dunning	c Brosnahan b McKeown	24
MJ Nelson	b Urry	0
MK Joass	c Manderson b Upston	1
JG Williams	not out	10
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 49.2 overs)	141
Fall of wickets:
1-14, 2-19, 3-22, 4-29, 5-45, 6-62, 7-121, 8-123, 9-124, 10-141 (49.2 ov)

Hutt Valley bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Turvey	14	8	21	0	-	-
Francis	6	1	15	2	-	-
Brosnahan	13	3	42	3	-	-
McKeown	2	0	14	1	-	-
Upston	5	1	13	2	-	-
Urry	9.2	1	30	2	-	-

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Hutt Valley second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AF Nightingale	b EL Child	76
IN Brennan	c Smith b Bergersen	12
JM Brosnahan	c Dunning b EL Child	4
FB Rogers	b Joass	6
ES Manderson	c Dunning b EL Child	31
*IP Upston	c Armstrong b Joass	3
BN Sheppard	c Dunning b Bergersen	32
DJ Francis	b EL Child	11
DN Urry	c Nelson b Joass	8
JA McKeown	st Munro b Joass	0
M Turvey	not out	0
Extras	(3 b, 5 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 80.2 overs)	192
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-46, 3-71, 4-137, 5-138, 6-146, 7-165, 8-175, 9-182, 10-192 (80.2 ov)

Northland bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
EL Child	21	8	52	4	-	-
Bergersen	16.2	5	35	2	-	-
Williams	10	3	13	0	-	-
Joass	21	4	55	4	-	-
Dunning	12	3	28	0	-	-

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

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