hawke209	Wairarapa v Southern Hawke's Bay
	Hawke Cup 1953/54 (Elimination Match)
Venue	Park Oval, Masterton on 31st December 1953, 1st January 1954 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Southern Hawke's Bay won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Wairarapa won by an innings and 124 runs
Umpires	GG Coleman, BL Hurrell
Close of play day 1

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Southern Hawke's Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*B Anderson	not out	71			9	-
NJ Northover	c Willoughby b Cruickshank	3			-	-
NM Sherer	b Patrick	24
+D McLeod	c Perry b Patrick	0			-	-
J Holmes	c Willoughby b Patrick	3			-	-
NC Robinson	b Patrick	0	1	1	-	-
JK Dwyer	b Patrick	0	1	1	-	-
W Stevens	b Patrick	27
AR Longton	b Patrick	0			-	-
R Dean	b Patrick	7
DR Vibert	b Newland	0			-	-
Extras	(4 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	7
Total	(all out, 65.4 overs)	142
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Northover), 2-38 (Sherer), 3-40 (McLeod), 4-46 (Holmes), 5-46 (Robinson), 6-46 (Dwyer), 7-97 (Stevens), 8-97 (Longton), 9-130 (Dean), 10-142 (Vibert, 65.4 ov)

Wairarapa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Patrick	32	11	57	8	-	-
Cruickshank	15	5	42	1	-	1
Newland	18.4	5	36	1	-	-

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Wairarapa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BH Blackwood	c Northover b Sherer	70			10	-
NH Farrar	b Dean	74			10	-
J McArthur	st McLeod b Sherer	1			-	-
BW Henson	c Holmes b Dean	76			11	-
WW Perry	lbw b Sherer	1			-	-
MJ Carter	lbw b Dean	6
+R Willoughby	st McLeod b Dean	34
L Duley	lbw b Sherer	0			-	-
*BA Patrick	not out	42			7	-
A Cruickshank	c Anderson b Longton	36			5	1
AI Newland	c Anderson b Vibert	0			-	-
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 97.2 overs)	349
Fall of wickets:
1-118, 2-124, 3-174, 4-181, 5-192, 6-254, 7-259, 8-281, 9-335, 10-349 (97.2 ov)

Southern Hawke's Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Dean	26	6	80	4	-	-
Vibert	16.2	2	64	1	-	-
Robinson	2	1	5	0	-	-
Longton	12	3	44	1	-	1
Dwyer	5	0	22	0	-	-
Sherer	34	5	115	4	-	-
Northover	2	0	10	0	-	-

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Southern Hawke's Bay second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*B Anderson	b Cruickshank	4				-
NJ Northover	lbw b Carter	15
NM Sherer	c Farrar b Cruickshank	14
+D McLeod	c Cruickshank b Carter	4				-
J Holmes	b Newland	1			-	-
NC Robinson	b Newland	8
JK Dwyer	b Newland	10
W Stevens	b Newland	0			-	-
AR Longton	b Duley	5				-
R Dean	not out	9
DR Vibert	c McArthur b Patrick	4				-
Extras	(6 lb, 3 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 43 overs)	83
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Anderson), 2-39, 3-45, 4-46, 5-48, 6-64, 7-65, 8-66, 9-74, 10-83 (43 ov)

Wairarapa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Patrick	9	1	11	1	-	-
Cruickshank	13	0	21	2	-	3
Newland	12	6	20	4	-	-
Carter	3	0	13	2	-	-
Duley	6	2	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> BA Patrick completed a hat-trick in the Southern Hawke's Bay first innings (J Holmes, NC Robinson, JK Dwyer)

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B Anderson batted through the Southern Hawke's Bay first innings
BH Blackwood and NH Farrar put on 118 for the first wicket in the Wairarapa first innings