misc993974	Marlborough v New Zealand Nomads
	Other matches in New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Horton Park, Blenheim on 4th, 5th February 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Marlborough won by 13 runs
Close of play day 1	New Zealand Nomads (1) 15/2 (Hamilton 7*, G Hare 0*; 8 overs)

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Marlborough first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Williams	b Newman	4
J Griffiths	c Giesen b Roberts	1
AB Thompson	b Roberts	49
AJ Neal	c Collins b Roberts	54
*JHP Houghton	b Arkwright	10
Bruhns	c Newman b Beattie	34
IA MacGregor	lbw b Arkwright	1
JR Barnett	c Collins b Roberts	8
TR Neal	b Newman	1
AE Cresswell	c Beattie b Newman	1
GF Cresswell	not out	1
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 66 overs)	176
Fall of wickets:
1-6 (Williams), 2-18 (Griffiths), 3-83 (Thompson), 4-96 (Houghton), 5-156, 6-159, 7-172, 8-174, 9-175, 10-176 (66 ov)

New Zealand Nomads bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	13	4	32	3	-	-
Newman	21	16	21	4	-	-
Beattie	12	3	33	1	-	-
Collins	6	1	34	0	-	-
Arkwright	6	2	17	2	-	-
Young	8	2	27	0	-	-

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New Zealand Nomads first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
B Meale	b GF Cresswell	0	2	1	-	-
BG Hamilton	lbw b AE Cresswell	12
+A Giesen	b GF Cresswell	8
G Hare	b GF Cresswell	1
TA Roberts	c Houghton b GF Cresswell	22
JHG Hare	b TR Neal	24
*DEL Collins	b GF Cresswell	0
RM Young	c and b GF Cresswell	5
BR Beattie	not out	17
JH Arkwright	b AE Cresswell	3
J Newman	c Houghton b GF Cresswell	0
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 34.3 overs)	104
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Meale, 0.2 ov), 2-10 (Giesen), 3-23, 4-29, 5-71, 6-71, 7-75, 8-89, 9-101, 10-104 (34.3 ov)

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GF Cresswell	17.3	6	32	7	-	-
AE Cresswell	11	1	31	2	-	-
TR Neal	6	1	29	1	-	-

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Marlborough second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Williams	b Roberts	9
J Griffiths	c Meale b Roberts	27
AB Thompson	run out	35
AJ Neal	not out	30
*JHP Houghton	run out	5
Bruhns	c Hamilton b Beattie	2
IA MacGregor	not out	3
JR Barnett	did not bat
TR Neal	did not bat
AE Cresswell	did not bat
GF Cresswell	did not bat
Extras		7
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 41 overs)	118
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Williams), 2-67, 3-88, 4-92, 5-105

New Zealand Nomads bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Roberts	15	2	49	2	-	-
Newman	13	6	11	0	-	-
Young	3	0	8	0	-	-
Collins	5	0	22	0	-	-
Beattie	5	0	21	1	-	-

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New Zealand Nomads second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BG Hamilton	b GF Cresswell	0
B Meale	b AE Cresswell	0
+A Giesen	b AE Cresswell	0
G Hare	c AE Cresswell b GF Cresswell	73
TA Roberts	b AE Cresswell	10
JHG Hare	c Griffiths b TR Neal	2
BR Beattie	c Bruhns b GF Cresswell	38
*DEL Collins	b GF Cresswell	14
RM Young	lbw b TR Neal	20
JH Arkwright	c Houghton b MacGregor	6
J Newman	not out	0
Extras		14
Total	(all out, 47 overs)	177
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-18, 5-41, 6-112, 7-128, 8-144, 9-150, 10-177 (47 ov)

Marlborough bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GF Cresswell	13	4	50	4	-	-
AE Cresswell	12	5	38	3	-	-
TR Neal	9	3	22	2	-	-
MacGregor	11	2	39	1	-	-
AJ Neal	2	0	7	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Wickets given to bowlers do not agree with batting scorecard for the Marlborough first innings
--> Bowling in the New Zealand Nomads second innings adds 7 runs under

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New Zealand Nomads were given just under 3 hours to score 191 to win the match outright but lost their final wicket in the last over of the match
The New Zealand Nomads team consisted of DEL Collins and TA Roberts (Wairarapa), BR Beattie, A Giesen, BG Hamilton and RM Young (Wanganui), JH Arkwright, G Hare and JHG Hare (Rangitikei), B Meale (Hutt Valley) and J Newman (Nelson)