f20779	South Island v North Island
	Other First-Class matches in New Zealand 1954/55
Venue	Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 24th, 25th, 26th February 1955 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	LC Johnston, ED Milne
Close of play day 1	North Island (1) 294 all out
Close of play day 2	South Island (1) 165/4 (Chapple 71*, Watt 37*)

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North Island first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GO Rabone	c MacGibbon b Moir	67
LSM Miller	lbw b MacGibbon	32
JB Morris	b Moir	34
JW Guy	not out	81
NS Harford	c McGregor b Moir	0
JR Reid	b Hayes	1
JEF Beck	b Hayes	0
HB Cave	b Hayes	19
RW Blair	b MacGibbon	8
+IA Colquhoun	c Haig b Hayes	35
DB Clarke	b Moir	0
Extras	(6 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	17
Total	(all out, 108.5 overs)	294
Fall of wickets:
1-72 (Miller), 2-131 (Morris), 3-131 (Harford), 4-132 (Reid), 5-132 (Beck), 6-175 (Cave), 7-198 (Rabone), 8-217 (Blair), 9-293 (Colquhoun), 10-294 (Clarke, 108.5 ov)

South Island bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hayes	32	11	77	4	-	-
MacGibbon	30	7	82	2	-	-
Smith	8	1	17	0	-	-
Moir	30.5	5	77	4	-	-
Poore	7	2	20	0	-	-
Haig	1	0	4	0	-	-

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South Island first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JG Leggat	lbw b Blair	6
WS Haig	b Blair	14
ME Chapple	not out	71
SN McGregor	b Cave	11
MB Poore	c Morris b Clarke	10
L Watt	not out	37
*LD Smith	did not bat
AR MacGibbon	did not bat
AM Moir	did not bat
+TG McMahon	did not bat
JA Hayes	did not bat
Extras	(11 b, 3 lb, 2 nb)	16
Total	(4 wickets, 57 overs)	165
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Leggat), 2-25 (Haig), 3-44 (McGregor), 4-82 (Poore)

North Island bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blair	18	3	46	2	-	-
Cave	19	10	32	1	-	-
Reid	6	2	21	0	-	-
Clarke	11	0	42	1	-	-
Harford	3	1	8	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> GO Rabone retired hurt in the North Island first innings (team score 114/1) - he returned when the score was 175/6

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