misc602156	Taranaki v Wanganui
	Smith Shield 1955/56
Venue	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 2nd, 3rd December 1955 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Wanganui won by 68 runs
Close of play day 1	Taranaki (1) 26/7 (Strawbridge 0*)

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Wanganui first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BG Hamilton	c and b Putt	28
PW Dyhrberg	b Hall	0
*BL Jones	b Ireland	21
RE Brown	b Hawkes	22
DR Baron	b Bartlett	0
HR Carver	b Putt	16
TLA Stent	b Hawkes	0
+AB Lints	b Putt	6
GN McDougall	b Putt	11
SN James	not out	6
LR Batson	b Putt	7
Extras		16
Total	(all out, 208 minutes, 62.2 overs)	133
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Dyhrberg), 2-38, 3-77, 4-77, 5-84, 6-84, 7-97, 8-110, 9-123, 10-133 (62.2 ov)

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	15	1	30	1	-	-
Ireland	13	5	29	1	-	-
Bartlett	8	3	13	1	-	-
Putt	15.2	6	19	5	-	-
Hawkes	10	2	23	2	-	-
Meuli	1	0	3	0	-	-

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Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Broughton	lbw b Jones	1
J Hawkes	c Carver b James	0
R Simpson	lbw b James	2
RJ Urbahn	c McDougall b Jones	0
*EM Meuli	run out	10
GSP Bartlett	c Brown b McDougall	7
MC Putt	b Brown	5
+MM Strawbridge	b James	0
MS Cockerill	b Jones	9
RA Ireland	b Jones	0
GB Hall	not out	0
Extras		1
Total	(all out, 23.2 overs)	35
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-1, 3-3, 4-3, 5-19, 6-26, 7-26, 8-35, 9-35, 10-35 (23.2 ov)

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	9	4	8	3	-	-
Jones	7.2	4	8	4	-	-
Brown	4	2	4	1	-	-
McDougall	3	0	14	1	-	-

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Wanganui second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BG Hamilton	c Strawbridge b Hall	4
PW Dyhrberg	b Ireland	3
*BL Jones	run out	1
RE Brown	c Strawbridge b Ireland	12
DR Baron	b Hall	14
HR Carver	run out	8
TLA Stent	st Strawbridge b Putt	3
+AB Lints	c Hawkes b Ireland	1
GN McDougall	not out	4
SN James	b Hall	5
LR Batson	b Hall	0
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 152 minutes, 46.2 overs)	60
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-5, 3-9, 4-24, 5-39, 6-47, 7-50, 8-53, 9-60, 10-60 (46.2 ov)

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Hall	15.2	7	18	4	-	-
Ireland	15	9	15	3	-	-
Putt	8	3	10	1	-	-
Bartlett	8	3	12	0	-	-

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Taranaki second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
JR Broughton	b Brown	17
J Hawkes	c Lints b James	2
R Simpson	c James b Jones	0
*EM Meuli	b McDougall	24
+MM Strawbridge	c Baron b James	22
RJ Urbahn	b Jones	7
GSP Bartlett	b Jones	1
MC Putt	b McDougall	0
MS Cockerill	b Jones	7
RA Ireland	b McDougall	2
GB Hall	not out	0
Extras		8
Total	(all out, 150 minutes, 49.3 overs)	90
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Hawkes), 2-8 (Simpson), 3-37 (Broughton), 4-56 (Meuli), 5-71, 6-72, 7-81, 8-81, 9-86, 10-90 (49.3 ov)

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
James	16	7	18	2	-	-
Jones	15.3	5	30	4	-	-
Batson	5	1	9	0	-	-
Brown	9	4	15	1	-	-
McDougall	4	0	10	3	-	-

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Wanganui retained the Smith Shield
Taranaki debuts: J Hawkes and RJ Urbahn