misc602212	Wanganui v Taranaki
	Other matches in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 31st December 1956, 1st January 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Wanganui won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Taranaki won by 7 wickets
Close of play day 1	Taranaki (1) 55/3

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Wanganui first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Allardyce	b Spurdle	12
NL Blanchfield	b Spurdle	23
RJ Leahy	c Park b Spurdle	0	2		-	-
BL Jones	c Skipper b Spurdle	0	1	1	-	-
AB Lints	c Hoko b Park	35
RE Brown	b O'Dowda	1
*JR Barnett	b O'Dowda	27
AVW Rowland	st Wright b Park	4
+NF Walker	b Park	4
JT Jeromson	not out	2
SN James	b O'Dowda	7
Extras		5
Total	(all out, 50.1 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-38 (Allardyce), 2-38 (Leahy), 3-38 (Jones), 4-38 (Blanchfield), 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-120 (50.1 ov)

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Dowda	19.1	4	52	3	-	-
Northcott	6	3	7	0	-	-
Yardley	6	1	18	0	-	-
Spurdle	11	3	28	4	-	-
Park	8	2	10	3	-	-

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Taranaki first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
WG Fraser	b Rowland	18
G Edwards	b James	4
E Hoko	lbw b Rowland	19
*AT Spurdle	c Leahy b Rowland	15
MH Skipper	run out	97			10	3
J Hawkes	run out	44
DR Yardley	c Walker b James	31
+AW Wright	b Jones	13
D Park	not out	2
DE Northcott	did not bat
BI O'Dowda	did not bat
Extras		20
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 81.2 overs)	263
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-58, 5-166, 6-?, 7-?, 8-263 (81.2 ov)

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rowland	20	1	61	3	-	-
James	19.2	2	72	2	-	-
Jones	24	8	54	1	-	-
Leahy	6	0	40	0	-	-
Jeromson	12	7	16	0	-	-

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Wanganui second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MG Allardyce	lbw b O'Dowda	23
NL Blanchfield	c and b Spurdle	10
RJ Leahy	b O'Dowda	82			8	-
BL Jones	lbw b Yardley	41
AB Lints	b Yardley	0
RE Brown	b Yardley	0
*JR Barnett	b Yardley	6
AVW Rowland	b Yardley	2
+NF Walker	not out	9
JT Jeromson	not out	2
SN James	did not bat
Extras		11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 60 overs)	186
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?

Taranaki bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
O'Dowda	14	5	33	2	-	-
Northcott	7	0	31	0	-	-
Spurdle	17	4	52	1	-	-
Park	5	2	12	0	-	-
Hawkes	5	1	21	0	-	-
Yardley	12	4	26	5	-	-

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Taranaki second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Edwards	not out	38		20
WG Fraser	c Jones b James	7
MH Skipper	run out	0
DR Yardley	b Rowland	0
+AW Wright	not out	0
E Hoko	did not bat
*AT Spurdle	did not bat
J Hawkes	did not bat
D Park	did not bat
DE Northcott	did not bat
BI O'Dowda	did not bat
Extras		0
Total	(3 wickets, 20 minutes, 4 overs)	45
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?

Wanganui bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Rowland	2	0	16	1	-	-
James	2	0	29	1	-	-

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Heavy overnight rain delayed the start of the game until 1.30pm on the first day
A sporting declaration by Wanganui left Taranaki to get 44 in 28 minutes for the outright win
Taranaki debuts: G Edwards, E Hoko, DE Northcott, BI O'Dowda, D Park, MH Skipper and AW Wright