Major highlights were Brad Schmulian's 182 from 182 balls for Hawke's Bay, and veteran Bay skipper Angus Schaw spinning his way to a match haul of 11 wickets for just 41 runs – 6-17 off 12.1 overs in the first innings and 5-24 off 11.2 overs in the second.
Schaw's haul included one clean bowled, four lbw decisions in each innings, and one victim caught and bowled, and each-innings dismissals of four of his victims.
Perhaps as memorable for the home team was the performance of 47-year-old, 1997-2001 New Zealand Black Caps all-rounder Andrew Penn, with figures of 4-85, as he trundled in for 18 overs of his 2022-era right-arm medium quicks.
It included Hawke's Bay's top scorers - Schmulian, opener Jonathan Whitley (78) and No.5 bat Dominic Thompson (71 from 71 balls), and the four wickets were Penn's first for Wanganui since 1995.
But it was a less productive result with the bat – Penn opening each innings and being dismissed each time without score.
Hawke's Bay's domination was highlighted by Wanganui coach Warren Marr.
"It was men against boys – that's a good side," he said. "We're not used to facing that quality of attack at club level, and you can't manufacture it. It's a hiding. We'll just take it on the chin. Everyone struggles against them."
Scoreboard
Wanganui 1st Innings
A Penn lbw b B Stoyanoff 0
N Harding ct W Clark b Kyle Gardiner 15
H O'Leary lbw b A Schaw 14
S O'Leary lbw b A Schaw 22
J McIlraith ct A Schaw b Bradley Schmulian 4
C Hobbs ct Dion Joll b A Schaw 2
C Sharrock lbw b A Schaw 16
A Dinwiddie lbw b Kyle Gardiner 3
J Clark lbw b A Schaw 0
F Kinnerley b A Schaw 1
J Beale not out 0
Extras: 6
Total: 83 (48.1 overs)
Bowling: B Stoyanoff 7 overs, 5 maidens, 9 runs, 1 wicket; T Watson 5-2-9-0; K Gardiner 11-3-26-2; W Clark 5-1-10-0; A Schaw 12.1-7-17-6; B Schmulian 8-3-8-1.
Hawke's Bay 1st Innings
J Whitley lbw b A Penn 78
W Clark lbw b Connor O'Leary 2
B Schmulian ct C Sharrock b A Penn 182
A Schaw b A Penn 11
D Thompson ct J Beale b A Penn 71
D Joll not out 5
Extras: 9
Total: 358-5 dec (77.1 overs)
Bowling: C O'Leary 20-0-97-1; J Beale 6-2-16-0; F Kinnerley 7-0-23-0; S O'Leary 7-0-39-0; H O'Leary 9-0-34- 0; A Dinwiddie 4-0-28-0; A Penn 18.1-2-85-4; Joel Clark 6-0-32-0.
Wanganui 2nd Innings
N Harding ct W Clark b T Watson 32
A Penn ct K Weeks b T Watson 0
H O'Leary lbw b K Gardiner 15
S O'Leary lbw b A Schaw 6
J McIlraith ct J Whitley b B Schmulian 2
C Hobbs lbw b A Schaw 0
C Sharrock ct & b A Schaw 11
A Dinwiddie ct D Thompson b A Schaw 4
J Clark lbw b A Schaw 7
F Kinnerley ct D Joll b B Schmulian 15
J Beale not out 4
Extras: 7
Total: 103 (33.2 overs)
Bowling: B Stoyanoff 4-0-27-0; A Schaw 11.2-3-24-5; T Watson 5-2-10-2; K Gardiner 5-0-17-1; B Schmulian 8-2-19-2.
Result: Hawke's Bay win by an innings and 172 runs.