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| Venue | Sportsground, Palmerston North on 15th, 16th, 18th February 1946 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Manawatu won by 259 runs |
| Umpires | NE Hassell, FSC Hubbard |
| Close of play day 1 | |
| Close of play day 2 |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McVicar | lbw b Challies | 82 | |||||
| DW Bowden | b Challies | 23 | |||||
| JE Armitage | c Hall b J Newman | 28 | |||||
| *JA Ongley | c A Newman b Challies | 20 | |||||
| +WE Norris | lbw b Challies | 8 | |||||
| MA Ongley | lbw b J Newman | 32 | |||||
| WA Nichols | c Botting b Hall | 19 | |||||
| N Gallichan | c Hall b J Newman | 9 | |||||
| BD Miller | c Avery b Hall | 2 | |||||
| CE Barraud | b Hall | 0 | |||||
| TA Downes | not out | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 114.2 overs) | 241 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48, 2-81, 3-114, 4-132, 5-191, 6-206, 7-226, 8-226, 9-226, 10-241 (114.2 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 36.2 | 10 | 61 | 3 | - | - | |
| J Newman | 34 | 13 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Vass | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Challies | 24 | 2 | 85 | 4 | - | - | |
| A Newman | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Avery | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nelson first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GS Botting | lbw b Miller | 35 | |||||
| WR Vass | b Downes | 25 | |||||
| TAJ Birch | c Norris b Downes | 7 | |||||
| A Newman | c JA Ongley b Gallichan | 3 | |||||
| NE Avery | c Norris b Barraud | 22 | |||||
| N Edwards | c Norris b Downes | 4 | |||||
| BG Gully | st Norris b Gallichan | 9 | |||||
| D Glover | not out | 5 | |||||
| J Newman | run out | 13 | |||||
| RS Challies | c Nichols b Downes | 1 | |||||
| JL Hall | c Gallichan b Miller | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.4 overs) | 140 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-64, 3-71, 4-73, 5-83, 6-105, 7-109, 8-122, 9-123, 10-140 (83.4 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Downes | 26 | 6 | 53 | 4 | - | - | |
| Barraud | 10 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 28.4 | 11 | 39 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gallichan | 19 | 7 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Manawatu second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McVicar | b Hall | 41 | |||||
| DW Bowden | b J Newman | 4 | |||||
| JE Armitage | c Botting b Hall | 8 | |||||
| *JA Ongley | b Challies | 22 | |||||
| +WE Norris | c and b J Newman | 16 | |||||
| MA Ongley | c A Newman b Hall | 17 | |||||
| WA Nichols | c Botting b J Newman | 0 | |||||
| N Gallichan | c A Newman b Challies | 57 | |||||
| BD Miller | c Glover b Hall | 45 | |||||
| CE Barraud | c and b Hall | 25 | |||||
| TA Downes | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 2 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108.1 overs) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-17, 3-66, 4-82, 5-98, 6-104, 7-140, 8-197, 9-227, 10-251 (108.1 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 29.1 | 8 | 68 | 5 | - | - | |
| J Newman | 31 | 16 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Vass | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Challies | 18 | 2 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| A Newman | 28 | 9 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nelson second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GS Botting | c JA Ongley b Gallichan | 12 | |||||
| WR Vass | b Barraud | 0 | |||||
| TAJ Birch | lbw b Downes | 1 | |||||
| A Newman | c Barraud b Downes | 42 | |||||
| NE Avery | b Barraud | 16 | |||||
| N Edwards | c Nichols b Downes | 1 | |||||
| BG Gully | c Nichols b Downes | 1 | |||||
| D Glover | c Armitage b Barraud | 0 | |||||
| J Newman | c Norris b Miller | 9 | |||||
| RS Challies | not out | 2 | |||||
| JL Hall | st Norris b Miller | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 1 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 45.4 overs) | 93 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-13, 3-18, 4-67, 5-73, 6-74, 7-76, 8-90, 9-93, 10-93 (45.4 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Downes | 15 | 1 | 29 | 4 | - | - | |
| Barraud | 15 | 4 | 19 | 3 | - | - | |
| Miller | 7.4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gallichan | 8 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |