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| Venue | Victoria Square, Cambridge on 26th, 27th, 28th December 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Taranaki won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (Waikato won on first innings) |
| Umpires | M Barnett, N Brown |
| Close of play day 1 | Waikato (1) 59/2 (White 31*, Clarke 0*; 35 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AR Blair | lbw b Irwin | 19 | |||||
| WG Fraser | b Procter | 11 | |||||
| *AT Spurdle | c Gibson b Higgins | 59 | |||||
| +MM Strawbridge | b Keeley | 6 | |||||
| R Wylie | b Procter | 23 | |||||
| GE Beatty | lbw b Higgins | 17 | |||||
| MC Putt | lbw b Higgins | 10 | |||||
| DR Yardley | b Irwin | 4 | |||||
| DA Bishop | run out | 7 | |||||
| RA Ireland | not out | 5 | |||||
| GB Hall | c Procter b Keeley | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 82.2 overs) | 166 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (Blair), 2-37 (Fraser), 3-48 (Strawbridge), 4-103 (Wylie), 5-136 (Spurdle), 6-144 (Beatty), 7-155, 8-160, 9-166, 10-166 (82.2 ov) | |||||||
| Waikato bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rodgers | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Irwin | 28 | 10 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Procter | 20 | 5 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Keeley | 9.2 | 3 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Higgins | 19 | 5 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Waikato first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JDS White | c Yardley b Spurdle | 48 | |||||
| EF Baigent | lbw b Spurdle | 20 | |||||
| JAL Gibson | b Ireland | 5 | |||||
| DS Clarke | b Hall | 40 | |||||
| JD Irving | lbw b Putt | 22 | |||||
| B McBurney | c Ireland b Spurdle | 30 | |||||
| RN Procter | c Bishop b Hall | 12 | 3 | - | |||
| RJ Keeley | b Ireland | 11 | |||||
| *BB Higgins | b Hall | 6 | |||||
| DM Irwin | b Hall | 10 | |||||
| MP Rodgers | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99.3 overs) | 217 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53 (Baigent), 2-59 (Gibson), 3-91 (White), 4-132 (Irving), 5-152 (Clarke), 6-174 (Procter), 7-196, 8-204, 9-210, 10-217 (99.3 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 23.3 | 6 | 46 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ireland | 20 | 9 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Yardley | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Putt | 21 | 6 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spurdle | 12 | 3 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wylie | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bishop | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taranaki second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AR Blair | c Gibson b Irving | 8 | |||||
| WG Fraser | b Irwin | 6 | |||||
| *AT Spurdle | c Rodgers b Irving | 11 | |||||
| GE Beatty | c Higgins b Keeley | 7 | |||||
| R Wylie | c Irwin b Keeley | 25 | |||||
| +MM Strawbridge | c White b Keeley | 7 | |||||
| MC Putt | not out | 4 | |||||
| DR Yardley | not out | 2 | |||||
| DA Bishop | did not bat | ||||||
| RA Ireland | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Hall | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 33 overs) | 73 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-17, 3-27, 4-44, 5-67, 6-68 | |||||||
| Waikato bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Irving | 9 | 2 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Irwin | 10 | 3 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Procter | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Keeley | 6 | 0 | 27 | 3 | - | - | |
| McBurney | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |