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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 9th, 10th March 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | King Country won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Taranaki won by an innings and 130 runs |
| Umpires | G Hogan, C Moore |
| Close of play day 1 | Taranaki (1) 198/4 (Blair 55*, Strawbridge 58*) |
| King Country first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Webb | c Strawbridge b Hall | 3 | |||||
| JR Barber | b Hall | 9 | |||||
| E Burns | c Strawbridge b Spurdle | 30 | 84 | ||||
| *RR McKay | c Hall b Spurdle | 21 | 45 | ||||
| I Carr | lbw b Barclay | 5 | |||||
| +A Hall | b Spurdle | 0 | |||||
| B Gregory | c Spurdle b Hall | 5 | |||||
| ME Allen | b Barclay | 0 | |||||
| E Parker-Forbes | b Spurdle | 14 | |||||
| JB Fowler | c Strawbridge b Spurdle | 0 | |||||
| AD Whimp | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 51.4 overs) | 106 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11, 2-16, 3-66, 4-81, 5-81, 6-82, 7-82, 8-100, 9-106, 10-106 (51.4 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 17 | 8 | 21 | 3 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 12 | 4 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bartlett | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Putt | 6 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spurdle | 8.4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | - | - | |
| Bishop | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SA McBride | c Webb b McKay | 8 | |||||
| *EM Meuli | lbw b Allen | 51 | 105 | ||||
| AR Blair | b Parker-Forbes | 94 | 170 | 6 | - | ||
| AT Spurdle | c Whimp b Allen | 0 | |||||
| GSP Bartlett | st Hall b Parker-Forbes | 1 | |||||
| +MM Strawbridge | b Allen | 82 | 82 | 9 | - | ||
| MC Putt | b Allen | 2 | |||||
| BJ Bayley | run out | 8 | |||||
| DA Bishop | c Fowler b McKay | 18 | |||||
| CW Barclay | not out | 25 | 30 | ||||
| GB Hall | lbw b Whimp | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (28 b, 6 lb) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 301 minutes, 91 overs) | 328 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40 (McBride), 2-96 (Meuli), 3-96 (Spurdle), 4-97 (Bartlett), 5-229 (Strawbridge), 6-235 (Putt), 7-259 (Bayley), 8-291, 9-295, 10-328 (91 ov) | |||||||
| King Country bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Whimp | 21 | 5 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allen | 24 | 5 | 74 | 4 | - | - | |
| Fowler | 15 | 2 | 51 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKay | 13 | 3 | 37 | 2 | - | - | |
| Parker-Forbes | 18 | 2 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| King Country second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JR Barber | c Strawbridge b Hall | 0 | |||||
| G Webb | lbw b Meuli | 19 | |||||
| E Burns | lbw b Putt | 19 | |||||
| B Gregory | run out | 14 | |||||
| I Carr | c Putt b Bishop | 1 | |||||
| *RR McKay | c Bartlett b Spurdle | 23 | |||||
| +A Hall | b Meuli | 3 | |||||
| E Parker-Forbes | c McBride b Spurdle | 4 | |||||
| ME Allen | c McBride b Spurdle | 4 | |||||
| AD Whimp | b Hall | 2 | |||||
| JB Fowler | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 37.3 overs) | 92 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Barber), 2-24, 3-42, 4-45, 5-77, 6-77, 7-84, 8-84, 9-88, 10-92 (37.3 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 8 | 4 | 11 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Putt | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bishop | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spurdle | 10.3 | 1 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Meuli | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | - | - | |