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| Venue | Seddon Park, Hamilton on 31st March, 2nd, 3rd April 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Waikato won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | DHV Bindon, RFJ Powell |
| Close of play day 1 | |
| Close of play day 2 | Manawatu (1) 65/5 |
| Waikato first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +EC Petrie | not out | 151 | |||||
| *JK Everest | b Tarrant | 4 | |||||
| DS Clarke | c Campbell b Biss | 9 | |||||
| PH Smith | c McVicar b Beard | 3 | |||||
| N Puna | c Bowden b Beard | 31 | |||||
| RN Procter | c Colquhoun b Tarrant | 9 | |||||
| JD Irving | b Beard | 8 | |||||
| BB Higgins | b Beard | 5 | |||||
| DB Clarke | lbw b Tarrant | 2 | |||||
| DC Hoskin | c Colquhoun b Harford | 28 | |||||
| AF Lissette | c Donald b Tarrant | 21 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 2 lb, 7 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106.4 overs) | 287 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-38, 3-41, 4-114, 5-123, 6-135, 7-143, 8-146, 9-187, 10-287 (106.4 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tarrant | 33.4 | 14 | 69 | 4 | - | - | |
| Beard | 39 | 14 | 99 | 4 | - | - | |
| Biss | 12 | 3 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harford | 14 | 4 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mummery | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McVicar | c and b Hoskin | 2 | |||||
| AA Newth | b DB Clarke | 0 | |||||
| I Campbell | c Petrie b Lissette | 19 | |||||
| NS Harford | c Hoskin b Puna | 9 | |||||
| *DW Bowden | b Lissette | 19 | |||||
| DD Beard | c Petrie b Lissette | 9 | |||||
| DL Donald | lbw b Hoskin | 21 | |||||
| EL Mummery | run out | 2 | |||||
| DT Biss | c DS Clarke b DB Clarke | 2 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | c DS Clarke b Lissette | 30 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 10 lb, 5 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.2 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-3, 3-28, 4-35, 5-65, 6-70, 7-83, 8-86, 9-129, 10-129 (57.2 ov) | |||||||
| Waikato bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| DB Clarke | 14 | 4 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hoskin | 9 | 4 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Puna | 12 | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lissette | 22.2 | 6 | 38 | 4 | - | - | |
| Waikato second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +EC Petrie | not out | 66 | |||||
| *JK Everest | c Beard b Tarrant | 2 | |||||
| DS Clarke | b Mummery | 22 | |||||
| PH Smith | lbw b Beard | 2 | |||||
| N Puna | c Campbell b Mummery | 34 | |||||
| RN Procter | did not bat | ||||||
| JD Irving | did not bat | ||||||
| BB Higgins | did not bat | ||||||
| DB Clarke | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Hoskin | did not bat | ||||||
| AF Lissette | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 56 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-59, 3-64, 4-142 (56 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tarrant | 11 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Beard | 20 | 3 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Biss | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harford | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mummery | 15 | 5 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Manawatu second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AA Newth | lbw b DB Clarke | 0 | |||||
| I Campbell | st Petrie b Lissette | 20 | |||||
| NS Harford | not out | 7 | |||||
| *DW Bowden | not out | 3 | |||||
| DL Donald | c Smith b Puna | 30 | |||||
| DD Beard | did not bat | ||||||
| CC McVicar | did not bat | ||||||
| EL Mummery | did not bat | ||||||
| DT Biss | did not bat | ||||||
| +IA Colquhoun | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Tarrant | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 3 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 25 overs) | 69 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-43, 3-59 | |||||||
| Waikato bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| DB Clarke | 7 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hoskin | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Puna | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lissette | 7 | 3 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| DS Clarke | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |