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| Venue | Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur on 12th, 13th, 14th January 1956 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | New Zealanders won by 119 runs | 
| Umpires | PN Behere, ND Sane | 
| Close of play day 1 | Indian Universities (1) 44/3 (Baig 6*, Krishnaswamy 11*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealanders (2) 155/4 (Harris 58*, Alabaster 3*) | 
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Leggat | run out | 15 | |||||
| SN McGregor | lbw b Bhandari | 46 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | lbw b Murugesh | 1 | |||||
| MB Poore | b Bhandari | 22 | |||||
| *JR Reid | lbw b Murugesh | 0 | |||||
| B Sutcliffe | b Bhandari | 6 | |||||
| NS Harford | b Gupte | 15 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | b Bhandari | 0 | |||||
| AM Moir | lbw b Bhandari | 19 | |||||
| +EC Petrie | not out | 15 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Gokhale b Bhandari | 24 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb, 4 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.5 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36, 2-44, 3-77, 4-79, 5-89, 6-99, 7-101, 8-117, 9-135, 10-173 (80.5 ov) | |||||||
| Indian Universities bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Rajinder Pal | 8 | 2 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 
| Mathur | 6 | 3 | 13 | 0 | - | - | 
| Murugesh | 24 | 9 | 30 | 2 | - | - | 
| Gupte | 24 | 5 | 55 | 1 | - | - | 
| Bhandari | 18.5 | 3 | 50 | 6 | - | - | 
| Indian Universities first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| VL Mehra | b Reid | 8 | |||||
| +SN Kuckreja | c Harford b Moir | 19 | |||||
| AL Apte | b Reid | 0 | |||||
| AA Baig | c Harford b Moir | 13 | |||||
| AS Krishnaswamy | b Reid | 42 | |||||
| *P Bhandari | b Moir | 0 | |||||
| PM Gokhale | not out | 27 | |||||
| CB Mathur | b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| MK Murugesh | b Reid | 1 | |||||
| Rajinder Pal | c McGregor b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| BP Gupte | b Alabaster | 31 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.5 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-27, 3-27, 4-59, 5-61, 6-95, 7-96, 8-97, 9-104, 10-148 (80.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| MacGibbon | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | 
| Reid | 26 | 17 | 27 | 4 | - | - | 
| Moir | 31 | 11 | 78 | 3 | - | - | 
| Alabaster | 9.5 | 4 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 
| Poore | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 
| Harris | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 
| New Zealanders second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Leggat | lbw b Gupte | 12 | |||||
| B Sutcliffe | st Kuckreja b Gupte | 8 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | lbw b Gupte | 95 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Krishnaswamy b Gokhale | 36 | |||||
| AM Moir | st Kuckreja b Gupte | 28 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | b Gupte | 44 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Mehra b Gupte | 11 | |||||
| MB Poore | not out | 17 | |||||
| NS Harford | c Gupte b Rajinder Pal | 2 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | did not bat | ||||||
| +EC Petrie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 3 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 83.5 overs) | 267 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-26, 3-113, 4-150, 5-212, 6-234, 7-260, 8-267 | |||||||
| Indian Universities bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Rajinder Pal | 8.5 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 
| Mathur | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 
| Murugesh | 18 | 3 | 55 | 0 | - | - | 
| Gupte | 35 | 5 | 106 | 6 | - | - | 
| Bhandari | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | - | - | 
| Krishnaswamy | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 
| Gokhale | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | 
| Indian Universities second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AL Apte | c Moir b Alabaster | 11 | |||||
| +SN Kuckreja | b Harford | 2 | |||||
| VL Mehra | c and b Moir | 39 | |||||
| AA Baig | run out | 33 | |||||
| PM Gokhale | b Poore | 0 | |||||
| *P Bhandari | b Poore | 9 | |||||
| CB Mathur | b Poore | 16 | |||||
| AS Krishnaswamy | b Poore | 10 | |||||
| BP Gupte | c sub (TG McMahon) b Poore | 23 | |||||
| MK Murugesh | lbw b Reid | 18 | |||||
| Rajinder Pal | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 1 w) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 61.5 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-24, 3-86, 4-86, 5-94, 6-114, 7-119, 8-130, 9-157, 10-173 (61.5 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Reid | 13 | 6 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 
| Moir | 11 | 3 | 46 | 1 | - | - | 
| Alabaster | 16 | 4 | 46 | 1 | - | - | 
| Poore | 12.5 | 6 | 27 | 5 | - | - | 
| Harford | 6 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 
| Sutcliffe | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - |