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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 25th, 26th, 28th January 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Canterbury 2; Central Districts 4 |
| Umpires | JP Lang, BW Vine |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 53/2 (Meuli 5*, Smith 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 104/0 (Poore 65*, D'Arcy 37*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MB Poore | c Beard b Cave | 36 | |||||
| JW D'Arcy | lbw b Beard | 41 | |||||
| +SC Guillen | c Beard b Smith | 1 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | b Brown | 24 | |||||
| ME Chapple | b Brown | 41 | |||||
| JWF Kiddey | c Tarrant b Cave | 19 | |||||
| *RT Dowker | not out | 33 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | c Beard b Cave | 7 | |||||
| BA Haworth | run out | 13 | |||||
| BMJ Dineen | lbw b Tarrant | 6 | |||||
| DL Gallop | lbw b Tarrant | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 6 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 101.1 overs) | 234 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60, 2-67, 3-106, 4-118, 5-161, 6-177, 7-195, 8-226, 9-232, 10-234 (101.1 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Tarrant | 19.1 | 4 | 56 | 2 | - | - |
| Beard | 25 | 11 | 59 | 1 | - | - |
| Cave | 28 | 11 | 32 | 3 | - | - |
| Smith | 8 | 4 | 14 | 1 | - | - |
| Brown | 19 | 6 | 46 | 2 | - | - |
| Meuli | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DN MacLeod | c Guillen b MacGibbon | 21 | |||||
| JW Guy | c Duckmanton b Kiddey | 22 | |||||
| EM Meuli | c MacGibbon b Kiddey | 5 | |||||
| KFH Smith | c Kiddey b Duckmanton | 30 | |||||
| DW Bowden | c D'Arcy b Chapple | 21 | |||||
| GT Buist | c D'Arcy b Gallop | 22 | |||||
| DD Beard | c and b Chapple | 0 | |||||
| *HB Cave | c Dowker b Kiddey | 65 | |||||
| RE Brown | b MacGibbon | 7 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | b MacGibbon | 30 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb, 2 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 115.3 overs) | 239 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41, 2-43, 3-55, 4-104, 5-104, 6-104, 7-145, 8-157, 9-220, 10-239 (115.3 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| MacGibbon | 34 | 9 | 81 | 3 | - | - |
| Kiddey | 29.3 | 12 | 57 | 3 | - | - |
| Duckmanton | 12 | 7 | 25 | 1 | - | - |
| Chapple | 21 | 15 | 20 | 2 | - | - |
| Gallop | 16 | 5 | 33 | 1 | - | - |
| Poore | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MB Poore | run out | 70 | |||||
| JW D'Arcy | lbw b Cave | 66 | |||||
| +SC Guillen | b Beard | 17 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | c and b Beard | 0 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Buist b Brown | 28 | |||||
| JWF Kiddey | lbw b Cave | 42 | |||||
| *RT Dowker | b Brown | 7 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | c Colquhoun b Cave | 4 | |||||
| BA Haworth | not out | 2 | |||||
| BMJ Dineen | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Gallop | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 98.3 overs) | 247 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-123, 2-158, 3-158, 4-158, 5-225, 6-235, 7-241, 8-247 (98.3 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Tarrant | 21 | 5 | 47 | 0 | - | - |
| Beard | 35 | 14 | 81 | 2 | - | - |
| Cave | 16 | 3 | 36 | 3 | - | - |
| Smith | 9 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | - |
| Brown | 17.3 | 7 | 44 | 2 | - | - |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DN MacLeod | c MacGibbon b Gallop | 23 | |||||
| JW Guy | b Kiddey | 8 | |||||
| EM Meuli | c MacGibbon b Kiddey | 6 | |||||
| KFH Smith | lbw b Poore | 58 | |||||
| DW Bowden | c Dineen b Gallop | 5 | |||||
| GT Buist | c Poore b MacGibbon | 16 | |||||
| DD Beard | b Poore | 13 | |||||
| *HB Cave | not out | 12 | |||||
| RE Brown | not out | 1 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | lbw b Kiddey | 26 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 94 overs) | 182 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-26, 3-58, 4-83, 5-122, 6-128, 7-144, 8-180 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| MacGibbon | 28 | 13 | 37 | 1 | - | - |
| Kiddey | 16 | 8 | 32 | 3 | - | - |
| Duckmanton | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| Chapple | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0 | - | - |
| Gallop | 15 | 3 | 49 | 2 | - | - |
| Poore | 21 | 12 | 19 | 2 | - | - |
| Dineen | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - |