| f21670 | |
| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 23rd, 25th, 26th March 1957 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australians won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australians won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | C Matson, LC Quinton |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 44/3 (O'Neill 9*, Burge 1*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 43/2 (Meuli 24*, Smith 0*) |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DN MacLeod | b Benaud | 55 | |||||
| JW Guy | st Jarman b Benaud | 21 | |||||
| EM Meuli | b Martin | 6 | |||||
| KFH Smith | b Martin | 0 | |||||
| NS Harford | b Martin | 8 | |||||
| GT Buist | b Martin | 6 | |||||
| DD Beard | c Jarman b Benaud | 57 | |||||
| *HB Cave | b Drennan | 8 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | b Drennan | 3 | |||||
| RE Brown | not out | 3 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | lbw b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.5 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22, 2-29, 3-29, 4-51, 5-78, 6-159, 7-162, 8-170, 9-175, 10-176 (69.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Gaunt | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| Drennan | 9 | 4 | 12 | 2 | - | - |
| Benaud | 24.5 | 7 | 47 | 4 | - | - |
| Martin | 18 | 7 | 41 | 4 | - | - |
| Kline | 8 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - |
| Harvey | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WJ Watson | b Tarrant | 12 | |||||
| RB Simpson | c Colquhoun b Tarrant | 0 | |||||
| *RN Harvey | c Tarrant b Cave | 18 | |||||
| NCL O'Neill | st Colquhoun b Brown | 63 | |||||
| PJP Burge | b Tarrant | 7 | |||||
| R Benaud | b Tarrant | 113 | |||||
| JW Martin | b Harford | 19 | |||||
| +BN Jarman | b Beard | 9 | |||||
| J Drennan | b Harford | 4 | |||||
| LF Kline | not out | 10 | |||||
| RA Gaunt | c Tarrant b Beard | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.1 overs) | 272 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-19, 3-42, 4-58, 5-144, 6-232, 7-249, 8-249, 9-253, 10-272 (97.1 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Tarrant | 23 | 6 | 65 | 4 | - | - |
| Beard | 29.1 | 9 | 68 | 2 | - | - |
| Cave | 21 | 8 | 70 | 1 | - | - |
| Brown | 14 | 8 | 26 | 1 | - | - |
| Harford | 10 | 2 | 35 | 2 | - | - |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DN MacLeod | b Drennan | 0 | |||||
| JW Guy | c and b Benaud | 73 | |||||
| EM Meuli | b Martin | 37 | |||||
| KFH Smith | lbw b Drennan | 12 | |||||
| NS Harford | c Gaunt b Benaud | 8 | |||||
| GT Buist | b Drennan | 1 | |||||
| DD Beard | c Kline b Benaud | 11 | |||||
| *HB Cave | b Gaunt | 0 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | c Jarman b Benaud | 0 | |||||
| RE Brown | not out | 2 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | c Harvey b Gaunt | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (4 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74.4 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-40, 3-58, 4-95, 5-103, 6-143, 7-144, 8-145, 9-148, 10-153 (74.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Gaunt | 11.4 | 3 | 19 | 2 | - | - |
| Drennan | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | - | - |
| Benaud | 32 | 10 | 75 | 4 | - | - |
| Martin | 15 | 5 | 37 | 1 | - | - |
| Kline | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RB Simpson | not out | 20 | |||||
| *RN Harvey | not out | 31 | |||||
| WJ Watson | did not bat | ||||||
| NCL O'Neill | did not bat | ||||||
| PJP Burge | did not bat | ||||||
| R Benaud | did not bat | ||||||
| JW Martin | did not bat | ||||||
| +BN Jarman | did not bat | ||||||
| J Drennan | did not bat | ||||||
| LF Kline | did not bat | ||||||
| RA Gaunt | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 12.2 overs) | 58 | |||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Tarrant | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| Beard | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - |
| Brown | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - |
| Harford | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - |
| MacLeod | 0.2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |