| misc602173 | |
| Venue | Fairfield Club, Fairton on 7th, 8th January 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Ashburton County won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Ashburton County won by 10 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Ashburton County first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Smith | b Phillips | 35 | |||||
| +IJ Griffiths | not out | 201 | 23 | 6 | |||
| WS Ashworth | b Carter | 0 | |||||
| EM Flaherty | c Williamson b Garvin | 16 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | not out | 102 | 8 | 4 | |||
| AW Stead | did not bat | ||||||
| CR Price | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Hooper | did not bat | ||||||
| SW Goodwin | did not bat | ||||||
| LR Moore | did not bat | ||||||
| NE Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, declared, 90 overs) | 370 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-78 (Smith), 2-? (Ashworth), 3-108 (Flaherty) | |||||||
| South Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Marshall | 15 | 2 | 53 | 0 | - | - | |
| Garvin | 21 | 1 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 23 | 4 | 66 | 1 | - | - | |
| Carter | 19 | 1 | 97 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thomas | 11 | 2 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Riley | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NJ Riley | c Price b Goodwin | 18 | |||||
| LC Walker | b Evans | 18 | |||||
| *JEC McEwen | b Evans | 3 | |||||
| G Vuleta | c Evans b Ashworth | 3 | |||||
| RP Phillips | lbw b Ashworth | 31 | |||||
| P Jenkins | b Price | 21 | |||||
| G Marshall | b Ashworth | 2 | |||||
| R Williamson | c Stead b Cullen | 10 | |||||
| C Thomas | c and b Price | 11 | |||||
| RC Carter | st Griffiths b Price | 3 | |||||
| R Garvin | not out | 10 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 54.5 overs) | 132 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-73, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-132 (54.5 ov) | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Evans | 13 | 6 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Goodwin | 11 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Price | 9.5 | 3 | 15 | 3 | - | - | |
| Moore | 8 | 4 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ashworth | 10 | 4 | 19 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cullen | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Canterbury second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NJ Riley | b Moore | 43 | |||||
| LC Walker | b Evans | 6 | |||||
| *JEC McEwen | c Griffiths b Flaherty | 41 | |||||
| G Vuleta | c Price b Ashworth | 32 | |||||
| RP Phillips | c Moore b Ashworth | 47 | |||||
| P Jenkins | lbw b Ashworth | 0 | |||||
| G Marshall | c and b Moore | 0 | |||||
| R Williamson | c Moore b Evans | 21 | |||||
| C Thomas | not out | 25 | |||||
| RC Carter | lbw b Evans | 0 | |||||
| R Garvin | c Moore b Price | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 26 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 93.4 overs) | 242 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-73, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-242 (93.4 ov) | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Evans | 15 | 7 | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Price | 16.4 | 5 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ashworth | 30 | 10 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Moore | 28 | 4 | 83 | 2 | - | - | |
| Stead | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Flaherty | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goodwin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ashburton County second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AW Stead | not out | 1 | |||||
| CR Price | not out | 8 | |||||
| DM Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| +IJ Griffiths | did not bat | ||||||
| WS Ashworth | did not bat | ||||||
| EM Flaherty | did not bat | ||||||
| HJ Cullen | did not bat | ||||||
| JK Hooper | did not bat | ||||||
| SW Goodwin | did not bat | ||||||
| LR Moore | did not bat | ||||||
| NE Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 3 overs) | 9 | |||||
| South Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garvin | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |