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| Venue | Logan Park, Dunedin on 4th, 5th December 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | North Otago won by 2 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 | North Otago (1) 211/6 (Allan 22*, Watson 10*; 68 overs) |
| Dunedin Metropolitan first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Aim | b Hannam | 53 | 65 | 9 | - | ||
| WS Haig | b Reid | 2 | - | - | |||
| GD Alabaster | c Brown b Allan | 46 | 6 | - | |||
| AE Dick | run out | 10 | 2 | - | |||
| GW Stewart | b Reid | 16 | 2 | - | |||
| *LD Smith | c White b Allan | 10 | 1 | - | |||
| AM Moir | c Watson b Reid | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| +KR Greenslade | b Reid | 0 | - | - | |||
| FJ Cameron | c Geddes b Allan | 0 | - | - | |||
| NT Woods | not out | 18 | 4 | - | |||
| WD Frame | c Geddes b Allan | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 55 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Haig), 2-75 (Aim), 3-91 (Dick), 4-129, 5-139, 6-148, 7-148, 8-148, 9-160, 10-172 (55 ov) | |||||||
| North Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Allan | 19 | 10 | 30 | 4 | - | - | |
| Reid | 22 | 4 | 69 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sandri | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hannam | 9 | 0 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| North Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS White | c Stewart b Woods | 13 | 33 | 2 | - | ||
| RW Pile | c Moir b Cameron | 18 | 69 | - | - | ||
| RF Hannam | lbw b Cameron | 7 | 17 | 1 | - | ||
| *JR Reid | c Alabaster b Frame | 112 | 132 | 14 | - | ||
| +IT Geddes | b Woods | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| JB Carleton | b Haig | 19 | 86 | 1 | - | ||
| BC Allan | not out | 33 | 3 | - | |||
| J Watson | b Moir | 10 | 27 | 2 | - | ||
| MF Sandri | c Dick b Cameron | 20 | 22 | 1 | 1 | ||
| JC Brown | run out | 2 | 4 | - | - | ||
| WH Wardle | b Moir | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78 overs) | 244 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (White), 2-34 (Hannam), 3-39 (Pile), 4-44 (Geddes), 5-125 (Carleton), 6-192 (Reid), 7-212 (Watson), 8-239 (Sandri), 9-244 (Brown), 10-244 (Wardle, 78 ov) | |||||||
| Dunedin Metropolitan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cameron | 26 | 7 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Woods | 17 | 3 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Frame | 7 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moir | 19 | 2 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haig | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dunedin Metropolitan second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Aim | c White b Allan | 9 | 1 | - | |||
| WS Haig | b Reid | 32 | 4 | - | |||
| GD Alabaster | c sub b Sandri | 32 | 4 | - | |||
| AE Dick | b Sandri | 40 | 5 | - | |||
| GW Stewart | c Geddes b Sandri | 16 | 3 | - | |||
| AM Moir | not out | 68 | 70 | 9 | 1 | ||
| *LD Smith | b Allan | 2 | - | - | |||
| +KR Greenslade | b Allan | 0 | - | - | |||
| FJ Cameron | c White b Allan | 0 | - | - | |||
| NT Woods | b Allan | 22 | 4 | - | |||
| WD Frame | run out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-36 (Aim), 2-52 (Haig), 3-89 (Alabaster), 4-129 (Stewart), 5-140 (Dick), 6-147 (Smith), 7-149 (Greenslade), 8-149 (Cameron), 9-213 (Woods), 10-228 (Frame, 70 ov) | |||||||
| North Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Allan | 20 | 7 | 51 | 5 | - | - | |
| Reid | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sandri | 24 | 7 | 73 | 3 | - | - | |
| Watson | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hannam | 11 | 1 | 42 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wardle | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| North Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS White | c Greenslade b Cameron | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| RW Pile | c Haig b Cameron | 22 | 3 | - | |||
| +IT Geddes | c Haig b Cameron | 2 | - | - | |||
| *JR Reid | b Smith | 70 | 50 | 6 | 3 | ||
| RF Hannam | b Cameron | 2 | - | - | |||
| JB Carleton | b Cameron | 13 | 1 | - | |||
| BC Allan | c Dick b Cameron | 11 | 1 | - | |||
| MF Sandri | b Cameron | 4 | 1 | - | |||
| JC Brown | not out | 9 | 1 | - | |||
| J Watson | not out | 6 | 1 | - | |||
| WH Wardle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 5 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 32.4 overs) | 158 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (White), 2-22 (Geddes), 3-39 (Pile), 4-59 (Hannam), 5-81 (Carleton), 6-117 (Allan), 7-131 (Reid), 8-144 (Sandri) | |||||||
| Dunedin Metropolitan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cameron | 16.4 | 2 | 47 | 7 | - | - | |
| Woods | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moir | 5 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |