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| Venue | Cook's Gardens, Wanganui on 8th, 9th December 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Manawatu won by 10 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Wanganui first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NL Blanchfield | c Beard b Reid | 10 | |||||
| RW Brown | c Beard b Reid | 12 | |||||
| RJ Leahy | lbw b Beard | 11 | |||||
| PW Dyhrberg | c Beard b Harford | 3 | |||||
| RE Brown | c Tarrant b Reid | 37 | |||||
| DR Baron | b Harford | 4 | |||||
| *JR Barnett | not out | 22 | |||||
| AVW Rowland | b Tarrant | 1 | |||||
| +NF Walker | c Harford b Tarrant | 6 | |||||
| JF Walsh | b Tarrant | 0 | |||||
| SN James | b Tarrant | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 49 overs) | 113 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-34, 3-34, 4-47, 5-60, 6-100, 7-101, 8-113, 9-113, 10-113 (49 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tarrant | 16 | 4 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| Beard | 18 | 4 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reid | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | - | |
| Harford | 6 | 3 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Mummery | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DW Bowden | b James | 1 | |||||
| NG Reid | b Rowland | 4 | |||||
| DL Donald | lbw b Rowland | 0 | |||||
| NS Harford | c Leahy b James | 1 | |||||
| DA Smith | c and b James | 70 | 148 | 10 | - | ||
| EL Mummery | lbw b Leahy | 33 | |||||
| CM Penman | c RW Brown b Leahy | 13 | |||||
| PR Waldin | c Baron b James | 36 | |||||
| DD Beard | st Walker b Rowland | 14 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | c Walker b Rowland | 0 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 62.3 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Bowden), 2-5, 3-6, 4-6, 5-97, 6-112, 7-143, 8-?, 9-185, 10-185 (62.3 ov) | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rowland | 13.3 | 4 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| James | 17 | 5 | 42 | 4 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 11 | 4 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| RE Brown | 15 | 6 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leahy | 6 | 0 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wanganui second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NL Blanchfield | lbw b Tarrant | 28 | |||||
| RW Brown | b Tarrant | 0 | |||||
| RJ Leahy | c Colquhoun b Reid | 20 | |||||
| PW Dyhrberg | c Colquhoun b Tarrant | 1 | |||||
| RE Brown | b Beard | 4 | |||||
| DR Baron | lbw b Reid | 3 | |||||
| *JR Barnett | c Waldin b Beard | 4 | |||||
| AVW Rowland | st Colquhoun b Beard | 9 | |||||
| +NF Walker | b Beard | 4 | |||||
| JF Walsh | b Beard | 6 | |||||
| SN James | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 34 overs) | 89 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (RW Brown), 2-32, 3-47, 4-56, 5-61, 6-65, 7-75, 8-81, 9-89, 10-89 (34 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tarrant | 9 | 1 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Beard | 13 | 5 | 40 | 6 | - | - | |
| Reid | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| Harford | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Manawatu second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DW Bowden | not out | 8 | |||||
| NG Reid | not out | 10 | |||||
| DL Donald | did not bat | ||||||
| NS Harford | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| EL Mummery | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Penman | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Waldin | did not bat | ||||||
| DD Beard | did not bat | ||||||
| +IA Colquhoun | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Tarrant | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 4 overs) | 18 | |||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| James | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Walsh | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |