| misc602209 | |
| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 28th, 29th December 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Marlborough won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Canterbury won by an innings and 137 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Marlborough (2) 7/1 (I Wilson ?*, Forsyth ?*) |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RC Sheridan | c Copp b Jones | 11 | |||||
| I Wilson | c Crowe b Duckmanton | 4 | |||||
| *AJ McGuire | c Hunt b Duckmanton | 0 | |||||
| J Forsyth | c Crowe b Jones | 3 | |||||
| C Schroder | run out | 2 | |||||
| REH Gillett | c and b Duckmanton | 0 | |||||
| IA MacGregor | b Jones | 4 | |||||
| RB Neal | b Duckmanton | 8 | |||||
| +B Fisher | b Duckmanton | 16 | |||||
| LW Hocquard | not out | 1 | |||||
| M Wilson | c Hunt b Jones | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 29 overs) | 51 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-51 (29 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 14 | ? | 38 | 5 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Bolton | b MacGregor | 19 | |||||
| WEG Muncaster | st Fisher b MacGregor | 31 | |||||
| *RT Hunt | c Schroder b MacGregor | 7 | |||||
| DW Crowe | b M Wilson | 101 | 10 | 2 | |||
| AG Duckmanton | c Sheridan b MacGregor | 50 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | b Hocquard | 16 | |||||
| RS Copp | b MacGregor | 4 | |||||
| +AM Pearce | b Hocquard | 1 | |||||
| BC Irving | lbw b MacGregor | 27 | |||||
| DJ McKendry | b MacGregor | 7 | |||||
| TL Jones | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 35 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 66.2 overs) | 301 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-64, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-189, 8-283, 9-?, 10-301 (66.2 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| M Wilson | 17 | 1 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Neal | 10 | 2 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hocquard | 13 | 1 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| MacGregor | 24.2 | 0 | 104 | 7 | - | - | |
| Gillett | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlborough second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RC Sheridan | b Jones | 0 | |||||
| I Wilson | b Duckmanton | 10 | |||||
| J Forsyth | b Jones | 5 | |||||
| *AJ McGuire | b Jones | 12 | |||||
| REH Gillett | b Irving | 9 | |||||
| +B Fisher | run out | 0 | |||||
| C Schroder | st +Copp b Irving | 6 | |||||
| IA MacGregor | b Bolton | 38 | |||||
| RB Neal | b Irving | 5 | |||||
| LW Hocquard | not out | 11 | |||||
| M Wilson | b Bolton | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 44 overs) | 113 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Sheridan), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-113 (44 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Jones | 13 | 7 | 18 | 3 | - | - | |
| Irving | 11 | 3 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 10 | 2 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| McKendry | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bolton | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |