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| Venue | Sportsground, Palmerston North on 30th, 31st December 1957 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Players | Manawatu: 12 (11 to bat and field); Wellington Colts: 11 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Manawatu won by 2 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 | Manawatu (1) 36/1 (Rose 8*, Turner 9*) |
| Wellington Colts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MHW Lance | b Wright | 14 | |||||
| GK Mahoney | b Scott | 29 | |||||
| HA Morgan | lbw b Scott | 35 | |||||
| *JW Clarke | run out | 7 | |||||
| N Muir | b Scott | 24 | |||||
| B Malden | lbw b Wright | 6 | |||||
| PR Preston | c Hare b Scott | 16 | |||||
| KW Burke | not out | 34 | |||||
| +MEF Dormer | c Hare b Brougham | 24 | |||||
| K Prendeville | c Pollitt b Brougham | 0 | |||||
| DOC Williams | run out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-205 | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wright | ? | ? | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Heaphy | ? | ? | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scott | ? | ? | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| Brougham | ? | ? | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | ? | ? | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DA Smith | c Dormer b Preston | 16 | |||||
| GA Rose | [dismissal not known] | 8 | |||||
| BA Turner | [dismissal not known] | 25 | |||||
| W Pollitt | [dismissal not known] | 6 | |||||
| JHG Hare | [dismissal not known] | 17 | |||||
| RA Kelly | [dismissal not known] | 6 | |||||
| BAT Heaphy | [dismissal not known] | 0 | - | - | |||
| DW Armstrong | [dismissal not known] | 8 | |||||
| E McQueen | [dismissal not known] | 10 | |||||
| N Scott | not out | 1 | - | - | |||
| G Brougham | [dismissal not known] | 0 | - | - | |||
| C Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 108 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (Smith), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-108 | |||||||
| Wellington Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Williams | ? | ? | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Preston | ? | ? | 44 | 4 | - | - | |
| Malden | ? | ? | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Prendeville | ? | ? | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Burke | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wellington Colts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MHW Lance | lbw b Wright | 21 | |||||
| GK Mahoney | c Wright b Armstrong | 51 | |||||
| HA Morgan | b Wright | 2 | - | - | |||
| PR Preston | c Kelly b Armstrong | 2 | - | - | |||
| *JW Clarke | c Turner b Scott | 13 | |||||
| N Muir | b Wright | 1 | - | - | |||
| B Malden | not out | 3 | - | - | |||
| KW Burke | not out | 6 | |||||
| +MEF Dormer | did not bat | ||||||
| K Prendeville | did not bat | ||||||
| DOC Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared) | 106 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74 (Lance), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-? | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wright | ? | ? | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Heaphy | ? | ? | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scott | ? | ? | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | ? | ? | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Manawatu second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DA Smith | c Prendeville b Burke | 1 | - | - | |||
| GA Rose | lbw b Preston | 9 | |||||
| E McQueen | lbw b Williams | 79 | 68 | 9 | 3 | ||
| BA Turner | lbw b Preston | 0 | - | - | |||
| RA Kelly | c Clarke b Malden | 34 | |||||
| BAT Heaphy | b Williams | 8 | |||||
| DW Armstrong | b Malden | 12 | |||||
| W Pollitt | b Williams | 10 | |||||
| JHG Hare | not out | 10 | |||||
| G Brougham | not out | 27 | |||||
| N Scott | did not bat | ||||||
| C Wright | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-? | |||||||
| Wellington Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Burke | ? | ? | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Preston | ? | ? | 50 | 2 | - | - | |
| Prendeville | ? | ? | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Malden | ? | ? | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Williams | ? | ? | 65 | 3 | - | - | |