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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 24th, 26th, 27th December 1955 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Auckland won by 71 runs |
| Points | Auckland 8; Central Districts 0 |
| Umpires | JC Harris, W Heard |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 191/9 (Blair 12*, Tarrant 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 15/1 (Smith 8*, Bowden 0*) |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Perry | c Ching b Tarrant | 21 | |||||
| JK Everest | c Turner b Tarrant | 22 | |||||
| JB Morris | b Beard | 0 | |||||
| BJ Postles | c Bowden b Blair | 15 | |||||
| DD Taylor | c Ching b Tarrant | 4 | |||||
| *GA Richards | c Spence b Beard | 4 | |||||
| TS Hambrook | st Ching b Spence | 50 | |||||
| EF Dunn | b Blair | 0 | |||||
| +BJ Sorenson | b Blair | 0 | |||||
| JA Turnbull | c and b Blair | 1 | |||||
| AF Lissette | not out | 9 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 47.3 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-46, 3-53, 4-56, 5-61, 6-81, 7-83, 8-101, 9-103, 10-135 (47.3 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blair | 19 | 1 | 72 | 4 | - | - | |
| Brian | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Beard | 11 | 6 | 11 | 2 | - | - | |
| Tarrant | 8 | 1 | 20 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spence | 1.3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EM Meuli | run out | 75 | |||||
| KFH Smith | run out | 34 | |||||
| DV Spence | b Dunn | 38 | |||||
| *DW Bowden | run out | 0 | |||||
| BA Turner | c Taylor b Lissette | 9 | |||||
| DS Kivell | lbw b Lissette | 12 | |||||
| DD Beard | b Lissette | 1 | |||||
| DE Brian | b Turnbull | 4 | |||||
| +IH Ching | b Lissette | 2 | |||||
| RW Blair | b Hambrook | 12 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 79.1 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53, 2-124, 3-129, 4-151, 5-162, 6-164, 7-169, 8-174, 9-187, 10-191 (79.1 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dunn | 22 | 8 | 50 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hambrook | 5.1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Turnbull | 21 | 3 | 54 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lissette | 30 | 8 | 62 | 4 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DL Perry | c Smith b Blair | 52 | |||||
| JK Everest | c and b Blair | 39 | |||||
| JB Morris | c Turner b Blair | 8 | |||||
| BJ Postles | lbw b Smith | 41 | |||||
| DD Taylor | b Blair | 17 | |||||
| *GA Richards | lbw b Blair | 24 | |||||
| TS Hambrook | c Kivell b Brian | 19 | |||||
| EF Dunn | b Blair | 5 | |||||
| +BJ Sorenson | c Turner b Blair | 24 | |||||
| JA Turnbull | c Turner b Beard | 20 | |||||
| AF Lissette | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (15 b) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 105 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75, 2-102, 3-107, 4-161, 5-177, 6-209, 7-213, 8-218, 9-253, 10-265 (105 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blair | 33 | 7 | 100 | 7 | - | - | |
| Brian | 11 | 3 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Beard | 35 | 20 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Tarrant | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 13 | 3 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spence | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EM Meuli | b Dunn | 7 | |||||
| KFH Smith | run out | 41 | |||||
| *DW Bowden | c Morris b Turnbull | 8 | |||||
| DV Spence | b Turnbull | 5 | |||||
| BA Turner | not out | 24 | |||||
| DS Kivell | c Perry b Turnbull | 0 | |||||
| DD Beard | lbw b Turnbull | 15 | |||||
| DE Brian | c Postles b Lissette | 17 | |||||
| +IH Ching | c Dunn b Turnbull | 6 | |||||
| RW Blair | c Lissette b Turnbull | 4 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | c Morris b Turnbull | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 3 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 87.3 overs) | 138 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-59, 3-59, 4-74, 5-75, 6-82, 7-104, 8-131, 9-138, 10-138 (87.3 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dunn | 16 | 7 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hambrook | 15 | 8 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Turnbull | 31.3 | 13 | 54 | 7 | - | - | |
| Lissette | 25 | 10 | 41 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> GA Richards made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> GA Richards made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EF Dunn made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> EF Dunn made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BJ Sorenson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BJ Sorenson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JA Turnbull made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JA Turnbull made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DV Spence made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DV Spence made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> EM Meuli (1) passed 1000 runs in Plunket Shield matches when he reached 28
--> DL Perry (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in First-Class matches
--> DL Perry (2) passed his previous highest score of 46 in Plunket Shield matches
--> KFH Smith made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> KFH Smith made his debut for Central Districts in Plunket Shield matches
--> RW Blair made his debut for Central Districts in First-Class matches
--> RW Blair made his debut for Central Districts in Plunket Shield matches
--> JA Turnbull achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Central Districts second innings
--> JA Turnbull achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts second innings
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