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| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th December 1956 (4-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Natal won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Umpires | BV Malan, W Marais | 
| Close of play day 1 | Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 237/7 (Insole 87*, Lock 10*; 82 overs) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Natal (1) 83/1 (Goddard 49*, Keith 1*; 37.6 overs) | 
| Close of play day 3 | Marylebone Cricket Club (2) 55/3 (Lock 0*) | 
| Marylebone Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | c Pearce b Markham | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| ASM Oakman | lbw b Goddard | 14 | 72 | - | - | ||
| TE Bailey | c Pearce b Markham | 1 | 15 | - | - | ||
| *PBH May | c Watkins b Goddard | 107 | 244 | 14 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c and b Watkins | 1 | 12 | - | - | ||
| DJ Insole | b Watkins | 116 | 338 | 8 | - | ||
| +TG Evans | c McLean b Watkins | 0 | 8 | - | - | ||
| FH Tyson | c Keith b Markham | 8 | 43 | 1 | - | ||
| GAR Lock | c Pearce b Markham | 29 | 45 | 5 | - | ||
| JC Laker | not out | 13 | 69 | 1 | - | ||
| PJ Loader | b Watkins | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | ||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106.4 overs) | 307 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Richardson, 1 ov), 2-10 (Bailey), 3-50 (Oakman), 4-55 (Cowdrey), 5-191 (May), 6-194 (Evans), 7-218 (Tyson), 8-269 (Lock), 9-299 (Insole), 10-307 (Loader, 106.4 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Markham | 17 | 0 | 81 | 4 | - | 5 | |
| Goddard | 35 | 11 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 29.4 | 10 | 77 | 4 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 11 | 1 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 14 | 3 | 48 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DJ McGlew | c Evans b Tyson | 27 | 184 | 2 | - | ||
| TL Goddard | st Evans b Laker | 89 | 360 | 9 | - | ||
| HJ Keith | lbw b Tyson | 18 | 55 | 3 | - | ||
| JC Watkins | b Laker | 8 | 28 | - | - | ||
| RA McLean | b Laker | 13 | 23 | 1 | - | ||
| CGD Burger | run out | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| +RA Pearce | b Laker | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| LB Koch | c Insole b Tyson | 21 | 95 | 2 | - | ||
| NE Markham | c Loader b Laker | 6 | 18 | 1 | - | ||
| VI Smith | not out | 3 | 33 | - | - | ||
| PM Dodds | b Tyson | 2 | 18 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (11 b, 6 lb, 5 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.1 overs) | 209 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-82 (McGlew), 2-116 (Keith), 3-137 (Watkins), 4-160 (McLean), 5-160 (Burger), 6-160 (Pearce), 7-186 (Goddard), 8-196 (Markham), 9-201 (Koch), 10-209 (Dodds, 83.1 ov) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tyson | 17.1 | 4 | 41 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Loader | 20 | 5 | 50 | 0 | - | 6 | |
| Bailey | 10 | 2 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Laker | 27 | 8 | 53 | 5 | - | - | |
| Lock | 9 | 3 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marylebone Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Richardson | b Smith | 26 | 103 | 1 | - | ||
| ASM Oakman | lbw b Goddard | 25 | 90 | 4 | - | ||
| TE Bailey | run out | 4 | 11 | - | - | ||
| GAR Lock | c Burger b Goddard | 22 | 67 | 4 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | b Markham | 32 | 110 | 3 | - | ||
| *PBH May | c Pearce b Goddard | 1 | 8 | - | - | ||
| DJ Insole | not out | 33 | 71 | 2 | - | ||
| +TG Evans | c +Koch b Markham | 2 | 9 | - | - | ||
| FH Tyson | not out | 2 | 27 | - | - | ||
| JC Laker | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Loader | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 57.4 overs) | 150 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-50 (Oakman), 2-55 (Richardson), 3-55 (Bailey), 4-89 (Lock), 5-94 (May), 6-131 (Cowdrey), 7-135 (Evans) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Markham | 10.4 | 1 | 40 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Watkins | 9 | 4 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 16 | 4 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 15 | 4 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| McGlew | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 6 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DJ McGlew | c Cowdrey b Loader | 5 | 9 | - | - | ||
| VI Smith | c Oakman b Tyson | 0 | 13 | - | - | ||
| RA McLean | b Lock | 11 | 69 | - | - | ||
| HJ Keith | b Loader | 2 | 17 | - | - | ||
| CGD Burger | lbw b Loader | 3 | 19 | - | - | ||
| JC Watkins | not out | 35 | 115 | 2 | - | ||
| LB Koch | c Cowdrey b Lock | 14 | 29 | 2 | - | ||
| +RA Pearce | b Tyson | 1 | 6 | - | - | ||
| NE Markham | not out | 12 | 50 | 1 | - | ||
| TL Goddard | did not bat | ||||||
| PM Dodds | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 42 overs) | 90 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (McGlew), 2-5 (Smith), 3-9 (Keith), 4-18 (Burger), 5-25 (McLean), 6-53 (Koch), 7-55 (Pearce) | |||||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tyson | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Loader | 9 | 4 | 13 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Laker | 14 | 5 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lock | 12 | 4 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
Notes
--> DJ Insole (1) passed 17500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 27
Koch kept wicket during MCC's 2nd innings.
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