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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 25th, 26th, 27th December 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Canterbury 2; Otago 4 |
| Umpires | LC Johnston, BW Vine |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 207/8 (Dineen 11*, Sinclair 6*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 58/1 (D'Arcy 18*, Dineen 0*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW D'Arcy | b Cameron | 85 | |||||
| MB Poore | c Watson b Alabaster | 22 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Haig b Allan | 34 | |||||
| ME Chapple | lbw b Alabaster | 13 | |||||
| +SC Guillen | c and b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| *RT Dowker | c Flaws b Alabaster | 8 | |||||
| GN Gearry | c Flaws b Cameron | 17 | |||||
| BMJ Dineen | not out | 27 | |||||
| DL Gallop | c Flaws b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| IM Sinclair | c Watson b Alabaster | 7 | |||||
| DJ Reid | c Flaws b Reid | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 5 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 116.1 overs) | 229 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-49, 2-118, 3-146, 4-148, 5-160, 6-189, 7-190, 8-198, 9-214, 10-229 (116.1 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cameron | 24 | 8 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Allan | 16 | 7 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reid | 22.1 | 8 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 37 | 16 | 75 | 5 | - | - | |
| Watson | 12 | 6 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haig | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | st Guillen b Gallop | 73 | |||||
| SN McGregor | b Sinclair | 9 | |||||
| WS Haig | c Guillen b Gallop | 34 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Guillen b Chapple | 10 | |||||
| AE Dick | b Chapple | 41 | |||||
| EA Watson | c Harris b Gearry | 8 | |||||
| NR Thompson | lbw b Gearry | 7 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Dineen b Gearry | 32 | |||||
| BC Allan | lbw b Gearry | 12 | |||||
| +T Flaws | c Poore b Gallop | 13 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 18 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 2 lb, 3 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 114.5 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32, 2-115, 3-124, 4-136, 5-161, 6-185, 7-201, 8-233, 9-234, 10-265 (114.5 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Reid | 9 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gearry | 25 | 6 | 57 | 4 | - | - | |
| Sinclair | 13 | 2 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chapple | 30 | 12 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Poore | 22 | 13 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gallop | 15.5 | 4 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW D'Arcy | not out | 38 | |||||
| MB Poore | c Cameron b Reid | 38 | |||||
| BMJ Dineen | c Flaws b Cameron | 4 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | not out | 29 | |||||
| ME Chapple | did not bat | ||||||
| +SC Guillen | did not bat | ||||||
| *RT Dowker | did not bat | ||||||
| GN Gearry | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Gallop | did not bat | ||||||
| IM Sinclair | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Reid | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 61 overs) | 117 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55, 2-69 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cameron | 18 | 7 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allan | 14 | 9 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reid | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 10 | 6 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Watson | 10 | 4 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Haig | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> BMJ Dineen made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> BMJ Dineen made his debut in First-Class matches
--> DL Gallop made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> DL Gallop made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AE Dick made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> AE Dick made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NR Thompson made his debut in First-Class matches
--> NR Thompson made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JC Alabaster made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> BC Allan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> BC Allan made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> JW D'Arcy (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in First-Class matches
--> JW D'Arcy (1) passed his previous highest score of 59 in Plunket Shield matches
--> JC Alabaster made his debut for Otago in First-Class matches
--> JR Reid made his debut for Otago in First-Class matches
--> JR Reid made his debut for Otago in Plunket Shield matches
--> JC Alabaster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Canterbury first innings (previous best was 5-99)
--> JR Reid reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Canterbury first innings
--> FJ Cameron reached 50 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 1st wicket in the Canterbury first innings
--> JC Alabaster achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Canterbury first innings
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