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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 29th, 31st December 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Central Districts won by an innings and 120 runs |
| Points | Central Districts 8; Northern Districts 0 |
| Umpires | GS Glenday, HEB Newton |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 312/8 (Cave 16*, Brown 6*) |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DN Macleod | c Everest b Lissette | 22 | |||||
| JW Guy | lbw b Ferrow | 34 | |||||
| EM Meuli | c Gray b Ferrow | 100 | |||||
| KFH Smith | b Hoskin | 17 | |||||
| NS Harford | b Ferrow | 53 | |||||
| GT Buist | c Gray b Hough | 41 | |||||
| DW Bowden | b Hough | 7 | |||||
| DD Beard | c Lissette b Hough | 0 | |||||
| *HB Cave | not out | 16 | |||||
| RE Brown | not out | 6 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 7 lb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 143 overs) | 312 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-69, 3-107, 4-195, 5-274, 6-290, 7-290, 8-290 | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hoskin | 23 | 5 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hough | 43 | 8 | 91 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ferrow | 45 | 20 | 77 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lissette | 25 | 6 | 63 | 1 | - | - | |
| Puna | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JK Everest | c Colquhoun b Cave | 24 | |||||
| BN Graham | lbw b Cave | 20 | |||||
| JL Wyatt | c Beard b Cave | 0 | |||||
| TE Shaw | c Bowden b Cave | 12 | |||||
| *+EC Petrie | b Beard | 2 | |||||
| N Puna | lbw b Beard | 15 | |||||
| KW Hough | c Brown b Cave | 10 | |||||
| AF Lissette | c Brown b Beard | 4 | |||||
| DJ Ferrow | c Beard b Cave | 0 | |||||
| DC Hoskin | b Cave | 7 | |||||
| DJ Gray | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72.1 overs) | 106 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-51, 2-51, 3-60, 4-65, 5-77, 6-86, 7-94, 8-96, 9-100, 10-106 (72.1 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Beard | 25 | 11 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cave | 30.1 | 14 | 33 | 7 | - | - | |
| Brown | 13 | 5 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harford | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JK Everest | c Smith b Beard | 6 | |||||
| BN Graham | c Beard b Cave | 0 | |||||
| JL Wyatt | lbw b Beard | 21 | |||||
| TE Shaw | c Beard b Brown | 16 | |||||
| *+EC Petrie | lbw b Brown | 2 | |||||
| N Puna | c Cave b Beard | 11 | |||||
| KW Hough | b Brown | 6 | |||||
| AF Lissette | c Buist b Beard | 8 | |||||
| DJ Ferrow | lbw b Brown | 0 | |||||
| DC Hoskin | c Colquhoun b Brown | 10 | |||||
| DJ Gray | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 nb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 51.4 overs) | 86 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2, 2-10, 3-40, 4-48, 5-55, 6-63, 7-69, 8-70, 9-78, 10-86 (51.4 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Beard | 20 | 7 | 27 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cave | 10 | 3 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Brown | 19.4 | 6 | 29 | 5 | - | - | |
| Buist | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> TE Shaw made his debut in Plunket Shield matches
--> TE Shaw made his debut in First-Class matches
--> EM Meuli (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 96
--> KW Hough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 0-24)
--> KW Hough achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Central Districts first innings (previous best was 0-24)
--> DD Beard reached 100 wickets in Plunket Shield matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Northern Districts first innings
--> RE Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 4-29)
--> RE Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Northern Districts second innings
--> RE Brown achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings (previous best was 4-29)
--> RE Brown achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Plunket Shield matches in the Northern Districts second innings
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