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| Venue | Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 30th November, 1st December 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Players | Canterbury XI: 11; Canterbury Sub-Associations: 12 (11 to bat and field) |
| Toss | Canterbury XI won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Canterbury XI won by 2 wickets |
| Umpires | J Barnes, ED Milne, AL Winter |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury XI (1) 88/5 (Dowker 9*, Capstick 10*; 31 overs) |
| Canterbury Sub-Associations first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Gunn | b Gallop | 24 | |||||
| E Turner | b Poore | 5 | |||||
| GD Gardiner | c sub b Gallop | 36 | |||||
| DJ Blakely | c Pearce b Gallop | 16 | |||||
| GT Wright | c Pearce b Gallop | 1 | |||||
| AF Wright | c Pearce b Gallop | 9 | |||||
| DH Joyce | b Poore | 23 | |||||
| DO Masefield | c Poore b Stewart | 3 | |||||
| IN Sail | c Muncaster b Poore | 15 | |||||
| +A Keegan | not out | 4 | |||||
| DS Gunn | b Gallop | 0 | |||||
| MP O'Malley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-153 (97 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dawson | 13 | 5 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Stewart | 19 | 10 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Capstick | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Poore | 30 | 18 | 24 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gallop | 26 | 7 | 54 | 6 | - | - | |
| Bolton | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dowker | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Bolton | c DS Gunn b AF Wright | 24 | |||||
| JW D'Arcy | b AF Wright | 21 | |||||
| WEG Muncaster | c DS Gunn b Sail | 10 | |||||
| RT Hunt | b AF Wright | 1 | |||||
| MB Poore | c GT Wright b AF Wright | 0 | |||||
| *RT Dowker | b AF Wright | 22 | |||||
| JD Capstick | b O'Malley | 10 | |||||
| +AM Pearce | b O'Malley | 3 | |||||
| M Stewart | c R Gunn b DS Gunn | 2 | |||||
| DL Gallop | st Keegan b AF Wright | 7 | |||||
| JHM Dawson | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 1 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 49 overs) | 122 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-122 (49 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury Sub-Associations bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| DS Gunn | 17 | 4 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Malley | 13 | 2 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sail | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| AF Wright | 10 | 4 | 31 | 6 | - | - | |
| Canterbury Sub-Associations second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Gunn | st Pearce b Bolton | 20 | |||||
| E Turner | b Stewart | 0 | |||||
| GD Gardiner | st Pearce b Bolton | 21 | |||||
| DJ Blakely | lbw b Poore | 7 | |||||
| GT Wright | run out | 20 | |||||
| AF Wright | b Bolton | 0 | |||||
| DH Joyce | st Pearce b Bolton | 0 | |||||
| DO Masefield | b Poore | 11 | |||||
| IN Sail | run out | 0 | |||||
| +A Keegan | c Hunt b Bolton | 9 | |||||
| DS Gunn | not out | 1 | |||||
| MP O'Malley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 54.3 overs) | 92 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-92 (54.3 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Stewart | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Poore | 27 | 15 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gallop | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dawson | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bolton | 15.3 | 5 | 26 | 5 | - | - | |
| Canterbury XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WEG Muncaster | b Masefield | 24 | |||||
| RT Hunt | c Keegan b O'Malley | 14 | |||||
| BA Bolton | b O'Malley | 36 | |||||
| JW D'Arcy | c Gardiner b O'Malley | 14 | |||||
| MB Poore | b AF Wright | 6 | |||||
| *RT Dowker | b DS Gunn | 1 | |||||
| JD Capstick | c Masefield b DS Gunn | 3 | |||||
| +AM Pearce | b AF Wright | 5 | |||||
| DL Gallop | not out | 15 | |||||
| M Stewart | not out | 1 | |||||
| JHM Dawson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 4 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 44.4 overs) | 124 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-? | |||||||
| Canterbury Sub-Associations bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| DS Gunn | 7.4 | 2 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Malley | 14 | 2 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sail | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| AF Wright | 8 | 2 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Masefield | 8 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
By mutual agreement the Canterbury Sub-Associations 12th man was permitted to bowl in both the Canterbury XI innings
Canterbury XI had around 150 minutes to score 124 to win the match outright and reached the target in heavy rain with a few minutes to spare
Mr Winter umpired on the first day with assistance from various players
Messrs Barnes and Milne umpired on the second day
12th Man: MP O'Malley (Canterbury Sub-Associations)
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