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| Venue | Sportsground, Palmerston North on 24th, 26th February 1940 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Manawatu won by an innings and 122 runs |
| Umpires | GK Hollier, FSC Hubbard |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Wanganui first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Wood | b Downes | 1 | |||||
| RE Thomas | b Spelman | 16 | |||||
| PW Dyhrberg | b Pritchard | 2 | |||||
| RI Sewell | b Pritchard | 0 | |||||
| L Jones | b Downes | 0 | |||||
| WL Kauter | b Pritchard | 0 | |||||
| JAA Bergersen | b Pritchard | 0 | |||||
| +B Dow | c Norris b Hearsey | 6 | |||||
| AL McPhail | c and b Downes | 3 | |||||
| H Guthrie | not out | 0 | |||||
| D McCarthy | b Downes | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 17.6 overs) | 33 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-33 (17.6 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pritchard | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - | |
| Downes | 4.6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hearsey | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cockery | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spelman | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McVicar | b Bergersen | 34 | |||||
| SA McVicar | c Dow b Wood | 82 | |||||
| F Collis | c Dow b Bergersen | 0 | |||||
| AD Carlisle | b Jones | 3 | |||||
| +WE Norris | c Thomas b Guthrie | 25 | |||||
| W Pollitt | b Wood | 2 | |||||
| TL Pritchard | c Bergersen b McCarthy | 43 | |||||
| LJ Cockery | lbw b Wood | 0 | |||||
| BPJ Spelman | c Dow b McCarthy | 5 | |||||
| IFW Hearsey | c Guthrie b McPhail | 7 | |||||
| TA Downes | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 60 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-223 (60 ov) | |||||||
| Wanganui bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCarthy | 13 | 0 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sewell | 12 | 4 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bergersen | 14 | 2 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jones | 6 | 1 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Guthrie | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wood | 10 | 0 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| McPhail | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wanganui second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Wood | b Pritchard | 0 | |||||
| RE Thomas | c Downes b Pritchard | 0 | |||||
| PW Dyhrberg | c SA McVicar b Pritchard | 12 | |||||
| RI Sewell | not out | 24 | |||||
| L Jones | b Pritchard | 0 | |||||
| WL Kauter | c and b Spelman | 8 | |||||
| JAA Bergersen | c Norris b Spelman | 9 | |||||
| +B Dow | c Downes b Pritchard | 5 | |||||
| AL McPhail | b Pritchard | 0 | |||||
| H Guthrie | c and b Pritchard | 1 | |||||
| D McCarthy | c Norris b Downes | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 25.4 overs) | 68 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-68 (25.4 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pritchard | 7 | 0 | 22 | 7 | - | - | |
| Downes | 8.4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hearsey | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spelman | 6 | 1 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |