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| Venue | Sportsground, Palmerston North on 4th, 5th, 6th March 1954 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | CF Bowick, C Matson |
| Close of play day 1 | Hawke's Bay (1) 433/8 (Kivell 116*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Manawatu (1) 242/5 (Bowden 70*) |
| Hawke's Bay first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RF Pierce | c Wing b Biss | 73 | |||||
| RW Mitchell | lbw b Tarrant | 8 | |||||
| NS Harford | c Rowntree b Dean | 21 | |||||
| NG Fulford | c Pollitt b Biss | 69 | |||||
| DS Kivell | c Bowden b Rowntree | 133 | |||||
| *TPL Reaney | run out | 42 | |||||
| GHF Newman | st Colquhoun b Rowntree | 34 | |||||
| DD Dine | c Rowntree b McVicar | 10 | |||||
| DE Brian | c Biss b Dean | 41 | |||||
| GF Bishop | run out | 42 | |||||
| MH Liley | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 2 lb, 6 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 155.1 overs) | 492 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-38, 3-172, 4-172, 5-263, 6-304, 7-325, 8-417, 9-476, 10-492 (155.1 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tarrant | 36 | 12 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dean | 32 | 9 | 87 | 2 | - | - | |
| Biss | 23 | 4 | 105 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rowntree | 30 | 5 | 91 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wing | 15 | 2 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| McVicar | 19.1 | 1 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McVicar | c Newman b Kivell | 58 | |||||
| MJ Hambling | b Brian | 7 | |||||
| W Pollitt | c Pierce b Brian | 37 | |||||
| DW Bowden | c Newman b Kivell | 234 | 348 | 21 | 8 | ||
| JA Ongley | c Harford b Fulford | 23 | |||||
| CW Rowntree | b Reaney | 31 | |||||
| *+IA Colquhoun | c Pierce b Brian | 1 | |||||
| DS Dean | c Dine b Harford | 24 | |||||
| DT Biss | run out | 8 | |||||
| KA Wing | b Liley | 78 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (24 b, 5 lb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 182.1 overs) | 532 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-109, 3-121, 4-177, 5-238, 6-242, 7-299, 8-320, 9-507, 10-532 (182.1 ov) | |||||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brian | 47 | 9 | 130 | 3 | - | - | |
| Reaney | 30 | 11 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harford | 28 | 7 | 85 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fulford | 30 | 0 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dine | 9 | 1 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bishop | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kivell | 22 | 11 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Liley | 4.1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Newman | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pierce | 3 | 1 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hawke's Bay second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NS Harford | st +Pollitt b Wing | 31 | |||||
| NG Fulford | not out | 0 | |||||
| DD Dine | run out | 3 | |||||
| GF Bishop | c Tarrant b Wing | 2 | |||||
| MH Liley | c Biss b McVicar | 5 | |||||
| *TPL Reaney | did not bat | ||||||
| GHF Newman | did not bat | ||||||
| RF Pierce | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Mitchell | did not bat | ||||||
| DS Kivell | did not bat | ||||||
| DE Brian | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 16.4 overs) | 43 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-24, 3-43, 4-43 (16.4 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wing | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| McVicar | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Colquhoun | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ongley | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |