| misc28336 | |
| Venue | The Oval, Gisborne on 13th, 14th March 1957 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Poverty Bay won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | PA Fargher, WL Jackson |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 478/9 (Meckiff 4*, Kline 3*) |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LE Favell | b Barbour | 18 | |||||
| WJ Watson | c Kelly b Barbour | 30 | |||||
| NCL O'Neill | c Roderick b Hough | 34 | |||||
| RN Harvey | run out | 112 | 85 | 11 | - | ||
| *ID Craig | b Hough | 92 | |||||
| JW Martin | lbw b Kennedy | 40 | |||||
| R Benaud | c McHugh b Hough | 104 | 87 | 10 | - | ||
| +BN Jarman | lbw b Hough | 4 | |||||
| J Drennan | b Hough | 17 | |||||
| I Meckiff | not out | 4 | |||||
| LF Kline | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 7 lb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 100 overs) | 478 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43, 2-64, 3-136, 4-240, 5-297, 6-378, 7-382, 8-458, 9-473 | |||||||
| Poverty Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hough | 39 | 6 | 142 | 5 | - | - | |
| Barbour | 27 | 2 | 114 | 2 | - | - | |
| Blane | 11 | 0 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kennedy | 13 | 0 | 75 | 1 | - | - | |
| Roderick | 6 | 0 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Martin | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Poverty Bay first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SB Martin | c O'Neill b Meckiff | 2 | |||||
| BN Graham | c Watson b Drennan | 5 | |||||
| +JWH Kelly | c Watson b Kline | 11 | |||||
| D Jackson | run out | 6 | |||||
| RB Kennedy | lbw b Martin | 27 | |||||
| AG McHugh | b Kline | 0 | |||||
| RD Carswell | b Martin | 0 | |||||
| KW Hough | b Martin | 45 | |||||
| *JP Blane | b Martin | 9 | |||||
| MRH Barbour | c Harvey b Kline | 1 | |||||
| LD Roderick | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 2 lb, 3 nb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 37.4 overs) | 122 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-15, 3-28, 4-41, 5-41, 6-44, 7-75, 8-111, 9-112, 10-122 (37.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Meckiff | 8 | 5 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Drennan | 9 | 3 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kline | 11 | 1 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Martin | 9.4 | 1 | 37 | 4 | - | - | |
| Poverty Bay second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SB Martin | b Martin | 2 | |||||
| BN Graham | run out | 26 | |||||
| +JWH Kelly | lbw b O'Neill | 3 | |||||
| D Jackson | b Martin | 12 | |||||
| RB Kennedy | st Jarman b Martin | 0 | |||||
| AG McHugh | not out | 3 | |||||
| RD Carswell | not out | 4 | |||||
| KW Hough | did not bat | ||||||
| *JP Blane | did not bat | ||||||
| MRH Barbour | did not bat | ||||||
| LD Roderick | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 26 overs) | 58 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-22, 3-45, 4-45, 5-54 | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Drennan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Martin | 13 | 3 | 25 | 3 | - | - | |
| O'Neill | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harvey | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |