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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 27th, 28th, 30th January 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | LC Johnston, ED Milne |
| Close of play day 1 | West Indians (1) 40/2 (Sobers 18*, Weekes 5*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 25/0 (Leggat 10*, Harris 14*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Leggat | c Binns b King | 4 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Furlonge b Dewdney | 12 | |||||
| BA Haworth | b Ramadhin | 59 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | c Roberts b Ramadhin | 13 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Atkinson b Smith | 1 | |||||
| *RT Dowker | c Depeiaza b King | 74 | |||||
| +SC Guillen | lbw b Sobers | 37 | |||||
| GG Coull | lbw b King | 5 | |||||
| IM Sinclair | c King b Dewdney | 7 | |||||
| GN Gearry | b Dewdney | 1 | |||||
| MW Jack | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 4 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 113.3 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-20, 3-64, 4-65, 5-123, 6-186, 7-215, 8-216, 9-216, 10-227 (113.3 ov) | |||||||
| West Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 13 | 2 | 30 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dewdney | 11.3 | 4 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ramadhin | 39 | 19 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sobers | 18 | 7 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 17 | 10 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Atkinson | 15 | 6 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| West Indians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HA Furlonge | c Guillen b MacGibbon | 10 | |||||
| AP Binns | b Gearry | 6 | |||||
| GS Sobers | c Guillen b Sinclair | 53 | |||||
| ED Weekes | c Coull b MacGibbon | 148 | |||||
| OG Smith | c Sinclair b MacGibbon | 44 | |||||
| *DS Atkinson | b MacGibbon | 2 | |||||
| +CC Depeiaza | c Jack b Sinclair | 43 | |||||
| AT Roberts | c sub b Jack | 1 | |||||
| FM King | lbw b Sinclair | 17 | |||||
| S Ramadhin | c Leggat b Sinclair | 8 | |||||
| DT Dewdney | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 11 lb, 5 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 102.1 overs) | 357 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-24, 3-156, 4-268, 5-278, 6-286, 7-293, 8-343, 9-346, 10-357 (102.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| MacGibbon | 24 | 1 | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| Gearry | 5 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Coull | 10 | 0 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sinclair | 34.1 | 9 | 73 | 4 | - | - | |
| Jack | 15 | 1 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chapple | 8 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harris | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Leggat | not out | 10 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | not out | 14 | |||||
| BA Haworth | did not bat | ||||||
| AR MacGibbon | did not bat | ||||||
| ME Chapple | did not bat | ||||||
| *RT Dowker | did not bat | ||||||
| +SC Guillen | did not bat | ||||||
| GG Coull | did not bat | ||||||
| IM Sinclair | did not bat | ||||||
| GN Gearry | did not bat | ||||||
| MW Jack | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 7 overs) | 25 | |||||
| West Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dewdney | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ramadhin | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sobers | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |