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| Venue | Farndon Park, Napier on 31st December 1896, 1st, 2nd January 1897 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Hawke's Bay won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Queensland won by an innings and 102 runs |
| Umpires | DL Miller, GE Sainsbury |
| Close of play day 1 | Queensland (1) 58/0 (Donahoo 33*, Jones 18*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Queensland (1) 386/5 (Cowley 94*, MacDonald 90*) |
| Hawke's Bay first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +AC Bennett | b Byrne | 0 | |||||
| *HB Lusk | c Donahoo b Wilson | 51 | |||||
| G Staite | b McGlinchey | 1 | |||||
| AH Gore | c Hoare b Byrne | 42 | |||||
| JH Martin | b Byrne | 26 | |||||
| CH Cato | b Lewis | 17 | |||||
| G Marshall | run out | 4 | |||||
| GM White | c Wilson b McGlinchey | 19 | |||||
| HC Wilson | b McGlinchey | 0 | |||||
| AW Rees | b Byrne | 4 | |||||
| HA Fannin | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.2 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Bennett), 2-5 (Staite), 3-86 (Gore), 4-94 (Lusk), 5-126 (Cato), 6-130 (Marshall), 7-156 (White), 8-160 (Martin), 9-? (Wilson), 10-173 (Rees, 56.2 ov) | |||||||
| Queensland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Byrne | 19.2 | 7 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| McGlinchey | 14 | 2 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Jones | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 9 | 3 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cowley | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lewis | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Queensland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SJ Donahoo | b Rees | 34 | |||||
| SP Jones | c Rees b Fannin | 85 | |||||
| WF Bradley | c Gore b Fannin | 0 | |||||
| WW McGlinchey | c Lusk b Rees | 45 | |||||
| R MacDonald | c Fannin b Gore | 114 | |||||
| W Hoare | c Staite b Rees | 19 | |||||
| OW Cowley | c Staite b Gore | 135 | |||||
| JW Lewis | c White b Gore | 10 | |||||
| R Wilson | c Martin b Gore | 11 | |||||
| *+OC Hitchcock | not out | 6 | |||||
| T Byrne | b Wilson | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (24 b, 5 lb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 165 overs) | 492 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-60 (Donahoo), 2-67 (Bradley), 3-175 (McGlinchey), 4-175 (Jones), 5-214 (Hoare), 6-452 (MacDonald), 7-456 (Lewis), 8-466 (Wilson), 9-472 (Cowley), 10-492 (Byrne, 165 ov) | |||||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gore | 39 | 4 | 143 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lusk | 17 | 2 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rees | 47 | 10 | 118 | 3 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fannin | 38 | 10 | 99 | 2 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 19 | 4 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hawke's Bay second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +AC Bennett | c Lewis b Byrne | 3 | |||||
| *HB Lusk | b Wilson | 4 | |||||
| AH Gore | b Byrne | 25 | |||||
| JH Martin | c and b Wilson | 3 | |||||
| G Staite | st Hitchcock b MacDonald | 54 | |||||
| CH Cato | b Lewis | 8 | |||||
| G Marshall | b MacDonald | 49 | |||||
| GM White | b MacDonald | 7 | |||||
| HC Wilson | not out | 29 | |||||
| AW Rees | run out | 6 | |||||
| HA Fannin | c Cowley b Wilson | 25 | |||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 72 overs) | 217 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Bennett), 2-14 (Lusk), 3-32 (Gore), 4-40 (Martin), 5-65 (Cato), 6-135 (Staite), 7-147 (Marshall), 8-162 (White), 9-176 (Rees), 10-217 (Fannin, 72 ov) | |||||||
| Queensland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Byrne | 21 | 5 | 54 | 2 | - | - | |
| McGlinchey | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 23 | 6 | 68 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lewis | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacDonald | 13 | 1 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hoare | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |