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| Venue | Recreation Ground, Napier on 25th, 27th December 1897 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Hawke's Bay won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Hawke's Bay won by an innings and 38 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Taranaki (1) 49/5 |
| Hawke's Bay first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Wolstenholme | c Syme b Pratt | 103 | |||||
| *HB Lusk | b McCarthy | 11 | |||||
| FM Nelson | b A Bayly | 49 | |||||
| G Marshall | run out | 47 | |||||
| TW Lewis | b McCarthy | 0 | |||||
| GM White | st Robertson b Pratt | 0 | |||||
| CH Cato | b McCarthy | 31 | |||||
| HA Fannin | c Robertson b McCarthy | 15 | |||||
| HC Wilson | hit wkt b A Bayly | 29 | |||||
| WAJ Gibson | c and b McCarthy | 15 | |||||
| WJ Hughes | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 33 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 112.3 overs) | 334 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-334 (112.3 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McCarthy | 45 | 9 | 109 | 5 | - | - | |
| Gudgeon | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| A Bayly | 23.3 | 8 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Elliott | 12 | 3 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pratt | 8 | 1 | 26 | 2 | - | - | |
| GT Bayly | 9 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WJ Crawshaw | b Fannin | 5 | |||||
| PM Pratt | c and b Fannin | 4 | |||||
| G Syme | b Fannin | 0 | 1 | ||||
| GC Heenan | b Fannin | 0 | 1 | ||||
| +FH Robertson | b Fannin | 25 | |||||
| EG Lash | b Fannin | 20 | |||||
| B McCarthy | b Fannin | 27 | |||||
| *GT Bayly | b Fannin | 5 | |||||
| A Bayly | b Lusk | 9 | |||||
| HS Elliott | c Marshall b Lusk | 7 | |||||
| G Gudgeon | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 34.2 overs) | 124 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-124 (34.2 ov) | |||||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hughes | 11 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fannin | 17 | 4 | 49 | 8 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lusk | 1.2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taranaki second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WJ Crawshaw | c Cato b Lusk | 17 | |||||
| PM Pratt | b Lusk | 25 | |||||
| G Syme | b Wilson | 1 | |||||
| GC Heenan | not out | 24 | |||||
| +FH Robertson | c Wilson b Gibson | 18 | |||||
| EG Lash | c and b Lusk | 20 | |||||
| B McCarthy | b Wilson | 52 | |||||
| *GT Bayly | b Fannin | 0 | |||||
| G Gudgeon | lbw b Fannin | 5 | |||||
| A Bayly | c Wolstenholme b Wilson | 3 | |||||
| HS Elliott | b Fannin | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 53.5 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-172 (53.5 ov) | |||||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Fannin | 14.5 | 5 | 42 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lusk | 20 | 4 | 63 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hughes | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wilson | 7 | 1 | 19 | 3 | - | - | |
| Gibson | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |