| misc602132 | |
| Venue | Sportsground, Palmerston North on 10th, 11th April 1955 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington XI (1) 83/2 (Mooney 41*, Vance 4*; 30 overs) |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McVicar | c Ogilvie b Dempster | 31 | |||||
| NG Reid | c Ogilvie b Blair | 48 | 66 | ||||
| DA Berriman | c Francis b Dempster | 2 | |||||
| NS Harford | c McMahon b Dempster | 4 | |||||
| JHG Hare | lbw b Broom | 10 | |||||
| *DD Beard | c McMahon b Dempster | 4 | |||||
| DA Grady | b Broom | 42 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | not out | 27 | |||||
| B Quigley | c Preston b Broom | 6 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | not out | 4 | |||||
| B Fredericksen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 28 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 68 overs) | 206 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-56 (Reid), 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-? | |||||||
| Wellington XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blair | 19 | 6 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Francis | 9 | 4 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Broom | 12 | 6 | 23 | 3 | - | - | |
| McKeown | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dempster | 18 | 4 | 63 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wellington XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PT Barton | lbw b Beard | 13 | |||||
| FLH Mooney | b Beard | 61 | |||||
| JE Ogilvie | c Beard b Quigley | 22 | |||||
| RA Vance | b Beard | 30 | |||||
| AH Preston | c Grady b Tarrant | 72 | 141 | ||||
| *EW Dempster | c Harford b Tarrant | 3 | |||||
| RW Blair | run out | 9 | |||||
| +TG McMahon | st Colquhoun b Harford | 19 | |||||
| RF Broom | lbw b Tarrant | 7 | |||||
| DJ Francis | b Tarrant | 0 | |||||
| JA McKeown | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 276 minutes) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-251 | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tarrant | ? | ? | 45 | 4 | - | - | |
| Reid | ? | ? | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Beard | ? | ? | 51 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fredericksen | ? | ? | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Quigley | ? | ? | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Harford | ? | ? | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Manawatu second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McVicar | b Preston | 31 | |||||
| NG Reid | c Blair b Dempster | 31 | |||||
| NS Harford | b Dempster | 0 | |||||
| JHG Hare | c McKeown b Blair | 2 | |||||
| DA Grady | b McKeown | 16 | |||||
| DA Berriman | c McMahon b McKeown | 6 | |||||
| *DD Beard | st McMahon b McKeown | 25 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | not out | 5 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | not out | 4 | |||||
| B Quigley | did not bat | ||||||
| B Fredericksen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 125 minutes) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-? | |||||||
| Wellington XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blair | ? | ? | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Francis | ? | ? | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKeown | ? | ? | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dempster | ? | ? | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Preston | ? | ? | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wellington XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PT Barton | c Colquhoun b Harford | 22 | |||||
| FLH Mooney | b Harford | 25 | |||||
| JE Ogilvie | c Colquhoun b Harford | 4 | |||||
| RA Vance | b Harford | 0 | |||||
| AH Preston | not out | 12 | |||||
| +TG McMahon | not out | 19 | |||||
| *EW Dempster | did not bat | ||||||
| RW Blair | did not bat | ||||||
| RF Broom | did not bat | ||||||
| DJ Francis | did not bat | ||||||
| JA McKeown | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 45 minutes) | 85 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-? | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tarrant | ? | ? | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Beard | ? | ? | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harford | ? | ? | 20 | 4 | - | - | |
| McVicar | ? | ? | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Quigley | ? | ? | 13 | 0 | - | - | |