| misc602146 | |
| Venue | Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 16th, 17th January 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Riverina (1) 118/3 (Bower 54*, Barrand 23*; 45 overs) |
| Canterbury XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RG Knowles | c Murphy b Brewster | 3 | |||||
| JN Creighton | b Brewster | 5 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | run out | 24 | |||||
| M Gillard | run out | 0 | |||||
| P Oakes | c Bower b Whiticker | 30 | |||||
| R Morrison | b Lawrence | 25 | |||||
| G Fraser | c Leahy b Lawrence | 31 | |||||
| OA Hutchinson | lbw b Whiticker | 10 | |||||
| R Gray | lbw b Rudd | 14 | |||||
| BC Irving | c Rudd b Mackay | 36 | |||||
| G Franks | not out | 26 | |||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 69.1 overs) | 219 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-155, 10-219 (69.1 ov) | |||||||
| Riverina bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Whiticker | 27 | 8 | 62 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brewster | 15 | 3 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 16 | 3 | 47 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rudd | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 4.1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bower | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Riverina first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| P Leahy | lbw b Duckmanton | 6 | |||||
| FJ Smith | run out | 14 | |||||
| L Rudd | c Oakes b Franks | 15 | |||||
| R Bower | c Irving b Franks | 132 | 15 | - | |||
| P Barrand | lbw b Irving | 50 | |||||
| G Lawrence | c sub b Franks | 2 | |||||
| *L Whiticker | c sub b Franks | 47 | |||||
| JG Cudmore | not out | 18 | |||||
| W Mackay | c Franks b Duckmanton | 19 | |||||
| G Brewster | b Duckmanton | 5 | |||||
| +TJ Murphy | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 102 overs) | 323 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Leahy), 2-?, 3-45, 4-160, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-? | |||||||
| Canterbury XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Franks | 31 | 5 | 118 | 4 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 32 | 5 | 96 | 3 | - | - | |
| Irving | 31 | 7 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Knowles | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Fraser | c and b Mackay | 36 | |||||
| JN Creighton | b Mackay | 25 | |||||
| R Morrison | c and b Mackay | 13 | |||||
| P Oakes | run out | 12 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | not out | 73 | |||||
| M Gillard | not out | 5 | |||||
| RG Knowles | did not bat | ||||||
| OA Hutchinson | did not bat | ||||||
| R Gray | did not bat | ||||||
| BC Irving | did not bat | ||||||
| G Franks | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 48 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-? | |||||||
| Riverina bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Whiticker | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brewster | 6 | 2 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mackay | 16 | 0 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Rudd | 11 | 2 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lawrence | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Murphy | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cudmore | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |