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| Venue | Herries Park, Te Aroha on 3rd, 4th March 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | King Country won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Thames Valley (1) 248/8 (Nicolson 85*, Millar ?*) |
| King Country first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Webb | st Hart b Knowles | 14 | |||||
| D Bean | c Knowles b Shaw | 1 | |||||
| JR Barber | c Nicolson b Knowles | 0 | |||||
| *RR McKay | b Knowles | 14 | |||||
| R Wylie | b Knowles | 27 | |||||
| I Carr | lbw b Knowles | 3 | |||||
| A Hall | c Hart b Wells | 21 | |||||
| JB Fowler | b Knowles | 5 | |||||
| B Gregory | run out | 15 | |||||
| E Parker-Forbes | lbw b Knowles | 49 | |||||
| AD Whimp | not out | 9 | |||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 165 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-165 | |||||||
| Thames Valley bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knowles | 21 | ? | 54 | 7 | - | - | |
| Shaw | ? | ? | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Millar | ? | ? | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | ? | ? | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | ? | ? | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Thames Valley first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RA Stabler | b Whimp | 1 | |||||
| WB Williams | lbw b Wylie | 6 | |||||
| RJ O'Dea | c Bean b Whimp | 52 | |||||
| TE Shaw | run out | 24 | |||||
| P Nicolson | b Wylie | 108 | 146 | 12 | 2 | ||
| WP Bradburn | b Whimp | 0 | |||||
| *VR Kemp | b Wylie | 14 | |||||
| JAC Knowles | b Whimp | 25 | |||||
| +D Hart | lbw b Fowler | 11 | |||||
| MJ Millar | b McKay | 7 | |||||
| EW Wells | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 36 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 288 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-11, 3-74, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-288 | |||||||
| King Country bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Whimp | ? | ? | 77 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wylie | ? | ? | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Parker-Forbes | ? | ? | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| McKay | ? | ? | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fowler | ? | ? | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gregory | ? | ? | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| King Country second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Webb | c Hart b Wells | 36 | |||||
| JR Barber | lbw b Wells | 19 | |||||
| R Wylie | c O'Dea b Wells | 6 | |||||
| D Bean | c O'Dea b Knowles | 8 | |||||
| I Carr | b Wells | 14 | |||||
| *RR McKay | lbw b Wells | 0 | |||||
| A Hall | b Knowles | 7 | |||||
| JB Fowler | b Wells | 16 | |||||
| B Gregory | not out | 26 | |||||
| E Parker-Forbes | b Wells | 11 | |||||
| AD Whimp | not out | 16 | |||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-? | |||||||
| Thames Valley bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Knowles | ? | ? | 55 | 2 | - | - | |
| Shaw | ? | ? | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Dea | ? | ? | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Millar | ? | ? | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wells | ? | ? | 66 | 7 | - | - | |
| Bradburn | ? | ? | 12 | 0 | - | - | |