| misc602186 | |
| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 31st March, 2nd April 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Close of play day 1 | Taranaki (2) 23/1 (Meuli 13*, Blair 7*; 9 overs) |
| Taranaki first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *EM Meuli | b Spencer | 6 | |||||
| AT Spurdle | b Blewden | 6 | |||||
| AR Blair | lbw b Keys | 11 | |||||
| R Simpson | c Schofield b Blewden | 0 | |||||
| +MM Strawbridge | c Cane b O'Shaughnessy | 4 | |||||
| MS Cockerill | c Blewden b O'Shaughnessy | 0 | |||||
| GSP Bartlett | b Blewden | 25 | |||||
| MC Putt | c Spooner b Schofield | 5 | |||||
| DA Bishop | c Devine b Whiteman | 12 | |||||
| CW Barclay | c Spencer b Whiteman | 15 | |||||
| GB Hall | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 49 overs) | 104 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-20, 3-22, 4-28, 5-29, 6-41, 7-66, 8-68, 9-104, 10-104 (49 ov) | |||||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blewden | 15 | 9 | 14 | 3 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Whiteman | 8 | 2 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Keys | 10 | 5 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| O'Shaughnessy | 7 | 1 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Schofield | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hawke's Bay first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *DH McLeod | b Putt | 15 | |||||
| DC Alexander | b Spurdle | 24 | |||||
| G Whiteman | b Putt | 33 | |||||
| RM Schofield | c Strawbridge b Putt | 0 | |||||
| JF Cane | b Putt | 0 | |||||
| BV Spooner | b Putt | 1 | |||||
| RJ Blewden | c Hall b Spurdle | 2 | |||||
| D Devine | c Simpson b Putt | 0 | |||||
| JR O'Shaughnessy | c Hall b Spurdle | 0 | |||||
| DR Keys | b Spurdle | 3 | |||||
| RCM Spencer | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 30 overs) | 85 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40, 2-60, 3-71, 4-71, 5-73, 6-78, 7-78, 8-79, 9-79, 10-85 (30 ov) | |||||||
| Taranaki bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hall | 6 | 1 | 25 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barclay | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Spurdle | 11 | 2 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Putt | 9 | 5 | 8 | 6 | - | - | |
| Taranaki second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AT Spurdle | c Keys b Whiteman | 2 | |||||
| *EM Meuli | not out | 13 | |||||
| AR Blair | not out | 7 | |||||
| R Simpson | did not bat | ||||||
| +MM Strawbridge | did not bat | ||||||
| MS Cockerill | did not bat | ||||||
| GSP Bartlett | did not bat | ||||||
| MC Putt | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Bishop | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Barclay | did not bat | ||||||
| GB Hall | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 9 overs) | 23 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Spurdle) | |||||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blewden | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Whiteman | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spencer | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Shaughnessy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Keys | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |