| misc602197 | |
| Venue | Ashburton Domain, Ashburton on 30th November, 1st December 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Ashburton County won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (South Canterbury won on first innings) |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Ashburton County first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Smith | c Bowden b Marshall | 8 | |||||
| +IJ Griffiths | b Marshall | 4 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | b Marshall | 6 | |||||
| *TA Dennis | b Dellow | 38 | |||||
| EG Wainscott | c Bowden b Marshall | 12 | |||||
| WS Ashworth | b Dellow | 5 | |||||
| CJT Robertson | b Grenfell | 66 | 6 | 1 | |||
| EM Flaherty | lbw b Grenfell | 30 | |||||
| LR Moore | b Grenfell | 2 | |||||
| GJ Geering | c Bowden b Grenfell | 1 | |||||
| RF Millichamp | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 76 overs) | 195 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Griffiths), 2-18 (Smith), 3-27 (Cullen), 4-53 (Wainscott), 5-68 (Ashworth), 6-102 (Dennis), 7-153 (Robertson), 8-185 (Flaherty), 9-191 (Moore), 10-195 (Geering, 76 ov) | |||||||
| South Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dellow | 24 | 5 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 28 | 12 | 48 | 4 | - | - | |
| Grenfell | 13 | 3 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bowden | 8 | 3 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Purcell | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EA Collins | c Cullen b Ashworth | 18 | |||||
| R Bowden | c Griffiths b Moore | 75 | 7 | - | |||
| JEC McEwen | b Ashworth | 0 | |||||
| WM McDonald | c Griffiths b Geering | 20 | |||||
| RJ Underdown | st Griffiths b Dennis | 25 | |||||
| P Peterson | c and b Dennis | 20 | |||||
| R Taiaroa | c Robertson b Moore | 9 | |||||
| ME Purcell | st Griffiths b Dennis | 0 | |||||
| PJ Grenfell | c Griffiths b Dennis | 1 | |||||
| HN Dellow | st Griffiths b Dennis | 12 | |||||
| G Marshall | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 95.5 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-197 (95.5 ov) | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Geering | 13 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ashworth | 21 | 4 | 35 | 2 | - | - | |
| Moore | 35 | 11 | 57 | 2 | - | - | |
| Millichamp | 6 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dennis | 16.5 | 5 | 34 | 5 | - | - | |
| Cullen | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ashburton County second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Smith | lbw b Purcell | 59 | |||||
| +IJ Griffiths | c Taiaroa b Dellow | 62 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | not out | 14 | |||||
| CJT Robertson | not out | 2 | |||||
| *TA Dennis | did not bat | ||||||
| EG Wainscott | did not bat | ||||||
| WS Ashworth | did not bat | ||||||
| EM Flaherty | did not bat | ||||||
| LR Moore | did not bat | ||||||
| GJ Geering | did not bat | ||||||
| RF Millichamp | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 38 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-119 (Smith), 2-129 (Griffiths) | |||||||
| South Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dellow | 11 | 0 | 36 | 1 | - | - | |
| Grenfell | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | - | - | |
| Purcell | 11 | 0 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EA Collins | c Moore b Ashworth | 8 | |||||
| R Bowden | c Smith b Moore | 0 | |||||
| RJ Underdown | not out | 11 | |||||
| WM McDonald | run out | 3 | |||||
| P Peterson | c Flaherty b Cullen | 0 | |||||
| JEC McEwen | c and b Cullen | 5 | |||||
| R Taiaroa | not out | 0 | |||||
| ME Purcell | did not bat | ||||||
| PJ Grenfell | did not bat | ||||||
| HN Dellow | did not bat | ||||||
| G Marshall | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 21.3 overs) | 28 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-? | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ashworth | 9 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moore | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cullen | 4.3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| Dennis | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |