misc602221	Manawatu v Hawke's Bay
	Other matches in New Zealand 1956/57
Venue	Sportsground, Palmerston North on 19th, 21st January 1957 (2-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Hawke's Bay won by an innings and 61 runs
Close of play day 1	Manawatu (1) 122/4 (Smith 3*, Lang 0*)

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Hawke's Bay first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
PJC Coutts	lbw b Biss	1
WI Axford	b Batson	67
DS Kivell	c Reid b Biss	6
DE Brian	b Reid	27
+RF Pierce	c Lang b Rowntree	97
FE Fisher	b Batson	25
GF Bishop	lbw b Rowntree	41
JD Martin	lbw b Rowntree	8
*DH McLeod	c Gray b Armstrong	8
JR O'Shaughnessy	not out	1
RJ Blewden	did not bat
Extras		37
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 255 minutes)	318
Fall of wickets:
1-? (Coutts), 2-? (Kivell), 3-53 (Brian), 4-165 (Axford), 5-229 (Fisher), 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-318

Manawatu bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Biss	?	?	71	2	-	-
Batson	?	?	67	2	-	-
Reid	?	?	47	1	-	-
Rowntree	?	?	55	3	-	-
Armstrong	?	?	41	1	-	-

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Manawatu first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Donald	c McLeod b Brian	10
DT Biss	b Brian	1
NG Reid	c Coutts b Fisher	57
W Pollitt	lbw b Fisher	27
DA Smith	lbw b Coutts	15
D Lang	b Blewden	3
PR Waldin	not out	43
DW Armstrong	b Fisher	22
+CE Gray	b Blewden	0
*CW Rowntree	b Fisher	1
LR Batson	c Blewden b Fisher	0
Extras		35
Total	(all out)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-214

Hawke's Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Blewden	22	?	37	2	-	-
Brian	?	?	53	2	-	-
O'Shaughnessy	?	?	18	0	-	-
Fisher	16	5	40	5	-	-
Coutts	?	?	11	1	-	-
Bishop	?	?	20	0	-	-

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Manawatu second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DL Donald	lbw b Brian	0
DT Biss	c McLeod b Blewden	8
NG Reid	c and b Blewden	4
W Pollitt	c McLeod b Brian	16
DA Smith	c Kivell b Blewden	3
D Lang	b Blewden	0
PR Waldin	c Pierce b Brian	4
DW Armstrong	b Fisher	6
+CE Gray	not out	0
*CW Rowntree	c McLeod b Brian	0
LR Batson	c Coutts b Brian	0
Extras		2
Total	(all out)	43
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-43

Hawke's Bay bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brian	10.5	?	14	5	-	-
Blewden	11	?	14	4	-	-
Coutts	?	?	4	0	-	-
Fisher	?	?	9	1	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Hawke's Bay (1) 165/3 (Axford 67*, Pierce 35*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Manawatu (2) 16/2 (Reid 4*, Pollitt 3*)
--> WI Axford (1) 50 in 120 minutes

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WI Axford and RF Pierce added 112 for the fourth wicket in the Hawke's Bay first innings