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| Venue | The Oval, Gisborne on 9th, 10th March 1957 (2-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Hawke's Bay won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn (Poverty Bay won on first innings) | 
| Close of play day 1 | Poverty Bay (1) 146 all out | 
| Hawke's Bay first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WI Axford | c Barbour b Blane | 22 | |||||
| SJ Cushing | b Barbour | 14 | |||||
| DS Kivell | c Hough b Blane | 30 | |||||
| *KFH Smith | lbw b Barbour | 28 | |||||
| FE Fisher | c McHugh b Barbour | 5 | |||||
| HG Bird | b Blane | 17 | |||||
| DE Brian | run out | 0 | |||||
| +RF Pierce | c Carswell b Barbour | 1 | |||||
| JR O'Shaughnessy | c Kelly b Barbour | 2 | |||||
| DR Keys | c McHugh b Barbour | 5 | |||||
| RJ Blewden | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 56.4 overs) | 135 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Cushing), 2-56 (Axford), 3-101 (Kivell), 4-103 (Smith), 5-114 (Fisher), 6-114 (Brian), 7-115 (Pierce), 8-117 (O'Shaughnessy), 9-133 (Bird), 10-135 (Keys, 56.4 ov) | |||||||
| Poverty Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hough | 17 | 9 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barbour | 19.4 | 7 | 29 | 6 | - | - | |
| Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blane | 12 | 2 | 38 | 3 | - | - | |
| Roderick | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Poverty Bay first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SB Martin | b Brian | 21 | |||||
| +JWH Kelly | b Brian | 1 | |||||
| AG McHugh | b Brian | 0 | |||||
| RB Kennedy | b Fisher | 28 | |||||
| BN Graham | b Brian | 36 | |||||
| KW Hough | c Cushing b Brian | 16 | |||||
| MRH Barbour | b Smith | 10 | |||||
| *JP Blane | b Brian | 14 | |||||
| D Jackson | b Brian | 9 | |||||
| RD Carswell | not out | 0 | |||||
| LD Roderick | b Brian | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 49.4 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Kelly), 2-7 (McHugh), 3-50, 4-74, 5-100, 6-114, 7-124, 8-137, 9-146, 10-146 (49.4 ov) | |||||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blewden | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brian | 21.4 | 7 | 54 | 8 | - | - | |
| Fisher | 9 | 3 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Keys | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bird | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| O'Shaughnessy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hawke's Bay second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *KFH Smith | b Hough | 3 | |||||
| WI Axford | c Kennedy b Hough | 6 | |||||
| DS Kivell | lbw b Hough | 18 | |||||
| DE Brian | b Hough | 70 | 52 | 5 | 4 | ||
| HG Bird | not out | 16 | |||||
| +RF Pierce | b Hough | 16 | |||||
| FE Fisher | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Cushing | did not bat | ||||||
| JR O'Shaughnessy | did not bat | ||||||
| DR Keys | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Blewden | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 28.2 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Smith), 2-17 (Axford), 3-94 (Kivell), 4-110 (Brian), 5-142 (Pierce, 28.2 ov) | |||||||
| Poverty Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hough | 14.2 | 1 | 63 | 5 | - | - | |
| Barbour | 10 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blane | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Poverty Bay second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BN Graham | not out | 43 | 40 | 7 | - | ||
| SB Martin | not out | 17 | 40 | ||||
| +JWH Kelly | did not bat | ||||||
| AG McHugh | did not bat | ||||||
| RB Kennedy | did not bat | ||||||
| KW Hough | did not bat | ||||||
| MRH Barbour | did not bat | ||||||
| *JP Blane | did not bat | ||||||
| D Jackson | did not bat | ||||||
| RD Carswell | did not bat | ||||||
| LD Roderick | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 40 minutes, 12 overs) | 60 | |||||
| Hawke's Bay bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blewden | 6 | 3 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Brian | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |