| misc602259 | |
| Venue | Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 6th, 7th December 1957 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Manawatu won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Manawatu won by an innings and 50 runs |
| Umpires | HG Barton, GNH Gillett |
| Close of play day 1 | Manawatu (1) 271/7 (Beard 78*, Armstrong 42*; 88 overs) |
| Manawatu first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Turner | c Ching b Leggat | 27 | 73 | ||||
| GA Rose | b Bloomfield | 4 | 38 | - | - | ||
| DW Bowden | b Bloomfield | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| *JA Ongley | b Leeds | 41 | |||||
| BW Yuile | st Ching b Challies | 32 | |||||
| DD Beard | st Ching b Leeds | 80 | 160 | 10 | 1 | ||
| DA Grady | b Newman | 19 | |||||
| +IA Colquhoun | c and b Challies | 1 | - | - | |||
| DW Armstrong | b Bloomfield | 44 | |||||
| DR Tarrant | not out | 6 | |||||
| C Wright | c Leggat b Bloomfield | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | 25 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 283 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Rose), 2-30 (Bowden), 3-? (Turner), 4-? (Ongley), 5-? (Yuile), 6-? (Grady), 7-? (Colquhoun), 8-? (Armstrong), 9-? (Beard), 10-283 (Wright) | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bloomfield | ? | ? | 78 | 4 | - | - | |
| Leeds | ? | ? | 43 | 2 | - | - | |
| Newman | ? | ? | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Leggat | ? | ? | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Challies | ? | ? | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nelson first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LB Reade | b Beard | 1 | - | - | |||
| TM Le Mesurier | b Beard | 0 | - | - | |||
| +IH Ching | b Beard | 11 | |||||
| IB Leggat | b Armstrong | 23 | |||||
| RA Sowman | b Beard | 7 | |||||
| TG Newman | b Armstrong | 7 | |||||
| BG Gully | run out (Bowden) | 18 | |||||
| *LA Milnes | b Tarrant | 30 | |||||
| PJ Bloomfield | b Armstrong | 1 | - | - | |||
| RS Challies | c and b Armstrong | 2 | - | - | |||
| RCT Leeds | not out | 0 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (3 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.1 overs) | 105 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Le Mesurier), 2-? (Reade), 3-? (Ching), 4-? (Sowman), 5-? (Newman), 6-? (Leggat), 7-? (Gully), 8-?, 9-?, 10-105 (57.1 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tarrant | 9 | 3 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Beard | 22 | 12 | 25 | 4 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | 20.1 | 4 | 40 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wright | 6 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nelson second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TM Le Mesurier | b Beard | 20 | |||||
| LB Reade | lbw b Armstrong | 22 | |||||
| +IH Ching | c and b Armstrong | 75 | 8 | 3 | |||
| IB Leggat | b Beard | 0 | - | - | |||
| RA Sowman | st Colquhoun b Beard | 0 | - | - | |||
| TG Newman | c Colquhoun b Armstrong | 0 | - | - | |||
| BG Gully | run out | 0 | - | - | |||
| *LA Milnes | b Armstrong | 0 | - | - | |||
| PJ Bloomfield | b Armstrong | 1 | - | - | |||
| RS Challies | not out | 2 | - | - | |||
| RCT Leeds | b Beard | 1 | - | - | |||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 149 minutes, 52.4 overs) | 128 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-49, 6-70, 7-78, 8-102, 9-127, 10-128 (52.4 ov) | |||||||
| Manawatu bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Tarrant | 11 | 6 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wright | 8 | 3 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | 18 | 5 | 32 | 5 | - | - | |
| Beard | 15.4 | 3 | 69 | 4 | - | - | |