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| Venue | Albert Ground, Melbourne on 6th, 13th October 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Melbourne won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn (St Kilda won on first innings) |
| Points | Melbourne 0; St Kilda 6 |
| Umpires | LB Graham, JE Wheeler |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Melbourne first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Thoms | lbw b JN Edwards | 22 | |||||
| A Mackay | st Laxton b Hill | 30 | |||||
| MR Haysom | not out | 61 | |||||
| CN Crompton | c Lynch b JN Edwards | 11 | |||||
| RB Stevens | not out | 5 | |||||
| WN Ponsford | did not bat | ||||||
| J Daniel | did not bat | ||||||
| *CL Fairbairn | did not bat | ||||||
| LF Kline | did not bat | ||||||
| +GW Longney | did not bat | ||||||
| CR Smith | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets, innings closed, 38 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-? | |||||||
| St Kilda bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hosking | 12 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||
| JN Edwards | 19 | 3 | 65 | 2 | |||
| Hill | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1 | |||
| St Kilda first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WD Young | c Daniel b Fairbairn | 43 | |||||
| JE Edwards | c Crompton b Fairbairn | 9 | |||||
| KG Kelly | c Daniel b Kline | 7 | |||||
| KG Pummeroy | not out | 42 | |||||
| AG Witt | b Fairbairn | 20 | |||||
| PM Hosking | b Fairbairn | 7 | |||||
| +CW Laxton | c Daniel b Kline | 4 | |||||
| *JC Hill | c Haysom b Kline | 13 | |||||
| G Karanicolas | not out | 10 | |||||
| NW Lynch | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Edwards | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 38 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-? | |||||||
| Melbourne bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Smith | 11 | 2 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fairbairn | 13 | 0 | 52 | 4 | - | - | |
| Kline | 10 | 1 | 43 | 3 | - | - | |
| Daniel | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |