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| Venue | Queen's Park, Invercargill on 24th, 25th February 1956 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Otago won by 70 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Southland (1) 134 all out |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SN McGregor | b Hill | 5 | |||||
| WS Haig | run out (Alabaster) | 0 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | run out | 7 | |||||
| *JR Reid | lbw b Hill | 83 | 108 | 10 | 1 | ||
| LM Stevenson | b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| IT Geddes | b Morton | 12 | |||||
| PJ Hall | c Kitson b Overton | 8 | |||||
| AM Moir | b Hill | 4 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 16 | |||||
| JN Graves | c Hill b Alabaster | 17 | |||||
| WD Frame | run out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 54 overs) | 167 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-167 (54 ov) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Overton | 20 | 4 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hill | 18 | 7 | 41 | 3 | - | - | |
| Morton | 6 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 10 | 1 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+CV Shirley | b Reid | 39 | |||||
| JA Gill | b Cameron | 2 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | c Geddes b Frame | 0 | |||||
| NR Thompson | run out | 14 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Reid b Cameron | 29 | |||||
| EC Morton | c Reid b Moir | 0 | |||||
| GT Murray | c Haig b Reid | 14 | |||||
| AJ O'Connell | c Stevenson b Moir | 5 | |||||
| GW Kitson | c Alabaster b Moir | 5 | |||||
| GWF Overton | c Frame b Moir | 6 | |||||
| J Hill | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 49.1 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Gill), 2-25 (Gilbertson), 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-134 (49.1 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Frame | 8 | 3 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 15 | 3 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Reid | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | - | - | |
| Moir | 14.1 | 3 | 38 | 4 | - | - | |
| Haig | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SN McGregor | b Hill | 27 | 94 | ||||
| GD Alabaster | lbw b Overton | 1 | |||||
| WS Haig | c Gill b Alabaster | 8 | |||||
| LM Stevenson | b Hill | 34 | |||||
| IT Geddes | run out | 12 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Alabaster b Hill | 50 | 47 | ||||
| PJ Hall | b Hill | 0 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 9 | |||||
| AM Moir | did not bat | ||||||
| JN Graves | did not bat | ||||||
| WD Frame | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 b, 8 lb, 1 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 63.1 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Alabaster), 2-22 (Haig), 3-63 (McGregor), 4-95 (Geddes), 5-100 (Stevenson), 6-100 (Hall), 7-157 (Reid, 63.1 ov) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Overton | 23 | 9 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hill | 22.1 | 7 | 48 | 4 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 14 | 3 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morton | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Southland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *+CV Shirley | lbw b Moir | 24 | |||||
| EC Morton | b Moir | 12 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | b Reid | 14 | |||||
| NR Thompson | b Moir | 10 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c and b Cameron | 15 | |||||
| JA Gill | run out | 8 | |||||
| GT Murray | c Alabaster b Moir | 0 | |||||
| AJ O'Connell | b Haig | 1 | |||||
| GW Kitson | run out | 2 | |||||
| GWF Overton | b Cameron | 7 | |||||
| J Hill | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 56.5 overs) | 120 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-43, 2-54, 3-62, 4-79, 5-91, 6-91, 7-92, 8-100, 9-112, 10-120 (56.5 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cameron | 13.5 | 5 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Graves | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moir | 18 | 10 | 28 | 4 | - | - | |
| Reid | 6 | 2 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Haig | 14 | 6 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |