Friendly
North Otago won by 2 wickets
North Otago won by 2 wickets
Played at Logan Park, Dunedin
4/5 December 1956 (2 Day Match)
4/5 December 1956 (2 Day Match)
| Articles: | North Otago Leads Metropolitan Team In First Innings |
| North Otago Wins From Metropolitan By Two Wickets |
Partnerships - North Otago 2nd Innings
| Wkt | Overs | Runs | RR | Player | Player | Start | End | |
| 1st | 8 | J.S. White | R.W. Pile | - | 8/1 | |||
| 2nd | 14 | I.T. Geddes | R.W. Pile | 8/1 | 22/2 | |||
| 3rd | 17 | R.W. Pile | J.R. Reid | 22/2 | 39/3 | |||
| 4th | 20 | R. Hannam | J.R. Reid | 39/3 | 59/4 | |||
| 5th | 22 | J.B. Carleton | J.R. Reid | 59/4 | 81/5 | |||
| 6th | 36 | B.C. Allen | J.R. Reid | 81/5 | 117/6 | |||
| 7th | 14 | J.R. Reid | M.F. Sandri | 117/6 | 131/7 | |||
| 8th | 13 | M.F. Sandri | J.C. Brown | 131/7 | 144/8 | |||
| 9th | 14* | J.C. Brown | J. Watson | 144/8 | 158/9 |
Highest Partnerships
| Inns | Wkt | Ov | Runs | RR | Player | Player | Start | End | |
| 2 | 5th | 83 | J.B. Carleton | J.R. Reid | 42/4 | 125/5 | |||
| 2 | 6th | 67 | J.R. Reid | B.C. Allen | 125/5 | 192/6 | |||
| 3 | 9th | 64 | Woods | Moir | 149/8 | 213/9 | |||
| 1 | 2nd | 60 | 15/1 | 75/2 | |||||
| 3 | 4th | 40 | Stewart | Dick | 89/3 | 129/4 | |||
| 1 | 4th | 38 | 91/3 | 129/4 | |||||
| 3 | 3rd | 37 | Alabaster | Dick | 52/2 | 89/3 | |||
| 3 | 1st | 36 | Aim | Haig | - | 36/1 | |||
| 4 | 6th | 36 | B.C. Allen | J.R. Reid | 81/5 | 117/6 | |||
| 2 | 8th | 27 | A.D. Sandri | B.C. Allen | 212/7 | 239/8 | |||
| 4 | 5th | 22 | J.B. Carleton | J.R. Reid | 59/4 | 81/5 | |||
| 2 | 7th | 20 | J. Watson | B.C. Allen | 192/6 | 212/7 | |||
| 4 | 4th | 20 | R. Hannam | J.R. Reid | 39/3 | 59/4 | |||
| 2 | 1st | 19 | J.S. White | R.W. Pile | - | 19/1 | |||
| 4 | 3rd | 17 | R.W. Pile | J.R. Reid | 22/2 | 39/3 | |||
| 1 | 3rd | 16 | 75/2 | 91/3 | |||||
| 3 | 2nd | 16 | Haig | Alabaster | 36/1 | 52/2 | |||
| 1 | 1st | 15 | - | 15/1 | |||||
| 2 | 2nd | 15 | R. Hannam | R.W. Pile | 19/1 | 34/2 | |||
| 3 | 10th | 15 | Frame | Moir | 213/9 | 228/10 | |||
| 4 | 2nd | 14 | I.T. Geddes | R.W. Pile | 8/1 | 22/2 | |||
| 4 | 7th | 14 | J.R. Reid | M.F. Sandri | 117/6 | 131/7 | |||
| 4 | 9th | 14* | J.C. Brown | J. Watson | 144/8 | 158/9 | |||
| 4 | 8th | 13 | M.F. Sandri | J.C. Brown | 131/7 | 144/8 | |||
| 1 | 9th | 12 | 148/8 | 160/9 | |||||
| 1 | 10th | 12 | 160/9 | 172/10 | |||||
| 3 | 5th | 11 | Dick | Moir | 129/4 | 140/5 | |||
| 1 | 5th | 10 | 129/4 | 139/5 | |||||
| 1 | 6th | 9 | 139/5 | 148/6 | |||||
| 4 | 1st | 8 | J.S. White | R.W. Pile | - | 8/1 | |||
| 3 | 6th | 7 | Smith | Moir | 140/5 | 147/6 | |||
| 2 | 3rd | 5 | R.W. Pile | J.R. Reid | 34/2 | 39/3 | |||
| 2 | 4th | 5 | I.T. Geddes | J.R. Reid | 39/3 | 44/4 | |||
| 2 | 9th | 5 | J.C. Brown | B.C. Allen | 239/8 | 244/9 | |||
| 3 | 7th | 2 | Greenslade | Moir | 147/6 | 149/7 | |||
| 1 | 7th | 0 | 148/6 | 148/7 | |||||
| 1 | 8th | 0 | 148/7 | 148/8 | |||||
| 2 | 10th | 0 | W. Wardle | B.C. Allen | 244/9 | 244/10 | |||
| 3 | 8th | 0 | Cameron | Moir | 149/7 | 149/8 |