| f21572 | |
| Venue | Kingsmead, Durban on 30th November, 1st, 2nd December 1956 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Western Province won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | P A'Bear, JG Draper |
| Close of play day 1 | Natal (1) 13/0 (Pearce 13*, Goddard 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 |
| Western Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *KT Commins | c Pearce b Goddard | 15 | |||||
| AJ Pithey | st Pearce b Dodds | 33 | |||||
| GAS Innes | c Pearce b Smith | 13 | |||||
| AW Marshall | run out | 24 | |||||
| HNP Roy | c Pearce b Goddard | 5 | |||||
| +JH Ferrandi | c Watkins b Markham | 57 | |||||
| KMS Heldsinger | c Pearce b Goddard | 1 | |||||
| JBR Maile | c and b Watkins | 36 | |||||
| JE Pothecary | lbw b Goddard | 5 | |||||
| DA Louw | not out | 5 | |||||
| JR Liddle | c Burger b Goddard | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 9 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 109.6 overs) | 213 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35, 2-53, 3-75, 4-98, 5-105, 6-106, 7-178, 8-204, 9-208, 10-213 (109.6 ov) | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Markham | 16 | 6 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 28.2 | 14 | 36 | 5 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 11 | 4 | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Smith | 25.4 | 8 | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 29 | 10 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Natal first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +RA Pearce | c Roy b Liddle | 95 | |||||
| TL Goddard | b Louw | 135 | |||||
| HJ Keith | b Marshall | 10 | |||||
| CGD Burger | b Louw | 85 | |||||
| RA McLean | c Innes b Marshall | 53 | |||||
| *JC Watkins | b Liddle | 35 | |||||
| LB Koch | run out | 17 | |||||
| E Eaglestone | c Ferrandi b Marshall | 7 | |||||
| NE Markham | c Innes b Liddle | 2 | |||||
| VI Smith | c Roy b Liddle | 12 | |||||
| PM Dodds | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 97.4 overs) | 468 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-163, 2-183, 3-326, 4-333, 5-420, 6-423, 7-444, 8-445, 9-457, 10-468 (97.4 ov) | |||||||
| Western Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Louw | 13 | 0 | 105 | 2 | - | - | |
| Pothecary | 12 | 1 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Maile | 15 | 2 | 59 | 0 | - | - | |
| Liddle | 24.4 | 2 | 100 | 4 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 24 | 2 | 95 | 3 | - | - | |
| Roy | 8 | 2 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Innes | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Western Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AJ Pithey | c Pearce b Markham | 50 | |||||
| *KT Commins | c Pearce b Goddard | 18 | |||||
| GAS Innes | run out | 59 | |||||
| HNP Roy | lbw b Dodds | 16 | |||||
| KMS Heldsinger | run out | 46 | |||||
| +JH Ferrandi | c Pearce b Goddard | 0 | |||||
| AW Marshall | not out | 2 | |||||
| JBR Maile | not out | 0 | |||||
| JE Pothecary | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Louw | did not bat | ||||||
| JR Liddle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 79 overs) | 199 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27, 2-89, 3-137, 4-184, 5-185, 6-199 | |||||||
| Natal bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Markham | 12 | 1 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Goddard | 18 | 7 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Watkins | 9 | 3 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 11 | 4 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dodds | 23 | 7 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Keith | 6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> KMS Heldsinger made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RA Pearce made his debut in First-Class matches
--> AW Marshall made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> HNP Roy made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JR Liddle made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JC Watkins (1) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 26
--> VI Smith (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> AJ Pithey (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 36
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