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| Venue | Rugby Park, Invercargill on 16th, 17th February 1954 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Fiji won by 18 runs |
| Umpires | D Gunn, P Traynor |
| Close of play day 1 | Fiji (2) 39/2 |
| Fiji first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Apted | b Morton | 36 | |||||
| WW Apted | c Gill b Morton | 9 | |||||
| KKT Mara | c Morton b Giles | 4 | |||||
| IL Bula | b Morton | 73 | |||||
| MJ Fenn | b Giles | 18 | |||||
| NM Uluiviti | c Thompson b Alabaster | 12 | |||||
| *+PT Raddock | b Giles | 0 | |||||
| U Moku | b Alabaster | 2 | |||||
| DL Freeman | b Alabaster | 8 | |||||
| N Kavuru | not out | 8 | |||||
| E Loganimoce | c McDermott b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 45.4 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-41, 3-94, 4-143, 5-150, 6-150, 7-162, 8-172, 9-181, 10-181 (45.4 ov) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morton | 13 | 3 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Giles | 14 | 5 | 37 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hill | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 11.4 | 1 | 71 | 4 | - | - | |
| Rewcastle | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JA Gill | c Loganimoce b Kavuru | 22 | |||||
| *CV Shirley | c Kavuru b Loganimoce | 7 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | c Raddock b Kavuru | 8 | |||||
| NR Thompson | not out | 37 | |||||
| DG McDermott | c Bula b Kavuru | 10 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Bula b Kavuru | 9 | |||||
| WS Ashworth | lbw b Kavuru | 2 | |||||
| EC Morton | c WW Apted b HJ Apted | 1 | |||||
| RW Rewcastle | c Bula b Kavuru | 0 | |||||
| PS Giles | b Kavuru | 10 | |||||
| J Hill | b Loganimoce | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.3 overs) | 115 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-32, 3-41, 4-61, 5-79, 6-85, 7-86, 8-86, 9-104, 10-115 (56.3 ov) | |||||||
| Fiji bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mara | 9 | 3 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Loganimoce | 6.3 | 1 | 13 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kavuru | 23 | 9 | 28 | 7 | - | - | |
| Fenn | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| HJ Apted | 11 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Freeman | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fiji second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Apted | c McDermott b Rewcastle | 8 | |||||
| WW Apted | c McDermott b Giles | 9 | |||||
| KKT Mara | not out | 23 | |||||
| IL Bula | c Thompson b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| NM Uluiviti | c Alabaster b Giles | 6 | |||||
| *+PT Raddock | st Gill b Alabaster | 16 | |||||
| U Moku | c Ashworth b Giles | 9 | |||||
| DL Freeman | lbw b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| N Kavuru | c McDermott b Giles | 0 | |||||
| E Loganimoce | c Shirley b Giles | 11 | |||||
| MJ Fenn | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (16 b, 2 lb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 32 overs) | 100 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-31, 3-39, 4-56, 5-56, 6-57, 7-57, 8-86, 9-100 (32 ov) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morton | 7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Giles | 13 | 2 | 37 | 5 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 8 | 4 | 18 | 3 | - | - | |
| Rewcastle | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Southland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JA Gill | lbw b Mara | 16 | |||||
| *CV Shirley | c Mara b Kavuru | 6 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | c HJ Apted b Mara | 46 | |||||
| NR Thompson | c HJ Apted b Loganimoce | 14 | |||||
| DG McDermott | b Loganimoce | 16 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | b Mara | 0 | |||||
| WS Ashworth | c Bula b Loganimoce | 19 | |||||
| EC Morton | c HJ Apted b Loganimoce | 2 | |||||
| RW Rewcastle | c sub (G Drui) b Mara | 1 | |||||
| PS Giles | lbw b Loganimoce | 5 | |||||
| J Hill | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (21 b, 2 lb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 58.1 overs) | 148 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-9, 2-50, 3-77, 4-103, 5-113, 6-115, 7-138, 8-139, 9-147, 10-148 (58.1 ov) | |||||||
| Fiji bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Mara | 21 | 5 | 44 | 4 | - | - | |
| Loganimoce | 14.1 | 1 | 34 | 5 | - | - | |
| Kavuru | 17 | 5 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| HJ Apted | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moku | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |