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| Venue | Rugby Park, Invercargill on 14th, 15th March 1950 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Southland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by an innings and 37 runs |
| Umpires | GF Gunn, RW Pollok |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 86/1 (Burke 25*, Sismey 0*) |
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Gill | b Iverson | 6 | |||||
| IG Gilbertson | b Davidson | 0 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | c Duldig b Ring | 21 | |||||
| *+CV Shirley | b Iverson | 1 | |||||
| TN Forde | st Sismey b Iverson | 18 | |||||
| NF McGowan | b Iverson | 0 | |||||
| JF Hailes | b Iverson | 0 | |||||
| PS Giles | b Iverson | 0 | |||||
| G Marshall | c Ridings b Ring | 0 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | not out | 3 | |||||
| GA Wilson | c Burke b Ring | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 25.1 overs) | 50 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-14, 3-28, 4-28, 5-28, 6-36, 7-36, 8-43, 9-49, 10-50 (25.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Davidson | 7 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Puckett | 8 | 4 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Iverson | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | - | - | |
| Ring | 4.1 | 1 | 21 | 3 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW Burke | b McGowan | 35 | |||||
| R Howard | b Marshall | 60 | |||||
| +SG Sismey | c Wilson b Giles | 11 | |||||
| WG Driver | c McGowan b Giles | 9 | |||||
| LD Duldig | not out | 22 | |||||
| *PL Ridings | not out | 16 | |||||
| AK Davidson | did not bat | ||||||
| CW Puckett | did not bat | ||||||
| DT Ring | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Iverson | did not bat | ||||||
| LJ Johnson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 45 overs) | 154 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-86, 2-107, 3-113, 4-116 | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wilson | 7 | 3 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marshall | 10 | 3 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Giles | 14 | 2 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| McGowan | 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Southland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JA Gill | c Johnson b Iverson | 8 | |||||
| IG Gilbertson | b Johnson | 6 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | c Howard b Iverson | 9 | |||||
| *+CV Shirley | c Burke b Puckett | 5 | |||||
| NF McGowan | c Davidson b Iverson | 0 | |||||
| JF Hailes | st Sismey b Iverson | 4 | |||||
| PS Giles | st Sismey b Ring | 18 | |||||
| G Marshall | c Puckett b Iverson | 3 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Ridings b Ring | 1 | |||||
| GA Wilson | not out | 0 | |||||
| TN Forde | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 2 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 29.1 overs) | 67 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-22, 3-31, 4-35, 5-39, 6-58, 7-65, 8-67, 9-67 (29.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Johnson | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davidson | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |
| Iverson | 11.1 | 3 | 14 | 5 | - | - | |
| Puckett | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ring | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |