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| Venue | Fitzherbert Park, Palmerston North on 20th, 21st February 1952 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | West Indians won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | West Indians won by an innings and 56 runs |
| Umpires | RG Currie, MF Pengelly |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 73/7 (Leggat 21*, Cave 4*) |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Turner | b Jones | 12 | |||||
| AA Hunter | c Walcott b Trim | 8 | |||||
| EM Meuli | st Guillen b Gomez | 5 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Guillen b Valentine | 9 | |||||
| *JA Ongley | c Walcott b Trim | 4 | |||||
| RG Wilde | b Trim | 0 | |||||
| NG Fulford | b Trim | 6 | |||||
| IB Leggat | c Stollmeyer b Ferguson | 30 | |||||
| HB Cave | c Gomez b Valentine | 18 | |||||
| +GS Botting | not out | 10 | |||||
| RS Challies | b Valentine | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.3 overs) | 114 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17, 2-26, 3-34, 4-40, 5-40, 6-42, 7-55, 8-97, 9-106, 10-114 (63.3 ov) | |||||||
| West Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Gomez | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| Jones | 8 | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | - |
| Trim | 18 | 7 | 24 | 4 | - | - |
| Valentine | 11.3 | 3 | 24 | 3 | - | - |
| Ferguson | 11 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - |
| West Indians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +SC Guillen | c Cave b Fulford | 18 | |||||
| *JB Stollmeyer | retired out | 129 | 163 | 10 | 2 | ||
| CL Walcott | run out | 46 | |||||
| ED Weekes | b Chapple | 4 | |||||
| KR Rickards | b Cave | 42 | |||||
| RJ Christiani | c Turner b Chapple | 6 | |||||
| GE Gomez | not out | 4 | |||||
| W Ferguson | not out | 4 | |||||
| AL Valentine | did not bat | ||||||
| PEW Jones | did not bat | ||||||
| J Trim | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 59 overs) | 271 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57, 2-146, 3-160, 4-234, 5-242, 6-263 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cave | 18 | 2 | 70 | 1 | - | - |
| Leggat | 16 | 0 | 58 | 0 | - | - |
| Fulford | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - |
| Challies | 5 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - |
| Chapple | 12 | 0 | 47 | 2 | - | - |
| Hunter | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | - | - |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Turner | lbw b Guillen | 5 | |||||
| AA Hunter | c Walcott b Trim | 0 | |||||
| EM Meuli | c Christiani b Guillen | 4 | |||||
| IB Leggat | lbw b Trim | 18 | |||||
| ME Chapple | lbw b Guillen | 5 | |||||
| *JA Ongley | b Valentine | 22 | |||||
| RG Wilde | c Stollmeyer b Ferguson | 28 | |||||
| NG Fulford | c Valentine b Ferguson | 0 | |||||
| HB Cave | c Stollmeyer b Ferguson | 2 | |||||
| +GS Botting | not out | 4 | |||||
| RS Challies | c Jones b Ferguson | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 1 lb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 37.4 overs) | 101 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-5, 3-19, 4-31, 5-39, 6-90, 7-90, 8-92, 9-99, 10-101 (37.4 ov) | |||||||
| West Indians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Trim | 10 | 3 | 17 | 2 | - | - |
| Guillen | 10 | 2 | 24 | 3 | - | - |
| Valentine | 9 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| Walcott | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - |
| Ferguson | 5.4 | 2 | 12 | 4 | - | - |