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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 4th, 5th, 7th March 1927 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | R Coleman, JL Forrester |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne Cricket Club (1) 25/2 (Rodgerson 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 50/0 (Gregory 29*, Hamilton 20*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Gregory | b Ebeling | 9 | |||||
| IM Hamilton | c Campbell b Ebeling | 45 | |||||
| WR Patrick | b Ebeling | 0 | |||||
| *ML Page | st Campbell b Armstrong | 77 | |||||
| DC Nixon | c Hendry b Johnstone | 45 | |||||
| AW Roberts | c Ebeling b Armstrong | 19 | |||||
| +MK Boon | b Ebeling | 59 | |||||
| CE Evans | run out | 54 | |||||
| RJ Read | c Johnstone b Armstrong | 22 | |||||
| WE Merritt | b Ebeling | 2 | |||||
| WHR Cunningham | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 2 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 80.1 overs) | 346 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-14, 3-92, 4-178, 5-181, 6-214, 7-276, 8-311, 9-327, 10-346 (80.1 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ebeling | 25 | 3 | 102 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hendry | 13 | 1 | 56 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rodgerson | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | 22 | 4 | 93 | 3 | - | - | |
| Johnstone | 13.1 | 1 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sandford | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Jewell | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Melbourne Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Jewell | b Read | 3 | |||||
| +KM Campbell | b Read | 20 | |||||
| RS Rodgerson | b Merritt | 22 | |||||
| HSTL Hendry | run out (Evans) | 64 | |||||
| HCA Sandford | st Boon b Evans | 21 | |||||
| BA Onyons | c Merritt b Cunningham | 112 | |||||
| RG Johnstone | c Patrick b Cunningham | 83 | |||||
| *VS Ransford | b Cunningham | 9 | |||||
| PB Wood | c Boon b Read | 2 | |||||
| TG Armstrong | not out | 3 | |||||
| HI Ebeling | c Hamilton b Cunningham | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 2 lb, 1 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 87.5 overs) | 350 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-25, 3-75, 4-124, 5-133, 6-317, 7-343, 8-346, 9-346, 10-350 (87.5 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Read | 30 | 5 | 81 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cunningham | 21.5 | 3 | 70 | 4 | - | - | |
| Merritt | 17 | 0 | 80 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nixon | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Evans | 9 | 0 | 62 | 1 | - | - | |
| Patrick | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GR Gregory | c Jewell b Ebeling | 39 | |||||
| IM Hamilton | b Armstrong | 23 | |||||
| *ML Page | lbw b Armstrong | 16 | |||||
| DC Nixon | c Jewell b Hendry | 32 | |||||
| AW Roberts | c and b Armstrong | 71 | |||||
| WR Patrick | lbw b Ebeling | 20 | |||||
| +MK Boon | c Hendry b Armstrong | 2 | |||||
| CE Evans | b Ebeling | 13 | |||||
| RJ Read | not out | 29 | |||||
| WE Merritt | not out | 1 | |||||
| WHR Cunningham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, declared, 70 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59, 2-75, 3-93, 4-137, 5-166, 6-192, 7-221, 8-249 | |||||||
| Melbourne Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ebeling | 22 | 1 | 64 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hendry | 14 | 2 | 45 | 1 | - | - | |
| Armstrong | 26 | 1 | 99 | 4 | - | - | |
| Johnstone | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sandford | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ransford | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Melbourne Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HSTL Hendry | c Hamilton b Cunningham | 3 | |||||
| HCA Sandford | b Read | 13 | |||||
| BA Onyons | not out | 37 | |||||
| RG Johnstone | b Merritt | 3 | |||||
| RS Jewell | b Merritt | 4 | |||||
| RS Rodgerson | b Merritt | 3 | |||||
| *VS Ransford | not out | 30 | |||||
| +KM Campbell | did not bat | ||||||
| PB Wood | did not bat | ||||||
| TG Armstrong | did not bat | ||||||
| HI Ebeling | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 1 lb, 2 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 43 overs) | 105 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15, 2-17, 3-29, 4-33, 5-39 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Read | 17 | 9 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cunningham | 9 | 5 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Merritt | 11 | 2 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Nixon | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Evans | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |