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| Venue | Rugby Park, Invercargill on 9th, 10th March 1927 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Southland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Melbourne Cricket Club won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | JS McGrath, WAH Oliver |
| Close of play day 1 | Melbourne Cricket Club (1) 207/9 (Hendry 23*) |
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TG Groves | c Johnstone b Hendry | 33 | |||||
| E Lee | b Rodgerson | 2 | |||||
| *J Lynch | lbw b Rodgerson | 1 | |||||
| EJ Kavanagh | run out | 13 | |||||
| C Dixon | lbw b Onyons | 32 | |||||
| AV Poole | c and b Rodgerson | 1 | |||||
| F Goodsir | b Rodgerson | 6 | |||||
| NF McGowan | run out | 2 | |||||
| E Cook | b Onyons | 4 | |||||
| +WM Carson | b Rodgerson | 7 | |||||
| RHB Fogo | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 39.5 overs) | 126 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-21, 3-60, 4-63, 5-63, 6-76, 7-93, 8-97, 9-114, 10-126 (39.5 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rodgerson | 19 | 6 | 55 | 5 | - | - | |
| Hendry | 10 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Johnstone | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Onyons | 5.5 | 0 | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Melbourne Cricket Club first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| KM Campbell | b Kavanagh | 33 | |||||
| EP Dakin | lbw b Goodsir | 3 | |||||
| PB Wood | b Fogo | 52 | |||||
| TG Armstrong | c and b Poole | 50 | |||||
| +RS Jewell | b Lynch | 8 | |||||
| BA Onyons | c Dixon b Goodsir | 16 | |||||
| RG Johnstone | b Goodsir | 0 | |||||
| HSTL Hendry | not out | 35 | |||||
| RS Rodgerson | c Dixon b Goodsir | 0 | |||||
| HCA Sandford | c Dixon b Cook | 3 | |||||
| *VS Ransford | c and b Goodsir | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (17 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 41.2 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-98, 3-100, 4-130, 5-159, 6-159, 7-187, 8-191, 9-207, 10-227 (41.2 ov) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Goodsir | 13.2 | 2 | 45 | 5 | - | - | |
| Poole | 11 | 0 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Groves | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kavanagh | 5 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Fogo | 6 | 1 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lynch | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cook | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Southland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| C Dixon | b Rodgerson | 10 | |||||
| E Lee | lbw b Rodgerson | 5 | |||||
| TG Groves | b Ransford | 15 | |||||
| EJ Kavanagh | c Sandford b Rodgerson | 8 | |||||
| AV Poole | c and b Ransford | 2 | |||||
| *J Lynch | lbw b Ransford | 1 | |||||
| F Goodsir | c Rodgerson b Dakin | 32 | |||||
| NF McGowan | c Jewell b Dakin | 23 | |||||
| E Cook | c Campbell b Wood | 4 | |||||
| +WM Carson | c Rodgerson b Wood | 0 | |||||
| RHB Fogo | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 3 lb, 2 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 29 overs) | 109 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-33, 3-39, 4-44, 5-48, 6-48, 7-89, 8-108, 9-108, 10-109 (29 ov) | |||||||
| Melbourne Cricket Club bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Rodgerson | 10 | 3 | 29 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ransford | 9 | 1 | 25 | 3 | - | - | |
| Dakin | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | - | - | |
| Campbell | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wood | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Melbourne Cricket Club second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EP Dakin | not out | 10 | |||||
| KM Campbell | not out | 2 | |||||
| PB Wood | did not bat | ||||||
| TG Armstrong | did not bat | ||||||
| +RS Jewell | did not bat | ||||||
| BA Onyons | did not bat | ||||||
| RG Johnstone | did not bat | ||||||
| HSTL Hendry | did not bat | ||||||
| RS Rodgerson | did not bat | ||||||
| HCA Sandford | did not bat | ||||||
| *VS Ransford | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (no wicket, 3 overs) | 15 | |||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Goodsir | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carson | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |