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| Venue | Alexandra Memorial Ground, Umzinto on 8th, 9th November 1961 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Natal Country Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | JDM Anderson, LD Lamble |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealanders (1) 191/5 (Chapple 57*, Reid 1*) |
| Natal Country Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +N Cole | b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| A van Wyk | b Cameron | 5 | |||||
| C Logan | c Dowling b Yuile | 47 | |||||
| R Teale | c Dick b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| *MB Price-Moor | b Cameron | 13 | |||||
| E Eaglestone | c Dick b Alabaster | 12 | |||||
| N Strachan | lbw b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| J Harmsworth | c Dick b Cameron | 10 | |||||
| W Saulex | b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| LW Payn | not out | 35 | |||||
| R King | c Sparling b Chapple | 21 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 6 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53.1 overs) | 151 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-6, 3-15, 4-43, 5-73, 6-73, 7-86, 8-88, 9-95, 10-151 (53.1 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Motz | 9 | 3 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 16 | 4 | 42 | 6 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 15 | 3 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Yuile | 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chapple | 4.1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Reid | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GT Dowling | lbw b King | 2 | |||||
| JT Sparling | lbw b Payn | 26 | |||||
| PT Barton | c and b Payn | 23 | |||||
| +AE Dick | b Payn | 37 | |||||
| ME Chapple | not out | 120 | 177 | 8 | 2 | ||
| SN McGregor | lbw b King | 33 | |||||
| *JR Reid | run out | 66 | 7 | 2 | |||
| RC Motz | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Alabaster | did not bat | ||||||
| FJ Cameron | did not bat | ||||||
| BW Yuile | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (11 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 89.3 overs) | 324 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-57, 3-60, 4-105, 5-185, 6-324 (89.3 ov) | |||||||
| Natal Country Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| King | 21 | 4 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Saulex | 23 | 4 | 97 | 0 | - | - | |
| Payn | 30.3 | 7 | 92 | 3 | - | - | |
| Teale | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harmsworth | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Price-Moor | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Natal Country Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +N Cole | lbw b Reid | 37 | |||||
| A van Wyk | b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| C Logan | c Yuile b Cameron | 11 | |||||
| R Teale | b Reid | 19 | |||||
| *MB Price-Moor | b Cameron | 67 | 164 | 4 | 1 | ||
| E Eaglestone | c Dick b Dowling | 75 | 8 | - | |||
| N Strachan | not out | 6 | |||||
| J Harmsworth | run out | 1 | |||||
| W Saulex | not out | 11 | |||||
| LW Payn | did not bat | ||||||
| R King | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 6 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 93 overs) | 239 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-23, 3-68, 4-69, 5-210, 6-222, 7-223 | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Motz | 10 | 2 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 16 | 2 | 36 | 3 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 14 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Yuile | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chapple | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reid | 14 | 8 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sparling | 6 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dowling | 10 | 2 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| McGregor | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Barton | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |