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| Venue | Nelson College Ground, Nelson on 12th, 13th March 1948 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Nelson City won by 224 runs |
| Umpires | HM McGirr, ER Neale |
| Close of play day 1 | Nelson City (2) 248/8 (Smith 34*, J Newman 30*; 46 overs) |
| Nelson City first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GS Botting | b AE Cresswell | 17 | 32 | ||||
| TC Vaughan | lbw b AE Cresswell | 9 | 41 | ||||
| A Newman | b GF Cresswell | 9 | |||||
| IB Leggat | c GF Cresswell b Gemmell | 1 | |||||
| BG Gully | c Auty b AE Cresswell | 10 | |||||
| NE Avery | c Bonsall b AE Cresswell | 8 | |||||
| IH Ching | b GF Cresswell | 0 | |||||
| WAC Smith | b AE Cresswell | 14 | |||||
| WD Irvine | b Jellyman | 2 | |||||
| J Newman | not out | 5 | |||||
| BE Grant | b AE Cresswell | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 140 minutes, 36.4 overs) | 93 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29 (Botting), 2-42 (Vaughan), 3-48 (Leggat), 4-48 (A Newman), 5-63, 6-64, 7-68, 8-76, 9-93 (36.3 ov), 10-93 (36.4 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AE Cresswell | 15.4 | 2 | 33 | 6 | - | - | |
| GF Cresswell | 16 | 5 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gemmell | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jellyman | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AB Barratt | c Botting b Irvine | 5 | |||||
| J Griffiths | c A Newman b J Newman | 5 | |||||
| J Ahern | b Irvine | 2 | |||||
| *H Auty | b J Newman | 1 | |||||
| GK Millard | b Irvine | 15 | |||||
| GF Cresswell | c A Newman b J Newman | 0 | |||||
| E Harding | b J Newman | 3 | |||||
| +GH Bonsall | c Leggat b J Newman | 0 | |||||
| AH Jellyman | lbw b J Newman | 14 | |||||
| DW Gemmell | not out | 3 | |||||
| AE Cresswell | lbw b J Newman | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 25.5 overs) | 50 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-10, 3-11, 4-26, 5-26, 6-32, 7-37, 8-47, 9-48, 10-50 (25.5 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson City bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| J Newman | 13.5 | 4 | 15 | 7 | - | - | |
| Irvine | 12 | 4 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| Nelson City second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +GS Botting | st Bonsall b GF Cresswell | 0 | |||||
| TC Vaughan | c Ahern b Gemmell | 8 | |||||
| A Newman | lbw b AE Cresswell | 13 | |||||
| BG Gully | b Jellyman | 27 | |||||
| NE Avery | c Harding b AE Cresswell | 29 | |||||
| IH Ching | c Gemmell b Harding | 83 | 60 | 11 | 4 | ||
| IB Leggat | b AE Cresswell | 0 | |||||
| WAC Smith | b AE Cresswell | 35 | |||||
| WD Irvine | b Harding | 2 | |||||
| J Newman | not out | 44 | |||||
| BE Grant | b AE Cresswell | 10 | |||||
| Extras | 25 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 56 overs) | 276 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4 (Botting), 2-19 (A Newman), 3-42 (Vaughan), 4-54 (Gully), 5-167 (Ching), 6-167 (Avery), 7-? (Leggat), 8-187 (Irvine), 9-252 (Smith), 10-276 (Grant, 55.6 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| AE Cresswell | 23 | 2 | 77 | 5 | - | - | |
| GF Cresswell | 17 | 0 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jellyman | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gemmell | 4 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ahern | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harding | 5 | 1 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlborough second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AB Barratt | b Irvine | 11 | |||||
| J Griffiths | b Irvine | 5 | |||||
| J Ahern | c Avery b J Newman | 5 | |||||
| GK Millard | b Grant | 4 | |||||
| AH Jellyman | c Leggat b Irvine | 19 | |||||
| E Harding | c Grant b J Newman | 11 | |||||
| *H Auty | st Botting b Irvine | 3 | |||||
| GF Cresswell | not out | 13 | |||||
| +GH Bonsall | b Irvine | 0 | |||||
| DW Gemmell | c Botting b Gully | 3 | |||||
| AE Cresswell | c Ching b Gully | 8 | |||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 39.5 overs) | 95 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-? (Griffiths), 2-26, 3-28, 4-38, 5-64, 6-66, 7-67, 8-67, 9-80, 10-95 (39.5 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson City bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| J Newman | 15 | 3 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Irvine | 14 | 3 | 29 | 5 | - | - | |
| Leggat | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Grant | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gully | 2.5 | 0 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |