| f18181 ps165 | |
| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 25th, 27th, 28th, 29th December 1948 (4-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Auckland won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Wellington 2; Auckland 4 | 
| Umpires | JM McLellan, MF Pengelly | 
| Scorers | H Hatch (Wellington), W Watts (Auckland) | 
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 235/3 (Hardstaff 62*, Wallace 70*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Wellington (1) 75/6 (Mooney 10*, Murray 1*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | Wellington (2) 127/2 (Tindill 45*, Kemp 1*) | 
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | b Wilson | 46 | 96 | 3 | - | ||
| DD Taylor | c Mooney b Cresswell | 0 | |||||
| VJ Scott | c Reid b Cave | 40 | |||||
| J Hardstaff | lbw b Cresswell | 81 | 172 | 4 | - | ||
| *WM Wallace | c Ongley b Rabone | 113 | 219 | 12 | - | ||
| DD Coleman | c Mooney b Reid | 25 | 1 | - | |||
| JP Marsdon | st Mooney b Wilson | 20 | |||||
| C Burke | run out (Rabone->Mooney) | 21 | |||||
| +LAW Kent | b Cave | 2 | |||||
| J Cowie | c Tindill b Rabone | 16 | |||||
| JE Hollywood | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (17 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 444 minutes, 132.3 overs) | 392 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Taylor), 2-91 (Sutcliffe), 3-105 (Scott), 4-277 (Hardstaff), 5-324 (Coleman), 6-330 (Wallace), 7-358 (Marsdon), 8-361 (Kent), 9-391 (Burke), 10-392 (Cowie, 132.3 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cresswell | 26 | 1 | 83 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Cave | 29 | 4 | 89 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Wilson | 30 | 4 | 82 | 2 | - | - | |
| Murray | 11 | 1 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Reaney | 17 | 3 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Rabone | 11.3 | 4 | 15 | 2 | - | - | |
| Reid | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EWT Tindill | c Kent b Hollywood | 12 | |||||
| GO Rabone | c Kent b Cowie | 10 | 92 | ||||
| JR Reid | c Kent b Hollywood | 17 | 36 | ||||
| RJ Kemp | c Taylor b Burke | 60 | 151 | 5 | - | ||
| *JA Ongley | b Cowie | 3 | |||||
| +FLH Mooney | b Cowie | 10 | |||||
| DS Wilson | c Sutcliffe b Cowie | 17 | |||||
| TPL Reaney | c Cowie b Taylor | 1 | |||||
| RM Murray | c Sutcliffe b Burke | 21 | 73 | 2 | - | ||
| HB Cave | c Kent b Burke | 9 | |||||
| AE Cresswell | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 1 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 95 overs) | 172 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Tindill), 2-41 (Reid), 3-46 (Ongley), 4-47 (Rabone), 5-67 (Wilson), 6-71 (Reaney), 7-77 (Mooney), 8-117 (Murray), 9-153 (Cave), 10-172 (Kemp, 95 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowie | 31 | 9 | 50 | 4 | - | - | |
| Hollywood | 24 | 5 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Burke | 25 | 5 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 9 | 2 | 23 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wellington second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EWT Tindill | b Hollywood | 149 | 459 | 8 | - | ||
| GO Rabone | c and b Marsdon | 31 | 74 | 1 | - | ||
| JR Reid | b Cowie | 46 | |||||
| RJ Kemp | retired hurt | 16 | |||||
| *JA Ongley | lbw b Hollywood | 32 | 94 | ||||
| +FLH Mooney | c Kent b Cowie | 23 | |||||
| DS Wilson | c Wallace b Marsdon | 36 | |||||
| TPL Reaney | run out | 29 | |||||
| RM Murray | not out | 52 | |||||
| HB Cave | b Scott | 8 | |||||
| AE Cresswell | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (15 b, 6 lb, 2 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 534 minutes, 174 overs) | 445 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42 (Rabone), 2-121 (Reid), 3-227 (Ongley), 4-288 (Mooney), 5-345 (Wilson), 6-347 (Tindill), 7-434 (Reaney), 8-445 (Cave, 174 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowie | 29 | 5 | 66 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hollywood | 42 | 13 | 68 | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Scott | 15 | 5 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Burke | 26 | 5 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marsdon | 26 | 6 | 75 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 15 | 0 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 19 | 5 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hardstaff | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |