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| Venue | Central Recreation Ground, Hastings on 3rd, 5th, 6th September 1949 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | New Zealanders won by an innings and 3 runs |
| Umpires | F Chester, HW Parks |
| Close of play day 1 | New Zealanders (1) 363/9 (Hadlee 114*) |
| Close of play day 2 | South (2) 78/3 (Bailey 19*, van Ryneveld 7*) |
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | b Bailey | 10 | |||||
| VJ Scott | lbw b Bailey | 12 | |||||
| GO Rabone | b Bailey | 78 | |||||
| *WA Hadlee | c Edrich b Bailey | 114 | 185 | 15 | 1 | ||
| MP Donnelly | c van Ryneveld b Mallett | 48 | |||||
| FB Smith | c Valentine b Mallett | 22 | |||||
| JR Reid | c Allen b Edrich | 54 | |||||
| +FLH Mooney | run out | 4 | |||||
| TB Burtt | lbw b Compton | 11 | |||||
| J Cowie | c Edrich b Compton | 0 | |||||
| GF Cresswell | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 7 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 91.1 overs) | 367 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-26, 3-161, 4-193, 5-199, 6-309, 7-313, 8-357, 9-363, 10-367 (91.1 ov) | |||||||
| South bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Bailey | 25.1 | 3 | 97 | 4 | - | - |
| Perks | 20 | 4 | 75 | 0 | - | - |
| Edrich | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | - | - |
| Mallett | 24 | 5 | 70 | 2 | - | - |
| van Ryneveld | 13 | 1 | 64 | 0 | - | - |
| Compton | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | - | - |
| South first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Gimblett | c Sutcliffe b Cresswell | 0 | |||||
| BO Allen | b Cowie | 8 | |||||
| WJ Edrich | b Burtt | 20 | |||||
| DCS Compton | b Reid | 6 | |||||
| TE Bailey | b Reid | 2 | |||||
| CB van Ryneveld | c Reid b Cowie | 40 | |||||
| *FG Mann | c Reid b Cresswell | 28 | |||||
| BH Valentine | c Reid b Rabone | 31 | |||||
| +TG Evans | c Hadlee b Burtt | 10 | |||||
| AWH Mallett | not out | 10 | |||||
| RTD Perks | b Burtt | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63 overs) | 159 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-15, 3-26, 4-28, 5-71, 6-103, 7-115, 8-142, 9-148, 10-159 (63 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cowie | 16 | 5 | 44 | 2 | - | - |
| Cresswell | 16 | 4 | 34 | 2 | - | - |
| Reid | 10 | 3 | 19 | 2 | - | - |
| Rabone | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | - | - |
| Burtt | 17 | 7 | 44 | 3 | - | - |
| South second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| H Gimblett | retired hurt | 30 | |||||
| BO Allen | c Donnelly b Cresswell | 0 | |||||
| WJ Edrich | c Reid b Cresswell | 7 | |||||
| TE Bailey | c Mooney b Reid | 30 | |||||
| DCS Compton | c Donnelly b Reid | 15 | |||||
| CB van Ryneveld | c Mooney b Cowie | 7 | |||||
| *FG Mann | c Smith b Burtt | 33 | |||||
| BH Valentine | not out | 30 | |||||
| +TG Evans | b Rabone | 0 | |||||
| AWH Mallett | c Mooney b Burtt | 27 | |||||
| RTD Perks | c Hadlee b Burtt | 12 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 1 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 65.1 overs) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-36, 3-63, 4-79, 5-104, 6-136, 7-136, 8-179, 9-205 (65.1 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cowie | 10 | 2 | 38 | 1 | - | - |
| Cresswell | 19 | 6 | 33 | 2 | - | - |
| Reid | 15 | 0 | 52 | 2 | - | - |
| Rabone | 8 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | - |
| Burtt | 13.1 | 5 | 35 | 3 | - | - |