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| Venue | Carisbrook, Dunedin on 31st December 1953, 1st, 2nd January 1954 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Auckland won by 32 runs |
| Points | Otago 0; Auckland 8 |
| Umpires | HP Fogarty, AE Jelley |
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 129/5 (Gill 13*, Smith 8*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 170/5 (Postles 61*, Child 18*) |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +EC Petrie | run out | 37 | |||||
| BN Graham | c Botting b Smith | 9 | |||||
| DD Taylor | lbw b FJ Cameron | 11 | |||||
| DD Coleman | b Moir | 4 | |||||
| JB Morris | b Moir | 17 | |||||
| TS Hambrook | b Moir | 46 | |||||
| BJ Postles | c Gilbertson b Smith | 0 | |||||
| EL Child | c Gill b Moir | 8 | |||||
| DB Clarke | c Gill b Moir | 2 | |||||
| *C Burke | b FJ Cameron | 9 | |||||
| RM Carrington | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 66.5 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-24, 2-40, 3-51, 4-83, 5-84, 6-92, 7-107, 8-142, 9-149, 10-153 (66.5 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| FJ Cameron | 18.5 | 5 | 41 | 2 | - | - | |
| EHJ Cameron | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smith | 15 | 5 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Moir | 27 | 3 | 72 | 5 | - | - | |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Watt | c Child b Burke | 41 | |||||
| LF Watson | b Child | 8 | |||||
| EA Watson | st Petrie b Carrington | 34 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Taylor b Carrington | 20 | |||||
| JA Gill | lbw b Clarke | 23 | |||||
| AM Moir | lbw b Burke | 3 | |||||
| *LD Smith | c Carrington b Child | 48 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | lbw b Child | 9 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | lbw b Clarke | 9 | |||||
| EHJ Cameron | b Child | 0 | |||||
| +GS Botting | not out | 15 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 90.1 overs) | 220 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-41, 2-49, 3-93, 4-106, 5-109, 6-147, 7-185, 8-194, 9-194, 10-220 (90.1 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clarke | 19.1 | 3 | 58 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hambrook | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Child | 28 | 11 | 54 | 4 | - | - | |
| Burke | 25 | 9 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Carrington | 10 | 2 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +EC Petrie | c EA Watson b FJ Cameron | 13 | |||||
| BN Graham | c Botting b FJ Cameron | 3 | |||||
| DD Taylor | b FJ Cameron | 3 | |||||
| DD Coleman | c Moir b EHJ Cameron | 56 | |||||
| JB Morris | c and b EHJ Cameron | 6 | |||||
| BJ Postles | lbw b FJ Cameron | 69 | |||||
| EL Child | st Botting b Moir | 26 | |||||
| TS Hambrook | c Moir b FJ Cameron | 3 | |||||
| DB Clarke | c Moir b FJ Cameron | 8 | |||||
| *C Burke | not out | 4 | |||||
| RM Carrington | b Moir | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb, 3 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.4 overs) | 206 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13, 2-23, 3-33, 4-45, 5-127, 6-186, 7-194, 8-196, 9-196, 10-206 (96.4 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| FJ Cameron | 30.4 | 7 | 81 | 6 | - | - | |
| EHJ Cameron | 26 | 10 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Smith | 13 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moir | 25 | 7 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| EA Watson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| L Watt | b Clarke | 6 | |||||
| LF Watson | b Child | 16 | |||||
| EA Watson | c Petrie b Clarke | 23 | |||||
| SN McGregor | b Child | 7 | |||||
| JA Gill | c Clarke b Child | 8 | |||||
| AM Moir | c Petrie b Child | 5 | |||||
| *LD Smith | c Child b Clarke | 2 | |||||
| AW Gilbertson | b Clarke | 0 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 7 | |||||
| EHJ Cameron | b Clarke | 10 | |||||
| +GS Botting | c Taylor b Child | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 5 lb, 4 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 49.4 overs) | 107 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-38, 3-58, 4-60, 5-66, 6-68, 7-77, 8-82, 9-96, 10-107 (49.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Clarke | 19.4 | 3 | 47 | 5 | - | - | |
| Child | 24 | 10 | 37 | 5 | - | - | |
| Burke | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |