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| Venue | Carisbrook, Dunedin on 5th, 6th, 8th February 1954 (4-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Toss not known | 
| Result | Otago won by 31 runs | 
| Points | Otago 8; Canterbury 0 | 
| Umpires | JL Ferguson, DR McKay | 
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 16/1 (O'Malley 8*, Arnold 6*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Otago (2) 103/5 (Watt 31*, Blair 2*) | 
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RAJ Blair | c Harris b Reid | 0 | |||||
| RT Hunt | lbw b Reid | 49 | |||||
| EA Watson | c Harris b Reid | 2 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Burtt b Sinclair | 50 | |||||
| L Watt | c Guillen b Gearry | 45 | |||||
| *LD Smith | run out | 1 | |||||
| +JA Gill | lbw b Burtt | 4 | |||||
| ST Jones | c Harris b Gearry | 6 | |||||
| AM Moir | b Reid | 44 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 18 | |||||
| EHJ Cameron | b Sinclair | 21 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 7 lb, 5 nb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106 overs) | 265 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-5, 3-99, 4-137, 5-138, 6-148, 7-171, 8-178, 9-226, 10-265 (106 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Reid | 23 | 7 | 58 | 4 | - | - | 
| Gearry | 13 | 4 | 39 | 2 | - | - | 
| Burtt | 35 | 16 | 53 | 1 | - | - | 
| Sinclair | 24 | 6 | 61 | 2 | - | - | 
| Stark | 11 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | 
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JG Leggat | lbw b EHJ Cameron | 1 | |||||
| PW O'Malley | c Blair b FJ Cameron | 16 | |||||
| AP Arnold | c Watt b Moir | 44 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Gill b Jones | 18 | |||||
| RWG Emery | c Watson b Smith | 6 | |||||
| +SC Guillen | b FJ Cameron | 76 | |||||
| GN Gearry | b Moir | 10 | |||||
| IM Sinclair | b EHJ Cameron | 30 | |||||
| DW Stark | c Smith b Moir | 1 | |||||
| TB Burtt | c Blair b Jones | 0 | |||||
| DJ Reid | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 12 lb, 1 nb) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.4 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-32, 3-69, 4-80, 5-108, 6-126, 7-177, 8-201, 9-219, 10-228 (83.4 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| FJ Cameron | 19.4 | 4 | 41 | 2 | - | - | 
| EHJ Cameron | 14 | 4 | 31 | 2 | - | - | 
| Moir | 25 | 5 | 77 | 3 | - | - | 
| Jones | 7 | 1 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 
| Smith | 18 | 7 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RT Hunt | b Emery | 10 | |||||
| +JA Gill | c Guillen b Burtt | 24 | |||||
| EA Watson | c O'Malley b Burtt | 17 | |||||
| SN McGregor | b Burtt | 3 | |||||
| L Watt | lbw b Reid | 39 | |||||
| *LD Smith | b Burtt | 3 | |||||
| RAJ Blair | lbw b Burtt | 2 | |||||
| ST Jones | c Stark b Burtt | 2 | |||||
| AM Moir | st Guillen b Burtt | 0 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | c Guillen b Burtt | 3 | |||||
| EHJ Cameron | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 7 lb, 4 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.5 overs) | 124 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-29, 2-56, 3-56, 4-69, 5-71, 6-112, 7-113, 8-116, 9-120, 10-124 (57.5 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Reid | 9 | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 
| Gearry | 8 | 2 | 31 | 0 | - | - | 
| Burtt | 20.5 | 8 | 35 | 8 | - | - | 
| Emery | 17 | 10 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 
| Harris | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JG Leggat | c Gill b FJ Cameron | 13 | |||||
| PW O'Malley | lbw b EHJ Cameron | 6 | |||||
| AP Arnold | not out | 61 | |||||
| DW Stark | b EHJ Cameron | 11 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Watson b Smith | 14 | |||||
| RWG Emery | c Watson b Moir | 11 | |||||
| +SC Guillen | lbw b EHJ Cameron | 6 | |||||
| GN Gearry | c Watson b Moir | 0 | |||||
| IM Sinclair | run out | 1 | |||||
| TB Burtt | c Watson b Moir | 1 | |||||
| DJ Reid | st Gill b Moir | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 1 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 51 overs) | 130 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-20, 3-35, 4-58, 5-96, 6-113, 7-114, 8-123, 9-126, 10-130 (51 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| FJ Cameron | 12 | 4 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 
| EHJ Cameron | 13 | 4 | 30 | 3 | - | - | 
| Moir | 14 | 1 | 40 | 4 | - | - | 
| Jones | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | - | - | 
| Smith | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - |