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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 29th, 30th, 31st December 1959 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Otago won by 7 wickets |
| Points | Wellington 3; Otago 10 |
| Umpires | DP Dumbleton, MC Maris |
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 122/7 (Sutcliffe 22*, Edmunds 2*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Otago (2) 43/2 (McGregor 27*, Dick 2*) |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JB Morrison | c Briggs b Cameron | 5 | |||||
| +TG McMahon | run out | 8 | |||||
| BW Sinclair | c Briggs b Alabaster | 63 | |||||
| AH Preston | c Edmunds b Woods | 10 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Dick b Woods | 2 | |||||
| A Roberts | c Dick b Clark | 0 | |||||
| EW Dempster | c Woods b Alabaster | 27 | |||||
| LC Butler | b Moir | 22 | |||||
| JD Behrent | c Briggs b Alabaster | 2 | |||||
| RW Blair | not out | 13 | |||||
| RE Reid | c Sutcliffe b Moir | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 74.1 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8, 2-13, 3-35, 4-39, 5-40, 6-86, 7-120, 8-135, 9-143, 10-161 (74.1 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cameron | 24 | 8 | 40 | 1 | - | - |
| Woods | 21 | 11 | 21 | 2 | - | - |
| Clark | 8 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - |
| Alabaster | 15 | 0 | 58 | 3 | - | - |
| Moir | 6.1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | - | - |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NR Thompson | lbw b RE Reid | 0 | |||||
| KD Briggs | c Behrent b Blair | 0 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c McMahon b Blair | 55 | |||||
| AE Dick | c Preston b Dempster | 27 | |||||
| *B Sutcliffe | c McMahon b RE Reid | 26 | |||||
| LA Clark | b Blair | 1 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Butler b Blair | 2 | |||||
| AM Moir | c Preston b Blair | 6 | |||||
| +MR Edmunds | lbw b RE Reid | 5 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | b Blair | 2 | |||||
| NT Woods | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 5 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70.4 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1, 2-1, 3-79, 4-91, 5-96, 6-100, 7-110, 8-128, 9-133, 10-137 (70.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Blair | 28.4 | 14 | 43 | 6 | - | - |
| RE Reid | 26 | 13 | 37 | 3 | - | - |
| Behrent | 5 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - |
| Dempster | 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - |
| Preston | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| JR Reid | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JB Morrison | c Edmunds b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| +TG McMahon | b Moir | 41 | |||||
| BW Sinclair | b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| EW Dempster | b Cameron | 0 | |||||
| *JR Reid | b Woods | 13 | |||||
| AH Preston | run out | 29 | |||||
| LC Butler | not out | 66 | |||||
| A Roberts | c Sutcliffe b Cameron | 23 | |||||
| JD Behrent | lbw b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| RW Blair | c and b Alabaster | 3 | |||||
| RE Reid | c Moir b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 2 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 72 overs) | 186 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18, 2-18, 3-20, 4-45, 5-89, 6-91, 7-162, 8-165, 9-179, 10-186 (72 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cameron | 26 | 8 | 53 | 4 | - | - |
| Woods | 23 | 8 | 48 | 1 | - | - |
| Alabaster | 13 | 1 | 44 | 3 | - | - |
| Moir | 10 | 1 | 30 | 1 | - | - |
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NR Thompson | c McMahon b RE Reid | 1 | |||||
| KD Briggs | c JR Reid b Blair | 9 | |||||
| SN McGregor | not out | 114 | |||||
| AE Dick | c Roberts b Dempster | 14 | |||||
| *B Sutcliffe | not out | 62 | |||||
| LA Clark | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Alabaster | did not bat | ||||||
| AM Moir | did not bat | ||||||
| +MR Edmunds | did not bat | ||||||
| FJ Cameron | did not bat | ||||||
| NT Woods | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 8 lb, 1 nb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (3 wickets, 101.1 overs) | 213 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-37, 3-75 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Blair | 25 | 11 | 42 | 1 | - | - |
| RE Reid | 18 | 6 | 32 | 1 | - | - |
| Behrent | 11 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - |
| Dempster | 19 | 6 | 53 | 1 | - | - |
| Preston | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| JR Reid | 23 | 13 | 31 | 0 | - | - |
| Sinclair | 2.1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - |