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| Venue | Seddon Park, Hamilton on 18th, 19th, 20th January 1961 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Northern Districts won by 10 runs | 
| Points | Northern Districts 10; Canterbury 3 | 
| Umpires | JMA Brown, ECA MacKintosh | 
| Close of play day 1 | Northern Districts (2) 23/2 (Shaw 10*, Lissette 5*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 45/2 (Bolton 19*, Ward 6*) | 
| Northern Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WP Bradburn | b Kiddey | 1 | |||||
| TE Shaw | b Kiddey | 4 | |||||
| RJ McPherson | b Kiddey | 0 | |||||
| *BH Pairaudeau | b Kiddey | 4 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | c Parson b Kiddey | 25 | |||||
| SW Veitch | c Currie b Kiddey | 0 | |||||
| +DS Clarke | b Parson | 0 | |||||
| MC Langdon | lbw b MacGibbon | 10 | |||||
| N Puna | c Chapple b MacGibbon | 6 | |||||
| AF Lissette | c Ward b Kiddey | 6 | |||||
| DC Hoskin | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (3 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 44 overs) | 59 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-5, 3-9, 4-11, 5-12, 6-13, 7-41, 8-51, 9-53, 10-59 (44 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| MacGibbon | 14 | 7 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kiddey | 21 | 12 | 24 | 7 | - | - | |
| Parson | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chapple | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Bolton | c Puna b Langdon | 4 | |||||
| IR Hartland | c Puna b Hoskin | 17 | |||||
| SC Guillen | b Langdon | 18 | |||||
| *ME Chapple | c Veitch b Langdon | 21 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | c Hoskin b Langdon | 6 | |||||
| K Thomson | b Puna | 20 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | c Alabaster b Lissette | 4 | |||||
| DC Currie | c Alabaster b Puna | 0 | |||||
| JWF Kiddey | c and b Langdon | 0 | |||||
| JS Parson | c Clarke b Lissette | 3 | |||||
| +JT Ward | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 41.5 overs) | 96 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-21, 3-49, 4-59, 5-87, 6-87, 7-88, 8-88, 9-93, 10-96 (41.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hoskin | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Langdon | 19 | 5 | 48 | 5 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Puna | 12 | 4 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lissette | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| Northern Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WP Bradburn | c Duckmanton b Kiddey | 1 | |||||
| TE Shaw | b Parson | 37 | |||||
| RJ McPherson | lbw b Kiddey | 4 | |||||
| AF Lissette | c Ward b Duckmanton | 14 | |||||
| *BH Pairaudeau | b Duckmanton | 31 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | b Currie | 31 | |||||
| SW Veitch | lbw b Kiddey | 43 | |||||
| +DS Clarke | b Duckmanton | 27 | |||||
| MC Langdon | c Chapple b Duckmanton | 9 | |||||
| N Puna | b Duckmanton | 9 | |||||
| DC Hoskin | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 14 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 126.5 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7, 2-15, 3-63, 4-69, 5-127, 6-134, 7-159, 8-214, 9-227, 10-228 (126.5 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| MacGibbon | 17 | 7 | 37 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kiddey | 25 | 14 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Parson | 18 | 9 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 25.5 | 8 | 29 | 5 | - | - | |
| Chapple | 11 | 2 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Currie | 25 | 10 | 46 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bolton | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Bolton | b Alabaster | 26 | |||||
| IR Hartland | lbw b Langdon | 7 | |||||
| SC Guillen | c McPherson b Alabaster | 9 | |||||
| +JT Ward | lbw b Alabaster | 6 | |||||
| *ME Chapple | lbw b Alabaster | 13 | |||||
| K Thomson | c Langdon b Alabaster | 36 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | b Puna | 45 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | c Pairaudeau b Alabaster | 17 | |||||
| DC Currie | not out | 0 | |||||
| JWF Kiddey | c Bradburn b Lissette | 12 | |||||
| JS Parson | c Puna b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 3 lb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 84.5 overs) | 181 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10, 2-37, 3-45, 4-67, 5-78, 6-151, 7-151, 8-173, 9-181, 10-181 (84.5 ov) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hoskin | 7 | 2 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Langdon | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Puna | 13 | 1 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lissette | 25 | 13 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 31.5 | 13 | 59 | 7 | - | - | |