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| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 2nd, 4th, 5th December 1961 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | DB Gibbon, G Minnaar |
| Close of play day 1 | Eastern Province (1) 36/2 (Dakin 17*, Fox 0*) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealanders (2) 86/1 (Guy 29*, Barton 31*) |
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW Guy | c Dakin b PM Pollock | 5 | |||||
| GT Dowling | c Ferrant b Brodie | 5 | |||||
| PT Barton | c Fox b PM Pollock | 0 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Harty b PM Pollock | 20 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c PM Pollock b Ferrant | 51 | 73 | 7 | - | ||
| JT Sparling | c Harty b PM Pollock | 22 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | b PM Pollock | 40 | 157 | 1 | - | ||
| +AE Dick | run out | 75 | 175 | 9 | - | ||
| RC Motz | lbw b PM Pollock | 0 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | c Ferrant b Brodie | 9 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 15 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 92.4 overs) | 249 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-12, 3-12, 4-45, 5-102, 6-116, 7-221, 8-231, 9-248, 10-249 (92.4 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| PM Pollock | 23 | 4 | 53 | 6 | - | - | |
| Brodie | 18 | 5 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 32.4 | 15 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ferrant | 19 | 3 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JT van Rensburg | c Dick b Alabaster | 13 | |||||
| *GF Dakin | c Dick b Alabaster | 40 | 139 | 5 | - | ||
| JG Ferrant | c Guy b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| JSM Fox | c Harris b Alabaster | 31 | 67 | ||||
| RG Pollock | b Cameron | 78 | 173 | 11 | - | ||
| AL Wilmot | c McGregor b Motz | 64 | 141 | 9 | 2 | ||
| PH Copeland | b Motz | 2 | |||||
| PM Pollock | lbw b Motz | 5 | |||||
| AH McKinnon | b Motz | 4 | |||||
| +JP Harty | c McGregor b Alabaster | 6 | |||||
| JB Brodie | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 12 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 103.3 overs) | 271 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26, 2-28, 3-83, 4-110, 5-246, 6-252, 7-254, 8-262, 9-269, 10-271 (103.3 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Motz | 32 | 15 | 60 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 26 | 6 | 59 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 29.3 | 10 | 71 | 5 | - | - | |
| Reid | 12 | 4 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sparling | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealanders second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JW Guy | c McKinnon b Brodie | 31 | |||||
| GT Dowling | b PM Pollock | 18 | |||||
| PT Barton | c Harty b Brodie | 34 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c PM Pollock b McKinnon | 19 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Harty b PM Pollock | 49 | 66 | 7 | - | ||
| JT Sparling | b Brodie | 9 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | lbw b Brodie | 1 | |||||
| +AE Dick | c Copeland b Brodie | 47 | 106 | 4 | - | ||
| RC Motz | run out | 29 | |||||
| JC Alabaster | not out | 2 | |||||
| FJ Cameron | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 6 lb, 3 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 286 minutes, 83.3 overs) | 254 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25, 2-88, 3-111, 4-111, 5-140, 6-154, 7-176, 8-242, 9-254 (83.3 ov) | |||||||
| Eastern Province bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| PM Pollock | 20 | 4 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Brodie | 23.3 | 4 | 58 | 5 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 27 | 8 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ferrant | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| RG Pollock | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Eastern Province second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JT van Rensburg | run out | 0 | |||||
| *GF Dakin | c Reid b Cameron | 2 | |||||
| JSM Fox | c McGregor b Motz | 13 | |||||
| RG Pollock | c Reid b Cameron | 8 | |||||
| AL Wilmot | c Reid b Alabaster | 19 | |||||
| PH Copeland | lbw b Alabaster | 54 | 69 | 8 | - | ||
| PM Pollock | st Dick b Alabaster | 0 | |||||
| AH McKinnon | lbw b Alabaster | 18 | 1 | ||||
| JG Ferrant | not out | 16 | |||||
| +JP Harty | c Dowling b Motz | 5 | 21 | ||||
| JB Brodie | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, 61 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0, 2-6, 3-16, 4-34, 5-87, 6-91, 7-112, 8-119, 9-139 | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Motz | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Cameron | 17 | 9 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 21 | 4 | 60 | 4 | - | - | |
| Reid | 12 | 3 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |