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| Venue | Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 18th, 19th, 20th January 1962 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Toss not known | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Central Districts 1; Canterbury 5 | 
| Umpires | LC Quinton, RP Tindale | 
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 38/1 (Bolton 19*, Hadlee 0*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Central Districts (2) 22/0 (Reade 13*, Shrimpton 7*) | 
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LB Reade | c Gallop b Kiddey | 46 | |||||
| GE Lowans | c England b Bolton | 57 | |||||
| BE Congdon | c and b Bolton | 31 | |||||
| RA Kelly | c Hartland b Bolton | 0 | |||||
| IB Leggat | c Hartland b Duckmanton | 15 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | c and b Bolton | 13 | |||||
| *DV Spence | c Hill b Bolton | 0 | |||||
| BL Hampton | not out | 16 | |||||
| EL Mummery | lbw b Duckmanton | 1 | |||||
| +JW Vernon | c Gallop b Bolton | 0 | |||||
| DA Kinsella | b Bolton | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 4 nb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 116.5 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-74, 2-130, 3-136, 4-152, 5-164, 6-164, 7-175, 8-184, 9-185, 10-185 (116.5 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dawson | 14 | 3 | 35 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kiddey | 17 | 10 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacGibbon | 12 | 2 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 22 | 14 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Gallop | 29 | 8 | 50 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bolton | 22.5 | 12 | 23 | 7 | - | - | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Bolton | c Lowans b Mummery | 38 | |||||
| IR Hartland | b Leggat | 10 | |||||
| BG Hadlee | c Spence b Mummery | 51 | |||||
| BF Hastings | c Vernon b Leggat | 149 | |||||
| DL Gallop | c Congdon b Mummery | 11 | |||||
| D Hill | c and b Kinsella | 43 | |||||
| *AR MacGibbon | c and b Mummery | 11 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | c Kinsella b Leggat | 69 | |||||
| JWF Kiddey | c and b Leggat | 2 | |||||
| +JE England | not out | 9 | |||||
| JHM Dawson | b Leggat | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (17 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 154.2 overs) | 415 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-104, 3-111, 4-123, 5-242, 6-269, 7-372, 8-382, 9-415, 10-415 (154.2 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kinsella | 39 | 14 | 64 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hampton | 24 | 8 | 61 | 0 | - | - | |
| Mummery | 51 | 15 | 152 | 4 | - | - | |
| Spence | 12 | 0 | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leggat | 26.2 | 7 | 60 | 5 | - | - | |
| Shrimpton | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LB Reade | b MacGibbon | 45 | |||||
| MJF Shrimpton | b MacGibbon | 119 | |||||
| BE Congdon | run out | 17 | |||||
| RA Kelly | b MacGibbon | 46 | |||||
| GE Lowans | c and b Duckmanton | 8 | |||||
| IB Leggat | b Bolton | 33 | |||||
| *DV Spence | not out | 26 | |||||
| BL Hampton | not out | 13 | |||||
| EL Mummery | did not bat | ||||||
| +JW Vernon | did not bat | ||||||
| DA Kinsella | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (5 b, 6 lb, 4 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 149 overs) | 322 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-90, 2-128, 3-232, 4-253, 5-263, 6-295 | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dawson | 12 | 4 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kiddey | 25 | 10 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| MacGibbon | 23 | 7 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 32 | 12 | 67 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gallop | 21 | 6 | 43 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bolton | 30 | 5 | 88 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hill | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |