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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 7th, 8th January 1898 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Wellington won by an innings and 20 runs |
| Umpires | A Ashbolt, WE Woods |
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 188/4 (Holdship 70*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LT Cobcroft | c Holdship b Holdsworth | 75 | |||||
| HC Ridley | b Holdsworth | 11 | |||||
| AE Ridley | lbw b Stephenson | 8 | |||||
| D Reese | b Tucker | 44 | |||||
| F Wilding | c Ashbolt b Tucker | 1 | |||||
| A Sims | b Holdsworth | 8 | |||||
| *CR Clark | c Tucker b Holdsworth | 1 | |||||
| CW Garrard | c Richardson b Tucker | 2 | |||||
| J Wheatley | c Holdsworth b Tucker | 0 | |||||
| +JN Fowke | c Ashbolt b Holdsworth | 3 | |||||
| AE Bates | not out | 29 | |||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 1 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 69.3 overs) | 187 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-23 (HC Ridley), 2-42 (AE Ridley), 3-140 (Reese), 4-141 (Wilding), 5-146 (Cobcroft), 6-152 (Clark), 7-153 (Sims), 8-153 (Wheatley), 9-155 (Garrard), 10-187 (Fowke, 69.3 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Ashbolt | 9 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | - |
| Holdsworth | 25.3 | 10 | 74 | 5 | - | - |
| Stephenson | 15 | 4 | 22 | 1 | - | - |
| Richardson | 8 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - |
| Holdship | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - |
| Tucker | 9 | 3 | 24 | 4 | - | - |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| BA Weyburne | c Fowke b Bates | 10 | |||||
| CA Richardson | c Bates b Cobcroft | 77 | |||||
| +AB Williams | c Fowke b Reese | 13 | |||||
| KH Tucker | st Fowke b Reese | 10 | |||||
| *AR Holdship | c Sims b Reese | 79 | |||||
| CS Gore | c Sims b Bates | 17 | |||||
| HGEL Burton | c Sims b Reese | 63 | |||||
| MP Naughton | b Bates | 40 | |||||
| FL Ashbolt | not out | 37 | |||||
| FC Stephenson | c Garrard b Bates | 4 | |||||
| F Holdsworth | c Sims b Clark | 31 | |||||
| Extras | 23 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 137.4 overs) | 404 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Weyburne), 2-34 (Williams), 3-52 (Tucker), 4-188 (Richardson), 5-204 (Holdship), 6-224 (Gore), 7-310 (Naughton), 8-326 (Burton), 9-338 (Stephenson), 10-404 (Holdsworth, 137.4 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Reese | 48 | 10 | 146 | 4 | - | - |
| Bates | 45 | 14 | 94 | 4 | - | - |
| Cobcroft | 11.2 | 5 | 31 | 1 | - | - |
| Wilding | 15 | 7 | 36 | 0 | - | - |
| Clark | 8.2 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - |
| Garrard | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 | - | - |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LT Cobcroft | c Ashbolt b Holdsworth | 20 | |||||
| AE Ridley | st Williams b Ashbolt | 20 | |||||
| HC Ridley | c Naughton b Ashbolt | 31 | |||||
| D Reese | b Ashbolt | 4 | |||||
| A Sims | c Weyburne b Tucker | 5 | |||||
| F Wilding | b Ashbolt | 37 | |||||
| *CR Clark | c and b Ashbolt | 0 | |||||
| CW Garrard | not out | 50 | |||||
| AE Bates | c Weyburne b Ashbolt | 5 | |||||
| J Wheatley | st Williams b Ashbolt | 7 | |||||
| +JN Fowke | c Ashbolt b Holdsworth | 6 | |||||
| Extras | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 55 overs) | 197 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-40 (Cobcroft), 2-46 (AE Ridley), 3-61 (Reese), 4-80 (Sims), 5-112 (HC Ridley), 6-112 (Clark), 7-131 (Wilding), 8-137 (Bates), 9-152 (Wheatley), 10-197 (Fowke, 55 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Ashbolt | 23 | 6 | 52 | 7 | - | - |
| Holdsworth | 12 | 3 | 62 | 2 | - | - |
| Stephenson | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - |
| Richardson | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - |
| Holdship | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - |
| Tucker | 9 | 2 | 24 | 1 | - | - |