| misc601519 | |
| Venue | Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 17th, 18th March 1897 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 5 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Canterbury won by an innings and 81 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | South Canterbury (2) 51/4 (Fairbanks 12*, MacIntosh 7*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Wheatley | lbw b Brosnahan | 11 | |||||
| R Vincent | b Brosnahan | 1 | |||||
| WCH Wigley | b Fanthorpe | 52 | |||||
| AS Hasell | st Macdonald b Fanthorpe | 50 | |||||
| *TW Reese | lbw b MacIntosh | 1 | |||||
| HM Reeves | lbw b Fanthorpe | 24 | |||||
| JT Medlow | c Feilden b Fanthorpe | 7 | |||||
| EV Palmer | c and b Fanthorpe | 3 | |||||
| JH Bennett | c Wicksteed b Fanthorpe | 4 | |||||
| GT Weston | not out | 11 | |||||
| JH Williams | c Fanthorpe b Brosnahan | 18 | |||||
| Extras | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 52.1 overs) | 189 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-189 (52.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Brosnahan | 18.1 | 1 | 60 | 3 | - | - | |
| MacIntosh | 15 | 3 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wicksteed | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Feilden | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pearpoint | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fanthorpe | 11 | 2 | 39 | 6 | - | - | |
| South Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EVM Kitto | b Bennett | 0 | |||||
| ST Wicksteed | not out | 12 | |||||
| D Ferguson | c Wigley b Palmer | 1 | |||||
| W Fairbanks | b Bennett | 4 | |||||
| C Fanthorpe | b Bennett | 1 | |||||
| BR Macdonald | b Bennett | 4 | |||||
| GN Feilden | b Bennett | 0 | |||||
| NK Cox | b Palmer | 3 | |||||
| CH MacIntosh | b Bennett | 3 | |||||
| T Brosnahan | b Bennett | 0 | |||||
| RH Pearpoint | b Bennett | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 34.4 overs) | 43 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-43 (34.4 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bennett | 17.4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 17 | 10 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| South Canterbury second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EVM Kitto | c Palmer b Hasell | 12 | |||||
| ST Wicksteed | c Weston b Medlow | 10 | |||||
| NK Cox | b Medlow | 0 | |||||
| D Ferguson | b Reeves | 7 | |||||
| W Fairbanks | b Reeves | 12 | |||||
| CH MacIntosh | b Reeves | 7 | |||||
| C Fanthorpe | b Medlow | 0 | |||||
| GN Feilden | b Medlow | 4 | |||||
| BR Macdonald | b Reeves | 5 | |||||
| T Brosnahan | c Reese b Reeves | 2 | |||||
| RH Pearpoint | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 38.1 overs) | 65 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-65 (38.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bennett | 9 | 5 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Williams | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hasell | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Medlow | 12 | 5 | 19 | 4 | - | - | |
| Reeves | 6.1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | - | - | |
| Palmer | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |