| misc601521 | |
| Venue | Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 25th, 27th December 1897 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Nelson won by an innings and 12 runs |
| Umpires | C Haggitt, WN Poole |
| Close of play day 1 | Nelson (1) 99/8 (Mills ?*, Silcock ?*) |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| T Pugh | c Blincoe b Graham | 10 | |||||
| FWJ Gane | b Kerr | 12 | |||||
| AFAJW Bottrell | b Graham | 0 | |||||
| R Dunn | b Graham | 5 | |||||
| DP France | c Blincoe b Graham | 1 | |||||
| EH Eccles | b Graham | 17 | |||||
| *+C Corder | c Fowler b Graham | 4 | |||||
| Kirwin | c and b Graham | 0 | |||||
| W Matthews | b Graham | 0 | |||||
| Carroll | not out | 3 | |||||
| McShane | b Graham | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 2 lb) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 22.2 overs) | 58 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-58 (22.2 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Graham | 11.2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | - | - | |
| Kerr | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Newth | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nelson first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| T Newth | b Matthews | 4 | |||||
| H Wastney | b Matthews | 0 | |||||
| W Fowler | st Corder b Matthews | 5 | |||||
| LH Graham | lbw b Pugh | 1 | |||||
| NB Levien | c Kirwin b Matthews | 21 | |||||
| A Lines | c Dunn b McShane | 10 | |||||
| *+RW Stiles | b Matthews | 0 | |||||
| E Kerr | c and b Matthews | 8 | |||||
| Mills | c Bottrell b Matthews | 32 | |||||
| GJ Silcock | not out | 23 | |||||
| F Blincoe | b Carroll | 20 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56 overs) | 142 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-12, 5-?, 6-39, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-142 (56 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Matthews | 27 | 9 | 46 | 7 | - | - | |
| Pugh | 11 | 4 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| McShane | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Carroll | 9 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gane | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kirwin | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| Marlborough second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| T Pugh | b Fowler | 2 | |||||
| FWJ Gane | run out | 5 | |||||
| AFAJW Bottrell | b Fowler | 0 | |||||
| R Dunn | b Kerr | 21 | |||||
| DP France | c Stiles b Graham | 0 | |||||
| EH Eccles | b Fowler | 1 | |||||
| *+C Corder | c Blincoe b Kerr | 13 | |||||
| Kirwin | b Silcock | 0 | |||||
| W Matthews | not out | 6 | |||||
| Carroll | b Fowler | 10 | |||||
| McShane | b Kerr | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 6 lb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 27.5 overs) | 72 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-24, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-72 (27.5 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Graham | 7 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kerr | 6.5 | 2 | 9 | 3 | - | - | |
| Fowler | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | - | - | |
| Silcock | 7 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | |