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| Venue | Ashburton Domain, Ashburton on 6th, 7th February 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Ashburton County won by 4 wickets |
| Close of play day 1 |
| South Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Phillips | c Evans b Goodwin | 11 | |||||
| DR Farrant | lbw b Jordan | 35 | |||||
| JEC McEwen | c Griffiths b Evans | 0 | |||||
| *WM McDonald | c Griffiths b Evans | 11 | |||||
| JB Carleton | run out | 4 | |||||
| W Nutsford | retired hurt | 12 | |||||
| MW Jack | lbw b Evans | 0 | |||||
| +FG Luke | not out | 13 | |||||
| S Williams | b Goodwin | 6 | |||||
| RW Biggar | b Goodwin | 10 | |||||
| R Garvin | b Goodwin | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 114 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-114 | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Goodwin | ? | ? | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Jordan | ? | ? | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Evans | ? | ? | 31 | 3 | - | - | |
| Stare | ? | ? | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ashburton County first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +IJ Griffiths | c sub b Biggar | 2 | |||||
| DM Smith | lbw b Garvin | 2 | |||||
| TR Gallagher | c McEwen b Phillips | 5 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | run out | 20 | |||||
| SW Goodwin | b Williams | 1 | |||||
| MJ Sullivan | lbw b Phillips | 5 | |||||
| HJ Jordan | c McEwen b Garvin | 22 | |||||
| CJT Robertson | not out | 20 | |||||
| OJ Lynch | lbw b Garvin | 0 | |||||
| NE Evans | lbw b Biggar | 9 | |||||
| CAF Stare | b Garvin | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 102 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-102 | |||||||
| South Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garvin | ? | ? | 21 | 4 | - | - | |
| Biggar | ? | ? | 24 | 2 | - | - | |
| Williams | ? | ? | 25 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phillips | ? | ? | 14 | 2 | - | - | |
| Jack | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Phillips | lbw b Stare | 14 | |||||
| DR Farrant | lbw b Evans | 0 | |||||
| JEC McEwen | run out | 35 | |||||
| *WM McDonald | c Robertson b Stare | 44 | |||||
| JB Carleton | c Jordan b Goodwin | 36 | |||||
| MW Jack | st Griffiths b Goodwin | 35 | |||||
| +FG Luke | lbw b Goodwin | 1 | |||||
| S Williams | b Goodwin | 1 | |||||
| RW Biggar | c Jordan b Stare | 2 | |||||
| R Garvin | not out | 0 | |||||
| W Nutsford | absent hurt | ||||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out) | 183 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-183 | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Goodwin | ? | ? | 63 | 4 | - | - | |
| Lynch | ? | ? | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Evans | ? | ? | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stare | ? | ? | 51 | 3 | - | - | |
| Ashburton County second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Smith | c Phillips b Williams | 32 | |||||
| TR Gallagher | b Phillips | 19 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | lbw b Garvin | 20 | |||||
| SW Goodwin | c Carleton b Jack | 14 | |||||
| +IJ Griffiths | b Phillips | 42 | 49 | 7 | - | ||
| HJ Jordan | not out | 27 | |||||
| CJT Robertson | run out | 6 | |||||
| MJ Sullivan | not out | 14 | 11 | ||||
| OJ Lynch | did not bat | ||||||
| NE Evans | did not bat | ||||||
| CAF Stare | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 25 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets) | 199 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55 (Gallagher), 2-74 (Smith), 3-87 (Cullen), 4-103 (Goodwin), 5-149 (Griffiths), 6-162 (Robertson) | |||||||
| South Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Garvin | ? | ? | 47 | 1 | - | - | |
| Williams | ? | ? | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jack | ? | ? | 24 | 1 | - | - | |
| Biggar | ? | ? | 49 | 0 | - | - | |
| Phillips | ? | ? | 27 | 2 | - | - | |