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| Venue | Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 4th, 6th April 1953 (2-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Toss not known | 
| Result | IB Cromb's Canterbury Colts won by 4 wickets | 
| Close of play day 1 | Nelson (2) 40/5 (Guy 0*; 11 overs) | 
| Nelson first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| N Barton | b Duckmanton | 7 | |||||
| *AA Hunter | c Greatbatch b Harliwich | 30 | |||||
| JW Guy | lbw b Bennett | 18 | |||||
| LB Reade | lbw b Bennett | 13 | |||||
| +IH Ching | c Royfee b Bennett | 11 | |||||
| BG Gully | c Harliwich b Duckmanton | 7 | |||||
| R Patience | c Chapple b Greatbatch | 5 | |||||
| RG Fowler | c Harliwich b Duckmanton | 0 | |||||
| RS Challies | c and b Duckmanton | 1 | |||||
| NE Avery | not out | 0 | |||||
| PJ Bloomfield | b Greatbatch | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 6 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 46 overs) | 101 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-101 (46 ov) | |||||||
| IB Cromb's Canterbury Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Betty | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 12 | 5 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Harliwich | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chapple | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sinclair | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 13 | 3 | 25 | 4 | - | - | |
| Greatbatch | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| IB Cromb's Canterbury Colts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ME Chapple | c Reade b Challies | 50 | |||||
| GE Royfee | b Avery | 20 | |||||
| NV Bennett | lbw b Challies | 3 | |||||
| *IB Cromb | c Challies b Patience | 71 | |||||
| OR Greatbatch | c Avery b Challies | 2 | |||||
| SM Betty | b Challies | 1 | |||||
| IM Sinclair | lbw b Challies | 5 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | c Ching b Avery | 1 | |||||
| R Pannell | b Challies | 3 | |||||
| JA Harliwich | run out | 1 | |||||
| +LB Glanville | not out | 21 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 41.1 overs) | 180 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-180 (41.1 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bloomfield | 6 | 1 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Avery | 11 | 0 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |
| Challies | 16 | 5 | 54 | 6 | - | - | |
| Hunter | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gully | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Patience | 1.1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nelson second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| N Barton | c Bennett b Greatbatch | 15 | |||||
| R Patience | lbw b Royfee | 18 | |||||
| RS Challies | b Greatbatch | 0 | |||||
| NE Avery | c Glanville b Greatbatch | 0 | |||||
| *AA Hunter | lbw b Greatbatch | 0 | |||||
| JW Guy | c Royfee b Cromb | 99 | |||||
| LB Reade | b Sinclair | 7 | |||||
| +IH Ching | c Betty b Bennett | 34 | |||||
| BG Gully | lbw b Harliwich | 4 | |||||
| RG Fowler | run out | 3 | |||||
| PJ Bloomfield | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 23 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 71.3 overs) | 204 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-40 (10.6 ov), 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-204 (71.3 ov) | |||||||
| IB Cromb's Canterbury Colts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Greatbatch | 18 | 8 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Pannell | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Royfee | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sinclair | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 12 | 3 | 45 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 13 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Betty | 6 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Harliwich | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cromb | 2.3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| IB Cromb's Canterbury Colts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| OR Greatbatch | b Avery | 6 | |||||
| JA Harliwich | b Bloomfield | 0 | |||||
| SM Betty | b Bloomfield | 1 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | lbw b Avery | 12 | |||||
| R Pannell | b Challies | 9 | |||||
| IM Sinclair | b Patience | 42 | |||||
| +LB Glanville | not out | 52 | |||||
| NV Bennett | not out | 6 | |||||
| ME Chapple | did not bat | ||||||
| GE Royfee | did not bat | ||||||
| *IB Cromb | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 30.4 overs) | 131 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-44, 6-92 | |||||||
| Nelson bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Bloomfield | 10 | 0 | 32 | 2 | - | - | |
| Avery | 7 | 1 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Challies | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Patience | 5 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barton | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fowler | 0.4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |