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| Venue | Recreation Ground, Greymouth on 19th, 20th December 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Buller won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | West Coast (South Island) won by an innings and 46 runs |
| Close of play day 1 |
| Buller first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Byrne | c Kiddey b Kennedy | 0 | |||||
| *RD Eyes | b Kennedy | 0 | |||||
| +G McLellan | b Kennedy | 0 | |||||
| MA Byrne | c Lee b Garforth | 22 | |||||
| CJ Stewart | b Lee | 2 | |||||
| G Smallholme | lbw b Knapp | 31 | |||||
| M Caldwell | st Stancliffe b Kiddey | 1 | |||||
| DP Mumm | c Hendry b Kiddey | 2 | |||||
| J Daily | c Robinson b Knapp | 17 | |||||
| RJ Griffiths | c Kiddey b Knapp | 5 | |||||
| D Marr | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 3 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 45.2 overs) | 83 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-12, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-67, 9-?, 10-83 (45.2 ov) | |||||||
| West Coast (South Island) bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Kennedy | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lee | 10 | 4 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kiddey | 16 | 8 | 25 | 2 | - | - | |
| Garforth | 10 | 3 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| Knapp | 2.2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | - | - | |
| West Coast (South Island) first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RK Cooke | lbw b Griffiths | 0 | |||||
| DP Hendry | c M Byrne b Mumm | 18 | |||||
| JWF Kiddey | c Stewart b Daily | 7 | |||||
| BM Bluett | b Marr | 8 | |||||
| *SN Garforth | lbw b Smallholme | 33 | |||||
| J Robinson | b Marr | 50 | |||||
| R Lynch | c MA Byrne b Smallholme | 1 | |||||
| +R Stancliffe | not out | 51 | |||||
| R Lee | b Daily | 3 | |||||
| WA Kennedy | b Caldwell | 2 | |||||
| CPN Knapp | b Daily | 3 | |||||
| Extras | 25 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 84 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-42, 5-?, 6-103, 7-179, 8-?, 9-?, 10-201 (84 ov) | |||||||
| Buller bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Griffiths | 18 | 7 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Daily | 16 | 5 | 28 | 3 | - | - | |
| Mumm | 19 | 6 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marr | 7 | 2 | 17 | 2 | - | - | |
| Eyes | 8 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Smallholme | 12 | 5 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Caldwell | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Buller second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *RD Eyes | c Stancliffe b Kennedy | 0 | |||||
| M Byrne | run out | 4 | |||||
| MA Byrne | c Lee b Bluett | 7 | |||||
| CJ Stewart | b Bluett | 6 | |||||
| +G McLellan | c Lee b Kiddey | 3 | |||||
| G Smallholme | c Kiddey b Lynch | 7 | |||||
| M Caldwell | c Cooke b Bluett | 2 | |||||
| DP Mumm | b Kiddey | 9 | |||||
| J Daily | st Stancliffe b Lynch | 12 | |||||
| RJ Griffiths | not out | 19 | |||||
| D Marr | b Garforth | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 1 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 36.1 overs) | 72 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-72 (36.1 ov) | |||||||
| West Coast (South Island) bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Lee | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kennedy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kiddey | 11 | 5 | 22 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bluett | 6 | 2 | 9 | 3 | - | - | |
| Garforth | 2.1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lynch | 6 | 0 | 19 | 2 | - | - | |