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| Venue | Fraser Park, Timaru on 19th, 20th December 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Ashburton County won by 2 wickets |
| Umpires | HO Button, JP Lang |
| Close of play day 1 |
| South Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Phillips | b Evans | 0 | |||||
| DR Farrant | b Evans | 3 | |||||
| JEC McEwen | c Griffiths b Stare | 48 | |||||
| +EH Edrich | run out | 30 | |||||
| JB Carleton | b Evans | 4 | |||||
| SR Askey | lbw b Goodwin | 4 | |||||
| B Walker | b Stare | 19 | |||||
| HN Dellow | not out | 19 | |||||
| S Williams | lbw b Stare | 0 | |||||
| RW Biggar | b Stare | 1 | |||||
| RC Carter | b Moore | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 3 lb, 1 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 63.5 overs) | 139 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-139 (63.5 ov) | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Evans | 17 | 5 | 32 | 3 | - | - | |
| Goodwin | 23 | 6 | 56 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stare | 15 | 3 | 33 | 4 | - | - | |
| Moore | 8.5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ashburton County first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Smith | lbw b Phillips | 2 | |||||
| +IJ Griffiths | b Walker | 30 | |||||
| HJ Cullen | b Biggar | 12 | |||||
| CGL Smith | b Dellow | 13 | |||||
| SW Goodwin | c and b Phillips | 39 | |||||
| *CJT Robertson | c Dellow b Carter | 36 | 4 | ||||
| CE Ashworth | not out | 27 | |||||
| EM Flaherty | c Carleton b Carter | 6 | |||||
| LR Moore | c Carleton b Carter | 1 | |||||
| NE Evans | c and b Phillips | 0 | |||||
| CAF Stare | b Dellow | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53.1 overs) | 171 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-171 (53.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dellow | 12.1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Biggar | 11 | 3 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 9 | 1 | 40 | 3 | - | - | |
| Walker | 7 | 1 | 19 | 1 | - | - | |
| Williams | 8 | 3 | 28 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carter | 6 | 1 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| South Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Phillips | c and b Goodwin | 30 | |||||
| DR Farrant | b Moore | 84 | 10 | - | |||
| JEC McEwen | c Griffiths b Robertson | 49 | |||||
| +EH Edrich | b Robertson | 2 | |||||
| JB Carleton | c Goodwin b Moore | 2 | |||||
| SR Askey | c Griffiths b Robertson | 1 | |||||
| B Walker | b Moore | 11 | |||||
| RW Biggar | b Moore | 7 | |||||
| HN Dellow | b Robertson | 7 | |||||
| RC Carter | not out | 1 | |||||
| S Williams | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 b, 1 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 66 overs) | 205 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-59 (Phillips), 2-148 (McEwen), 3-? (Edrich), 4-? (Carleton), 5-? (Askey), 6-? (Walker), 7-? (Biggar), 8-? (Farrant), 9-205 (Dellow, 66 ov) | |||||||
| Ashburton County bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Evans | 13 | 1 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Goodwin | 22 | 5 | 53 | 1 | - | - | |
| Stare | 13 | 4 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| Moore | 11 | 1 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Robertson | 7 | 0 | 29 | 4 | - | - | |
| Ashburton County second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DM Smith | lbw b Biggar | 3 | - | - | |||
| +IJ Griffiths | b Carter | 52 | 5 | 2 | |||
| HJ Cullen | c and b Carter | 24 | 2 | 1 | |||
| CGL Smith | st Edrich b Carter | 3 | - | - | |||
| SW Goodwin | lbw b Dellow | 17 | |||||
| *CJT Robertson | c Edrich b Phillips | 19 | 1 | ||||
| CE Ashworth | c Biggar b Williams | 22 | 3 | 1 | |||
| EM Flaherty | b Dellow | 3 | - | - | |||
| LR Moore | not out | 11 | |||||
| NE Evans | not out | 21 | |||||
| CAF Stare | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 54.4 overs) | 176 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (DM Smith), 2-78 (Griffiths), 3-?, 4-?, 5-104, 6-?, 7-?, 8-147 | |||||||
| South Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Dellow | 12.4 | 4 | 36 | 2 | - | - | |
| Biggar | 9 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - | - | |
| Williams | 12 | 4 | 32 | 1 | - | - | |
| Carter | 14 | 0 | 56 | 3 | - | - | |
| Phillips | 7 | 2 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |