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| Venue | Trafalgar Park, Nelson on 28th, 29th January 1955 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Nelson City won by an innings and 528 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Buller (1) 93 all out |
| Nelson City first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| M Martyn | run out | 14 | |||||
| DV Spence | b Allott | 72 | |||||
| PF Edwards | c Mumm b Griffiths | 4 | |||||
| GA Leggat | c Eyes b Mumm | 116 | 156 | 16 | - | ||
| IB Leggat | c Mumm b Baird | 251 | 140 | 38 | 5 | ||
| ED Cederman | b Allott | 40 | |||||
| *+JL Ching | b Wilkinson | 104 | 76 | 18 | - | ||
| GA Snowden | b Walker | 15 | |||||
| AB Carey | b Eyes | 14 | |||||
| RS Challies | b Walker | 8 | |||||
| B Syme | not out | 10 | |||||
| Extras | (23 b, 14 lb) | 37 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 316 minutes, 100 overs) | 686 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Martyn), 2-47 (Edwards), 3-133 (Spence), 4-440 (GA Leggat), 5-519, 6-529, 7-571, 8-607, 9-624, 10-686 (100 ov) | |||||||
| Buller bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Walker | 36 | 2 | 227 | 2 | - | - | |
| Griffiths | 15 | 0 | 72 | 1 | - | - | |
| Wilkinson | 11 | 0 | 60 | 1 | - | - | |
| Mumm | 9 | 2 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allott | 11 | 2 | 70 | 2 | - | - | |
| Henderson | 7 | 0 | 80 | 0 | - | - | |
| Baird | 5 | 0 | 43 | 1 | - | - | |
| Eyes | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Gear | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Buller first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Marshall | b IB Leggat | 1 | |||||
| W Baird | c Carey b Challies | 48 | |||||
| *RD Eyes | b Syme | 1 | |||||
| T Henderson | st Ching b Challies | 9 | |||||
| M Easton | c Cederman b Challies | 2 | |||||
| DP Mumm | b Challies | 0 | |||||
| A Allott | c Martyn b Edwards | 3 | |||||
| D Walker | c Syme b Challies | 7 | |||||
| RJ Griffiths | b Edwards | 0 | |||||
| B Wilkinson | b Edwards | 0 | |||||
| J Gear | not out | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 5 lb, 2 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 102 minutes, 34.1 overs) | 93 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Marshall), 2-19 (Eyes), 3-45 (Henderson), 4-47 (Easton), 5-51 (Mumm), 6-60 (Allott), 7-67 (Walker), 8-67 (Griffiths), 9-67 (Wilkinson), 10-93 (Baird, 34.1 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson City bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| IB Leggat | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | |
| Syme | 4 | 2 | 15 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cederman | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Challies | 11.1 | 3 | 35 | 5 | - | - | |
| Edwards | 8 | 3 | 22 | 3 | - | - | |
| Buller second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| R Marshall | st Ching b Snowden | 33 | |||||
| W Baird | c Cederman b Snowden | 0 | |||||
| *RD Eyes | c IB Leggat b Snowden | 3 | |||||
| T Henderson | c GA Leggat b Carey | 0 | |||||
| M Easton | run out | 0 | |||||
| DP Mumm | c and b Spence | 5 | |||||
| A Allott | not out | 1 | |||||
| D Walker | c Cederman b Spence | 1 | |||||
| B Wilkinson | st Ching b Snowden | 1 | |||||
| RJ Griffiths | b Snowden | 0 | |||||
| J Gear | c Carey b Snowden | 17 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 81 minutes, 31 overs) | 65 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19 (Baird), 2-23 (Eyes), 3-28 (Henderson), 4-28 (Easton), 5-41, 6-41, 7-42, 8-47, 9-47, 10-65 (31 ov) | |||||||
| Nelson City bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Snowden | 16 | 5 | 28 | 6 | - | - | |
| Carey | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Spence | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | - | - | |