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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 23rd, 24th, 26th, 27th, 28th February 1923 (timeless match) | 
| Balls per over | 8 | 
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Canterbury won by 114 runs | 
| Points | Canterbury 1; Wellington 0 | 
| Umpires | RDW Barry, HE Lawrence | 
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 63/1 (Hiddleston 29*, Kortlang 21*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 10/1 (Cunningham 2*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | Canterbury (2) 311/4 (Blunt 107*, Patrick 69*) | 
| Close of play day 4 | Wellington (2) 161/7 (Collins 46*, Hutchings 16*) | 
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RC Blunt | b Brice | 44 | |||||
| RVD Worker | c Baker b Hutchings | 27 | |||||
| RO Talbot | b Henderson | 25 | |||||
| GR Gregory | b McGirr | 12 | |||||
| +LR Brunton | b Brice | 3 | |||||
| *WR Patrick | lbw b Brice | 53 | |||||
| DM Sandman | c Condliffe b Henderson | 6 | |||||
| RFJ Powell | lbw b Brice | 10 | |||||
| RJ Read | c Henderson b Brice | 17 | |||||
| WHR Cunningham | b Brice | 8 | |||||
| J Newman | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (17 b, 2 lb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 275 minutes, 80.6 overs) | 225 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-76 (Worker), 2-76 (Blunt), 3-93 (Gregory), 4-96 (Brunton), 5-159 (Talbot), 6-167 (Sandman), 7-197 (Powell), 8-200 (Patrick), 9-220 (Cunningham), 10-225 (Read, 80.6 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Brice | 26.6 | 5 | 65 | 6 | - | - | 
| McGirr | 16 | 4 | 34 | 1 | - | - | 
| Henderson | 17 | 4 | 49 | 2 | - | - | 
| Aldersley | 10 | 2 | 25 | 0 | - | - | 
| Hutchings | 8 | 1 | 27 | 1 | - | - | 
| Collins | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Hiddleston | b Cunningham | 51 | |||||
| WA Baker | b Newman | 0 | |||||
| HHL Kortlang | b Cunningham | 53 | |||||
| CS Dempster | c Brunton b Newman | 31 | |||||
| *DC Collins | run out | 31 | |||||
| HM McGirr | c Sandman b Cunningham | 28 | |||||
| AWS Brice | c Powell b Read | 18 | |||||
| JH Hutchings | b Read | 0 | |||||
| WA Aldersley | c Read b Blunt | 48 | |||||
| +JW Condliffe | b Read | 39 | |||||
| M Henderson | not out | 19 | |||||
| Extras | (40 b, 11 lb, 1 w) | 52 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 345 minutes, 108.1 overs) | 370 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-8 (Baker), 2-114 (Hiddleston), 3-125 (Kortlang), 4-195 (Dempster), 5-217 (Collins), 6-240 (McGirr), 7-245 (Hutchings), 8-270 (Brice), 9-342 (Condliffe), 10-370 (Aldersley, 108.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Read | 32 | 8 | 98 | 3 | - | - | 
| Newman | 22 | 5 | 54 | 2 | - | - | 
| Sandman | 17 | 2 | 58 | 0 | - | - | 
| Cunningham | 25 | 6 | 73 | 3 | - | - | 
| Talbot | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | - | - | 
| Patrick | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 
| Blunt | 2.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +LR Brunton | run out | 8 | |||||
| WHR Cunningham | b Henderson | 33 | 115 | ||||
| RVD Worker | b Aldersley | 48 | |||||
| RC Blunt | c Hiddleston b Brice | 116 | 270 | 13 | - | ||
| RO Talbot | lbw b Aldersley | 19 | |||||
| *WR Patrick | c Collins b Brice | 75 | 164 | ||||
| DM Sandman | b Henderson | 8 | |||||
| GR Gregory | lbw b Brice | 51 | |||||
| RFJ Powell | not out | 28 | |||||
| RJ Read | c Condliffe b Henderson | 0 | |||||
| J Newman | b Brice | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (38 b, 8 lb) | 46 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 445 minutes, 130.1 overs) | 432 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-10 (Brunton), 2-89 (Worker), 3-109 (Cunningham), 4-158 (Talbot), 5-318 (Patrick), 6-339 (Sandman), 7-351 (Blunt), 8-426 (Gregory), 9-427 (Read), 10-432 (Newman, 130.1 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Brice | 45.1 | 12 | 109 | 4 | - | - | 
| McGirr | 19 | 2 | 38 | 0 | - | - | 
| Henderson | 36 | 8 | 94 | 3 | - | - | 
| Aldersley | 12 | 2 | 53 | 2 | - | - | 
| Hutchings | 12 | 1 | 59 | 0 | - | - | 
| Collins | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 
| Hiddleston | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | 
| Dempster | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 
| Wellington second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JS Hiddleston | b Read | 30 | |||||
| WA Baker | c Newman b Cunningham | 23 | |||||
| HHL Kortlang | b Cunningham | 21 | |||||
| CS Dempster | b Cunningham | 7 | |||||
| *DC Collins | b Cunningham | 46 | |||||
| WA Aldersley | b Read | 2 | |||||
| HM McGirr | b Read | 0 | |||||
| AWS Brice | b Sandman | 9 | |||||
| JH Hutchings | b Cunningham | 21 | |||||
| +JW Condliffe | c Newman b Read | 5 | |||||
| M Henderson | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 3 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.2 overs) | 173 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Hiddleston), 2-65 (Baker), 3-76 (Kortlang), 4-88 (Aldersley), 5-88 (McGirr), 6-113 (Brice), 7-115 (Dempster), 8-161 (Collins), 9-166 (Condliffe), 10-173 (Hutchings, 57.2 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Read | 22 | 5 | 49 | 4 | - | - | 
| Newman | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | 
| Sandman | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 
| Cunningham | 21.2 | 5 | 72 | 5 | - | - | 
| Blunt | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 
| Gregory | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - |