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| Venue | County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 2nd, 3rd July 1931 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealanders won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | E Cooke, SG Tyler |
| Close of play day 1 | Staffordshire (1) 78/4 (Homer 28*, Heath 31*) |
| New Zealanders first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CS Dempster | st Cross b Barnes | 41 | |||||
| +JL Kerr | b Taylor | 8 | |||||
| HG Vivian | c Lockett b Taylor | 15 | |||||
| RO Talbot | b Barnes | 2 | |||||
| CFW Allcott | c Lee b Ellerker | 34 | |||||
| IB Cromb | st Cross b Lee | 32 | |||||
| GL Weir | c Cross b Lee | 19 | |||||
| RC Blunt | lbw b Lockett | 12 | |||||
| WE Merritt | c Ellerker b Lee | 16 | |||||
| *ML Page | b Lockett | 2 | |||||
| AM Matheson | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78.5 overs) | 190 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12, 2-36, 3-45, 4-96, 5-129, 6-145, 7-169, 8-179, 9-189, 10-190 (78.5 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barnes | 25 | 3 | 73 | 2 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 16 | 3 | 40 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lockett | 14.5 | 5 | 20 | 2 | - | - | |
| Ellerker | 10 | 1 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lee | 13 | 2 | 33 | 3 | - | - | |
| Staffordshire first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AA Bickerton | b Matheson | 0 | |||||
| PO Yates | b Merritt | 12 | |||||
| SF Barnes | c Cromb b Matheson | 0 | |||||
| AD Wilkie | b Cromb | 1 | |||||
| *HWF Homer | b Allcott | 68 | |||||
| JS Heath | b Allcott | 60 | |||||
| W Lee | b Allcott | 22 | |||||
| WH Ellerker | c Matheson b Cromb | 68 | |||||
| A Lockett | c sub (JE Mills) b Matheson | 26 | |||||
| +EP Cross | c Merritt b Cromb | 16 | |||||
| CJ Taylor | not out | 17 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 2 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 93.4 overs) | 301 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6, 2-6, 3-9, 4-29, 5-128, 6-163, 7-174, 8-221, 9-268, 10-301 (93.4 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealanders bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Matheson | 13 | 2 | 55 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cromb | 27.4 | 4 | 77 | 3 | - | - | |
| Merritt | 26 | 5 | 102 | 1 | - | - | |
| Allcott | 23 | 7 | 45 | 3 | - | - | |
| Blunt | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealanders second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +JL Kerr | lbw b Taylor | 1 | |||||
| GL Weir | c Lockett b Lee | 28 | |||||
| HG Vivian | c Lee b Barnes | 43 | |||||
| RC Blunt | b Taylor | 29 | |||||
| RO Talbot | not out | 26 | |||||
| IB Cromb | lbw b Lockett | 11 | |||||
| CS Dempster | did not bat | ||||||
| CFW Allcott | did not bat | ||||||
| WE Merritt | did not bat | ||||||
| *ML Page | did not bat | ||||||
| AM Matheson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb, 4 w) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 38.4 overs) | 143 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-60, 3-89, 4-123, 5-143 (38.4 ov) | |||||||
| Staffordshire bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Barnes | 10 | 2 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 9 | 2 | 44 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lockett | 8.4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lee | 6 | 0 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ellerker | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |