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| Venue | Union Ground, Invercargill on 20th, 21st January 1897 (2-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Players | Southland: 13; Queensland: 11 | 
| Toss | Southland won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Umpires | A Cross, J Kingsland | 
| Close of play day 1 | Queensland (1) 89/4 (McGlinchey ?*, Lewis ?*) | 
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WR Robertson | c McGlinchey b Byrne | 12 | |||||
| CA Purdue | b Byrne | 0 | |||||
| WR Carver | c Cowley b Hoare | 4 | |||||
| GF Watson | b Byrne | 0 | |||||
| *GG Burnes | c McGlinchey b Byrne | 6 | |||||
| TD Kingsland | c Hitchcock b Miller | 31 | |||||
| A Wann | st +Hitchcock b Lewis | 5 | |||||
| J Taylor | b Byrne | 0 | |||||
| PT Morgan | c McGlinchey b Miller | 10 | |||||
| FT Twemlow | b Byrne | 1 | |||||
| P Dalrymple | run out | 0 | |||||
| J Findlay | b Byrne | 2 | |||||
| AH Widdas | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 34.1 overs) | 84 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Purdue), 2-9 (Carver), 3-9 (Watson), 4-15 (Burnes), 5-28 (Robertson), 6-53 (Wann), 7-66 (Taylor), 8-66 (Kingsland), 9-69 (Twemlow), 10-70 (Dalrymple), 11-81 (Findlay), 12-84 (Morgan, 34.1 ov) | |||||||
| Queensland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Byrne | 17 | 6 | 24 | 7 | - | - | |
| Hoare | 8 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lewis | 5 | 1 | 17 | 1 | - | - | |
| Miller | 4.1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | - | - | |
| Queensland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +WF Bradley | c Widdas b Carver | 1 | |||||
| SJ Donahoo | c Kingsland b Robertson | 20 | |||||
| OW Cowley | c Kingsland b Robertson | 1 | |||||
| W Hoare | c Dalrymple b Robertson | 23 | |||||
| WW McGlinchey | c Taylor b Robertson | 35 | |||||
| JW Lewis | c Robertson b Purdue | 39 | |||||
| SP Jones | b Taylor | 30 | |||||
| R Wilson | b Taylor | 21 | |||||
| *OC Hitchcock | retired hurt | 1 | |||||
| T Byrne | b Burnes | 6 | |||||
| DL Miller | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 65.3 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Bradley), 2-12 (Cowley), 3-31 (Donahoo), 4-57 (Hoare), 5-117 (Lewis), 6-119 (McGlinchey), 7-171 (Jones), 8-172 (Wilson), 9-179 (Byrne) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Robertson | 22 | 1 | 65 | 4 | - | - | |
| Carver | 14 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Findlay | 9 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Purdue | 12 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Dalrymple | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Taylor | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | - | - | |
| Burnes | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |
| Southland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WR Robertson | lbw b Miller | 36 | |||||
| CA Purdue | b Byrne | 7 | |||||
| WR Carver | b McGlinchey | 5 | |||||
| GF Watson | c Hoare b Miller | 3 | |||||
| *GG Burnes | c and b Lewis | 47 | |||||
| TD Kingsland | lbw b McGlinchey | 1 | |||||
| A Wann | c Hoare b Miller | 20 | |||||
| J Taylor | run out | 12 | |||||
| PT Morgan | c Cowley b Hoare | 8 | |||||
| FT Twemlow | not out | 11 | |||||
| P Dalrymple | c Hoare b Byrne | 0 | |||||
| J Findlay | c Hoare b Lewis | 1 | |||||
| AH Widdas | b Byrne | 0 | |||||
| Extras | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 47 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10-?, 11-?, 12-168 (47 ov) | |||||||
| Queensland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Byrne | 13 | 2 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| Hoare | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| Lewis | 6 | 0 | 28 | 2 | - | - | |
| Miller | 15 | 3 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| McGlinchey | 9 | 1 | 33 | 2 | - | - | |