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| Venue | Horton Park, Blenheim on 19th, 20th, 21st February 1953 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Marlborough won the toss and decided to field | 
| Result | Marlborough won by 9 wickets | 
| Umpires | GNH Gillett, CF Hester | 
| Close of play day 1 | Marlborough (1) 14/0 (Price 12*, Barnett 1*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Wairarapa (2) 6/1 (Cruickshank 0*; 1.4 overs) | 
| Wairarapa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +WW Perry | st Bonsall b Cresswell | 9 | |||||
| RJ Donovan | c Bonsall b RB Neal | 2 | |||||
| OAC Smith | c McGuire b Harding | 13 | |||||
| EGA Masters | b RB Neal | 4 | |||||
| WKA Masters | c Harding b Cresswell | 5 | |||||
| K Percy | b TR Neal | 52 | 66 | 5 | 2 | ||
| J McArthur | c and b Cresswell | 1 | |||||
| *WJ Foote | not out | 33 | |||||
| A Cruickshank | b TR Neal | 2 | |||||
| L Duley | b AJ Neal | 1 | |||||
| AI Newland | st Bonsall b AJ Neal | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 53 overs) | 129 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-12 (Perry), 2-12 (Donovan), 3-16 (EGA Masters), 4-25 (WKA Masters), 5-41 (Smith), 6-68 (McArthur), 7-104 (Percy), 8-112 (Cruickshank), 9-129 (Duley), 10-129 (Newland, 53 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cresswell | 20 | 7 | 35 | 3 | - | - | |
| RB Neal | 15 | 5 | 21 | 2 | - | - | |
| Harding | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jellyman | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | - | - | |
| AJ Neal | 7 | 2 | 23 | 2 | - | - | |
| TR Neal | 5 | 0 | 18 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marlborough first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Price | c Perry b Foote | 23 | |||||
| JR Barnett | run out | 30 | |||||
| *AJ Neal | c Cruickshank b Foote | 5 | |||||
| AJ McGuire | b Cruickshank | 10 | |||||
| JHP Houghton | c Donovan b Newland | 41 | |||||
| RE Harding | c and b Duley | 0 | |||||
| +GH Bonsall | c Percy b Cruickshank | 6 | |||||
| RB Neal | lbw b Duley | 24 | |||||
| AH Jellyman | c sub b Duley | 26 | |||||
| GF Cresswell | c McArthur b Duley | 11 | |||||
| TR Neal | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 2 lb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 240 minutes, 97.4 overs) | 184 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-27 (Price), 2-39 (AJ Neal), 3-54 (McGuire), 4-92 (Barnett), 5-100 (Harding), 6-113 (Bonsall), 7-123 (Houghton), 8-155 (RB Neal), 9-167 (Cresswell), 10-184 (Jellyman, 97.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wairarapa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cruickshank | 32 | 12 | 65 | 2 | - | - | |
| WKA Masters | 16 | 8 | 17 | 0 | - | - | |
| Newland | 16 | 6 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Foote | 22 | 9 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Duley | 11.4 | 1 | 36 | 4 | - | - | |
| Wairarapa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +WW Perry | b TR Neal | 6 | |||||
| A Cruickshank | c Bonsall b Cresswell | 3 | |||||
| RJ Donovan | run out | 10 | |||||
| EGA Masters | lbw b Cresswell | 0 | |||||
| OAC Smith | b TR Neal | 5 | |||||
| WKA Masters | b TR Neal | 26 | |||||
| K Percy | c Barnett b Cresswell | 1 | |||||
| *WJ Foote | c Harding b Cresswell | 21 | |||||
| L Duley | c Cresswell b RB Neal | 5 | |||||
| J McArthur | not out | 4 | |||||
| AI Newland | lbw b AJ Neal | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 36.2 overs) | 89 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-6 (Perry, 1.4 ov), 2-20, 3-20, 4-23, 5-27, 6-28, 7-57, 8-76, 9-86, 10-89 (36.2 ov) | |||||||
| Marlborough bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cresswell | 18 | 8 | 31 | 4 | - | - | |
| TR Neal | 13 | 2 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| RB Neal | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - | |
| AJ Neal | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Marlborough second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| G Price | b Foote | 20 | |||||
| JR Barnett | not out | 9 | |||||
| JHP Houghton | not out | 4 | |||||
| AJ McGuire | did not bat | ||||||
| *AJ Neal | did not bat | ||||||
| RE Harding | did not bat | ||||||
| +GH Bonsall | did not bat | ||||||
| RB Neal | did not bat | ||||||
| AH Jellyman | did not bat | ||||||
| GF Cresswell | did not bat | ||||||
| TR Neal | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 20 overs) | 38 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-32 (Price) | |||||||
| Wairarapa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cruickshank | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | - | - | |
| Newland | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | - | - | |
| Foote | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| WKA Masters | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |