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| Venue | Park Oval, Masterton on 23rd, 24th February 1954 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Fiji won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Fiji won by an innings and 35 runs |
| Umpires | GG Coleman, B Hurrell |
| Close of play day 1 | Wairarapa (1) 33/3 (McLeod 3*, Wilkinson 3*; 16 overs) |
| Fiji first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Apted | lbw b Foote | 61 | |||||
| U Moku | b Masters | 38 | |||||
| NN Tuiyau | b McLeod | 51 | |||||
| IL Bula | b McLeod | 6 | |||||
| NM Uluiviti | b Foote | 13 | |||||
| *+PT Raddock | c Wilkinson b McLeod | 0 | |||||
| DL Freeman | c and b McLeod | 1 | |||||
| E Loganimoce | lbw b Cruickshank | 38 | 4 | 2 | |||
| N Kavuru | b Foote | 20 | 2 | 2 | |||
| A Driu | not out | 12 | |||||
| MF Simmons | c Cruickshank b Patrick | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 3 lb, 3 nb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 199 minutes, 60.4 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-73 (Moku), 2-149 (Apted), 3-155 (Tuiyau), 4-170 (Bula), 5-170 (Raddock), 6-175 (Uluiviti), 7-175 (Freeman), 8-208 (Kavuru), 9-248 (Loganimoce), 10-253 (Simmons, 60.4 ov) | |||||||
| Wairarapa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Patrick | 18.4 | 4 | 44 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cruickshank | 10 | 2 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Newland | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Masters | 8 | 2 | 28 | 1 | - | - | |
| McLeod | 10 | 0 | 88 | 4 | - | - | |
| Foote | 11 | 2 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| Wairarapa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NH Farrar | b Driu | 15 | |||||
| BH Blackwood | b Simmons | 1 | |||||
| DD McLeod | b Driu | 7 | |||||
| WKA Masters | b Driu | 10 | |||||
| MG Wilkinson | b Simmons | 12 | |||||
| *BA Patrick | c Uluiviti b Simmons | 0 | |||||
| +R Willoughby | b Driu | 1 | |||||
| WJ Foote | c Moku b Simmons | 5 | |||||
| K Percy | not out | 4 | |||||
| A Cruickshank | c Uluiviti b Simmons | 0 | |||||
| AI Newland | b Simmons | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (1 b, 2 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 78 minutes, 25.4 overs) | 58 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-18, 3-30, 4-37, 5-38, 6-43, 7-49, 8-54, 9-54, 10-58 (25.4 ov) | |||||||
| Fiji bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Driu | 13 | 4 | 29 | 4 | - | - | |
| Simmons | 11.4 | 5 | 24 | 6 | - | - | |
| Loganimoce | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Wairarapa second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| NH Farrar | b Driu | 60 | 7 | - | |||
| BH Blackwood | b Loganimoce | 10 | |||||
| DD McLeod | c Tuiyau b Kavuru | 14 | |||||
| WKA Masters | lbw b Driu | 17 | |||||
| MG Wilkinson | b Driu | 2 | |||||
| *BA Patrick | b Kavuru | 8 | |||||
| +R Willoughby | c Uluiviti b Loganimoce | 1 | |||||
| WJ Foote | b Driu | 5 | |||||
| K Percy | c Uluiviti b Simmons | 25 | |||||
| A Cruickshank | lbw b Driu | 0 | |||||
| AI Newland | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 7 lb, 1 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.1 overs) | 160 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-18 (Blackwood), 2-51 (McLeod), 3-79 (Masters), 4-85 (Wilkinson), 5-100 (Patrick), 6-105 (Willoughby), 7-128 (Foote), 8-146 (Farrar), 9-146 (Cruickshank), 10-160 (Percy, 57.1 ov) | |||||||
| Fiji bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Driu | 23 | 8 | 42 | 5 | - | - | |
| Simmons | 9.1 | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Loganimoce | 11 | 4 | 30 | 2 | - | - | |
| Kavuru | 14 | 3 | 49 | 2 | - | - | |