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| Venue | Pukekura Park, New Plymouth on 18th, 19th March 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | AC Ashford, V Parkinson |
| Close of play day 1 | Central Districts (1) 224/8 (Brown 20*, Botting 1*) |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AA Hunter | c and b Tayfield | 105 | 178 | 14 | - | ||
| BL Jones | c and b Murray | 5 | |||||
| EM Meuli | c McGlew b Tayfield | 14 | |||||
| LSM Miller | lbw b Tayfield | 9 | |||||
| JW Guy | lbw b Tayfield | 0 | |||||
| IB Leggat | c and b Keith | 37 | |||||
| IH Ching | c McLean b Murray | 8 | |||||
| *HB Cave | b Tayfield | 6 | |||||
| RE Brown | run out | 20 | |||||
| +GS Botting | b Funston | 11 | |||||
| GF Cresswell | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (15 b, 3 lb, 4 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 114.3 overs) | 238 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-68, 3-117, 4-117, 5-164, 6-191, 7-193, 8-223, 9-224, 10-238 (114.3 ov) | |||||||
| South Africans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Melle | 15 | 4 | 43 | 0 | - | - |
| Murray | 17 | 7 | 28 | 2 | - | - |
| Innes | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - |
| Tayfield | 35 | 11 | 71 | 5 | - | - |
| Mansell | 13 | 2 | 34 | 0 | - | - |
| Keith | 20 | 12 | 24 | 1 | - | - |
| Funston | 6.3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| Endean | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - |
| South Africans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DJ McGlew | c Brown b Cresswell | 17 | |||||
| GAS Innes | run out | 26 | |||||
| HJ Keith | c Leggat b Cresswell | 9 | |||||
| EB Norton | b Cave | 12 | |||||
| PNF Mansell | c Cave b Cresswell | 3 | |||||
| +WR Endean | c Botting b Cave | 27 | |||||
| RA McLean | c and b Cresswell | 35 | |||||
| KJ Funston | st Botting b Cresswell | 37 | |||||
| ARA Murray | run out | 40 | |||||
| HJ Tayfield | lbw b Cave | 9 | |||||
| MG Melle | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 83.4 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21, 2-34, 3-70, 4-72, 5-78, 6-126, 7-140, 8-204, 9-227, 10-228 (83.4 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cave | 30 | 10 | 59 | 3 | - | - |
| Cresswell | 28.4 | 5 | 92 | 5 | - | - |
| Leggat | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | - | - |
| Brown | 13 | 2 | 24 | 0 | - | - |
| Meuli | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - |