| misc30219 | |
| Venue | Rugby Park, Invercargill on 28th, 29th February 1928 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Southland won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | WAH Oliver, W Wood |
| Close of play day 1 | Australians (1) 96/0 (Ponsford 45*, Jackson 43*) |
| Southland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| J Lynch | lbw b Oxenham | 16 | |||||
| TG Groves | b Morton | 8 | |||||
| AVEM Keast | b Morton | 7 | |||||
| NF McGowan | c McNamee b Blackie | 31 | |||||
| AJ Hamilton | lbw b Oxenham | 11 | |||||
| IW Campbell | st Oldfield b Oxenham | 0 | |||||
| WM Carson | b McNamee | 5 | |||||
| *AV Poole | lbw b Blackie | 0 | |||||
| N Nisbet | c Oldfield b McNamee | 1 | |||||
| C Agnew | c Richardson b Blackie | 32 | 14 | 2 | - | ||
| +TP Bogue | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 42 overs) | 124 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-22, 3-45, 4-61, 5-61, 6-84, 7-84, 8-84, 9-97, 10-124 (42 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morton | 8 | 0 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Oxenham | 7 | 0 | 18 | 3 | - | - | |
| Blackie | 13 | 3 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| McNamee | 14 | 6 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WH Ponsford | c McGowan b Groves | 110 | |||||
| A Jackson | c Poole b Lynch | 110 | |||||
| WC Alexander | c Lynch b Poole | 80 | |||||
| *VY Richardson | c Poole b Nisbet | 33 | |||||
| AF Kippax | b Keast | 9 | |||||
| KJ Schneider | c Lynch b Poole | 29 | |||||
| RK Oxenham | c Nisbet b Lynch | 42 | |||||
| +WAS Oldfield | lbw b Groves | 13 | |||||
| FL Morton | not out | 14 | |||||
| RLA McNamee | c Nisbet b McGowan | 39 | |||||
| DD Blackie | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 28 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 81 overs) | 507 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-220, 2-251, 3-296, 4-318, 5-382, 6-390, 7-440, 8-442, 9-507 (81 ov) | |||||||
| Southland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Agnew | 20 | 1 | 90 | 0 | - | - | |
| Keast | 15 | 0 | 74 | 1 | - | - | |
| McGowan | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Poole | 12 | 0 | 75 | 2 | - | - | |
| Lynch | 13 | 0 | 103 | 2 | - | - | |
| Groves | 13 | 0 | 60 | 2 | - | - | |
| Nisbet | 4 | 0 | 51 | 1 | - | - | |
| Southland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| WM Carson | c Ponsford b Richardson | 35 | |||||
| IW Campbell | c Richardson b Schneider | 9 | |||||
| NF McGowan | not out | 5 | |||||
| AJ Hamilton | not out | 0 | |||||
| J Lynch | did not bat | ||||||
| TG Groves | did not bat | ||||||
| AVEM Keast | did not bat | ||||||
| *AV Poole | did not bat | ||||||
| N Nisbet | did not bat | ||||||
| C Agnew | did not bat | ||||||
| +TP Bogue | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 17 overs) | 51 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-38, 2-50 | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Morton | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| McNamee | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Oxenham | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | |
| Blackie | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Richardson | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Schneider | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |