| misc31695 | |
| Venue | University Oval, Dunedin on 7th, 8th April 1953 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | W Beale, JD Harwood |
| Close of play day 1 | No play |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Aim | c Morris b Pine | 76 | |||||
| WS Haig | c Toomey b Pine | 1 | |||||
| B Sutcliffe | c Perkins b Pine | 26 | |||||
| EA Watson | b Perkins | 18 | |||||
| L Watt | lbw b Harris | 14 | |||||
| TC Fraser | c and b Harris | 8 | |||||
| *LD Smith | c Harris b Pine | 28 | |||||
| +T Flaws | b Pine | 9 | |||||
| AM Moir | b Harris | 15 | |||||
| BC Allan | not out | 1 | |||||
| K Craig | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | 2 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 66 overs) | 199 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-? | |||||||
| New Zealand Universities bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Blewden | 17 | 3 | 54 | 0 | - | - | |
| Pine | 25 | 3 | 76 | 5 | - | - | |
| Harris | 16 | 3 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Perkins | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | - | - | |
| Morris | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand Universities first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| LH Cornish | c Smith b Moir | 73 | |||||
| PM McCaw | c Flaws b Allan | 2 | |||||
| *PGZ Harris | run out | 55 | |||||
| JB Morris | c and b Moir | 13 | |||||
| M McGregor | b Smith | 0 | |||||
| WB Norman | lbw b Smith | 2 | |||||
| JEL Burton | c Smith b Moir | 5 | |||||
| JHN Pine | not out | 18 | |||||
| WR Perkins | st Flaws b Sutcliffe | 13 | |||||
| NJTM Toomey | not out | 11 | |||||
| RJ Blewden | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets, 68.1 overs) | 202 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-? | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Craig | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Allan | 7 | 3 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Moir | 27.1 | 11 | 48 | 3 | - | - | |
| Smith | 17 | 0 | 53 | 2 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 8 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | - | |
| Haig | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |