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| Venue | Herries Park, Te Aroha on 22nd, 23rd December 1961 (2-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Fiji won by 14 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Thames Valley (1) 160/8 (Darrah 9*, Hallett 0*; 55 overs) |
| Fiji first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Apted | lbw b Alabaster | 27 | |||||
| IT Logavatu | run out | 28 | |||||
| U Sorovakatini | st Howley b Alabaster | 27 | |||||
| IL Bula | c Cotter b Alabaster | 4 | |||||
| NM Uluiviti | b Alabaster | 23 | |||||
| +IV Tabualevu | c Darrah b Alabaster | 32 | |||||
| O Tuidraki | c Collins b Darrah | 8 | |||||
| FLC Valentine | lbw b Hallett | 2 | |||||
| *SB Snowsill | c Shaw b Alabaster | 10 | |||||
| A Waqatabu | b Knowles | 17 | |||||
| A Driu | not out | 15 | |||||
| Extras | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 166 minutes, 58.3 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-57, 2-67, 3-79, 4-114, 5-115, 6-144, 7-152, 8-162, 9-177, 10-208 (58.3 ov) | |||||||
| Thames Valley bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hallett | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 | - | - | |
| Knowles | 12.3 | 2 | 30 | 1 | - | - | |
| Shaw | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 18 | 1 | 71 | 6 | - | - | |
| Tarr | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cotter | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Darrah | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thames Valley first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TE Shaw | b Driu | 17 | |||||
| GM Tarr | b Driu | 2 | |||||
| CTM Beach | c Sorovakatini b Valentine | 61 | 3 | - | |||
| GD Alabaster | run out | 10 | |||||
| TJ Kilpin | c Tabualevu b Driu | 5 | |||||
| MJ Cotter | b Driu | 0 | |||||
| JW Collins | b Logavatu | 2 | |||||
| *JAC Knowles | b Valentine | 41 | |||||
| AL Darrah | c Snowsill b Driu | 15 | |||||
| BHH Hallett | not out | 17 | |||||
| +AE Howley | run out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 66.4 overs) | 191 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Tarr), 2-49 (Shaw), 3-59 (Alabaster), 4-64 (Kilpin), 5-64 (Cotter), 6-69 (Collins), 7-146, 8-152, 9-184, 10-191 (66.4 ov) | |||||||
| Fiji bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Driu | 25.4 | 6 | 69 | 5 | - | - | |
| Valentine | 17 | 5 | 27 | 2 | - | - | |
| Logavatu | 16 | 3 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Waqatabu | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Uluiviti | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | - | |
| Fiji second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Apted | c Howley b Alabaster | 41 | 56 | 1 | 1 | ||
| IT Logavatu | b Hallett | 2 | |||||
| O Tuidraki | b Hallett | 0 | |||||
| U Sorovakatini | b Darrah | 15 | |||||
| IL Bula | b Alabaster | 11 | |||||
| NM Uluiviti | c Shaw b Alabaster | 8 | |||||
| +IV Tabualevu | c Cotter b Alabaster | 20 | |||||
| *SB Snowsill | b Tarr | 9 | |||||
| FLC Valentine | c and b Knowles | 25 | |||||
| A Waqatabu | b Cotter | 9 | |||||
| A Driu | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 43 overs) | 153 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Logavatu), 2-13 (Tuidraki), 3-47 (Sorovakatini), 4-69, 5-80, 6-85, 7-111, 8-113, 9-147, 10-153 (43 ov) | |||||||
| Thames Valley bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hallett | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | - | - | |
| Knowles | 10 | 1 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Darrah | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| Alabaster | 15 | 1 | 48 | 4 | - | - | |
| Tarr | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cotter | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | |
| Thames Valley second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| TE Shaw | run out | 36 | |||||
| GM Tarr | b Logavatu | 34 | |||||
| GD Alabaster | lbw b Logavatu | 5 | |||||
| JW Collins | c Bula b Uluiviti | 22 | |||||
| CTM Beach | c Driu b Uluiviti | 10 | |||||
| TJ Kilpin | b Logavatu | 5 | |||||
| *JAC Knowles | not out | 25 | |||||
| AL Darrah | lbw b Uluiviti | 2 | |||||
| MJ Cotter | c Snowsill b Uluiviti | 1 | |||||
| +AE Howley | run out | 1 | |||||
| BHH Hallett | c Sorovakatini b Logavatu | 2 | |||||
| Extras | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 55.2 overs) | 156 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-62 (Shaw), 2-67 (Alabaster), 3-81 (Tarr), 4-110, 5-123, 6-126, 7-130, 8-144, 9-145, 10-156 (55.2 ov) | |||||||
| Fiji bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Driu | 9 | 0 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Valentine | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | |
| Logavatu | 21.2 | 6 | 50 | 4 | - | - | |
| Uluiviti | 19 | 3 | 30 | 4 | - | - | |