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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th January 1940 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Auckland won by an innings and 140 runs |
| Points | Auckland 8; Canterbury 0 |
| Umpires | RW Mitchell, OR Montgomery |
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 50/2 (Pearson 18*, Wallace 23*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (1) 545/7 (Scott 134*, Blandford 2*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Canterbury (2) 235/5 (Davis 8*, Menzies 2*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JL Kerr | b Burke | 28 | |||||
| MP Donnelly | b Cowie | 3 | |||||
| FP O'Brien | c Blandford b Cowie | 12 | |||||
| WA Hadlee | b Cleverley | 35 | |||||
| IB Cromb | b Cleverley | 51 | |||||
| REJ Menzies | b Cleverley | 9 | |||||
| WM Anderson | c and b Burke | 25 | |||||
| AW Roberts | c Wallace b Cleverley | 30 | |||||
| +V James | b Cowie | 4 | |||||
| DAN McRae | b Cleverley | 5 | |||||
| H Davis | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 9 lb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 75.4 overs) | 227 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3 (Donnelly), 2-25 (O'Brien), 3-68 (Kerr), 4-100 (Hadlee), 5-120 (Menzies), 6-173, 7-193, 8-216, 9-217, 10-227 (75.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowie | 22 | 4 | 54 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cleverley | 21.4 | 2 | 67 | 5 | - | - | |
| Weir | 13 | 4 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carson | 5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burke | 14 | 3 | 46 | 2 | - | - | |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| PE Whitelaw | b McRae | 4 | |||||
| HT Pearson | c James b Davis | 43 | |||||
| VS Sale | b McRae | 0 | |||||
| *WM Wallace | st James b Donnelly | 211 | 292 | 16 | 3 | ||
| GL Weir | c James b Donnelly | 73 | |||||
| WN Carson | c Roberts b Cromb | 26 | |||||
| VJ Scott | c and b Davis | 198 | |||||
| C Burke | run out | 33 | |||||
| +JAR Blandford | not out | 58 | |||||
| DC Cleverley | c McRae b Davis | 8 | |||||
| J Cowie | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (14 b, 19 lb, 1 w) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 163 overs) | 693 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Whitelaw), 2-9 (Sale), 3-116 (Pearson), 4-276 (Weir), 5-334 (Wallace), 6-389 (Carson), 7-503 (Burke), 8-646 (Scott), 9-683 (Cleverley) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Roberts | 12 | 0 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| McRae | 46 | 9 | 168 | 2 | - | - | |
| Davis | 28 | 3 | 113 | 3 | - | - | |
| Cromb | 21 | 0 | 107 | 1 | - | - | |
| Donnelly | 42 | 6 | 145 | 2 | - | - | |
| O'Brien | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 7 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *JL Kerr | b Cowie | 3 | |||||
| MP Donnelly | c and b Burke | 78 | |||||
| FP O'Brien | b Cleverley | 86 | |||||
| WA Hadlee | c Weir b Carson | 23 | |||||
| IB Cromb | c Blandford b Carson | 15 | |||||
| H Davis | c Weir b Burke | 33 | |||||
| REJ Menzies | c Whitelaw b Burke | 29 | |||||
| WM Anderson | st Blandford b Cleverley | 2 | |||||
| AW Roberts | b Cleverley | 18 | |||||
| +V James | not out | 2 | |||||
| DAN McRae | b Cleverley | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (31 b, 5 lb, 1 nb) | 37 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 92 overs) | 326 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-22 (Kerr), 2-181, 3-187, 4-216, 5-227, 6-278, 7-281, 8-325, 9-326, 10-326 (92 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowie | 23 | 6 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cleverley | 27 | 1 | 94 | 4 | - | - | |
| Weir | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
| Carson | 7 | 0 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Burke | 32 | 4 | 83 | 3 | - | - | |