| f16897 | |
| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 25th, 27th, 28th December 1943 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 8 |
| Toss | Canterbury won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Canterbury won by an innings and 67 runs |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 291/5 (O'Brien 75*, Smith 18*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Otago (1) 201/9 (Everson 26*, Mulcock 1*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IB Cromb | c Knight b Mulcock | 25 | |||||
| KFM Uttley | c DG Watt b Mulcock | 7 | |||||
| LA Butterfield | b Freeman | 25 | |||||
| *WA Hadlee | b Toomey | 105 | |||||
| WM Anderson | b Freeman | 21 | |||||
| FP O'Brien | run out | 164 | 239 | 14 | - | ||
| J Smith | lbw b Freeman | 47 | |||||
| MK Lohrey | b Mulcock | 6 | |||||
| RH Scott | not out | 60 | |||||
| TB Burtt | b Mulcock | 30 | |||||
| +DM Dunnet | b Mulcock | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (15 b, 5 lb) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 106.4 overs) | 510 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Uttley), 2-51 (Cromb), 3-69 (Butterfield), 4-119 (Anderson), 5-248 (Hadlee), 6-388 (Smith), 7-405 (Lohrey), 8-424 (O'Brien), 9-510 (Burtt), 10-510 (Dunnet, 106.4 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Mulcock | 45.4 | 2 | 166 | 5 | - | - |
| Freeman | 34 | 2 | 157 | 3 | - | - |
| Toomey | 5 | 0 | 37 | 1 | - | - |
| Smith | 16 | 2 | 83 | 0 | - | - |
| Knight | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | - | - |
| Mills | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - |
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DG Watt | st Dunnet b Burtt | 15 | |||||
| DH Murdoch | st Dunnet b Burtt | 28 | |||||
| *CDG Toomey | c Cromb b Burtt | 13 | |||||
| JC Scandrett | c Scott b Burtt | 22 | |||||
| AR Knight | b Scott | 2 | |||||
| LD Smith | run out | 19 | |||||
| GH Mills | c Dunnet b Lohrey | 21 | |||||
| L Watt | lbw b Burtt | 29 | |||||
| +OJN Everson | not out | 26 | |||||
| TA Freeman | b Scott | 3 | |||||
| E Mulcock | c and b Burtt | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 7 lb, 4 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 70.3 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-37 (DG Watt), 2-55 (Toomey), 3-77 (Murdoch), 4-80 (Knight), 5-96 (Scandrett), 6-112 (Smith), 7-156 (Mills), 8-185 (L Watt), 9-196 (Freeman), 10-201 (Mulcock, 70.3 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Scott | 20 | 5 | 53 | 2 | - | - |
| Lohrey | 16 | 2 | 46 | 1 | - | - |
| Hadlee | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - |
| Burtt | 23.3 | 4 | 56 | 6 | - | - |
| Anderson | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Cromb | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | - | - |
| Otago second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +OJN Everson | st Dunnet b Burtt | 28 | |||||
| DH Murdoch | b Anderson | 22 | |||||
| DG Watt | c Anderson b Burtt | 105 | 14 | - | |||
| *CDG Toomey | run out (Uttley) | 9 | |||||
| JC Scandrett | b Anderson | 1 | |||||
| AR Knight | b Anderson | 0 | |||||
| LD Smith | b Anderson | 7 | |||||
| GH Mills | lbw b Anderson | 6 | |||||
| L Watt | b Burtt | 1 | |||||
| TA Freeman | b Cromb | 38 | |||||
| E Mulcock | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb, 8 nb) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57 overs) | 242 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-55 (Everson), 2-55 (Murdoch), 3-93 (Toomey), 4-99 (Scandrett), 5-103 (Knight), 6-125 (Smith), 7-145 (Mills), 8-152 (L Watt), 9-230 (Freeman), 10-242 (DG Watt, 57 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Scott | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - |
| Lohrey | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - |
| Hadlee | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - |
| Burtt | 18 | 2 | 69 | 3 | - | - |
| Anderson | 16 | 1 | 90 | 5 | - | - |
| Cromb | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - |