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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 13th, 14th, 16th February 1948 (3-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Fiji won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Auckland won by 168 runs |
| Umpires | VS Sale, RH Simmons |
| Close of play day 1 | Fiji (1) 49/2 (Bula 20*, Cakobau 11*; 15 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Fiji (2) 121/6 (Cakobau 18*, Fenn 5*; 40 overs) |
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *HT Pearson | lbw b Logavatu | 22 | |||||
| DD Taylor | b Logavatu | 6 | |||||
| VJ Scott | b Aria | 33 | |||||
| WM Wallace | c and b Aria | 108 | 172 | ||||
| AJ Deane | run out | 12 | |||||
| OC Cleal | c Bogisa b Viliame | 77 | 100 | 7 | 1 | ||
| C Burke | c and b Apted | 19 | 67 | ||||
| +LAW Kent | b Aria | 5 | |||||
| JE Hollywood | c Apted b Viliame | 8 | |||||
| FE Hemmingson | not out | 34 | 50 | 4 | - | ||
| DC Cleverley | c and b Snow | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 6 lb, 1 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 300 minutes, 106.5 overs) | 340 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Taylor), 2-47 (Pearson), 3-75 (Scott), 4-123 (Deane), 5-265, 6-266, 7-275, 8-292, 9-332, 10-340 (106.5 ov) | |||||||
| Fiji bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Logavatu | 27 | 5 | 76 | 2 | - | - |
| Viliame | 24 | 3 | 73 | 2 | - | - |
| Fenn | 20 | 1 | 64 | 0 | - | - |
| Aria | 27 | 7 | 66 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Apted | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | - | - |
| Ravouvou | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - |
| Snow | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Fiji first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Apted | b Cleverley | 7 | |||||
| +PT Raddock | lbw b Hollywood | 3 | |||||
| IL Bula | c Taylor b Scott | 44 | 84 | 3 | 1 | ||
| GK Cakobau | b Hemmingson | 33 | 100 | 2 | - | ||
| SR Ravouvou | c Kent b Cleal | 2 | |||||
| *PA Snow | b Hollywood | 7 | |||||
| KT Aria | c Pearson b Taylor | 0 | |||||
| IT Logavatu | c Kent b Scott | 10 | |||||
| M Bogisa | b Hollywood | 11 | |||||
| MJ Fenn | c Hemmingson b Scott | 6 | |||||
| SM Viliame | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 2 lb, 4 nb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 164 minutes, 53.2 overs) | 143 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14, 2-18, 3-98, 4-100, 5-107, 6-108, 7-122, 8-126, 9-140, 10-143 (53.2 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cleverley | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Hollywood | 18.2 | 4 | 48 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Scott | 18 | 3 | 59 | 3 | - | 2 |
| Cleal | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| Taylor | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Hemmingson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *HT Pearson | lbw b Fenn | 47 | |||||
| DD Taylor | st Raddock b Logavatu | 22 | |||||
| AJ Deane | lbw b Cakobau | 5 | |||||
| WM Wallace | c Apted b Cakobau | 40 | |||||
| OC Cleal | c Logavatu b Fenn | 16 | |||||
| +LAW Kent | not out | 8 | |||||
| VJ Scott | not out | 12 | |||||
| C Burke | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Hollywood | did not bat | ||||||
| FE Hemmingson | did not bat | ||||||
| DC Cleverley | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 40 overs) | 154 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46 (Taylor), 2-65 (Deane), 3-109, 4-119, 5-134 | |||||||
| Fiji bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Logavatu | 13 | 3 | 38 | 1 | - | - |
| Aria | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - |
| Cakobau | 9 | 1 | 48 | 2 | - | - |
| Viliame | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - |
| Fenn | 7 | 0 | 30 | 2 | - | - |
| Fiji second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| HJ Apted | st Kent b Burke | 18 | |||||
| +PT Raddock | c Burke b Hemmingson | 31 | |||||
| IL Bula | b Hemmingson | 36 | 75 | 5 | - | ||
| GK Cakobau | c Kent b Cleverley | 19 | |||||
| M Bogisa | b Hollywood | 0 | |||||
| IT Logavatu | b Scott | 0 | |||||
| SR Ravouvou | b Scott | 6 | |||||
| MJ Fenn | b Burke | 41 | 53 | 6 | - | ||
| KT Aria | c Cleal b Taylor | 17 | |||||
| SM Viliame | c Cleal b Cleverley | 5 | |||||
| *PA Snow | not out | 3 | |||||
| Extras | (5 b, 1 lb, 1 nb) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 56.4 overs) | 183 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Apted), 2-83, 3-107, 4-108, 5-110, 6-116, 7-125, 8-156, 9-165, 10-183 (56.4 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Cleverley | 17 | 6 | 40 | 2 | - | - |
| Hollywood | 9 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - |
| Burke | 13.4 | 2 | 43 | 2 | - | - |
| Hemmingson | 9 | 2 | 27 | 2 | - | - |
| Scott | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | - | - |
| Pearson | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - |
| Taylor | 5 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - |