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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th January 1949 (4-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Toss not known | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Auckland 2; Canterbury 4 | 
| Umpires | JC Harris, VS Sale | 
| Close of play day 1 | Auckland (1) 276/2 (Scott 21*, Hardstaff 6*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (1) 177/2 (Leggat 82*, Smith 13*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | Auckland (2) 62/0 (Sutcliffe 39*, Taylor 21*) | 
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | lbw b MacGibbon | 141 | 257 | 14 | - | ||
| DD Taylor | c Burtt b Cook | 99 | 206 | ||||
| VJ Scott | b Scott | 63 | 185 | 2 | - | ||
| J Hardstaff | c Small b Burtt | 17 | |||||
| *WM Wallace | b MacGibbon | 4 | 6 | ||||
| C Burke | b Scott | 11 | 24 | ||||
| JP Marsdon | lbw b MacGibbon | 8 | |||||
| VG Brooker | st Webb b Burtt | 16 | 49 | ||||
| +LAW Kent | b Scott | 0 | |||||
| J Cowie | b Scott | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| JE Hollywood | not out | 4 | |||||
| Extras | (8 b, 1 lb, 9 nb) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 415 minutes, 143.1 overs) | 381 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-220 (Taylor), 2-265 (Sutcliffe), 3-291 (Hardstaff), 4-298 (Wallace), 5-325 (Burke), 6-347 (Marsdon), 7-366 (Scott), 8-370 (Kent), 9-370 (Cowie), 10-381 (Brooker, 143.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Scott | 36 | 13 | 73 | 4 | - | 5 | |
| Small | 24 | 3 | 80 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 31 | 4 | 99 | 1 | - | 3 | |
| Burtt | 30.1 | 9 | 61 | 2 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | |
| MacGibbon | 19 | 4 | 42 | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WA Hadlee | c Wallace b Burke | 72 | 159 | 4 | 1 | ||
| JG Leggat | c Burke b Hollywood | 89 | 298 | 2 | - | ||
| PW O'Malley | b Cowie | 1 | |||||
| FB Smith | c Brooker b Burke | 146 | 203 | 15 | 1 | ||
| WM Anderson | not out | 90 | 222 | 6 | - | ||
| AR MacGibbon | b Cowie | 7 | |||||
| RH Scott | b Cowie | 0 | |||||
| TB Burtt | c and b Hollywood | 26 | 100 | ||||
| PAT Small | not out | 28 | 36 | 4 | 1 | ||
| +RC Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| RF Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (14 b, 8 lb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, declared, 180 overs) | 481 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-144 (Hadlee), 2-149 (O'Malley), 3-264 (Leggat), 4-352 (Smith), 5-366 (MacGibbon), 6-370 (Scott), 7-442 (Burtt) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowie | 36 | 5 | 89 | 3 | - | - | |
| Brooker | 27 | 6 | 65 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hollywood | 25 | 3 | 63 | 2 | - | - | |
| Burke | 31 | 6 | 91 | 2 | - | - | |
| Marsdon | 21 | 6 | 55 | 0 | - | - | |
| Scott | 16 | 3 | 34 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 8 | 0 | 26 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hardstaff | 16 | 5 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c and b Scott | 135 | 235 | 13 | - | ||
| DD Taylor | run out | 143 | 249 | 13 | - | ||
| J Hardstaff | not out | 26 | 32 | 1 | 1 | ||
| *WM Wallace | not out | 22 | 17 | 3 | - | ||
| VJ Scott | did not bat | ||||||
| C Burke | did not bat | ||||||
| JP Marsdon | did not bat | ||||||
| VG Brooker | did not bat | ||||||
| +LAW Kent | did not bat | ||||||
| J Cowie | did not bat | ||||||
| JE Hollywood | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (9 b, 2 lb, 4 nb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, declared, 267 minutes, 87 overs) | 341 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-286 (Sutcliffe), 2-302 (Taylor) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Scott | 21 | 2 | 83 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| MacGibbon | 12 | 1 | 59 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Burtt | 25 | 1 | 77 | 0 | - | - | |
| Cook | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | - | - | |
| Hadlee | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | |
| Small | 14 | 1 | 36 | 0 | - | - | |
| Anderson | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *WA Hadlee | c Marsdon b Burke | 36 | 74 | 3 | - | ||
| WM Anderson | c Kent b Hollywood | 46 | 30 | 8 | - | ||
| FB Smith | b Cowie | 9 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | b Cowie | 0 | 1 | - | - | ||
| RH Scott | c Sutcliffe b Hollywood | 0 | |||||
| JG Leggat | c Kent b Hollywood | 28 | 41 | 4 | - | ||
| PW O'Malley | not out | 13 | |||||
| TB Burtt | not out | 23 | |||||
| PAT Small | did not bat | ||||||
| +RC Webb | did not bat | ||||||
| RF Cook | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 b, 4 lb, 1 w) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 40 overs) | 163 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66 (Anderson), 2-81 (Smith), 3-81 (MacGibbon), 4-82 (Scott), 5-114 (Hadlee), 6-126 (Leggat) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cowie | 14 | 3 | 48 | 2 | - | - | |
| Hollywood | 13 | 4 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Brooker | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burke | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | - | - | |
| Sutcliffe | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | - | |