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| Venue | Lancaster Park, Christchurch on 29th, 31st December 1951, 1st, 2nd January 1952 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Toss not known |
| Result | Canterbury won by 302 runs |
| Points | Canterbury 8; Central Districts 0 |
| Umpires | EG Brook, TH Garbutt |
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 251/8 (Burtt 16*, Britton 4*) |
| Close of play day 2 | Canterbury (2) 63/0 (Leggat 23*, Emery 26*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Central Districts (2) 42/3 (Chapple 4*) |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Leggat | c McVicar b Beard | 29 | |||||
| RWG Emery | c Botting b Beard | 13 | |||||
| *WA Hadlee | c and b Chapple | 46 | |||||
| FB Smith | c Botting b Chapple | 42 | |||||
| RT Dowker | c Cave b Leggat | 12 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | b Chapple | 30 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | lbw b Cave | 23 | |||||
| WCN Bennett | run out | 25 | |||||
| TB Burtt | lbw b Beard | 21 | |||||
| +AEL Britton | b Beard | 19 | |||||
| JA Hayes | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (11 b, 4 lb) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 119.3 overs) | 275 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-84, 3-107, 4-132, 5-148, 6-199, 7-209, 8-245, 9-271, 10-275 (119.3 ov) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cave | 39 | 9 | 84 | 1 | - | - | |
| Beard | 36.3 | 15 | 58 | 4 | - | - | |
| Cresswell | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Leggat | 15 | 2 | 34 | 1 | - | - | |
| Chapple | 21 | 8 | 53 | 3 | - | - | |
| Central Districts first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McVicar | b Hayes | 8 | |||||
| AA Hunter | c Britton b MacGibbon | 19 | |||||
| EM Meuli | b Bennett | 5 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Britton b Burtt | 45 | |||||
| *JA Ongley | c Burtt b MacGibbon | 3 | |||||
| DD Beard | lbw b MacGibbon | 52 | |||||
| RG Wilde | b Burtt | 5 | |||||
| IB Leggat | c Leggat b Burtt | 0 | |||||
| HB Cave | b MacGibbon | 1 | |||||
| +GS Botting | run out | 3 | |||||
| AE Cresswell | not out | 7 | |||||
| Extras | (12 b, 8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 26 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 62.1 overs) | 174 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-20, 2-36, 3-46, 4-52, 5-130, 6-144, 7-144, 8-147, 9-165, 10-174 (62.1 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hayes | 13 | 2 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| MacGibbon | 15.1 | 4 | 35 | 4 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | - | |
| Burtt | 16 | 6 | 34 | 3 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - | |
| Emery | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Canterbury second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JG Leggat | b Cresswell | 26 | |||||
| RWG Emery | b Cresswell | 75 | |||||
| *WA Hadlee | c and b Cave | 23 | |||||
| FB Smith | b Cave | 70 | |||||
| RT Dowker | c McVicar b Cave | 3 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | b Cave | 0 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | c and b Cave | 27 | |||||
| WCN Bennett | c McVicar b Chapple | 3 | |||||
| TB Burtt | c McVicar b Beard | 16 | |||||
| +AEL Britton | not out | 35 | |||||
| JA Hayes | not out | 8 | |||||
| Extras | (19 b, 16 lb) | 35 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets, declared, 104.5 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-77, 2-125, 3-158, 4-193, 5-193, 6-232, 7-241, 8-263, 9-292 | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Cave | 34 | 5 | 83 | 5 | - | - | |
| Beard | 28 | 3 | 82 | 1 | - | - | |
| Cresswell | 20 | 4 | 64 | 2 | - | - | |
| Leggat | 1.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Chapple | 21 | 6 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Central Districts second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| CC McVicar | b MacGibbon | 7 | |||||
| AA Hunter | c Hadlee b Burtt | 16 | |||||
| EM Meuli | c Leggat b Burtt | 12 | |||||
| ME Chapple | b Duckmanton | 30 | |||||
| *JA Ongley | b Hayes | 5 | |||||
| DD Beard | b Duckmanton | 18 | |||||
| RG Wilde | c Duckmanton b Burtt | 1 | |||||
| IB Leggat | not out | 11 | |||||
| HB Cave | c MacGibbon b Duckmanton | 5 | |||||
| +GS Botting | c MacGibbon b Hayes | 1 | |||||
| AE Cresswell | b Duckmanton | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (7 b, 4 lb, 1 nb) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68 overs) | 120 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-29, 3-42, 4-49, 5-93, 6-100, 7-100, 8-108, 9-111, 10-120 (68 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hayes | 18 | 3 | 29 | 2 | - | - | |
| MacGibbon | 12 | 1 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bennett | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | - | - | |
| Burtt | 19 | 7 | 26 | 3 | - | - | |
| Duckmanton | 10 | 4 | 17 | 4 | - | - | |