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| Venue | Carisbrook, Dunedin on 29th, 31st December 1951, 1st, 2nd January 1952 (4-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Otago won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Auckland won by 6 wickets | 
| Points | Otago 0; Auckland 8 | 
| Umpires | AE Jelley, SB Tomkinson | 
| Close of play day 1 | Otago (1) 95/3 (Sutcliffe 62*, Mills 12*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Otago (2) 36/2 (Haig 2*, McGregor 0*) | 
| Close of play day 3 | Auckland (2) 76/0 (Worrall 32*, Scott 35*) | 
| Otago first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | st Kent b Rabone | 88 | |||||
| L Watt | c Rabone b Moyle | 2 | |||||
| WS Haig | b Laker | 11 | |||||
| EA Watson | b Laker | 0 | |||||
| +GH Mills | c Worrall b Moyle | 12 | |||||
| AM Moir | c Coleman b Moyle | 13 | |||||
| SN McGregor | run out | 6 | |||||
| *LD Smith | c Kent b Laker | 2 | |||||
| IW Payne | b Laker | 0 | |||||
| VAC McArley | c Coleman b Laker | 9 | |||||
| GWF Overton | not out | 1 | |||||
| Extras | (13 b, 4 lb) | 17 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 64.1 overs) | 161 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5, 2-49, 3-49, 4-96, 5-112, 6-128, 7-133, 8-141, 9-157, 10-161 (64.1 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Moyle | 14 | 2 | 28 | 3 | - | - | 
| Hambrook | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | - | - | 
| Rabone | 17 | 3 | 42 | 1 | - | - | 
| Laker | 25.1 | 9 | 44 | 5 | - | - | 
| Tapping | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JH Worrall | b Overton | 4 | |||||
| VJ Scott | c and b McArley | 49 | |||||
| DD Coleman | b Overton | 61 | |||||
| GO Rabone | c Haig b Moir | 13 | |||||
| *OC Cleal | c Mills b Moir | 2 | |||||
| JB Morris | c Overton b Moir | 0 | |||||
| +LAW Kent | b Moir | 0 | |||||
| JC Laker | b Overton | 7 | |||||
| TS Hambrook | st Mills b Moir | 33 | |||||
| HE Tapping | c and b Moir | 2 | |||||
| H Moyle | not out | 6 | |||||
| Extras | (10 b, 1 lb) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 68.2 overs) | 188 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-19, 2-76, 3-109, 4-119, 5-119, 6-119, 7-132, 8-179, 9-179, 10-188 (68.2 ov) | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Overton | 23 | 7 | 47 | 3 | - | - | 
| Watson | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | 
| Moir | 28.2 | 10 | 68 | 6 | - | - | 
| McArley | 11 | 1 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 
| Smith | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | 
| Otago second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| B Sutcliffe | c Cleal b Moyle | 21 | |||||
| L Watt | c Laker b Rabone | 10 | |||||
| WS Haig | b Laker | 39 | |||||
| SN McGregor | c Hambrook b Tapping | 74 | |||||
| EA Watson | c Cleal b Tapping | 2 | |||||
| +GH Mills | c Kent b Rabone | 10 | |||||
| *LD Smith | c Rabone b Tapping | 17 | |||||
| AM Moir | b Laker | 0 | |||||
| IW Payne | b Tapping | 0 | |||||
| VAC McArley | b Laker | 11 | |||||
| GWF Overton | not out | 0 | |||||
| Extras | (23 b, 6 lb) | 29 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 108.1 overs) | 213 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-33, 2-36, 3-103, 4-108, 5-125, 6-184, 7-184, 8-185, 9-213, 10-213 (108.1 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Moyle | 20 | 5 | 38 | 1 | - | - | 
| Hambrook | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | 
| Rabone | 21 | 6 | 54 | 2 | - | - | 
| Laker | 43 | 22 | 48 | 3 | - | - | 
| Tapping | 15.1 | 6 | 21 | 4 | - | - | 
| Cleal | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | 
| Auckland second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| JH Worrall | c and b Sutcliffe | 35 | |||||
| VJ Scott | c Moir b Sutcliffe | 38 | |||||
| DD Coleman | b Moir | 12 | |||||
| GO Rabone | b Moir | 18 | |||||
| *OC Cleal | not out | 38 | |||||
| JB Morris | not out | 12 | |||||
| +LAW Kent | did not bat | ||||||
| JC Laker | did not bat | ||||||
| TS Hambrook | did not bat | ||||||
| HE Tapping | did not bat | ||||||
| H Moyle | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (31 b, 3 lb) | 34 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 67 overs) | 187 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-86, 2-91, 3-113, 4-172 | |||||||
| Otago bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Overton | 13 | 1 | 32 | 0 | - | - | 
| Watson | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | - | - | 
| Moir | 29 | 14 | 46 | 2 | - | - | 
| McArley | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | 
| Sutcliffe | 15 | 4 | 40 | 2 | - | - |