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| Venue | Basin Reserve, Wellington on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th January 1953 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Wellington won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Points | Wellington 4; Canterbury 2 |
| Umpires | TW Dick, MF Pengelly |
| Close of play day 1 | Wellington (1) 170/4 (Reid 85*) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | Canterbury (1) 70/8 (Britton 10*, Hayes 8*) |
| Wellington first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| T Meale | c McNicholl b MacGibbon | 7 | |||||
| +FLH Mooney | b Hayes | 8 | |||||
| RA Vance | lbw b Hayes | 36 | |||||
| *JR Reid | c Royfee b Burtt | 108 | |||||
| DS St John | c Britton b MacGibbon | 15 | |||||
| RT Barber | b MacGibbon | 9 | |||||
| JC Tynan | lbw b Burtt | 21 | |||||
| FE Fisher | c Harris b MacGibbon | 20 | |||||
| LC Butler | c and b MacGibbon | 4 | |||||
| BWH Sergent | c Burtt b MacGibbon | 3 | |||||
| RW Blair | not out | 13 | |||||
| Extras | (9 b, 5 lb, 13 nb) | 27 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 99.2 overs) | 271 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16, 2-16, 3-117, 4-170, 5-195, 6-207, 7-229, 8-234, 9-244, 10-271 (99.2 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Hayes | 17 | 1 | 65 | 2 | - | - |
| MacGibbon | 32.2 | 6 | 57 | 6 | - | - |
| McNicholl | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | - | - |
| Burtt | 33 | 12 | 66 | 2 | - | - |
| Chapple | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | - |
| Poore | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - |
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GE Royfee | c Butler b Fisher | 4 | |||||
| *JG Leggat | lbw b Reid | 5 | |||||
| MB Poore | b Fisher | 5 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | c Vance b Fisher | 9 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Mooney b Fisher | 14 | |||||
| JL Williams | b Fisher | 6 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | b Fisher | 0 | |||||
| +AEL Britton | b Fisher | 18 | |||||
| TB Burtt | b Reid | 6 | |||||
| JA Hayes | b Fisher | 14 | |||||
| KJ McNicholl | not out | 5 | |||||
| Extras | (2 b, 2 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 57.2 overs) | 90 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-4, 2-14, 3-14, 4-27, 5-40, 6-42, 7-49, 8-62, 9-77, 10-90 (57.2 ov) | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Blair | 11 | 5 | 15 | 0 | - | - |
| Fisher | 27.2 | 13 | 34 | 8 | - | - |
| Reid | 18 | 6 | 36 | 2 | - | - |
| Butler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - |
| Canterbury second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GE Royfee | b Fisher | 3 | |||||
| *JG Leggat | b Fisher | 37 | |||||
| MB Poore | c Sergent b Reid | 8 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | lbw b Fisher | 12 | |||||
| ME Chapple | c Fisher b Blair | 2 | |||||
| JL Williams | b Reid | 13 | |||||
| AR MacGibbon | b Blair | 8 | |||||
| +AEL Britton | not out | 29 | |||||
| TB Burtt | not out | 3 | |||||
| JA Hayes | did not bat | ||||||
| KJ McNicholl | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 b, 1 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 107 overs) | 122 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-17, 3-52, 4-56, 5-75, 6-86, 7-93 | |||||||
| Wellington bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Blair | 22 | 9 | 35 | 2 | - | - |
| Fisher | 30 | 17 | 31 | 3 | - | - |
| Reid | 35 | 16 | 30 | 2 | - | - |
| Butler | 11 | 6 | 16 | 0 | - | - |
| Meale | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Sergent | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - |