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| Venue | Eden Park, Auckland on 13th, 14th, 16th January 1961 (3-day match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Toss not known | 
| Result | Match drawn | 
| Points | Auckland 1; Canterbury 5 | 
| Umpires | JMA Brown, WGC Sewell | 
| Close of play day 1 | Canterbury (1) 279/8 (Currie 12*, Kiddey 4*) | 
| Close of play day 2 | Auckland (2) 10/0 (Gedye 5*, Tovey 5*) | 
| Canterbury first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| IR Hartland | c Tovey b Clark | 47 | |||||
| GT Dowling | c Andersen b Deas | 73 | |||||
| PGZ Harris | lbw b Norman | 79 | |||||
| K Thomson | c Clark b Deas | 4 | |||||
| SC Guillen | b Norman | 15 | |||||
| *ME Chapple | lbw b Clark | 12 | |||||
| RC Motz | c Clark b Norman | 11 | |||||
| AG Duckmanton | c Tovey b Norman | 13 | |||||
| DC Currie | c Andersen b Clark | 28 | |||||
| JWF Kiddey | b Andersen | 13 | |||||
| +JT Ward | not out | 11 | |||||
| Extras | (3 b, 6 lb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 155.2 overs) | 315 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-92, 2-173, 3-186, 4-226, 5-227, 6-247, 7-250, 8-274, 9-291, 10-315 (155.2 ov) | |||||||
| Auckland bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Andersen | 26 | 7 | 63 | 1 | - | - | 
| Norman | 40 | 18 | 82 | 4 | - | - | 
| Clark | 34.2 | 19 | 47 | 3 | - | - | 
| Sparling | 27 | 8 | 53 | 0 | - | - | 
| Deas | 24 | 5 | 57 | 2 | - | - | 
| Harris | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 
| Auckland first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SG Gedye | run out | 2 | |||||
| RM Harris | c Ward b Currie | 46 | |||||
| ED Giles | run out | 15 | |||||
| JT Sparling | c Motz b Duckmanton | 0 | |||||
| PB McGregor | c Thomson b Kiddey | 32 | |||||
| WR Playle | b Harris | 5 | |||||
| KR Deas | lbw b Harris | 5 | |||||
| WB Norman | lbw b Currie | 6 | |||||
| *LA Clark | run out | 4 | |||||
| +ER Tovey | b Harris | 8 | |||||
| LD Andersen | not out | 2 | |||||
| Extras | (4 b, 4 lb) | 8 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 109.3 overs) | 133 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-3, 2-35, 3-36, 4-98, 5-102, 6-110, 7-113, 8-123, 9-127, 10-133 (109.3 ov) | |||||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Motz | 11 | 5 | 24 | 0 | - | - | 
| Kiddey | 33 | 28 | 17 | 1 | - | - | 
| Hartland | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 
| Currie | 36 | 22 | 42 | 2 | - | - | 
| Duckmanton | 16 | 8 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 
| Chapple | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | - | - | 
| Harris | 5.3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 
| Auckland second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| SG Gedye | not out | 5 | |||||
| +ER Tovey | not out | 5 | |||||
| RM Harris | did not bat | ||||||
| ED Giles | did not bat | ||||||
| JT Sparling | did not bat | ||||||
| PB McGregor | did not bat | ||||||
| WR Playle | did not bat | ||||||
| KR Deas | did not bat | ||||||
| WB Norman | did not bat | ||||||
| *LA Clark | did not bat | ||||||
| LD Andersen | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | 0 | ||||||
| Total | (no wicket, 4 overs) | 10 | |||||
| Canterbury bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | 
| Motz | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | - | - | 
| Kiddey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - |